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 Tennison, with 108 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
3101	Tennison	108	0.000%	7.60x
3102	Tweedy	108	0.000%	1.82x
3103	Wentworth	108	0.000%	1.98x
3104	Bales	107	0.000%	0.99x
3105	Bosworth	107	0.000%	0.63x
3106	Denny	107	0.000%	0.44x
3107	Dowd	107	0.000%	1.18x
3108	Etty	107	0.000%	6.29x
3109	Frazer	107	0.000%	0.48x
3110	Gornall	107	0.000%	1.29x
3111	Hickey	107	0.000%	0.59x
3112	Langford	107	0.000%	0.24x
3113	Sargeant	107	0.000%	0.47x
3114	Sefton	107	0.000%	1.12x
3115	Staples	107	0.000%	0.39x
3116	Winpenny	107	0.000%	6.75x
3117	Witton	107	0.000%	1.84x
3118	Airton	106	0.000%	7.31x
3119	Brocklesby	106	0.000%	2.28x
3120	Cuttle	106	0.000%	5.65x
3121	Duffill	106	0.000%	3.17x
3122	Gawthorp	106	0.000%	7.46x
3123	Gilchrist	106	0.000%	0.25x
3124	Grunwell	106	0.000%	8.57x
3125	Haygarth	106	0.000%	3.82x
3126	Hebdon	106	0.000%	5.25x
3127	Horncastle	106	0.000%	4.51x
3128	Keegan	106	0.000%	1.10x
3129	Lilly	106	0.000%	0.60x
3130	Lynas	106	0.000%	4.61x
3131	Maher	106	0.000%	1.00x
3132	Marriner	106	0.000%	2.22x
3133	Pearse	106	0.000%	0.34x
3134	Ratcliff	106	0.000%	0.57x
3135	Reeder	106	0.000%	1.35x
3136	Sedgewick	106	0.000%	2.75x
3137	Stagg	106	0.000%	0.55x
3138	Stamford	106	0.000%	1.79x
3139	Stobbs	106	0.000%	1.27x
3140	Swires	106	0.000%	8.18x
3141	Tyzack	106	0.000%	4.77x
3142	Wait	106	0.000%	0.73x
3143	Armatage	105	0.000%	4.94x
3144	Batchelor	105	0.000%	0.21x
3145	Bennington	105	0.000%	2.47x
3146	Cappleman	105	0.000%	10.15x
3147	Coope	105	0.000%	1.83x
3148	Currie	105	0.000%	0.13x
3149	Denman	105	0.000%	0.81x
3150	Everingham	105	0.000%	6.24x
3151	Featherston	105	0.000%	3.82x
3152	Gillett	105	0.000%	0.34x
3153	Grafton	105	0.000%	1.31x
3154	Gratton	105	0.000%	0.91x
3155	Hannah	105	0.000%	0.28x
3156	Hildred	105	0.000%	2.87x
3157	Kilbride	105	0.000%	3.58x
3158	Leaper	105	0.000%	3.16x
3159	Link	105	0.000%	2.00x
3160	Raines	105	0.000%	1.80x
3161	Warhurst	105	0.000%	1.29x
3162	Wigley	105	0.000%	0.57x
3163	Case	104	0.000%	0.36x
3164	Cash	104	0.000%	0.54x
3165	Dronfield	104	0.000%	5.20x
3166	Grassby	104	0.000%	5.75x
3167	Hebron	104	0.000%	4.06x
3168	Huddlestone	104	0.000%	2.07x
3169	Joel	104	0.000%	1.59x
3170	Lockey	104	0.000%	1.51x
3171	Machon	104	0.000%	2.88x
3172	Mansley	104	0.000%	3.82x
3173	Medcalf	104	0.000%	0.92x
3174	Newstead	104	0.000%	1.03x
3175	Rawlins	104	0.000%	0.62x
3176	Rex	104	0.000%	2.26x
3177	Shackelton	104	0.000%	5.38x
3178	Suffield	104	0.000%	4.08x
3179	Wilmot	104	0.000%	0.54x
3180	Wooley	104	0.000%	0.56x
3181	Bootland	103	0.000%	9.35x
3182	Brannon	103	0.000%	1.28x
3183	Brazier	103	0.000%	0.38x
3184	Cartman	103	0.000%	4.87x
3185	Dougill	103	0.000%	6.92x
3186	Flood	103	0.000%	0.41x
3187	Huntley	103	0.000%	0.50x
3188	Keating	103	0.000%	0.72x
3189	Mitchinson	103	0.000%	1.39x
3190	Musgrove	103	0.000%	0.74x
3191	Nesfield	103	0.000%	8.46x
3192	Pendergast	103	0.000%	2.69x
3193	Penistone	103	0.000%	8.39x
3194	Tweed	103	0.000%	1.54x
3195	Weighill	103	0.000%	5.07x
3196	Allsopp	102	0.000%	0.86x
3197	Athey	102	0.000%	3.01x
3198	Berwick	102	0.000%	0.88x
3199	Boland	102	0.000%	1.79x
3200	Estill	102	0.000%	8.72x