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 Cruikshank, 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
11701	Cruikshank	10	0.000%	0.23x
11702	Cubley	10	0.000%	0.86x
11703	Cullinan	10	0.000%	2.25x
11704	Cummingham	10	0.000%	1.54x
11705	Curl	10	0.000%	0.18x
11706	Cutforth	10	0.000%	1.70x
11707	Dains	10	0.000%	1.05x
11708	Dalzell	10	0.000%	0.27x
11709	Dame	10	0.000%	3.57x
11710	Daulton	10	0.000%	1.33x
11711	Dawney	10	0.000%	1.20x
11712	Deering	10	0.000%	0.32x
11713	Dewis	10	0.000%	0.39x
11714	Diaper	10	0.000%	0.20x
11715	Dibley	10	0.000%	0.25x
11716	Dicks	10	0.000%	0.07x
11717	Dighton	10	0.000%	0.47x
11718	Dilger	10	0.000%	1.18x
11719	Dimmack	10	0.000%	2.07x
11720	Dockeray	10	0.000%	1.42x
11721	Dodwell	10	0.000%	0.21x
11722	Doel	10	0.000%	0.18x
11723	Donbavand	10	0.000%	1.75x
11724	Dooling	10	0.000%	1.12x
11725	Dossett	10	0.000%	0.54x
11726	Dowley	10	0.000%	0.38x
11727	Dowsing	10	0.000%	0.31x
11728	Drane	10	0.000%	0.17x
11729	Driscall	10	0.000%	2.72x
11730	Duckhouse	10	0.000%	1.15x
11731	Duggin	10	0.000%	0.48x
11732	Duggins	10	0.000%	0.39x
11733	Dunsford	10	0.000%	0.23x
11734	Dunstone	10	0.000%	0.29x
11735	Durden	10	0.000%	0.28x
11736	Durran	10	0.000%	0.53x
11737	Dwight	10	0.000%	0.36x
11738	Eaglestone	10	0.000%	0.43x
11739	Eatough	10	0.000%	0.30x
11740	Ebbage	10	0.000%	0.63x
11741	Elderkin	10	0.000%	0.47x
11742	Elgar	10	0.000%	0.17x
11743	Ellett	10	0.000%	0.35x
11744	Enoch	10	0.000%	0.29x
11745	Etchels	10	0.000%	1.64x
11746	Everell	10	0.000%	2.20x
11747	Everet	10	0.000%	0.75x
11748	Fairs	10	0.000%	0.26x
11749	Falck	10	0.000%	2.41x
11750	Fear	10	0.000%	0.08x
11751	Fearon	10	0.000%	0.14x
11752	Feathers	10	0.000%	1.20x
11753	Feild	10	0.000%	0.61x
11754	Felstead	10	0.000%	0.15x
11755	Fenny	10	0.000%	0.45x
11756	Ferriday	10	0.000%	0.41x
11757	Fifield	10	0.000%	0.24x
11758	Fitley	10	0.000%	6.47x
11759	Flitton	10	0.000%	0.41x
11760	Flooks	10	0.000%	1.05x
11761	Fogerty	10	0.000%	0.63x
11762	Forsythe	10	0.000%	0.36x
11763	Fosbrook	10	0.000%	0.88x
11764	Fose	10	0.000%	1.10x
11765	Freshney	10	0.000%	0.74x
11766	Frewin	10	0.000%	0.22x
11767	Front	10	0.000%	3.98x
11768	Froude	10	0.000%	0.43x
11769	Fryers	10	0.000%	0.51x
11770	Furnell	10	0.000%	0.20x
11771	Gain	10	0.000%	0.26x
11772	Galland	10	0.000%	1.12x
11773	Galway	10	0.000%	0.71x
11774	Gard	10	0.000%	0.13x
11775	Garn	10	0.000%	1.05x
11776	Garred	10	0.000%	0.96x
11777	Gask	10	0.000%	0.75x
11778	Gershon	10	0.000%	2.72x
11779	Gillian	10	0.000%	0.99x
11780	Gillison	10	0.000%	0.80x
11781	Ginns	10	0.000%	0.32x
11782	Gladwell	10	0.000%	0.13x
11783	Gluckstein	10	0.000%	2.03x
11784	Goatley	10	0.000%	0.54x
11785	Gorin	10	0.000%	1.10x
11786	Gosley	10	0.000%	3.83x
11787	Grand	10	0.000%	0.32x
11788	Graver	10	0.000%	0.28x
11789	Greenaway	10	0.000%	0.06x
11790	Greenland	10	0.000%	0.11x
11791	Greenlaw	10	0.000%	0.51x
11792	Gribbin	10	0.000%	0.32x
11793	Gribble	10	0.000%	0.10x
11794	Grief	10	0.000%	0.59x
11795	Gude	10	0.000%	1.78x
11796	Gullen	10	0.000%	0.95x
11797	Gunner	10	0.000%	0.11x
11798	Gurd	10	0.000%	0.31x
11799	Haddow	10	0.000%	0.11x
11800	Haken	10	0.000%	0.91x