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 Tribe, with 6 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
15201	Tribe	6	0.000%	0.06x
15202	Tricklebank	6	0.000%	0.96x
15203	Trimnell	6	0.000%	0.58x
15204	Tritschler	6	0.000%	2.39x
15205	Trubshaw	6	0.000%	0.37x
15206	Trussell	6	0.000%	0.22x
15207	Tuer	6	0.000%	0.45x
15208	Tuffs	6	0.000%	0.23x
15209	Tufts	6	0.000%	0.83x
15210	Turber	6	0.000%	2.96x
15211	Turnbul	6	0.000%	1.29x
15212	Tuthill	6	0.000%	0.26x
15213	Twaits	6	0.000%	0.64x
15214	Twiddy	6	0.000%	0.27x
15215	Twine	6	0.000%	0.16x
15216	Twitchell	6	0.000%	1.05x
15217	Tyndale	6	0.000%	1.41x
15218	Tynell	6	0.000%	1.51x
15219	Tyrrel	6	0.000%	0.60x
15220	Ullrich	6	0.000%	4.44x
15221	Uncles	6	0.000%	0.42x
15222	Upson	6	0.000%	0.10x
15223	Ursell	6	0.000%	0.40x
15224	Uttridge	6	0.000%	0.65x
15225	Vaugham	6	0.000%	0.44x
15226	Verrinder	6	0.000%	0.62x
15227	Vertigan	6	0.000%	1.38x
15228	Vesey	6	0.000%	0.25x
15229	Vest	6	0.000%	0.54x
15230	Vicker	6	0.000%	0.57x
15231	Village	6	0.000%	1.17x
15232	Waddell	6	0.000%	0.02x
15233	Wadham	6	0.000%	0.10x
15234	Wakeham	6	0.000%	0.05x
15235	Wakeley	6	0.000%	0.19x
15236	Walding	6	0.000%	0.26x
15237	Walkins	6	0.000%	0.60x
15238	Walles	6	0.000%	0.67x
15239	Warboys	6	0.000%	0.28x
15240	Wardhaugh	6	0.000%	0.30x
15241	Wards	6	0.000%	0.26x
15242	Waris	6	0.000%	10.36x
15243	Wark	6	0.000%	0.17x
15244	Warkman	6	0.000%	2.07x
15245	Warmsley	6	0.000%	0.71x
15246	Warns	6	0.000%	1.29x
15247	Warrier	6	0.000%	1.24x
15248	Warsop	6	0.000%	0.24x
15249	Wase	6	0.000%	0.54x
15250	Water	6	0.000%	0.53x
15251	Waylett	6	0.000%	0.43x
15252	Weatherhogg	6	0.000%	0.86x
15253	Webdale	6	0.000%	0.79x
15254	Wedd	6	0.000%	0.28x
15255	Wedgbury	6	0.000%	0.67x
15256	Weeds	6	0.000%	0.46x
15257	Welden	6	0.000%	0.86x
15258	Westcombe	6	0.000%	0.65x
15259	Westwater	6	0.000%	0.16x
15260	Wheale	6	0.000%	0.37x
15261	Whelehan	6	0.000%	10.36x
15262	Whigham	6	0.000%	0.32x
15263	Whight	6	0.000%	0.79x
15264	Whitehill	6	0.000%	0.26x
15265	Whitlaw	6	0.000%	0.42x
15266	Whittall	6	0.000%	0.10x
15267	Wicker	6	0.000%	0.17x
15268	Wicking	6	0.000%	0.39x
15269	Widlake	6	0.000%	0.40x
15270	Wiffin	6	0.000%	0.19x
15271	Wiggin	6	0.000%	0.17x
15272	Wiler	6	0.000%	2.70x
15273	Wilkerson	6	0.000%	0.20x
15274	Wilmshurst	6	0.000%	0.15x
15275	Wilts	6	0.000%	0.50x
15276	Windson	6	0.000%	1.24x
15277	Winterflood	6	0.000%	0.34x
15278	Wirth	6	0.000%	0.99x
15279	Wisbey	6	0.000%	0.13x
15280	Wison	6	0.000%	2.96x
15281	Wite	6	0.000%	0.77x
15282	Wolley	6	0.000%	0.17x
15283	Woodyer	6	0.000%	0.41x
15284	Woolgar	6	0.000%	0.06x
15285	Woolstencroft	6	0.000%	0.90x
15286	Wordle	6	0.000%	2.39x
15287	Wormington	6	0.000%	0.46x
15288	Wyard	6	0.000%	0.62x
15289	Wyles	6	0.000%	0.08x
15290	Yell	6	0.000%	0.54x
15291	Absalom	5	0.000%	0.14x
15292	Ainsbury	5	0.000%	0.68x
15293	Aitcheson	5	0.000%	0.18x
15294	Akid	5	0.000%	2.07x
15295	Alban	5	0.000%	0.65x
15296	Alberts	5	0.000%	2.16x
15297	Alen	5	0.000%	0.54x
15298	Alldred	5	0.000%	0.27x
15299	Allford	5	0.000%	0.25x
15300	Alliss	5	0.000%	1.03x