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 Banester, with 10 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
11601	Banester	10	0.000%	2.30x
11602	Barkes	10	0.000%	1.20x
11603	Barler	10	0.000%	3.70x
11604	Barnsdale	10	0.000%	0.50x
11605	Barren	10	0.000%	0.98x
11606	Barth	10	0.000%	0.75x
11607	Baty	10	0.000%	0.14x
11608	Beaument	10	0.000%	2.46x
11609	Beavan	10	0.000%	0.09x
11610	Bellany	10	0.000%	1.92x
11611	Bells	10	0.000%	0.67x
11612	Benbow	10	0.000%	0.09x
11613	Benfell	10	0.000%	2.59x
11614	Benny	10	0.000%	0.29x
11615	Bessy	10	0.000%	3.34x
11616	Bettinson	10	0.000%	0.43x
11617	Bevis	10	0.000%	0.10x
11618	Bilsbury	10	0.000%	2.11x
11619	Binn	10	0.000%	1.78x
11620	Birt	10	0.000%	0.08x
11621	Bish	10	0.000%	0.27x
11622	Blanchflower	10	0.000%	0.47x
11623	Blaney	10	0.000%	0.17x
11624	Blank	10	0.000%	0.37x
11625	Blazey	10	0.000%	0.54x
11626	Blissett	10	0.000%	0.24x
11627	Bodell	10	0.000%	0.45x
11628	Bolus	10	0.000%	0.63x
11629	Booley	10	0.000%	0.91x
11630	Boor	10	0.000%	0.42x
11631	Borley	10	0.000%	0.22x
11632	Borrie	10	0.000%	0.71x
11633	Botwood	10	0.000%	0.90x
11634	Bourn	10	0.000%	0.16x
11635	Bowerbank	10	0.000%	0.39x
11636	Boye	10	0.000%	2.52x
11637	Boyton	10	0.000%	0.29x
11638	Braban	10	0.000%	1.62x
11639	Brannigan	10	0.000%	0.35x
11640	Brassey	10	0.000%	0.56x
11641	Bretherton	10	0.000%	0.13x
11642	Briant	10	0.000%	0.13x
11643	Brine	10	0.000%	0.11x
11644	Broadbridge	10	0.000%	0.21x
11645	Broder	10	0.000%	2.65x
11646	Brownlee	10	0.000%	0.10x
11647	Bryer	10	0.000%	0.29x
11648	Buckett	10	0.000%	0.18x
11649	Bullmore	10	0.000%	1.15x
11650	Bullows	10	0.000%	0.96x
11651	Burdess	10	0.000%	0.74x
11652	Burdy	10	0.000%	2.46x
11653	Burkhill	10	0.000%	0.76x
11654	Burrough	10	0.000%	0.16x
11655	Caithness	10	0.000%	0.45x
11656	Calcutt	10	0.000%	0.28x
11657	Caleb	10	0.000%	3.34x
11658	Calvey	10	0.000%	1.34x
11659	Caplin	10	0.000%	0.31x
11660	Carby	10	0.000%	1.28x
11661	Carins	10	0.000%	1.02x
11662	Carless	10	0.000%	0.13x
11663	Carleton	10	0.000%	0.57x
11664	Carlos	10	0.000%	2.65x
11665	Carrall	10	0.000%	1.12x
11666	Carratt	10	0.000%	1.12x
11667	Cartner	10	0.000%	0.39x
11668	Castley	10	0.000%	1.08x
11669	Cavannah	10	0.000%	0.93x
11670	Chatwood	10	0.000%	1.15x
11671	Chisholme	10	0.000%	1.11x
11672	Chitty	10	0.000%	0.09x
11673	Cholerton	10	0.000%	0.43x
11674	Clair	10	0.000%	0.93x
11675	Clasby	10	0.000%	1.29x
11676	Clavin	10	0.000%	3.04x
11677	Cobbett	10	0.000%	0.18x
11678	Cobbold	10	0.000%	0.16x
11679	Cobham	10	0.000%	0.35x
11680	Cockerton	10	0.000%	0.21x
11681	Cocksedge	10	0.000%	0.22x
11682	Cockshutt	10	0.000%	0.50x
11683	Coghill	10	0.000%	0.17x
11684	Colbourn	10	0.000%	0.32x
11685	Collens	10	0.000%	0.71x
11686	Considine	10	0.000%	1.62x
11687	Coogan	10	0.000%	0.54x
11688	Coran	10	0.000%	1.72x
11689	Corden	10	0.000%	0.21x
11690	Cordiner	10	0.000%	0.26x
11691	Cormick	10	0.000%	0.51x
11692	Covell	10	0.000%	0.22x
11693	Cowdery	10	0.000%	0.39x
11694	Cozens	10	0.000%	0.08x
11695	Craigie	10	0.000%	0.11x
11696	Craske	10	0.000%	0.21x
11697	Crayton	10	0.000%	1.29x
11698	Creegan	10	0.000%	2.07x
11699	Cresser	10	0.000%	1.26x
11700	Croughan	10	0.000%	2.07x