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 Purtill, with 2 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
19501	Purtill	2	0.000%	0.69x
19502	Quadling	2	0.000%	0.25x
19503	Qualter	2	0.000%	0.40x
19504	Quantrill	2	0.000%	0.07x
19505	Quarry	2	0.000%	0.09x
19506	Quicke	2	0.000%	0.24x
19507	Rabin	2	0.000%	0.83x
19508	Ragsdale	2	0.000%	0.21x
19509	Railey	2	0.000%	0.57x
19510	Raman	2	0.000%	1.48x
19511	Rame	2	0.000%	0.54x
19512	Ramford	2	0.000%	0.24x
19513	Ramplin	2	0.000%	0.17x
19514	Rapsey	2	0.000%	0.18x
19515	Rate	2	0.000%	0.10x
19516	Ratliffe	2	0.000%	0.59x
19517	Rayman	2	0.000%	0.33x
19518	Real	2	0.000%	0.17x
19519	Reddan	2	0.000%	0.33x
19520	Redrup	2	0.000%	0.11x
19521	Reich	2	0.000%	0.19x
19522	Reidy	2	0.000%	0.18x
19523	Reily	2	0.000%	0.08x
19524	Reiner	2	0.000%	0.65x
19525	Reiter	2	0.000%	2.30x
19526	Renfree	2	0.000%	0.18x
19527	Reoch	2	0.000%	0.13x
19528	Reuben	2	0.000%	0.33x
19529	Revans	2	0.000%	0.20x
19530	Revers	2	0.000%	0.83x
19531	Ricardo	2	0.000%	0.33x
19532	Richardon	2	0.000%	2.59x
19533	Richerdson	2	0.000%	0.57x
19534	Ridden	2	0.000%	0.26x
19535	Ridgley	2	0.000%	0.06x
19536	Ridgwell	2	0.000%	0.05x
19537	Rilly	2	0.000%	0.36x
19538	Rine	2	0.000%	0.48x
19539	Riordan	2	0.000%	0.13x
19540	Risely	2	0.000%	0.19x
19541	Risk	2	0.000%	0.06x
19542	Rixson	2	0.000%	0.34x
19543	Robbs	2	0.000%	0.42x
19544	Robinshaw	2	0.000%	0.22x
19545	Rockell	2	0.000%	0.19x
19546	Rode	2	0.000%	1.04x
19547	Roley	2	0.000%	0.47x
19548	Ronchetti	2	0.000%	0.59x
19549	Ronse	2	0.000%	1.73x
19550	Rooksby	2	0.000%	0.19x
19551	Roos	2	0.000%	0.22x
19552	Roote	2	0.000%	0.38x
19553	Roscow	2	0.000%	0.05x
19554	Rosie	2	0.000%	0.04x
19555	Roskell	2	0.000%	0.06x
19556	Rosse	2	0.000%	0.63x
19557	Rother	2	0.000%	0.80x
19558	Roud	2	0.000%	0.23x
19559	Roughead	2	0.000%	0.17x
19560	Rous	2	0.000%	0.10x
19561	Routley	2	0.000%	0.06x
19562	Rowarth	2	0.000%	0.15x
19563	Rower	2	0.000%	0.43x
19564	Rowes	2	0.000%	0.35x
19565	Rowlings	2	0.000%	0.16x
19566	Rowman	2	0.000%	1.09x
19567	Royall	2	0.000%	0.11x
19568	Rud	2	0.000%	0.31x
19569	Rupp	2	0.000%	1.15x
19570	Ruscoe	2	0.000%	0.03x
19571	Rushford	2	0.000%	0.30x
19572	Rushmore	2	0.000%	0.18x
19573	Rutty	2	0.000%	0.14x
19574	Rynolds	2	0.000%	0.67x
19575	Sachs	2	0.000%	0.59x
19576	Sadgrove	2	0.000%	0.16x
19577	Sandells	2	0.000%	0.19x
19578	Sander	2	0.000%	0.06x
19579	Sansome	2	0.000%	0.05x
19580	Sapsford	2	0.000%	0.05x
19581	Sarkin	2	0.000%	5.19x
19582	Sarney	2	0.000%	0.13x
19583	Sass	2	0.000%	1.22x
19584	Saunder	2	0.000%	0.08x
19585	Savidge	2	0.000%	0.05x
19586	Savine	2	0.000%	1.73x
19587	Sawrey	2	0.000%	0.17x
19588	Scamp	2	0.000%	0.13x
19589	Scard	2	0.000%	0.17x
19590	Scarsbrook	2	0.000%	0.11x
19591	Sceats	2	0.000%	0.40x
19592	Schlesinger	2	0.000%	0.32x
19593	Scholar	2	0.000%	0.27x
19594	Schooling	2	0.000%	0.10x
19595	Scoble	2	0.000%	0.03x
19596	Scorgie	2	0.000%	0.06x
19597	Scotchmer	2	0.000%	0.20x
19598	Scouler	2	0.000%	0.13x
19599	Screech	2	0.000%	0.11x
19600	Seabright	2	0.000%	0.10x