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 Seadon, 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
19601	Seadon	2	0.000%	0.17x
19602	Seafield	2	0.000%	1.15x
19603	Seares	2	0.000%	0.19x
19604	Seargeant	2	0.000%	0.26x
19605	Sedden	2	0.000%	0.23x
19606	Seivewright	2	0.000%	0.31x
19607	Selfe	2	0.000%	0.07x
19608	Sellwood	2	0.000%	0.04x
19609	Selly	2	0.000%	0.16x
19610	Selwyn	2	0.000%	0.08x
19611	Serby	2	0.000%	0.74x
19612	Sever	2	0.000%	0.50x
19613	Shackel	2	0.000%	0.20x
19614	Shackle	2	0.000%	0.15x
19615	Shackleford	2	0.000%	0.12x
19616	Shailes	2	0.000%	0.38x
19617	Sham	2	0.000%	1.73x
19618	Shandley	2	0.000%	0.18x
19619	Shanton	2	0.000%	0.67x
19620	Sharon	2	0.000%	1.29x
19621	Sharrad	2	0.000%	0.69x
19622	Shave	2	0.000%	0.03x
19623	Shaylor	2	0.000%	0.15x
19624	Sheaff	2	0.000%	0.32x
19625	Shearon	2	0.000%	0.57x
19626	Sheridon	2	0.000%	0.26x
19627	Sherrock	2	0.000%	0.94x
19628	Shillite	2	0.000%	4.16x
19629	Shinger	2	0.000%	0.69x
19630	Shipsey	2	0.000%	0.77x
19631	Shorland	2	0.000%	0.11x
19632	Shorne	2	0.000%	0.67x
19633	Shorton	2	0.000%	0.40x
19634	Shread	2	0.000%	0.26x
19635	Shreeves	2	0.000%	0.25x
19636	Shrosbree	2	0.000%	0.41x
19637	Shury	2	0.000%	0.32x
19638	Sidders	2	0.000%	0.12x
19639	Sillence	2	0.000%	0.07x
19640	Sillers	2	0.000%	0.30x
19641	Sillery	2	0.000%	0.63x
19642	Silman	2	0.000%	0.11x
19643	Silsby	2	0.000%	0.14x
19644	Silverstone	2	0.000%	0.20x
19645	Sime	2	0.000%	0.02x
19646	Simmon	2	0.000%	0.16x
19647	Sindall	2	0.000%	0.11x
19648	Sinkins	2	0.000%	0.37x
19649	Skeats	2	0.000%	0.06x
19650	Sked	2	0.000%	0.14x
19651	Skeffington	2	0.000%	0.14x
19652	Skevington	2	0.000%	0.07x
19653	Skipp	2	0.000%	0.05x
19654	Skirving	2	0.000%	0.10x
19655	Skora	2	0.000%	10.47x
19656	Slesser	2	0.000%	0.36x
19657	Smaller	2	0.000%	0.36x
19658	Smeal	2	0.000%	0.39x
19659	Smetham	2	0.000%	0.21x
19660	Soames	2	0.000%	0.05x
19661	Soden	2	0.000%	0.04x
19662	Softly	2	0.000%	0.11x
19663	Soh	2	0.000%	10.47x
19664	Soles	2	0.000%	0.18x
19665	Sollars	2	0.000%	0.22x
19666	Solly	2	0.000%	0.04x
19667	Sorbie	2	0.000%	0.10x
19668	Sott	2	0.000%	0.86x
19669	Souster	2	0.000%	0.16x
19670	Southerland	2	0.000%	0.23x
19671	Southorn	2	0.000%	0.18x
19672	Sower	2	0.000%	0.41x
19673	Sowers	2	0.000%	2.07x
19674	Spanner	2	0.000%	0.10x
19675	Speedie	2	0.000%	0.10x
19676	Speers	2	0.000%	0.22x
19677	Speke	2	0.000%	0.18x
19678	Spendelow	2	0.000%	0.18x
19679	Sperry	2	0.000%	0.14x
19680	Spike	2	0.000%	0.22x
19681	Spiller	2	0.000%	0.01x
19682	Spoors	2	0.000%	0.06x
19683	Sprat	2	0.000%	0.35x
19684	Spratling	2	0.000%	0.20x
19685	Spreadbury	2	0.000%	0.05x
19686	Springham	2	0.000%	0.08x
19687	Squance	2	0.000%	0.12x
19688	Stahl	2	0.000%	0.54x
19689	Stalley	2	0.000%	0.09x
19690	Stanbury	2	0.000%	0.03x
19691	Stand	2	0.000%	1.88x
19692	Staniford	2	0.000%	0.11x
19693	Stansby	2	0.000%	0.27x
19694	Starley	2	0.000%	0.19x
19695	State	2	0.000%	0.15x
19696	Statter	2	0.000%	0.26x
19697	Staw	2	0.000%	5.19x
19698	Stclaire	2	0.000%	3.45x
19699	Stearn	2	0.000%	0.03x
19700	Steiner	2	0.000%	0.52x