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 Harewood, with 53 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
4801	Harewood	53	0.000%	4.06x
4802	Higgin	53	0.000%	0.76x
4803	High	53	0.000%	0.40x
4804	Hockney	53	0.000%	2.19x
4805	Keane	53	0.000%	0.79x
4806	Kime	53	0.000%	1.95x
4807	Leaming	53	0.000%	3.54x
4808	Luck	53	0.000%	0.22x
4809	Male	53	0.000%	0.31x
4810	Manuel	53	0.000%	0.61x
4811	Marcroft	53	0.000%	1.86x
4812	Marginson	53	0.000%	1.83x
4813	Mcloughlin	53	0.000%	1.89x
4814	Munks	53	0.000%	2.95x
4815	Neary	53	0.000%	0.84x
4816	Old	53	0.000%	0.45x
4817	Pitcher	53	0.000%	0.24x
4818	Purchon	53	0.000%	9.97x
4819	Purnell	53	0.000%	0.35x
4820	Reading	53	0.000%	0.24x
4821	Ricketts	53	0.000%	0.19x
4822	Shea	53	0.000%	0.27x
4823	Shemeld	53	0.000%	6.03x
4824	Sherriff	53	0.000%	0.60x
4825	Shores	53	0.000%	4.32x
4826	Sladen	53	0.000%	1.06x
4827	Southwood	53	0.000%	0.63x
4828	Spires	53	0.000%	0.89x
4829	Stroud	53	0.000%	0.18x
4830	Stubbings	53	0.000%	0.53x
4831	Thornburn	53	0.000%	3.76x
4832	Thorns	53	0.000%	1.90x
4833	Thrush	53	0.000%	2.55x
4834	Tolan	53	0.000%	3.26x
4835	Tuton	53	0.000%	6.03x
4836	Veale	53	0.000%	0.42x
4837	Waterfield	53	0.000%	0.45x
4838	Aconley	52	0.000%	10.35x
4839	Agus	52	0.000%	5.12x
4840	Ashcroft	52	0.000%	0.13x
4841	Austick	52	0.000%	10.35x
4842	Baldwinson	52	0.000%	8.28x
4843	Baraclough	52	0.000%	5.78x
4844	Barham	52	0.000%	0.29x
4845	Barnet	52	0.000%	0.37x
4846	Bays	52	0.000%	1.53x
4847	Bedlington	52	0.000%	3.11x
4848	Bertram	52	0.000%	0.38x
4849	Betteridge	52	0.000%	0.40x
4850	Bintcliffe	52	0.000%	6.48x
4851	Breeze	52	0.000%	0.29x
4852	Cardus	52	0.000%	3.41x
4853	Cawson	52	0.000%	3.49x
4854	Chatham	52	0.000%	1.13x
4855	Cousin	52	0.000%	0.92x
4856	Daughtry	52	0.000%	4.04x
4857	Dealtry	52	0.000%	4.94x
4858	Dowey	52	0.000%	2.83x
4859	Elwick	52	0.000%	3.34x
4860	Farnish	52	0.000%	3.47x
4861	Frow	52	0.000%	1.71x
4862	Ganley	52	0.000%	2.53x
4863	Gilmour	52	0.000%	0.13x
4864	Grayburn	52	0.000%	6.81x
4865	Hallsworth	52	0.000%	0.95x
4866	Henley	52	0.000%	0.23x
4867	Henstock	52	0.000%	1.47x
4868	Heyes	52	0.000%	0.23x
4869	Hobbis	52	0.000%	2.05x
4870	Holdgate	52	0.000%	2.28x
4871	Langham	52	0.000%	0.41x
4872	Latimer	52	0.000%	0.47x
4873	Maidment	52	0.000%	0.33x
4874	Marrow	52	0.000%	1.15x
4875	Motley	52	0.000%	1.42x
4876	Muldowney	52	0.000%	5.08x
4877	Musgreave	52	0.000%	9.28x
4878	Overfield	52	0.000%	5.72x
4879	Ovington	52	0.000%	2.49x
4880	Payton	52	0.000%	0.45x
4881	Pink	52	0.000%	0.27x
4882	Pipes	52	0.000%	2.60x
4883	Quarton	52	0.000%	5.12x
4884	Quinton	52	0.000%	0.39x
4885	Scofield	52	0.000%	1.45x
4886	Stimson	52	0.000%	0.68x
4887	Stringfellow	52	0.000%	0.69x
4888	Tandy	52	0.000%	0.38x
4889	Tanton	52	0.000%	1.73x
4890	Thornham	52	0.000%	6.81x
4891	Thurston	52	0.000%	0.25x
4892	Tozer	52	0.000%	0.30x
4893	Wiltshire	52	0.000%	0.13x
4894	Abrams	51	0.000%	0.71x
4895	Aizlewood	51	0.000%	7.88x
4896	Aldam	51	0.000%	3.91x
4897	Allcroft	51	0.000%	2.32x
4898	Attwood	51	0.000%	0.18x
4899	Bakewell	51	0.000%	0.62x
4900	Bedell	51	0.000%	2.93x