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 Leaf, with 293 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
1501	Leaf	293	0.010%	5.93x
1502	Watmough	293	0.010%	4.16x
1503	Baron	292	0.010%	0.97x
1504	Cardwell	292	0.010%	2.10x
1505	Mather	292	0.010%	0.41x
1506	Snell	292	0.010%	0.53x
1507	English	291	0.010%	0.53x
1508	Rawlinson	291	0.010%	0.84x
1509	Baxendale	290	0.010%	1.97x
1510	Brownhill	290	0.010%	2.86x
1511	Hayward	290	0.010%	0.23x
1512	Percival	290	0.010%	0.64x
1513	Pugh	290	0.010%	0.26x
1514	Steward	290	0.010%	0.78x
1515	Whelan	290	0.010%	1.48x
1516	Maltby	289	0.010%	1.74x
1517	Crofts	288	0.010%	1.23x
1518	Elvidge	288	0.010%	5.17x
1519	Kendrew	288	0.010%	8.14x
1520	Penny	288	0.010%	0.56x
1521	Smedley	288	0.010%	1.22x
1522	Tatham	288	0.010%	2.95x
1523	Fortune	287	0.010%	1.90x
1524	Rodwell	287	0.010%	1.84x
1525	Allatt	286	0.010%	8.68x
1526	Constantine	286	0.010%	3.40x
1527	Haslam	286	0.010%	0.65x
1528	Hatton	286	0.010%	0.50x
1529	Henson	286	0.010%	0.84x
1530	Lang	286	0.010%	0.44x
1531	Thickett	286	0.010%	7.11x
1532	Dugdale	285	0.010%	1.43x
1533	Glew	285	0.010%	4.48x
1534	Heaps	285	0.010%	2.26x
1535	Welford	285	0.010%	3.54x
1536	Bennet	284	0.010%	0.71x
1537	Oakley	284	0.010%	0.46x
1538	Tyler	284	0.010%	0.33x
1539	Good	283	0.010%	0.79x
1540	Pounder	283	0.010%	2.99x
1541	Vernon	283	0.010%	0.59x
1542	Cawthra	282	0.010%	9.41x
1543	Dewhurst	282	0.010%	0.82x
1544	Faulkner	282	0.010%	0.36x
1545	Gawthorpe	282	0.010%	8.38x
1546	Harrington	282	0.010%	0.51x
1547	Mennell	282	0.010%	8.38x
1548	Ashforth	281	0.010%	5.59x
1549	Carver	281	0.010%	1.07x
1550	Cornforth	281	0.010%	4.24x
1551	Houseman	281	0.010%	4.19x
1552	Story	281	0.010%	1.57x
1553	Earl	280	0.010%	0.74x
1554	Leather	280	0.010%	1.42x
1555	Padget	280	0.010%	6.90x
1556	Sawdon	280	0.010%	9.17x
1557	Wildsmith	280	0.010%	4.54x
1558	Penrose	279	0.010%	2.51x
1559	Whincup	279	0.010%	7.64x
1560	Forth	278	0.010%	3.91x
1561	Hiley	278	0.010%	3.77x
1562	Grice	277	0.010%	0.93x
1563	Lacey	277	0.010%	0.52x
1564	Sweeney	276	0.010%	0.71x
1565	Waugh	276	0.010%	0.70x
1566	Weatherhead	276	0.010%	3.34x
1567	Button	275	0.010%	0.80x
1568	Farr	275	0.010%	0.64x
1569	Helm	275	0.010%	2.13x
1570	Livesey	275	0.010%	0.97x
1571	Whittingham	275	0.010%	1.26x
1572	Abson	274	0.010%	8.26x
1573	Birkby	274	0.010%	8.41x
1574	Catton	274	0.010%	2.92x
1575	Kipling	274	0.010%	3.97x
1576	Outram	274	0.010%	3.23x
1577	Rouse	274	0.010%	0.66x
1578	Shepherdson	274	0.010%	7.48x
1579	Shoesmith	274	0.010%	3.18x
1580	Daley	273	0.010%	0.80x
1581	Darby	273	0.010%	0.59x
1582	Rees	273	0.010%	0.11x
1583	Rycroft	273	0.010%	3.29x
1584	Charles	272	0.010%	0.45x
1585	Middlebrook	272	0.010%	5.12x
1586	Rodger	272	0.010%	0.67x
1587	Summersgill	272	0.010%	7.20x
1588	Worrall	272	0.010%	0.74x
1589	Cullen	271	0.010%	0.53x
1590	Dungworth	271	0.010%	9.91x
1591	Duxbury	271	0.010%	1.39x
1592	Bowen	270	0.010%	0.23x
1593	Cowen	270	0.010%	1.70x
1594	Falkingham	270	0.010%	8.59x
1595	Fewster	270	0.010%	5.27x
1596	Fields	270	0.010%	1.94x
1597	Hellowell	270	0.010%	9.60x
1598	Leadley	270	0.010%	7.00x
1599	Muscroft	270	0.010%	9.44x
1600	Stell	270	0.010%	5.87x