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 Hurrell, with 50 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
5001	Hurrell	50	0.000%	0.29x
5002	Inns	50	0.000%	0.93x
5003	Kettle	50	0.000%	0.20x
5004	Laybourn	50	0.000%	2.00x
5005	Leith	50	0.000%	0.33x
5006	Mellon	50	0.000%	0.83x
5007	Norwood	50	0.000%	0.43x
5008	Noton	50	0.000%	2.03x
5009	Oaks	50	0.000%	0.96x
5010	Oneal	50	0.000%	1.75x
5011	Packer	50	0.000%	0.16x
5012	Penniston	50	0.000%	5.12x
5013	Rawden	50	0.000%	3.08x
5014	Reddihough	50	0.000%	8.48x
5015	Relph	50	0.000%	1.03x
5016	Robert	50	0.000%	0.35x
5017	Savory	50	0.000%	0.47x
5018	Scothern	50	0.000%	1.84x
5019	Self	50	0.000%	0.24x
5020	Sheldrake	50	0.000%	0.52x
5021	Sherlock	50	0.000%	0.26x
5022	Solomon	50	0.000%	0.25x
5023	Swindell	50	0.000%	0.72x
5024	Swindells	50	0.000%	0.27x
5025	Thatcher	50	0.000%	0.19x
5026	Tindell	50	0.000%	2.80x
5027	Tissington	50	0.000%	2.41x
5028	Trenholme	50	0.000%	7.18x
5029	Waddilove	50	0.000%	2.68x
5030	Wadkin	50	0.000%	2.96x
5031	Walford	50	0.000%	0.28x
5032	Weldrake	50	0.000%	9.58x
5033	Weller	50	0.000%	0.12x
5034	Bevitt	49	0.000%	7.04x
5035	Birkin	49	0.000%	0.86x
5036	Blunt	49	0.000%	0.21x
5037	Boshell	49	0.000%	5.12x
5038	Braithwait	49	0.000%	4.45x
5039	Broadly	49	0.000%	1.93x
5040	Brownrigg	49	0.000%	1.31x
5041	Bugg	49	0.000%	0.37x
5042	Campling	49	0.000%	1.15x
5043	Cheney	49	0.000%	0.55x
5044	Cleveland	49	0.000%	0.87x
5045	Critchlow	49	0.000%	0.65x
5046	Daggett	49	0.000%	2.93x
5047	Dance	49	0.000%	0.21x
5048	Daughty	49	0.000%	4.09x
5049	Devaney	49	0.000%	1.36x
5050	Dilcock	49	0.000%	8.89x
5051	Earley	49	0.000%	0.82x
5052	Eddy	49	0.000%	0.28x
5053	Eley	49	0.000%	0.27x
5054	Emmet	49	0.000%	2.73x
5055	Fallan	49	0.000%	2.64x
5056	Fenney	49	0.000%	1.40x
5057	Freestone	49	0.000%	0.39x
5058	Garry	49	0.000%	0.94x
5059	Giddings	49	0.000%	0.37x
5060	Goring	49	0.000%	0.57x
5061	Grocock	49	0.000%	1.11x
5062	Gutteridge	49	0.000%	0.33x
5063	Hansom	49	0.000%	2.98x
5064	Havercroft	49	0.000%	2.30x
5065	Hawker	49	0.000%	0.22x
5066	Heal	49	0.000%	0.32x
5067	Henwood	49	0.000%	0.40x
5068	Hewick	49	0.000%	7.04x
5069	Hewlett	49	0.000%	0.27x
5070	Hoyes	49	0.000%	1.58x
5071	Jarrett	49	0.000%	0.18x
5072	Keech	49	0.000%	0.80x
5073	Lawty	49	0.000%	9.94x
5074	London	49	0.000%	0.34x
5075	Loughran	49	0.000%	1.66x
5076	Luff	49	0.000%	0.26x
5077	Mattinson	49	0.000%	0.95x
5078	Mckay	49	0.000%	0.71x
5079	Medlock	49	0.000%	1.09x
5080	Mole	49	0.000%	0.22x
5081	Mountford	49	0.000%	0.19x
5082	Mulrooney	49	0.000%	2.88x
5083	Neesham	49	0.000%	2.68x
5084	Nobbs	49	0.000%	0.41x
5085	Oddie	49	0.000%	0.89x
5086	Openshaw	49	0.000%	0.35x
5087	Rily	49	0.000%	3.78x
5088	Roche	49	0.000%	0.40x
5089	Rolling	49	0.000%	1.75x
5090	Rumfitt	49	0.000%	5.63x
5091	Scrafton	49	0.000%	2.34x
5092	Screeton	49	0.000%	6.26x
5093	Sidaway	49	0.000%	1.15x
5094	Silkstone	49	0.000%	2.96x
5095	Slaughter	49	0.000%	0.34x
5096	Stockhill	49	0.000%	7.57x
5097	Streets	49	0.000%	1.25x
5098	Tilson	49	0.000%	1.40x
5099	Trevor	49	0.000%	0.55x
5100	Vant	49	0.000%	2.57x