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 Naughton, with 64 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
4301	Naughton	64	0.000%	1.11x
4302	Pighills	64	0.000%	9.33x
4303	Pressley	64	0.000%	2.37x
4304	Prosser	64	0.000%	0.14x
4305	Pullon	64	0.000%	6.56x
4306	Roddy	64	0.000%	2.28x
4307	Rookes	64	0.000%	3.40x
4308	Rosendale	64	0.000%	3.83x
4309	Salisbury	64	0.000%	0.22x
4310	Travers	64	0.000%	0.44x
4311	Wareham	64	0.000%	0.40x
4312	Weeks	64	0.000%	0.10x
4313	Aitken	63	0.000%	0.08x
4314	Allwood	63	0.000%	0.54x
4315	Annakin	63	0.000%	7.76x
4316	Batters	63	0.000%	2.26x
4317	Birchall	63	0.000%	0.22x
4318	Birkitt	63	0.000%	4.76x
4319	Blagden	63	0.000%	2.31x
4320	Blamire	63	0.000%	1.95x
4321	Bocock	63	0.000%	1.80x
4322	Buckler	63	0.000%	0.68x
4323	Bucktrout	63	0.000%	8.15x
4324	Chapel	63	0.000%	1.70x
4325	Colbert	63	0.000%	1.31x
4326	Cripps	63	0.000%	0.22x
4327	Dann	63	0.000%	0.35x
4328	Eades	63	0.000%	0.42x
4329	Easingwood	63	0.000%	6.79x
4330	Elkington	63	0.000%	0.58x
4331	Everson	63	0.000%	0.67x
4332	Fallowfield	63	0.000%	2.66x
4333	Fawkes	63	0.000%	0.86x
4334	Floyd	63	0.000%	0.23x
4335	Habbershaw	63	0.000%	7.58x
4336	Hagyard	63	0.000%	9.45x
4337	Halford	63	0.000%	0.29x
4338	Haliday	63	0.000%	2.42x
4339	Hallett	63	0.000%	0.18x
4340	Havenhand	63	0.000%	3.43x
4341	Hynes	63	0.000%	0.90x
4342	Kitchenman	63	0.000%	7.24x
4343	Lavin	63	0.000%	1.24x
4344	Meyer	63	0.000%	0.67x
4345	Neesam	63	0.000%	7.58x
4346	Nell	63	0.000%	2.80x
4347	Nevison	63	0.000%	1.89x
4348	Newill	63	0.000%	2.53x
4349	Otterburn	63	0.000%	9.88x
4350	Phelan	63	0.000%	1.52x
4351	Rivers	63	0.000%	0.35x
4352	Schorah	63	0.000%	6.15x
4353	Stanforth	63	0.000%	4.83x
4354	Styles	63	0.000%	0.21x
4355	Tagg	63	0.000%	0.57x
4356	Tew	63	0.000%	0.50x
4357	Weight	63	0.000%	0.96x
4358	Wyke	63	0.000%	2.21x
4359	Athorn	62	0.000%	6.97x
4360	Baildon	62	0.000%	6.05x
4361	Beales	62	0.000%	0.50x
4362	Beall	62	0.000%	1.53x
4363	Biglin	62	0.000%	6.17x
4364	Birtle	62	0.000%	3.51x
4365	Breckin	62	0.000%	9.72x
4366	Chantry	62	0.000%	1.49x
4367	Clayburn	62	0.000%	6.11x
4368	Cookman	62	0.000%	2.67x
4369	Cowie	62	0.000%	0.18x
4370	Ethell	62	0.000%	4.61x
4371	Falding	62	0.000%	8.22x
4372	Giggle	62	0.000%	5.26x
4373	Goldman	62	0.000%	1.68x
4374	Higginbotham	62	0.000%	0.83x
4375	Humberstone	62	0.000%	1.10x
4376	Laxton	62	0.000%	0.70x
4377	Lyles	62	0.000%	4.19x
4378	Maloy	62	0.000%	1.39x
4379	Mangles	62	0.000%	5.17x
4380	Markey	62	0.000%	1.20x
4381	Philpot	62	0.000%	0.32x
4382	Porteous	62	0.000%	0.32x
4383	Quinlan	62	0.000%	0.97x
4384	Righton	62	0.000%	2.00x
4385	Roystone	62	0.000%	7.55x
4386	Savile	62	0.000%	3.01x
4387	Sheen	62	0.000%	0.32x
4388	Shippen	62	0.000%	4.14x
4389	Shortland	62	0.000%	0.85x
4390	Sisson	62	0.000%	0.81x
4391	Slaney	62	0.000%	0.69x
4392	Spriggs	62	0.000%	0.43x
4393	Tilford	62	0.000%	4.58x
4394	Turver	62	0.000%	6.55x
4395	Wagstaffe	62	0.000%	1.51x
4396	Wakelin	62	0.000%	0.58x
4397	Worsnip	62	0.000%	4.49x
4398	Armfield	61	0.000%	1.53x
4399	Balfour	61	0.000%	0.30x
4400	Bayston	61	0.000%	3.78x