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 Summers, with 421 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
1101	Summers	421	0.010%	0.52x
1102	Scargill	420	0.010%	8.85x
1103	Bielby	418	0.010%	9.22x
1104	Graves	417	0.010%	0.95x
1105	Race	417	0.010%	2.64x
1106	Bacon	416	0.010%	0.57x
1107	Duffield	416	0.010%	1.66x
1108	Brear	415	0.010%	9.54x
1109	Outhwaite	414	0.010%	6.36x
1110	Scales	413	0.010%	2.41x
1111	Shore	413	0.010%	1.33x
1112	Sowerby	413	0.010%	2.65x
1113	Boyd	412	0.010%	0.41x
1114	Weston	412	0.010%	0.35x
1115	Chappel	411	0.010%	3.23x
1116	Crampton	411	0.010%	2.91x
1117	Usher	411	0.010%	1.29x
1118	Casey	410	0.010%	0.96x
1119	Easton	410	0.010%	0.93x
1120	Simmons	410	0.010%	0.35x
1121	Blacker	409	0.010%	4.32x
1122	Hodson	409	0.010%	0.68x
1123	Anderton	408	0.010%	1.19x
1124	Ellam	408	0.010%	5.61x
1125	Mathews	408	0.010%	0.38x
1126	Peck	408	0.010%	0.83x
1127	Radley	407	0.010%	2.44x
1128	Redfern	407	0.010%	1.01x
1129	Hough	406	0.010%	0.81x
1130	Ingleby	406	0.010%	6.99x
1131	Medd	406	0.010%	7.76x
1132	Swann	406	0.010%	1.29x
1133	Thwaites	406	0.010%	2.35x
1134	Walters	406	0.010%	0.29x
1135	Wrightson	405	0.010%	4.84x
1136	Blanchard	404	0.010%	1.70x
1137	Farrell	404	0.010%	0.74x
1138	Silverwood	404	0.010%	6.52x
1139	Jowitt	403	0.010%	7.46x
1140	Witty	403	0.010%	7.01x
1141	Dickson	400	0.010%	0.37x
1142	Priest	400	0.010%	1.06x
1143	Stables	400	0.010%	3.60x
1144	Wildman	400	0.010%	2.26x
1145	Hale	399	0.010%	0.38x
1146	Atack	397	0.010%	9.48x
1147	Drabble	397	0.010%	4.12x
1148	Flower	397	0.010%	1.40x
1149	Vickerman	397	0.010%	7.72x
1150	Brannan	396	0.010%	2.02x
1151	Ives	395	0.010%	1.16x
1152	Parish	395	0.010%	0.88x
1153	Dearnley	394	0.010%	7.59x
1154	Haynes	394	0.010%	0.38x
1155	Warner	394	0.010%	0.37x
1156	Durkin	393	0.010%	3.11x
1157	Pemberton	393	0.010%	1.07x
1158	Wiseman	393	0.010%	0.99x
1159	Kelsey	392	0.010%	1.83x
1160	Ledgard	392	0.010%	8.82x
1161	Swain	392	0.010%	0.70x
1162	Garlick	389	0.010%	1.53x
1163	Heppenstall	389	0.010%	7.74x
1164	South	389	0.010%	1.43x
1165	Towler	389	0.010%	3.01x
1166	Major	388	0.010%	0.99x
1167	Place	388	0.010%	2.56x
1168	Botterill	387	0.010%	4.95x
1169	Dufton	387	0.010%	7.43x
1170	Wheeler	387	0.010%	0.22x
1171	Hinchliff	386	0.010%	8.44x
1172	Parr	386	0.010%	0.53x
1173	Sidebottom	386	0.010%	2.32x
1174	Southwell	386	0.010%	2.13x
1175	Wheelhouse	386	0.010%	5.90x
1176	Gardiner	385	0.010%	0.46x
1177	Elliss	384	0.010%	4.05x
1178	Paley	384	0.010%	5.56x
1179	Poulter	384	0.010%	1.78x
1180	Precious	384	0.010%	6.39x
1181	Seymour	384	0.010%	0.65x
1182	Calverley	383	0.010%	6.25x
1183	Stafford	383	0.010%	0.62x
1184	Askham	381	0.010%	6.76x
1185	Conroy	381	0.010%	1.77x
1186	Moulson	381	0.010%	6.68x
1187	Sayer	381	0.010%	1.00x
1188	Ashmore	379	0.010%	1.76x
1189	Beever	379	0.010%	7.90x
1190	Dawes	379	0.010%	0.96x
1191	Pennington	379	0.010%	0.88x
1192	Shephard	379	0.010%	1.36x
1193	Barr	378	0.010%	0.54x
1194	Blackwell	378	0.010%	0.72x
1195	Cherry	378	0.010%	1.28x
1196	Greenfield	378	0.010%	1.17x
1197	Nowell	378	0.010%	2.78x
1198	Rowntree	378	0.010%	4.43x
1199	Rutter	378	0.010%	0.86x
1200	Marston	377	0.010%	1.40x