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 Armstead, with 126 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
2801	Armstead	126	0.000%	2.77x
2802	Dearing	126	0.000%	2.32x
2803	Dykes	126	0.000%	0.63x
2804	Glasby	126	0.000%	3.82x
2805	Godbehere	126	0.000%	6.75x
2806	Hincliffe	126	0.000%	8.20x
2807	Leedham	126	0.000%	1.62x
2808	Patton	126	0.000%	1.22x
2809	Pulman	126	0.000%	2.74x
2810	Renwick	126	0.000%	0.64x
2811	Seal	126	0.000%	0.60x
2812	Belt	125	0.000%	3.71x
2813	Bullivant	125	0.000%	1.68x
2814	Capper	125	0.000%	0.82x
2815	Conlon	125	0.000%	1.97x
2816	Cork	125	0.000%	0.58x
2817	Derbyshire	125	0.000%	0.41x
2818	Gascoyne	125	0.000%	1.86x
2819	Holderness	125	0.000%	2.48x
2820	Lindsey	125	0.000%	0.85x
2821	Parrington	125	0.000%	3.27x
2822	Peckitt	125	0.000%	7.35x
2823	Smailes	125	0.000%	2.96x
2824	Smurthwaite	125	0.000%	2.90x
2825	Tait	125	0.000%	0.15x
2826	Theakston	125	0.000%	7.65x
2827	Thirkell	125	0.000%	3.24x
2828	Thomlinson	125	0.000%	2.38x
2829	Barran	124	0.000%	6.82x
2830	Beevors	124	0.000%	9.10x
2831	Carrol	124	0.000%	0.95x
2832	Colman	124	0.000%	0.46x
2833	Dilworth	124	0.000%	1.49x
2834	Dye	124	0.000%	0.65x
2835	Lamplough	124	0.000%	6.55x
2836	Levick	124	0.000%	3.12x
2837	Mowbray	124	0.000%	1.03x
2838	Norminton	124	0.000%	8.55x
2839	Shepard	124	0.000%	1.51x
2840	Siddons	124	0.000%	2.19x
2841	Standing	124	0.000%	0.67x
2842	Tanfield	124	0.000%	6.45x
2843	Tipling	124	0.000%	7.92x
2844	Webber	124	0.000%	0.14x
2845	Addey	123	0.000%	7.95x
2846	Avery	123	0.000%	0.25x
2847	Blagbrough	123	0.000%	9.29x
2848	Butterwick	123	0.000%	5.84x
2849	Collis	123	0.000%	0.41x
2850	Duff	123	0.000%	0.24x
2851	Goff	123	0.000%	0.66x
2852	Greenley	123	0.000%	7.53x
2853	Hallatt	123	0.000%	5.95x
2854	Henshaw	123	0.000%	0.50x
2855	Hinton	123	0.000%	0.32x
2856	Killingbeck	123	0.000%	5.76x
2857	Myres	123	0.000%	4.68x
2858	Sample	123	0.000%	2.71x
2859	Sawden	123	0.000%	8.05x
2860	Silvester	123	0.000%	0.55x
2861	Thackery	123	0.000%	4.91x
2862	Tighe	123	0.000%	1.83x
2863	Tracey	123	0.000%	0.67x
2864	Arnett	122	0.000%	2.27x
2865	Barret	122	0.000%	1.48x
2866	Caswell	122	0.000%	0.87x
2867	Craddock	122	0.000%	0.50x
2868	Driffield	122	0.000%	5.09x
2869	Farrah	122	0.000%	6.71x
2870	Gunn	122	0.000%	0.17x
2871	Kirkman	122	0.000%	0.66x
2872	Lishman	122	0.000%	2.06x
2873	Mayman	122	0.000%	5.22x
2874	Norbury	122	0.000%	0.83x
2875	Purdon	122	0.000%	2.27x
2876	Rowell	122	0.000%	0.48x
2877	Scurrah	122	0.000%	7.94x
2878	Sleightholme	122	0.000%	7.42x
2879	Tebb	122	0.000%	3.84x
2880	Tweedale	122	0.000%	1.39x
2881	Waud	122	0.000%	8.20x
2882	Bayles	121	0.000%	2.11x
2883	Boothby	121	0.000%	1.47x
2884	Breaks	121	0.000%	6.55x
2885	Donnelly	121	0.000%	0.33x
2886	Greathead	121	0.000%	2.78x
2887	Healy	121	0.000%	0.63x
2888	Kendell	121	0.000%	2.96x
2889	Mell	121	0.000%	6.49x
2890	Mowforth	121	0.000%	9.27x
2891	Oxspring	121	0.000%	6.84x
2892	Puckering	121	0.000%	7.15x
2893	Whittle	121	0.000%	0.19x
2894	Bostwick	120	0.000%	8.33x
2895	Hansell	120	0.000%	2.06x
2896	Holding	120	0.000%	0.47x
2897	Jeffries	120	0.000%	0.33x
2898	Kearsley	120	0.000%	1.78x
2899	Longster	120	0.000%	9.70x
2900	Ollerenshaw	120	0.000%	1.75x