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 Strafford, with 203 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
2001	Strafford	203	0.010%	4.83x
2002	Thackeray	203	0.010%	4.82x
2003	Weldon	203	0.010%	1.75x
2004	Lincoln	202	0.010%	0.93x
2005	Wilcox	202	0.010%	0.37x
2006	Bagley	201	0.010%	0.94x
2007	Buckton	201	0.010%	5.03x
2008	Edmond	201	0.010%	2.06x
2009	Forbes	201	0.010%	0.21x
2010	Gomersal	201	0.010%	9.86x
2011	Houlden	201	0.010%	3.54x
2012	Lynn	201	0.010%	0.80x
2013	Peart	201	0.010%	1.22x
2014	Percy	201	0.010%	0.74x
2015	Rawlings	201	0.010%	0.47x
2016	Washington	201	0.010%	1.38x
2017	Wilkin	201	0.010%	1.27x
2018	Winspear	201	0.010%	6.91x
2019	Aked	200	0.010%	6.90x
2020	Cavill	200	0.010%	2.16x
2021	Conner	200	0.010%	0.89x
2022	Flather	200	0.010%	8.69x
2023	Flockton	200	0.010%	6.72x
2024	Headley	200	0.010%	2.56x
2025	Kenney	200	0.010%	1.25x
2026	Scarborough	200	0.010%	2.45x
2027	Train	200	0.010%	3.07x
2028	Wynn	200	0.010%	0.80x
2029	Bartram	199	0.010%	1.39x
2030	Browne	199	0.010%	0.38x
2031	Cattle	199	0.010%	2.77x
2032	Corbett	199	0.010%	0.35x
2033	Ord	199	0.010%	1.04x
2034	Rowbotham	199	0.010%	1.40x
2035	Yewdall	199	0.010%	9.11x
2036	Cottam	198	0.010%	1.12x
2037	Dempsey	198	0.010%	1.09x
2038	Rawcliffe	198	0.010%	1.71x
2039	Rodley	198	0.010%	8.57x
2040	Rush	198	0.010%	0.64x
2041	Sorby	198	0.010%	6.87x
2042	Astin	197	0.010%	2.35x
2043	Barrass	197	0.010%	2.76x
2044	Drew	197	0.010%	0.26x
2045	Flowers	197	0.010%	0.84x
2046	Higginbottom	197	0.010%	1.04x
2047	Housley	197	0.010%	2.80x
2048	Imeson	197	0.010%	7.25x
2049	Kendal	197	0.010%	1.74x
2050	Merritt	197	0.010%	0.97x
2051	Ray	197	0.010%	0.34x
2052	Salt	197	0.010%	0.46x
2053	Wellock	197	0.010%	6.07x
2054	Abbot	196	0.010%	1.43x
2055	Belk	196	0.010%	6.85x
2056	Birkbeck	196	0.010%	4.62x
2057	Cawkwell	196	0.010%	5.76x
2058	Creswick	196	0.010%	6.54x
2059	Dacre	196	0.010%	5.25x
2060	Jobling	196	0.010%	1.77x
2061	Pitt	196	0.010%	0.32x
2062	Beardshaw	195	0.010%	8.17x
2063	Clifton	195	0.010%	0.48x
2064	Darnbrough	195	0.010%	9.56x
2065	Earle	195	0.010%	1.08x
2066	Hargreave	195	0.010%	5.29x
2067	Loft	195	0.010%	2.63x
2068	Prior	195	0.010%	0.29x
2069	Telford	195	0.010%	0.76x
2070	Tinsley	195	0.010%	1.11x
2071	Tuke	195	0.010%	5.12x
2072	Wightman	195	0.010%	1.02x
2073	Wingfield	195	0.010%	1.46x
2074	Arnott	194	0.010%	0.80x
2075	Blenkinsop	194	0.010%	2.37x
2076	Darling	194	0.010%	0.70x
2077	Hardacre	194	0.010%	2.83x
2078	Mackay	194	0.010%	0.19x
2079	Malkin	194	0.010%	2.04x
2080	Southwick	194	0.010%	4.52x
2081	Wyatt	194	0.010%	0.23x
2082	Cockayne	193	0.010%	2.22x
2083	Coy	193	0.010%	2.14x
2084	Everett	193	0.010%	0.37x
2085	Fawbert	193	0.010%	9.20x
2086	Thresh	193	0.010%	9.33x
2087	Boyce	192	0.010%	0.44x
2088	Collett	192	0.010%	0.52x
2089	Dresser	192	0.010%	5.46x
2090	Lidster	192	0.010%	6.11x
2091	Nutt	192	0.010%	0.92x
2092	Pottage	192	0.010%	6.45x
2093	Storry	192	0.010%	5.27x
2094	Wheelwright	192	0.010%	4.70x
2095	Widdup	192	0.010%	5.71x
2096	Daykin	191	0.010%	1.91x
2097	Douglass	191	0.010%	1.04x
2098	Howes	191	0.010%	0.38x
2099	Mack	191	0.010%	0.66x
2100	Malone	191	0.010%	0.82x