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 Capewell, with 44 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
5401	Capewell	44	0.000%	0.55x
5402	Carradice	44	0.000%	4.69x
5403	Caton	44	0.000%	0.32x
5404	Cockett	44	0.000%	1.18x
5405	Cormack	44	0.000%	0.20x
5406	Cowens	44	0.000%	1.77x
5407	Cromwell	44	0.000%	1.52x
5408	Crone	44	0.000%	0.83x
5409	Dannatt	44	0.000%	2.94x
5410	Dayson	44	0.000%	2.81x
5411	Diggle	44	0.000%	0.42x
5412	Dobbin	44	0.000%	0.97x
5413	Edlington	44	0.000%	2.96x
5414	Edmund	44	0.000%	1.48x
5415	Egglestone	44	0.000%	1.81x
5416	Elstob	44	0.000%	2.30x
5417	Elstone	44	0.000%	1.40x
5418	Flatley	44	0.000%	3.23x
5419	Garrity	44	0.000%	0.85x
5420	Glasper	44	0.000%	4.65x
5421	Globe	44	0.000%	7.99x
5422	Gooch	44	0.000%	0.17x
5423	Gravil	44	0.000%	8.93x
5424	Gretton	44	0.000%	0.64x
5425	Habershon	44	0.000%	7.46x
5426	Hamby	44	0.000%	4.38x
5427	Hammell	44	0.000%	3.30x
5428	Handy	44	0.000%	0.44x
5429	Harrod	44	0.000%	0.45x
5430	Hitching	44	0.000%	1.44x
5431	Hoffman	44	0.000%	0.71x
5432	Jenks	44	0.000%	0.45x
5433	Jinkinson	44	0.000%	5.62x
5434	Justice	44	0.000%	0.60x
5435	Lawrance	44	0.000%	0.23x
5436	Livingston	44	0.000%	0.17x
5437	Lum	44	0.000%	5.99x
5438	Mabbott	44	0.000%	1.36x
5439	Maples	44	0.000%	1.42x
5440	Masser	44	0.000%	1.96x
5441	Mayo	44	0.000%	0.20x
5442	Mayor	44	0.000%	0.35x
5443	Mellanby	44	0.000%	4.42x
5444	Moncaster	44	0.000%	3.50x
5445	Ottley	44	0.000%	1.26x
5446	Oxberry	44	0.000%	4.14x
5447	Pallett	44	0.000%	0.57x
5448	Parton	44	0.000%	0.28x
5449	Peers	44	0.000%	0.26x
5450	Pleasance	44	0.000%	1.16x
5451	Pointon	44	0.000%	0.36x
5452	Remmer	44	0.000%	8.75x
5453	Rinder	44	0.000%	8.28x
5454	Root	44	0.000%	0.47x
5455	Sale	44	0.000%	0.23x
5456	Savill	44	0.000%	0.32x
5457	Scrivens	44	0.000%	0.51x
5458	Seeley	44	0.000%	0.49x
5459	Sharpley	44	0.000%	1.19x
5460	Sinkinson	44	0.000%	2.62x
5461	Spittlehouse	44	0.000%	1.81x
5462	Towle	44	0.000%	0.58x
5463	Traynor	44	0.000%	0.64x
5464	Troy	44	0.000%	1.27x
5465	Vitty	44	0.000%	3.96x
5466	Warnes	44	0.000%	0.46x
5467	Warrender	44	0.000%	0.96x
5468	Wearmouth	44	0.000%	1.11x
5469	Weatherell	44	0.000%	4.51x
5470	Winters	44	0.000%	0.36x
5471	Able	43	0.000%	0.79x
5472	Addinall	43	0.000%	8.40x
5473	Anton	43	0.000%	1.65x
5474	Ashurst	43	0.000%	0.42x
5475	Blackie	43	0.000%	0.36x
5476	Blowman	43	0.000%	8.56x
5477	Bolan	43	0.000%	1.61x
5478	Bonser	43	0.000%	0.57x
5479	Bowns	43	0.000%	2.63x
5480	Brelsford	43	0.000%	1.70x
5481	Brookbank	43	0.000%	2.08x
5482	Burney	43	0.000%	1.11x
5483	Butlin	43	0.000%	0.60x
5484	Cheesman	43	0.000%	0.29x
5485	Clee	43	0.000%	0.71x
5486	Combs	43	0.000%	0.76x
5487	Curtiss	43	0.000%	0.98x
5488	Donelly	43	0.000%	0.65x
5489	Downie	43	0.000%	0.13x
5490	Dutchman	43	0.000%	6.84x
5491	Elder	43	0.000%	0.14x
5492	Ennis	43	0.000%	0.54x
5493	Fee	43	0.000%	0.87x
5494	Ferris	43	0.000%	0.15x
5495	Fitzgibbon	43	0.000%	1.25x
5496	Giblin	43	0.000%	0.77x
5497	Harle	43	0.000%	0.66x
5498	Haythornthwaite	43	0.000%	1.73x
5499	Igo	43	0.000%	3.25x
5500	Kearns	43	0.000%	0.48x