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 Newsham, with 75 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
3901	Newsham	75	0.000%	0.83x
3902	Oram	75	0.000%	0.33x
3903	Pogmore	75	0.000%	5.71x
3904	Reilly	75	0.000%	0.24x
3905	Roodhouse	75	0.000%	7.18x
3906	Roscoe	75	0.000%	0.42x
3907	Scotter	75	0.000%	4.79x
3908	Spray	75	0.000%	0.86x
3909	Truman	75	0.000%	0.42x
3910	Virr	75	0.000%	8.82x
3911	Warley	75	0.000%	4.00x
3912	Adshead	74	0.000%	0.59x
3913	Arksey	74	0.000%	10.21x
3914	Bourke	74	0.000%	1.05x
3915	Braim	74	0.000%	8.06x
3916	Butterick	74	0.000%	5.59x
3917	Camplin	74	0.000%	2.58x
3918	Cockill	74	0.000%	5.98x
3919	Cockram	74	0.000%	0.75x
3920	Flanigan	74	0.000%	1.48x
3921	Garbett	74	0.000%	0.66x
3922	Haddon	74	0.000%	0.38x
3923	Harford	74	0.000%	0.79x
3924	Haswell	74	0.000%	0.79x
3925	Hemming	74	0.000%	0.29x
3926	Howker	74	0.000%	5.84x
3927	Kellington	74	0.000%	9.82x
3928	Kilkenny	74	0.000%	3.27x
3929	Laughlin	74	0.000%	1.62x
3930	Marvell	74	0.000%	4.53x
3931	Moores	74	0.000%	0.31x
3932	Mouncey	74	0.000%	5.17x
3933	Oldridge	74	0.000%	1.88x
3934	Powley	74	0.000%	0.82x
3935	Relton	74	0.000%	3.93x
3936	Reveley	74	0.000%	4.28x
3937	Sidwell	74	0.000%	0.93x
3938	Sills	74	0.000%	0.81x
3939	Smirthwaite	74	0.000%	7.29x
3940	Stanfield	74	0.000%	0.91x
3941	Stennett	74	0.000%	1.70x
3942	Towell	74	0.000%	0.90x
3943	Veal	74	0.000%	0.42x
3944	Winstanley	74	0.000%	0.25x
3945	Worfolk	74	0.000%	8.80x
3946	Ashford	73	0.000%	0.25x
3947	Astbury	73	0.000%	0.54x
3948	Beacher	73	0.000%	3.43x
3949	Beer	73	0.000%	0.16x
3950	Bickerton	73	0.000%	0.60x
3951	Boler	73	0.000%	4.50x
3952	Braime	73	0.000%	9.94x
3953	Brameld	73	0.000%	8.21x
3954	Burch	73	0.000%	0.33x
3955	Dewse	73	0.000%	7.13x
3956	Donoghue	73	0.000%	0.76x
3957	Etches	73	0.000%	2.19x
3958	Flatters	73	0.000%	3.43x
3959	Frances	73	0.000%	0.40x
3960	Gospel	73	0.000%	9.56x
3961	Hemmings	73	0.000%	0.30x
3962	Hepplestone	73	0.000%	6.93x
3963	Hiller	73	0.000%	1.79x
3964	Hunsley	73	0.000%	3.65x
3965	Jacob	73	0.000%	0.32x
3966	Lickiss	73	0.000%	9.44x
3967	Lomax	73	0.000%	0.18x
3968	Maston	73	0.000%	3.15x
3969	Mayfield	73	0.000%	0.98x
3970	Moffitt	73	0.000%	1.56x
3971	Moulton	73	0.000%	0.51x
3972	Oversby	73	0.000%	4.47x
3973	Parkins	73	0.000%	0.47x
3974	Patefield	73	0.000%	4.44x
3975	Pedder	73	0.000%	0.72x
3976	Petts	73	0.000%	0.99x
3977	Quick	73	0.000%	0.23x
3978	Ransome	73	0.000%	0.80x
3979	Rix	73	0.000%	0.46x
3980	Shute	73	0.000%	0.63x
3981	Smithers	73	0.000%	0.47x
3982	Somers	73	0.000%	0.74x
3983	Swinbank	73	0.000%	3.01x
3984	Timm	73	0.000%	4.47x
3985	Toyne	73	0.000%	2.16x
3986	Tulley	73	0.000%	1.22x
3987	Walsham	73	0.000%	2.07x
3988	Whyman	73	0.000%	0.94x
3989	Wickham	73	0.000%	0.37x
3990	Akester	72	0.000%	7.30x
3991	Bayldon	72	0.000%	6.06x
3992	Bradly	72	0.000%	1.11x
3993	Brearey	72	0.000%	8.19x
3994	Buller	72	0.000%	0.76x
3995	Chaloner	72	0.000%	1.51x
3996	Cocks	72	0.000%	0.37x
3997	Conlan	72	0.000%	1.37x
3998	Cranshaw	72	0.000%	1.36x
3999	Cutting	72	0.000%	0.49x
4000	Doncaster	72	0.000%	1.55x