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 Burman, with 85 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
3601	Burman	85	0.000%	0.74x
3602	Cane	85	0.000%	0.43x
3603	Cansfield	85	0.000%	6.82x
3604	Cleminson	85	0.000%	2.00x
3605	Coulter	85	0.000%	0.58x
3606	Dorsey	85	0.000%	4.70x
3607	Edmonds	85	0.000%	0.15x
3608	Glenn	85	0.000%	0.94x
3609	Goss	85	0.000%	0.34x
3610	Greetham	85	0.000%	2.48x
3611	Hoare	85	0.000%	0.15x
3612	Holme	85	0.000%	0.63x
3613	Lines	85	0.000%	0.28x
3614	Raisbeck	85	0.000%	3.10x
3615	Rolfe	85	0.000%	0.23x
3616	Salton	85	0.000%	3.02x
3617	Summerskill	85	0.000%	7.52x
3618	Tonks	85	0.000%	0.56x
3619	Townley	85	0.000%	0.47x
3620	Tupman	85	0.000%	3.38x
3621	Wailes	85	0.000%	3.03x
3622	Worthy	85	0.000%	1.21x
3623	Beardshall	84	0.000%	7.62x
3624	Brabbs	84	0.000%	8.36x
3625	Bracken	84	0.000%	1.76x
3626	Burnhill	84	0.000%	7.06x
3627	Bushell	84	0.000%	0.30x
3628	Charter	84	0.000%	1.50x
3629	Christopher	84	0.000%	0.49x
3630	Cockell	84	0.000%	2.22x
3631	Cundell	84	0.000%	3.38x
3632	Dexter	84	0.000%	0.40x
3633	Elstub	84	0.000%	10.22x
3634	Found	84	0.000%	2.60x
3635	Friend	84	0.000%	0.26x
3636	Garnet	84	0.000%	2.78x
3637	Gillespie	84	0.000%	0.18x
3638	Grubb	84	0.000%	0.47x
3639	Hagan	84	0.000%	0.58x
3640	Hukin	84	0.000%	7.18x
3641	Jack	84	0.000%	0.14x
3642	Lear	84	0.000%	0.50x
3643	Marris	84	0.000%	2.08x
3644	Mear	84	0.000%	1.56x
3645	Pindar	84	0.000%	3.90x
3646	Pudsey	84	0.000%	8.05x
3647	Rainforth	84	0.000%	5.64x
3648	Saunderson	84	0.000%	1.25x
3649	Scanlan	84	0.000%	1.29x
3650	Trigg	84	0.000%	0.52x
3651	Tyne	84	0.000%	4.26x
3652	Wedgewood	84	0.000%	3.16x
3653	Brain	83	0.000%	0.27x
3654	Cantrill	83	0.000%	2.11x
3655	Coult	83	0.000%	5.37x
3656	Crawley	83	0.000%	0.22x
3657	Fairhurst	83	0.000%	0.35x
3658	Forrester	83	0.000%	0.21x
3659	Foxcroft	83	0.000%	1.94x
3660	Godber	83	0.000%	1.37x
3661	Graydon	83	0.000%	3.17x
3662	Hauxwell	83	0.000%	4.85x
3663	Linskill	83	0.000%	7.53x
3664	Lye	83	0.000%	1.06x
3665	Muschamp	83	0.000%	5.69x
3666	Onions	83	0.000%	0.52x
3667	Orr	83	0.000%	0.17x
3668	Paling	83	0.000%	1.27x
3669	Ragan	83	0.000%	1.75x
3670	Stathers	83	0.000%	8.10x
3671	Tanner	83	0.000%	0.13x
3672	Turley	83	0.000%	0.53x
3673	Tweddle	83	0.000%	0.83x
3674	Whiteside	83	0.000%	0.36x
3675	Altham	82	0.000%	2.27x
3676	Ashwell	82	0.000%	0.82x
3677	Bleasby	82	0.000%	7.07x
3678	Brackenbury	82	0.000%	1.29x
3679	Budd	82	0.000%	0.22x
3680	Calligan	82	0.000%	1.43x
3681	Colbridge	82	0.000%	6.84x
3682	Coxon	82	0.000%	0.37x
3683	Cuttell	82	0.000%	4.35x
3684	Devlin	82	0.000%	0.35x
3685	Durant	82	0.000%	0.81x
3686	Farnaby	82	0.000%	7.51x
3687	Gilberthorpe	82	0.000%	6.79x
3688	Grattan	82	0.000%	3.63x
3689	Hawthorn	82	0.000%	0.49x
3690	Hollingdrake	82	0.000%	7.64x
3691	Holton	82	0.000%	0.55x
3692	Hooton	82	0.000%	0.82x
3693	Jolliffe	82	0.000%	0.63x
3694	Kelshaw	82	0.000%	3.34x
3695	Kennington	82	0.000%	2.36x
3696	Leason	82	0.000%	2.82x
3697	Meadley	82	0.000%	6.79x
3698	Meadowcroft	82	0.000%	0.78x
3699	Newboult	82	0.000%	6.53x
3700	Oades	82	0.000%	4.61x