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 Arundel, with 318 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
1401	Arundel	318	0.010%	5.55x
1402	Chew	318	0.010%	2.16x
1403	Midwood	318	0.010%	7.91x
1404	Cundall	317	0.010%	6.78x
1405	Hemsworth	317	0.010%	7.07x
1406	Jacques	317	0.010%	1.29x
1407	Latham	317	0.010%	0.54x
1408	Brunton	316	0.010%	1.39x
1409	Cadman	316	0.010%	1.34x
1410	Grundy	316	0.010%	0.53x
1411	Lacy	315	0.010%	1.67x
1412	Parkes	315	0.010%	0.53x
1413	Settle	315	0.010%	3.17x
1414	Bramhall	314	0.010%	3.42x
1415	Curry	314	0.010%	0.76x
1416	Howgate	314	0.010%	7.94x
1417	Leake	314	0.010%	2.64x
1418	Sunley	314	0.010%	8.12x
1419	Whiteoak	314	0.010%	9.10x
1420	Irving	313	0.010%	0.49x
1421	Scholfield	313	0.010%	4.25x
1422	Bromley	312	0.010%	0.70x
1423	Carling	312	0.010%	4.30x
1424	Crook	312	0.010%	0.38x
1425	Fieldsend	312	0.010%	6.35x
1426	Foley	312	0.010%	0.86x
1427	Frankish	312	0.010%	6.25x
1428	Mansfield	312	0.010%	0.57x
1429	Wolstenholme	312	0.010%	1.35x
1430	Ashby	311	0.010%	0.64x
1431	Cartledge	311	0.010%	2.13x
1432	Fountain	311	0.010%	1.56x
1433	Bingley	310	0.010%	3.93x
1434	Ash	309	0.010%	0.65x
1435	Garton	309	0.010%	2.17x
1436	Sewell	309	0.010%	0.50x
1437	Townsley	309	0.010%	5.46x
1438	Collingwood	308	0.010%	1.93x
1439	Hargraves	308	0.010%	3.04x
1440	Linton	308	0.010%	1.30x
1441	Plummer	308	0.010%	0.80x
1442	Wass	308	0.010%	1.96x
1443	Cockshott	307	0.010%	5.80x
1444	Tindale	307	0.010%	3.68x
1445	Wimpenny	307	0.010%	7.56x
1446	Gorman	306	0.010%	0.88x
1447	Grantham	306	0.010%	1.72x
1448	Joyce	306	0.010%	0.43x
1449	Parry	306	0.010%	0.14x
1450	Shelton	306	0.010%	0.90x
1451	Beech	305	0.010%	0.71x
1452	Carey	305	0.010%	0.56x
1453	Marr	305	0.010%	0.92x
1454	Render	305	0.010%	6.76x
1455	Sedman	305	0.010%	9.23x
1456	Smallwood	305	0.010%	1.14x
1457	Goulding	304	0.010%	1.08x
1458	Toothill	304	0.010%	8.30x
1459	Alexander	303	0.010%	0.20x
1460	Barley	303	0.010%	1.88x
1461	Buttery	302	0.010%	2.71x
1462	Mullins	302	0.010%	1.09x
1463	Rooke	302	0.010%	1.41x
1464	Herring	301	0.010%	1.01x
1465	Ralph	301	0.010%	0.68x
1466	Snow	301	0.010%	0.77x
1467	Watkin	301	0.010%	1.19x
1468	Carney	300	0.010%	1.15x
1469	Pick	300	0.010%	1.62x
1470	Rutherford	300	0.010%	0.42x
1471	Womack	300	0.010%	5.89x
1472	Ayre	299	0.010%	1.85x
1473	Brewster	299	0.010%	1.07x
1474	Wolfenden	299	0.010%	2.21x
1475	Charnock	298	0.010%	2.16x
1476	Jennison	298	0.010%	5.86x
1477	Alcock	297	0.010%	0.71x
1478	Hemmingway	297	0.010%	6.75x
1479	Langton	297	0.010%	1.29x
1480	Liddle	297	0.010%	0.87x
1481	Peirson	297	0.010%	6.40x
1482	Summerscales	297	0.010%	8.53x
1483	Tankard	297	0.010%	6.66x
1484	Byrne	296	0.010%	0.73x
1485	Hetherington	296	0.010%	0.81x
1486	Pye	296	0.010%	0.68x
1487	Birkhead	295	0.010%	7.89x
1488	Waites	295	0.010%	4.06x
1489	Wetherill	295	0.010%	7.71x
1490	Whitton	295	0.010%	1.66x
1491	Barnard	294	0.010%	0.41x
1492	Bellerby	294	0.010%	6.03x
1493	Egan	294	0.010%	1.22x
1494	Hargrave	294	0.010%	3.17x
1495	Heron	294	0.010%	1.06x
1496	Holder	294	0.010%	0.76x
1497	Warwick	294	0.010%	0.73x
1498	Aveyard	293	0.010%	8.84x
1499	Bagnall	293	0.010%	1.18x
1500	Birkett	293	0.010%	1.05x