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 Clitheroe, with 55 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
4701	Clitheroe	55	0.000%	1.23x
4702	Coffey	55	0.000%	0.62x
4703	Cracknell	55	0.000%	0.27x
4704	Crummack	55	0.000%	8.89x
4705	Dewsbury	55	0.000%	1.24x
4706	Edward	55	0.000%	0.20x
4707	Elsom	55	0.000%	1.15x
4708	Fulcher	55	0.000%	0.38x
4709	Gaffney	55	0.000%	0.56x
4710	Grayston	55	0.000%	1.34x
4711	Gummerson	55	0.000%	5.87x
4712	Harbisher	55	0.000%	9.48x
4713	Heard	55	0.000%	0.18x
4714	Hives	55	0.000%	2.13x
4715	Holmshaw	55	0.000%	9.98x
4716	Hooley	55	0.000%	0.40x
4717	How	55	0.000%	0.29x
4718	Hoyles	55	0.000%	1.10x
4719	Lanes	55	0.000%	2.32x
4720	Massam	55	0.000%	2.45x
4721	Maugham	55	0.000%	1.31x
4722	Muller	55	0.000%	0.51x
4723	Murphey	55	0.000%	0.91x
4724	Newsum	55	0.000%	5.27x
4725	Nowill	55	0.000%	9.18x
4726	Ormsby	55	0.000%	1.56x
4727	Pagett	55	0.000%	0.75x
4728	Paine	55	0.000%	0.14x
4729	Peniston	55	0.000%	5.58x
4730	Phelps	55	0.000%	0.19x
4731	Postlethwaite	55	0.000%	0.50x
4732	Rafter	55	0.000%	2.93x
4733	Rand	55	0.000%	0.49x
4734	Redpath	55	0.000%	0.41x
4735	Richard	55	0.000%	0.22x
4736	Russon	55	0.000%	1.37x
4737	Schmidt	55	0.000%	0.86x
4738	Toogood	55	0.000%	0.41x
4739	Vinter	55	0.000%	1.86x
4740	Weetman	55	0.000%	2.14x
4741	Whitlock	55	0.000%	0.32x
4742	Willett	55	0.000%	0.24x
4743	Woodford	55	0.000%	0.27x
4744	Woodworth	55	0.000%	1.26x
4745	Aspey	54	0.000%	1.45x
4746	Beeson	54	0.000%	0.47x
4747	Bickers	54	0.000%	1.64x
4748	Bloor	54	0.000%	0.34x
4749	Bryne	54	0.000%	1.18x
4750	Carlill	54	0.000%	6.35x
4751	Chippindale	54	0.000%	3.99x
4752	Cuff	54	0.000%	0.48x
4753	Exton	54	0.000%	0.56x
4754	Fairbairn	54	0.000%	0.25x
4755	Fanthorpe	54	0.000%	2.55x
4756	Frain	54	0.000%	1.42x
4757	Gilliam	54	0.000%	1.92x
4758	Goodfellow	54	0.000%	0.21x
4759	Goodrich	54	0.000%	0.90x
4760	Greenwell	54	0.000%	0.57x
4761	Harison	54	0.000%	2.89x
4762	Hartland	54	0.000%	0.42x
4763	Hawkesworth	54	0.000%	2.34x
4764	Hendry	54	0.000%	0.12x
4765	Hopewell	54	0.000%	0.78x
4766	Irish	54	0.000%	0.64x
4767	Levers	54	0.000%	1.82x
4768	Lowson	54	0.000%	0.82x
4769	Mackrill	54	0.000%	2.08x
4770	Marland	54	0.000%	0.54x
4771	Middlemiss	54	0.000%	0.79x
4772	Money	54	0.000%	0.31x
4773	Myatt	54	0.000%	0.39x
4774	Oakland	54	0.000%	2.52x
4775	Philipson	54	0.000%	0.67x
4776	Pilmoor	54	0.000%	10.35x
4777	Preece	54	0.000%	0.11x
4778	Rial	54	0.000%	8.47x
4779	Saddington	54	0.000%	0.92x
4780	Simcox	54	0.000%	0.73x
4781	Stannard	54	0.000%	0.27x
4782	Starkie	54	0.000%	0.58x
4783	Unsworth	54	0.000%	0.16x
4784	Wattam	54	0.000%	2.05x
4785	Wildblood	54	0.000%	2.51x
4786	Barff	53	0.000%	4.77x
4787	Barrott	53	0.000%	2.80x
4788	Beeton	53	0.000%	0.59x
4789	Birk	53	0.000%	3.21x
4790	Blood	53	0.000%	0.46x
4791	Brealey	53	0.000%	1.04x
4792	Brumfit	53	0.000%	7.12x
4793	Carbert	53	0.000%	9.80x
4794	Danson	53	0.000%	0.82x
4795	Digby	53	0.000%	0.35x
4796	Dowell	53	0.000%	0.37x
4797	Fielder	53	0.000%	0.30x
4798	Geeson	53	0.000%	1.39x
4799	Gittins	53	0.000%	0.30x
4800	Hansen	53	0.000%	1.00x