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 Willoughby, with 377 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
1201	Willoughby	377	0.010%	1.50x
1202	Casson	376	0.010%	2.19x
1203	Coe	376	0.010%	0.80x
1204	Levitt	376	0.010%	3.89x
1205	Pape	376	0.010%	4.33x
1206	Parrott	376	0.010%	1.14x
1207	Ridley	376	0.010%	0.67x
1208	Whiting	376	0.010%	0.67x
1209	Barstow	375	0.010%	7.49x
1210	Goodwill	375	0.010%	7.31x
1211	Hogan	375	0.010%	1.29x
1212	Marples	375	0.010%	4.87x
1213	Carlton	374	0.010%	2.52x
1214	Duck	374	0.010%	2.41x
1215	Goodyear	374	0.010%	2.44x
1216	Boothman	373	0.010%	3.36x
1217	Doughty	373	0.010%	1.01x
1218	Hanley	373	0.010%	1.56x
1219	Barwick	372	0.010%	3.02x
1220	Crooks	372	0.010%	1.67x
1221	Fearn	372	0.010%	1.72x
1222	Pickup	372	0.010%	0.99x
1223	Bottom	371	0.010%	4.80x
1224	Linfoot	371	0.010%	7.78x
1225	Brogden	370	0.010%	3.87x
1226	Dyer	367	0.010%	0.33x
1227	Manning	367	0.010%	0.40x
1228	Sawyer	367	0.010%	0.69x
1229	Vaughan	367	0.010%	0.37x
1230	Blythe	366	0.010%	1.66x
1231	Froggatt	366	0.010%	2.75x
1232	Granger	366	0.010%	1.24x
1233	Hayton	366	0.010%	2.58x
1234	Hibbert	366	0.010%	0.86x
1235	Stork	366	0.010%	7.70x
1236	Geldard	364	0.010%	6.28x
1237	Head	364	0.010%	0.52x
1238	Thwaite	364	0.010%	5.58x
1239	Draper	363	0.010%	0.53x
1240	Lingard	363	0.010%	1.98x
1241	Makin	363	0.010%	1.46x
1242	Obrien	363	0.010%	0.85x
1243	Nightingale	362	0.010%	0.74x
1244	Atkins	361	0.010%	0.33x
1245	Lake	361	0.010%	0.56x
1246	Micklethwaite	361	0.010%	9.29x
1247	Jackman	360	0.010%	1.34x
1248	Tyson	360	0.010%	0.95x
1249	Fitzpatrick	359	0.010%	0.85x
1250	Hullah	359	0.010%	8.78x
1251	Leech	359	0.010%	0.76x
1252	Wakefield	359	0.010%	0.69x
1253	Worth	359	0.010%	1.38x
1254	Corner	358	0.010%	1.70x
1255	Gartside	358	0.010%	2.97x
1256	Bowker	357	0.010%	1.26x
1257	Brennan	357	0.010%	1.18x
1258	Gibbons	357	0.010%	0.38x
1259	Marsland	357	0.010%	2.12x
1260	Addison	356	0.010%	0.89x
1261	Bradford	355	0.010%	0.63x
1262	Storr	355	0.010%	3.54x
1263	Chatterton	354	0.010%	2.15x
1264	Gascoigne	354	0.010%	2.66x
1265	Grace	354	0.010%	0.91x
1266	Ingram	354	0.010%	0.40x
1267	Poppleton	354	0.010%	6.98x
1268	Brough	353	0.010%	1.00x
1269	Trotter	352	0.010%	1.16x
1270	Bolland	351	0.010%	3.66x
1271	Flanagan	351	0.010%	1.55x
1272	Reynard	351	0.010%	7.25x
1273	Stuart	351	0.010%	0.51x
1274	Utley	351	0.010%	7.36x
1275	Delaney	350	0.010%	1.88x
1276	Farrand	350	0.010%	6.02x
1277	Husband	350	0.010%	2.07x
1278	Leighton	350	0.010%	1.12x
1279	Seaton	350	0.010%	1.43x
1280	Askew	349	0.010%	1.07x
1281	Spooner	348	0.010%	0.83x
1282	Benton	347	0.010%	1.16x
1283	Brier	347	0.010%	7.22x
1284	Heslop	347	0.010%	1.40x
1285	Millington	347	0.010%	0.79x
1286	Lobley	346	0.010%	5.98x
1287	Northrop	346	0.010%	7.54x
1288	Eden	345	0.010%	1.17x
1289	Franklin	345	0.010%	0.36x
1290	Gibbon	345	0.010%	1.18x
1291	Hay	345	0.010%	0.32x
1292	Hebblethwaite	344	0.010%	7.16x
1293	Thomson	344	0.010%	0.09x
1294	Yeoman	344	0.010%	1.88x
1295	Garrett	343	0.010%	0.52x
1296	Hull	343	0.010%	0.57x
1297	Salmon	343	0.010%	0.52x
1298	Skirrow	343	0.010%	8.68x
1299	Theaker	343	0.010%	5.08x
1300	Bowling	342	0.010%	3.20x