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 Wilcock, with 1,625 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
301	Wilcock	1,625	0.060%	3.95x
302	Higgins	1,617	0.060%	1.10x
303	Allison	1,612	0.060%	1.96x
304	Rayner	1,604	0.060%	2.22x
305	Field	1,603	0.060%	1.11x
306	Copley	1,598	0.060%	7.13x
307	Marsh	1,593	0.060%	0.77x
308	Lewis	1,588	0.050%	0.21x
309	Broadhead	1,580	0.050%	7.43x
310	Reynolds	1,572	0.050%	0.63x
311	Lamb	1,566	0.050%	1.03x
312	Baldwin	1,559	0.050%	1.26x
313	Goodall	1,552	0.050%	2.50x
314	Whittaker	1,546	0.050%	1.13x
315	Croft	1,524	0.050%	2.23x
316	Lord	1,513	0.050%	1.13x
317	Palmer	1,513	0.050%	0.44x
318	Gaunt	1,507	0.050%	5.29x
319	Ford	1,497	0.050%	0.53x
320	Hart	1,490	0.050%	0.60x
321	Phillips	1,483	0.050%	0.29x
322	Armstrong	1,481	0.050%	0.67x
323	Ibbotson	1,481	0.050%	7.46x
324	Woodhouse	1,476	0.050%	2.15x
325	Storey	1,469	0.050%	2.00x
326	Roebuck	1,466	0.050%	7.48x
327	Hammond	1,464	0.050%	0.89x
328	Stocks	1,464	0.050%	4.65x
329	Asquith	1,460	0.050%	8.62x
330	Cooke	1,454	0.050%	0.91x
331	Brooks	1,449	0.050%	0.51x
332	Holden	1,449	0.050%	0.91x
333	Kendall	1,438	0.050%	2.31x
334	Bray	1,433	0.050%	1.47x
335	Norton	1,426	0.050%	1.48x
336	Murphy	1,423	0.050%	0.62x
337	Glover	1,417	0.050%	1.15x
338	Stringer	1,413	0.050%	2.45x
339	Swallow	1,413	0.050%	4.84x
340	Boyes	1,407	0.050%	4.65x
341	Dalton	1,405	0.050%	2.11x
342	Lindley	1,404	0.050%	4.91x
343	Andrews	1,401	0.050%	0.51x
344	Bradbury	1,394	0.050%	1.67x
345	Lancaster	1,390	0.050%	1.93x
346	Butterworth	1,389	0.050%	1.34x
347	Baines	1,370	0.050%	2.47x
348	England	1,366	0.050%	2.29x
349	Abbott	1,362	0.050%	1.07x
350	Mawson	1,362	0.050%	5.83x
351	Knight	1,357	0.050%	0.38x
352	Hutton	1,351	0.050%	1.56x
353	Oldroyd	1,350	0.050%	9.22x
354	Stevenson	1,350	0.050%	0.66x
355	Archer	1,344	0.050%	1.12x
356	Driver	1,344	0.050%	2.51x
357	Smithson	1,333	0.050%	4.80x
358	Lofthouse	1,331	0.050%	6.17x
359	Guest	1,329	0.050%	2.15x
360	Burns	1,320	0.050%	0.68x
361	Crawshaw	1,315	0.050%	5.84x
362	Rose	1,308	0.050%	0.61x
363	Ball	1,307	0.050%	0.55x
364	Frost	1,306	0.050%	0.80x
365	Price	1,306	0.050%	0.26x
366	Child	1,301	0.040%	2.64x
367	Grayson	1,301	0.040%	6.02x
368	Swales	1,295	0.040%	6.40x
369	Murray	1,292	0.040%	0.36x
370	Rogers	1,292	0.040%	0.34x
371	Feather	1,289	0.040%	8.70x
372	Matthews	1,289	0.040%	0.51x
373	Moody	1,279	0.040%	1.69x
374	Best	1,277	0.040%	1.64x
375	Peace	1,275	0.040%	4.86x
376	Rawson	1,270	0.040%	4.02x
377	Kitchen	1,265	0.040%	2.56x
378	Halliday	1,262	0.040%	2.11x
379	Kitson	1,260	0.040%	5.45x
380	Jefferson	1,259	0.040%	4.00x
381	Garbutt	1,258	0.040%	6.02x
382	Holland	1,258	0.040%	0.61x
383	Lowe	1,256	0.040%	0.58x
384	Boothroyd	1,254	0.040%	8.39x
385	Needham	1,254	0.040%	2.04x
386	Proctor	1,251	0.040%	1.76x
387	Harland	1,249	0.040%	5.18x
388	Lees	1,247	0.040%	0.97x
389	Oddy	1,245	0.040%	7.00x
390	Skelton	1,243	0.040%	2.95x
391	Harker	1,237	0.040%	4.06x
392	Ross	1,236	0.040%	0.39x
393	Fearnley	1,231	0.040%	6.99x
394	Procter	1,231	0.040%	3.28x
395	Ratcliffe	1,230	0.040%	1.54x
396	Collinson	1,229	0.040%	3.62x
397	Brearley	1,226	0.040%	6.78x
398	Hinchcliffe	1,225	0.040%	6.93x
399	Howe	1,218	0.040%	1.07x
400	Porter	1,216	0.040%	0.56x