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 Birtwistle, with 61 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
4401	Birtwistle	61	0.000%	0.38x
4402	Blackstone	61	0.000%	2.80x
4403	Blakemore	61	0.000%	0.49x
4404	Bleazard	61	0.000%	4.51x
4405	Bows	61	0.000%	4.57x
4406	Brice	61	0.000%	0.26x
4407	Carley	61	0.000%	0.94x
4408	Castleton	61	0.000%	2.48x
4409	Cochrane	61	0.000%	0.14x
4410	Diamond	61	0.000%	0.45x
4411	Dowse	61	0.000%	0.61x
4412	Dunlop	61	0.000%	0.13x
4413	Egginton	61	0.000%	1.53x
4414	Ellen	61	0.000%	0.98x
4415	Fennell	61	0.000%	0.45x
4416	Flannery	61	0.000%	1.06x
4417	Goodridge	61	0.000%	0.63x
4418	Grierson	61	0.000%	0.38x
4419	Harrap	61	0.000%	3.03x
4420	Hyman	61	0.000%	1.06x
4421	Leslie	61	0.000%	0.13x
4422	Lewin	61	0.000%	0.26x
4423	Lound	61	0.000%	3.82x
4424	Maskew	61	0.000%	5.90x
4425	Millett	61	0.000%	0.53x
4426	Mitchill	61	0.000%	3.94x
4427	Murton	61	0.000%	0.62x
4428	Musk	61	0.000%	0.91x
4429	Nock	61	0.000%	0.48x
4430	Nodder	61	0.000%	3.55x
4431	Nugent	61	0.000%	0.40x
4432	Pettitt	61	0.000%	0.39x
4433	Pierce	61	0.000%	0.14x
4434	Prentis	61	0.000%	2.71x
4435	Rhoades	61	0.000%	1.30x
4436	Rickards	61	0.000%	0.82x
4437	Rogan	61	0.000%	0.80x
4438	Rounding	61	0.000%	5.17x
4439	Sarginson	61	0.000%	2.39x
4440	Servant	61	0.000%	4.85x
4441	Teather	61	0.000%	3.41x
4442	Theakstone	61	0.000%	5.74x
4443	Tierney	61	0.000%	0.51x
4444	Voase	61	0.000%	9.28x
4445	Weavill	61	0.000%	9.86x
4446	Wressell	61	0.000%	7.25x
4447	Ansell	60	0.000%	0.18x
4448	Barkworth	60	0.000%	3.76x
4449	Beardsley	60	0.000%	0.65x
4450	Boldy	60	0.000%	10.01x
4451	Brummitt	60	0.000%	3.32x
4452	Carlile	60	0.000%	1.41x
4453	Caunt	60	0.000%	0.88x
4454	Cheshire	60	0.000%	0.27x
4455	Cleaver	60	0.000%	0.24x
4456	Cossins	60	0.000%	2.23x
4457	Deyes	60	0.000%	7.30x
4458	Downham	60	0.000%	0.73x
4459	Fairbourn	60	0.000%	7.39x
4460	Finley	60	0.000%	0.75x
4461	Freear	60	0.000%	3.12x
4462	Grason	60	0.000%	7.22x
4463	Handford	60	0.000%	0.56x
4464	Harston	60	0.000%	2.02x
4465	Hawksby	60	0.000%	7.76x
4466	Holdridge	60	0.000%	6.98x
4467	Jinks	60	0.000%	0.49x
4468	Kidney	60	0.000%	1.73x
4469	Kilham	60	0.000%	4.00x
4470	Lotherington	60	0.000%	7.86x
4471	Lusby	60	0.000%	1.85x
4472	Maiden	60	0.000%	0.75x
4473	Manby	60	0.000%	1.91x
4474	Manion	60	0.000%	1.46x
4475	Mannion	60	0.000%	0.80x
4476	Melbourne	60	0.000%	1.02x
4477	Merchant	60	0.000%	0.31x
4478	Muffitt	60	0.000%	7.76x
4479	Neild	60	0.000%	0.81x
4480	Panton	60	0.000%	0.61x
4481	Parke	60	0.000%	0.88x
4482	Pollock	60	0.000%	0.14x
4483	Press	60	0.000%	0.72x
4484	Pulleyn	60	0.000%	6.03x
4485	Roadhouse	60	0.000%	9.13x
4486	Rudkin	60	0.000%	0.53x
4487	Shield	60	0.000%	0.46x
4488	Stalker	60	0.000%	0.42x
4489	Stancer	60	0.000%	4.14x
4490	Swiers	60	0.000%	10.35x
4491	Tallant	60	0.000%	4.60x
4492	Trowell	60	0.000%	1.37x
4493	Woof	60	0.000%	1.29x
4494	Woollin	60	0.000%	9.26x
4495	Wriglesworth	60	0.000%	8.28x
4496	Adam	59	0.000%	0.12x
4497	Anfield	59	0.000%	6.56x
4498	Berrisford	59	0.000%	0.67x
4499	Brewitt	59	0.000%	2.60x
4500	Brian	59	0.000%	0.44x