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 Haye, with 57 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
4601	Haye	57	0.000%	3.45x
4602	Hutchison	57	0.000%	0.12x
4603	Lean	57	0.000%	0.68x
4604	Madin	57	0.000%	2.29x
4605	Mayne	57	0.000%	0.33x
4606	Mellars	57	0.000%	4.47x
4607	Melvin	57	0.000%	0.41x
4608	Middlewood	57	0.000%	6.70x
4609	Minns	57	0.000%	0.45x
4610	Mumford	57	0.000%	0.20x
4611	Nevin	57	0.000%	0.98x
4612	Olsen	57	0.000%	1.04x
4613	Oscroft	57	0.000%	1.87x
4614	Pannett	57	0.000%	1.83x
4615	Perks	57	0.000%	0.19x
4616	Potterton	57	0.000%	1.74x
4617	Pring	57	0.000%	0.43x
4618	Rathbone	57	0.000%	0.35x
4619	Rollins	57	0.000%	0.89x
4620	Royce	57	0.000%	1.14x
4621	Scrimshaw	57	0.000%	1.11x
4622	Selkirk	57	0.000%	1.05x
4623	Sheriff	57	0.000%	0.71x
4624	Sickling	57	0.000%	8.67x
4625	Timlin	57	0.000%	2.79x
4626	Turnell	57	0.000%	2.06x
4627	Waine	57	0.000%	0.80x
4628	Wand	57	0.000%	1.18x
4629	Wandby	57	0.000%	6.48x
4630	Welham	57	0.000%	0.51x
4631	Wheat	57	0.000%	0.84x
4632	Wylde	57	0.000%	0.96x
4633	Audin	56	0.000%	9.34x
4634	Bellfield	56	0.000%	1.95x
4635	Billany	56	0.000%	9.34x
4636	Blewitt	56	0.000%	0.86x
4637	Bonnett	56	0.000%	0.77x
4638	Caines	56	0.000%	0.96x
4639	Callighan	56	0.000%	2.11x
4640	Calpin	56	0.000%	6.44x
4641	Cant	56	0.000%	0.31x
4642	Chalmers	56	0.000%	0.08x
4643	Chatwin	56	0.000%	0.85x
4644	Chisholm	56	0.000%	0.13x
4645	Clamp	56	0.000%	0.63x
4646	Coggon	56	0.000%	4.79x
4647	Copestake	56	0.000%	0.95x
4648	Cornwall	56	0.000%	0.45x
4649	Costigan	56	0.000%	2.42x
4650	Cuddy	56	0.000%	2.34x
4651	Darcey	56	0.000%	2.76x
4652	Darnton	56	0.000%	4.49x
4653	Derry	56	0.000%	0.44x
4654	Embley	56	0.000%	2.21x
4655	Fisk	56	0.000%	0.37x
4656	Fleetham	56	0.000%	4.49x
4657	Galley	56	0.000%	0.54x
4658	Garfit	56	0.000%	5.52x
4659	Gargett	56	0.000%	2.62x
4660	Grist	56	0.000%	0.40x
4661	Harbron	56	0.000%	3.60x
4662	Hardgrave	56	0.000%	9.34x
4663	Hayley	56	0.000%	1.91x
4664	Hester	56	0.000%	0.52x
4665	Hyland	56	0.000%	0.49x
4666	Illingsworth	56	0.000%	5.62x
4667	Kew	56	0.000%	0.66x
4668	Legard	56	0.000%	5.47x
4669	Maclean	56	0.000%	0.17x
4670	Maleham	56	0.000%	8.65x
4671	Malin	56	0.000%	0.58x
4672	Mchale	56	0.000%	4.39x
4673	Munton	56	0.000%	0.76x
4674	Neasham	56	0.000%	2.19x
4675	Oxendale	56	0.000%	4.99x
4676	Redding	56	0.000%	0.46x
4677	Rollin	56	0.000%	3.84x
4678	Scarbrough	56	0.000%	4.39x
4679	Seanor	56	0.000%	7.43x
4680	Seville	56	0.000%	1.21x
4681	Smethurst	56	0.000%	0.25x
4682	Stainburn	56	0.000%	8.78x
4683	Standring	56	0.000%	0.66x
4684	Tebbs	56	0.000%	1.46x
4685	Vallance	56	0.000%	0.43x
4686	Willmott	56	0.000%	0.31x
4687	Yarrow	56	0.000%	0.99x
4688	Younger	56	0.000%	0.36x
4689	Alden	55	0.000%	0.74x
4690	Aykroyd	55	0.000%	5.04x
4691	Bains	55	0.000%	0.76x
4692	Bettison	55	0.000%	1.55x
4693	Beveridge	55	0.000%	0.18x
4694	Bilham	55	0.000%	1.58x
4695	Billingham	55	0.000%	0.31x
4696	Borrows	55	0.000%	1.32x
4697	Brabiner	55	0.000%	9.48x
4698	Breasley	55	0.000%	7.59x
4699	Bye	55	0.000%	0.38x
4700	Cawkill	55	0.000%	9.98x