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 Craft, with 66 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
4201	Craft	66	0.000%	1.03x
4202	Crick	66	0.000%	0.38x
4203	Derrick	66	0.000%	0.41x
4204	Doolan	66	0.000%	1.16x
4205	Emms	66	0.000%	0.60x
4206	Fawcet	66	0.000%	6.44x
4207	Finan	66	0.000%	3.31x
4208	Gage	66	0.000%	0.41x
4209	Gaskell	66	0.000%	0.22x
4210	Grisdale	66	0.000%	1.32x
4211	Hancox	66	0.000%	0.30x
4212	Hartas	66	0.000%	9.10x
4213	Hawkhead	66	0.000%	10.19x
4214	Headlam	66	0.000%	4.19x
4215	Hitchin	66	0.000%	0.94x
4216	Ibbottson	66	0.000%	6.32x
4217	Jeffels	66	0.000%	6.32x
4218	Knutton	66	0.000%	6.32x
4219	Longdon	66	0.000%	1.13x
4220	Mackie	66	0.000%	0.11x
4221	Mclean	66	0.000%	0.89x
4222	Mower	66	0.000%	0.95x
4223	Pearcy	66	0.000%	1.20x
4224	Roome	66	0.000%	1.18x
4225	Sager	66	0.000%	1.58x
4226	Sibson	66	0.000%	1.83x
4227	Smeeton	66	0.000%	1.50x
4228	Spilman	66	0.000%	2.99x
4229	Teesdale	66	0.000%	1.43x
4230	Templeman	66	0.000%	0.59x
4231	Vicars	66	0.000%	1.32x
4232	Walpole	66	0.000%	0.58x
4233	Welton	66	0.000%	0.63x
4234	Woodger	66	0.000%	1.34x
4235	Youell	66	0.000%	3.03x
4236	Belwood	65	0.000%	7.47x
4237	Birmingham	65	0.000%	0.90x
4238	Bowley	65	0.000%	0.41x
4239	Bramfitt	65	0.000%	8.62x
4240	Breare	65	0.000%	9.09x
4241	Bromby	65	0.000%	5.30x
4242	Bucknell	65	0.000%	0.88x
4243	Catchpole	65	0.000%	0.35x
4244	Churchill	65	0.000%	0.19x
4245	Croisdale	65	0.000%	7.23x
4246	Darnborough	65	0.000%	7.64x
4247	Deans	65	0.000%	0.33x
4248	Ferry	65	0.000%	0.71x
4249	Gadsby	65	0.000%	0.55x
4250	Gilroy	65	0.000%	0.55x
4251	Gladstone	65	0.000%	0.83x
4252	Hebb	65	0.000%	2.37x
4253	Holbrook	65	0.000%	0.31x
4254	Jewison	65	0.000%	7.01x
4255	Kinghorn	65	0.000%	0.78x
4256	Lyall	65	0.000%	0.33x
4257	Matterson	65	0.000%	3.63x
4258	Newland	65	0.000%	0.37x
4259	Paramore	65	0.000%	4.23x
4260	Piggott	65	0.000%	0.31x
4261	Playford	65	0.000%	1.08x
4262	Plumb	65	0.000%	0.28x
4263	Postgate	65	0.000%	6.79x
4264	Rankin	65	0.000%	0.15x
4265	Rolley	65	0.000%	3.08x
4266	Sharples	65	0.000%	0.13x
4267	Shearer	65	0.000%	0.18x
4268	Standidge	65	0.000%	8.62x
4269	Summerson	65	0.000%	2.55x
4270	Tether	65	0.000%	3.84x
4271	Tinson	65	0.000%	1.47x
4272	Tranter	65	0.000%	0.31x
4273	Winteringham	65	0.000%	7.73x
4274	Balm	64	0.000%	5.71x
4275	Beacock	64	0.000%	3.50x
4276	Becket	64	0.000%	1.09x
4277	Brownlow	64	0.000%	0.73x
4278	Calton	64	0.000%	1.77x
4279	Chappelow	64	0.000%	8.07x
4280	Clafton	64	0.000%	9.33x
4281	Cogan	64	0.000%	1.09x
4282	Creek	64	0.000%	1.20x
4283	Eddon	64	0.000%	6.25x
4284	Flannagan	64	0.000%	1.09x
4285	Gains	64	0.000%	1.73x
4286	Glen	64	0.000%	0.22x
4287	Grove	64	0.000%	0.19x
4288	Hair	64	0.000%	0.57x
4289	Hatch	64	0.000%	0.26x
4290	Hillyard	64	0.000%	0.87x
4291	Hobkinson	64	0.000%	10.19x
4292	Hutley	64	0.000%	1.57x
4293	Jeffreys	64	0.000%	0.37x
4294	Kirkley	64	0.000%	1.82x
4295	Kirkpatrick	64	0.000%	0.26x
4296	Langrick	64	0.000%	10.03x
4297	Longthorne	64	0.000%	4.80x
4298	Mackley	64	0.000%	1.43x
4299	Marritt	64	0.000%	5.30x
4300	Monkhouse	64	0.000%	0.95x