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 Fuller, with 342 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
1301	Fuller	342	0.010%	0.29x
1302	Scarth	342	0.010%	6.73x
1303	Tiplady	342	0.010%	4.85x
1304	Upton	341	0.010%	0.62x
1305	Whitely	341	0.010%	5.56x
1306	Blamires	340	0.010%	9.61x
1307	Masterman	340	0.010%	4.68x
1308	Brittain	339	0.010%	1.52x
1309	Dales	339	0.010%	3.75x
1310	Maxfield	339	0.010%	4.43x
1311	George	338	0.010%	0.20x
1312	Milburn	338	0.010%	1.31x
1313	Newlove	338	0.010%	8.27x
1314	Ridge	338	0.010%	1.67x
1315	Whalley	338	0.010%	0.74x
1316	Depledge	337	0.010%	7.32x
1317	Dolan	337	0.010%	1.34x
1318	Radford	337	0.010%	0.61x
1319	Rennison	337	0.010%	4.86x
1320	Tiffany	337	0.010%	9.58x
1321	Brigham	336	0.010%	5.50x
1322	Bunting	336	0.010%	1.04x
1323	Burrow	336	0.010%	1.69x
1324	Craggs	336	0.010%	2.26x
1325	Foxton	336	0.010%	6.87x
1326	Heathcote	336	0.010%	1.44x
1327	Ramsey	336	0.010%	1.07x
1328	Sayles	336	0.010%	7.81x
1329	Woolhouse	336	0.010%	5.31x
1330	Bracewell	335	0.010%	3.21x
1331	Muff	335	0.010%	9.85x
1332	Ohara	335	0.010%	2.01x
1333	Plews	335	0.010%	4.84x
1334	Slinger	335	0.010%	3.83x
1335	Bentham	334	0.010%	2.52x
1336	Swithenbank	334	0.010%	9.05x
1337	Corker	333	0.010%	4.71x
1338	Eddison	333	0.010%	7.92x
1339	Goldthorp	333	0.010%	7.57x
1340	Moses	333	0.010%	1.12x
1341	Vincent	333	0.010%	0.37x
1342	Bush	332	0.010%	0.46x
1343	Sweeting	332	0.010%	2.86x
1344	Towers	332	0.010%	0.99x
1345	Selby	331	0.010%	0.96x
1346	Simms	331	0.010%	1.01x
1347	Burnell	330	0.010%	1.90x
1348	Johnstone	330	0.010%	0.25x
1349	Megson	330	0.010%	7.01x
1350	Vasey	330	0.010%	3.20x
1351	Akeroyd	329	0.010%	9.30x
1352	Ashley	329	0.010%	0.68x
1353	Bramall	329	0.010%	4.27x
1354	Twigg	329	0.010%	1.62x
1355	Winder	329	0.010%	1.73x
1356	Cohen	328	0.010%	0.72x
1357	Cusworth	328	0.010%	7.71x
1358	Ibberson	328	0.010%	7.57x
1359	Judge	328	0.010%	1.05x
1360	Philips	328	0.010%	0.61x
1361	Stenton	328	0.010%	6.19x
1362	Beverley	327	0.010%	3.74x
1363	Marwood	327	0.010%	4.31x
1364	Meek	327	0.010%	0.97x
1365	Nutton	327	0.010%	8.93x
1366	Barrowclough	326	0.010%	6.36x
1367	Biggin	326	0.010%	4.46x
1368	Cromack	326	0.010%	8.90x
1369	Gregg	326	0.010%	1.60x
1370	Halliwell	326	0.010%	1.01x
1371	Sands	326	0.010%	1.01x
1372	Squire	326	0.010%	0.95x
1373	Callaghan	325	0.010%	0.99x
1374	Cowburn	325	0.010%	3.08x
1375	Rymer	325	0.010%	4.70x
1376	Cocking	324	0.010%	2.31x
1377	Culpan	324	0.010%	9.26x
1378	Jameson	324	0.010%	1.01x
1379	Key	324	0.010%	0.81x
1380	Pennock	324	0.010%	7.07x
1381	Oxtoby	323	0.010%	9.31x
1382	Wheater	323	0.010%	8.86x
1383	Bamford	322	0.010%	0.74x
1384	Gibbs	322	0.010%	0.23x
1385	Goodhall	322	0.010%	3.66x
1386	Perkin	322	0.010%	2.07x
1387	Shutt	322	0.010%	3.08x
1388	Stamp	322	0.010%	1.51x
1389	Avison	321	0.010%	7.67x
1390	Daniels	321	0.010%	0.35x
1391	Whaley	321	0.010%	3.30x
1392	Darwin	320	0.010%	5.80x
1393	Greenhough	320	0.010%	4.90x
1394	Normanton	320	0.010%	6.98x
1395	Renshaw	320	0.010%	1.17x
1396	Suddaby	320	0.010%	8.28x
1397	Trickett	320	0.010%	2.55x
1398	Fairbank	319	0.010%	4.92x
1399	Kinder	319	0.010%	2.63x
1400	Watkins	319	0.010%	0.18x