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 Longbottom, with 2,235 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
201	Longbottom	2,235	0.080%	8.68x
202	Adams	2,222	0.080%	0.52x
203	Moorhouse	2,211	0.080%	6.17x
204	West	2,205	0.080%	0.79x
205	Wild	2,205	0.080%	1.87x
206	Sheard	2,189	0.080%	8.26x
207	Butterfield	2,185	0.080%	5.65x
208	Dale	2,175	0.080%	1.78x
209	Earnshaw	2,163	0.070%	6.04x
210	Bower	2,160	0.070%	4.07x
211	Barber	2,135	0.070%	1.23x
212	Hinchliffe	2,129	0.070%	8.52x
213	Wells	2,124	0.070%	0.88x
214	Horsfall	2,107	0.070%	7.22x
215	Varley	2,099	0.070%	5.28x
216	Walsh	2,095	0.070%	1.36x
217	Kirby	2,081	0.070%	1.89x
218	Holt	2,080	0.070%	1.07x
219	Mann	2,072	0.070%	1.36x
220	Harris	2,064	0.070%	0.28x
221	Jennings	2,061	0.070%	1.40x
222	Chadwick	2,053	0.070%	1.62x
223	Harper	2,047	0.070%	1.10x
224	Bates	2,038	0.070%	1.11x
225	Oates	2,038	0.070%	4.52x
226	Spence	2,034	0.070%	2.12x
227	Charlesworth	2,032	0.070%	5.44x
228	Miller	2,027	0.070%	0.39x
229	Hague	2,021	0.070%	4.44x
230	Mills	2,020	0.070%	0.54x
231	Townend	2,003	0.070%	8.08x
232	Robertshaw	1,999	0.070%	8.45x
233	Rodgers	1,986	0.070%	2.51x
234	Hunt	1,984	0.070%	0.52x
235	Benson	1,980	0.070%	2.52x
236	Law	1,973	0.070%	1.51x
237	Metcalf	1,972	0.070%	3.36x
238	Stansfield	1,972	0.070%	4.41x
239	Littlewood	1,964	0.070%	5.26x
240	Wainwright	1,963	0.070%	3.20x
241	Howard	1,955	0.070%	0.69x
242	Hey	1,953	0.070%	7.62x
243	Pratt	1,951	0.070%	1.17x
244	Jagger	1,949	0.070%	8.50x
245	Peel	1,942	0.070%	3.74x
246	Powell	1,934	0.070%	0.54x
247	Chambers	1,932	0.070%	1.17x
248	Appleyard	1,931	0.070%	7.30x
249	Garside	1,931	0.070%	4.62x
250	Denton	1,921	0.070%	3.61x
251	Edwards	1,918	0.070%	0.24x
252	Haley	1,917	0.070%	5.56x
253	Pickard	1,912	0.070%	4.74x
254	Russell	1,912	0.070%	0.54x
255	Cox	1,911	0.070%	0.44x
256	Ambler	1,906	0.070%	7.46x
257	Hewitt	1,894	0.070%	1.34x
258	Hopkinson	1,886	0.070%	3.98x
259	Morley	1,883	0.070%	1.63x
260	Tate	1,883	0.070%	3.37x
261	Murgatroyd	1,863	0.060%	8.57x
262	Waterhouse	1,860	0.060%	4.22x
263	Oxley	1,853	0.060%	4.57x
264	Rushworth	1,849	0.060%	7.73x
265	Crossland	1,844	0.060%	7.25x
266	Mortimer	1,843	0.060%	3.04x
267	Moss	1,843	0.060%	1.03x
268	Ashton	1,840	0.060%	1.30x
269	Woodcock	1,837	0.060%	2.22x
270	Jenkinson	1,827	0.060%	3.60x
271	Bolton	1,825	0.060%	1.46x
272	Howarth	1,823	0.060%	1.31x
273	Reed	1,823	0.060%	0.86x
274	Banks	1,800	0.060%	1.21x
275	Mallinson	1,792	0.060%	7.50x
276	Jessop	1,771	0.060%	5.15x
277	Speight	1,764	0.060%	7.50x
278	Oldfield	1,755	0.060%	3.67x
279	Yates	1,740	0.060%	0.87x
280	Davies	1,731	0.060%	0.12x
281	Waite	1,726	0.060%	2.87x
282	Wray	1,719	0.060%	4.42x
283	Lund	1,716	0.060%	5.47x
284	Hainsworth	1,714	0.060%	9.31x
285	Milnes	1,714	0.060%	6.71x
286	Leach	1,711	0.060%	1.43x
287	Hardcastle	1,705	0.060%	6.66x
288	Davison	1,688	0.060%	1.63x
289	Potter	1,684	0.060%	0.90x
290	Pinder	1,675	0.060%	4.80x
291	Oliver	1,674	0.060%	0.81x
292	Hughes	1,669	0.060%	0.21x
293	Newsome	1,666	0.060%	8.00x
294	Hemingway	1,660	0.060%	8.56x
295	France	1,658	0.060%	3.77x
296	Alderson	1,651	0.060%	4.11x
297	Ogden	1,650	0.060%	2.02x
298	Lawton	1,643	0.060%	2.20x
299	Long	1,641	0.060%	0.87x
300	Bland	1,627	0.060%	2.71x