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 Hargate, with 102 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
3201	Hargate	102	0.000%	9.42x
3202	Higham	102	0.000%	0.35x
3203	Hillerby	102	0.000%	9.34x
3204	Jukes	102	0.000%	0.58x
3205	Lundy	102	0.000%	2.03x
3206	Moulding	102	0.000%	1.46x
3207	Mount	102	0.000%	0.91x
3208	Ogram	102	0.000%	9.02x
3209	Orme	102	0.000%	0.42x
3210	Rea	102	0.000%	0.63x
3211	Ridgeway	102	0.000%	1.21x
3212	Royle	102	0.000%	0.27x
3213	Sexton	102	0.000%	0.41x
3214	Slee	102	0.000%	0.90x
3215	Stelling	102	0.000%	4.61x
3216	Suttle	102	0.000%	2.83x
3217	Widdison	102	0.000%	6.40x
3218	Wignall	102	0.000%	0.69x
3219	Banner	101	0.000%	0.64x
3220	Bickerdyke	101	0.000%	8.23x
3221	Boulding	101	0.000%	3.31x
3222	Crouch	101	0.000%	0.26x
3223	Downend	101	0.000%	8.29x
3224	Eagland	101	0.000%	7.68x
3225	Flintoft	101	0.000%	7.46x
3226	Foreman	101	0.000%	0.27x
3227	Hairsine	101	0.000%	9.67x
3228	Hamshaw	101	0.000%	6.92x
3229	Harness	101	0.000%	2.82x
3230	Howroyd	101	0.000%	8.93x
3231	Killerby	101	0.000%	9.50x
3232	Moate	101	0.000%	4.69x
3233	Murfin	101	0.000%	1.67x
3234	Ramshaw	101	0.000%	1.41x
3235	Russel	101	0.000%	0.51x
3236	Saxby	101	0.000%	0.74x
3237	Scully	101	0.000%	1.13x
3238	Summerfield	101	0.000%	0.54x
3239	Tose	101	0.000%	7.21x
3240	Windross	101	0.000%	7.74x
3241	Wrighton	101	0.000%	1.46x
3242	Bently	100	0.000%	1.34x
3243	Browning	100	0.000%	0.17x
3244	Clancy	100	0.000%	1.19x
3245	Dougherty	100	0.000%	0.89x
3246	Duffin	100	0.000%	0.91x
3247	Dunne	100	0.000%	1.06x
3248	Gilligan	100	0.000%	1.35x
3249	Grayshon	100	0.000%	10.24x
3250	Hawson	100	0.000%	3.82x
3251	Hickling	100	0.000%	0.64x
3252	Holstead	100	0.000%	5.62x
3253	Ling	100	0.000%	0.37x
3254	Mark	100	0.000%	0.69x
3255	Riby	100	0.000%	8.69x
3256	Triffitt	100	0.000%	6.23x
3257	Tuck	100	0.000%	0.27x
3258	Whiteman	100	0.000%	0.54x
3259	Willan	100	0.000%	1.25x
3260	Balderson	99	0.000%	1.80x
3261	Boon	99	0.000%	0.37x
3262	Brumby	99	0.000%	1.89x
3263	Collin	99	0.000%	0.66x
3264	Coyne	99	0.000%	0.65x
3265	Crossfield	99	0.000%	2.42x
3266	Dudding	99	0.000%	4.40x
3267	Elmer	99	0.000%	1.01x
3268	Empson	99	0.000%	1.59x
3269	Flathers	99	0.000%	10.24x
3270	Guite	99	0.000%	9.15x
3271	Lascelles	99	0.000%	3.09x
3272	Lisle	99	0.000%	1.37x
3273	Marsay	99	0.000%	10.24x
3274	Maskell	99	0.000%	0.49x
3275	Moverley	99	0.000%	8.19x
3276	Munday	99	0.000%	0.29x
3277	Parfitt	99	0.000%	0.47x
3278	Peake	99	0.000%	0.35x
3279	Tindle	99	0.000%	2.21x
3280	Western	99	0.000%	0.81x
3281	Willcock	99	0.000%	0.94x
3282	Woolford	99	0.000%	0.95x
3283	Wren	99	0.000%	0.32x
3284	Barns	98	0.000%	0.52x
3285	Bass	98	0.000%	0.30x
3286	Beeston	98	0.000%	0.80x
3287	Bloomer	98	0.000%	1.13x
3288	Drinkall	98	0.000%	3.17x
3289	Gillam	98	0.000%	0.88x
3290	Gudgeon	98	0.000%	1.39x
3291	Guthrie	98	0.000%	0.27x
3292	Harley	98	0.000%	0.26x
3293	Lapish	98	0.000%	8.11x
3294	Lorriman	98	0.000%	9.66x
3295	Luke	98	0.000%	0.35x
3296	Manson	98	0.000%	0.29x
3297	Mears	98	0.000%	0.36x
3298	Norburn	98	0.000%	4.41x
3299	Partington	98	0.000%	0.24x
3300	Pilley	98	0.000%	2.61x