1881 census county

Yorkshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Yorkshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

22,517 surnames are listed for Yorkshire, covering 2,654,453 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Shanahan, with 11 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Yorkshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
11501	Shanahan	11	0.000%	0.90x
11502	Shapland	11	0.000%	0.21x
11503	Shear	11	0.000%	0.77x
11504	Sheedy	11	0.000%	0.81x
11505	Sheil	11	0.000%	0.53x
11506	Sherbourne	11	0.000%	0.97x
11507	Shillaker	11	0.000%	1.24x
11508	Shillits	11	0.000%	4.56x
11509	Shorten	11	0.000%	0.34x
11510	Shott	11	0.000%	0.67x
11511	Shouler	11	0.000%	0.87x
11512	Shreeve	11	0.000%	0.20x
11513	Sibly	11	0.000%	0.87x
11514	Sivers	11	0.000%	1.29x
11515	Skipsey	11	0.000%	0.73x
11516	Smale	11	0.000%	0.06x
11517	Snelson	11	0.000%	0.17x
11518	Southard	11	0.000%	0.53x
11519	Spearing	11	0.000%	0.20x
11520	Spilsbury	11	0.000%	0.20x
11521	Spokes	11	0.000%	0.29x
11522	Stace	11	0.000%	0.19x
11523	Staite	11	0.000%	0.36x
11524	Stansbury	11	0.000%	0.61x
11525	Starbrook	11	0.000%	1.26x
11526	Steinberg	11	0.000%	2.65x
11527	Stonebridge	11	0.000%	0.35x
11528	Stoneley	11	0.000%	0.67x
11529	Strain	11	0.000%	0.20x
11530	Streeton	11	0.000%	0.46x
11531	Struggles	11	0.000%	2.15x
11532	Sutherst	11	0.000%	0.94x
11533	Swains	11	0.000%	2.85x
11534	Syred	11	0.000%	1.05x
11535	Tabner	11	0.000%	1.31x
11536	Take	11	0.000%	3.80x
11537	Tamblin	11	0.000%	0.93x
11538	Thelwell	11	0.000%	0.40x
11539	Thomason	11	0.000%	0.07x
11540	Thurlbeck	11	0.000%	1.52x
11541	Thurley	11	0.000%	0.26x
11542	Tildesley	11	0.000%	0.26x
11543	Toker	11	0.000%	2.92x
11544	Tomalin	11	0.000%	0.30x
11545	Tomes	11	0.000%	0.22x
11546	Toulmin	11	0.000%	0.87x
11547	Towsey	11	0.000%	1.24x
11548	Treble	11	0.000%	0.29x
11549	Trower	11	0.000%	0.23x
11550	Tubbs	11	0.000%	0.16x
11551	Turnock	11	0.000%	0.26x
11552	Tyldsley	11	0.000%	1.07x
11553	Vail	11	0.000%	0.34x
11554	Valantine	11	0.000%	1.16x
11555	Vizard	11	0.000%	0.40x
11556	Waddle	11	0.000%	0.32x
11557	Wadeson	11	0.000%	0.43x
11558	Wakeling	11	0.000%	0.10x
11559	Weale	11	0.000%	0.20x
11560	Weatherby	11	0.000%	0.27x
11561	Weathers	11	0.000%	1.26x
11562	Weatley	11	0.000%	1.34x
11563	Welsby	11	0.000%	0.15x
11564	Welster	11	0.000%	2.92x
11565	Wetton	11	0.000%	0.18x
11566	Whitting	11	0.000%	0.29x
11567	Wilcocks	11	0.000%	0.18x
11568	Wilder	11	0.000%	0.15x
11569	Willams	11	0.000%	0.98x
11570	Willes	11	0.000%	0.32x
11571	Willians	11	0.000%	1.72x
11572	Willing	11	0.000%	0.30x
11573	Woolstenholme	11	0.000%	1.93x
11574	Wooster	11	0.000%	0.26x
11575	Wrath	11	0.000%	1.48x
11576	Wyett	11	0.000%	1.05x
11577	Yabsley	11	0.000%	0.51x
11578	Youel	11	0.000%	2.85x
11579	Youll	11	0.000%	0.65x
11580	Zanelli	11	0.000%	3.80x
11581	Zanetti	11	0.000%	6.32x
11582	Abrey	10	0.000%	0.36x
11583	Addington	10	0.000%	0.38x
11584	Ainscow	10	0.000%	0.29x
11585	Aiston	10	0.000%	0.68x
11586	Albert	10	0.000%	0.22x
11587	Alkin	10	0.000%	1.23x
11588	Allbright	10	0.000%	0.75x
11589	Allday	10	0.000%	0.26x
11590	Alliston	10	0.000%	0.38x
11591	Alp	10	0.000%	0.80x
11592	Annear	10	0.000%	0.37x
11593	Anston	10	0.000%	6.91x
11594	Antill	10	0.000%	0.27x
11595	Arbuckle	10	0.000%	0.16x
11596	Ashpole	10	0.000%	0.61x
11597	Aspery	10	0.000%	1.67x
11598	Aylward	10	0.000%	0.17x
11599	Bagott	10	0.000%	0.72x
11600	Bane	10	0.000%	0.28x