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 Keys, with 43 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
5501	Keys	43	0.000%	0.30x
5502	Knowls	43	0.000%	3.56x
5503	Kynman	43	0.000%	9.47x
5504	Landers	43	0.000%	0.94x
5505	Laud	43	0.000%	1.59x
5506	Leeds	43	0.000%	0.77x
5507	Mail	43	0.000%	1.97x
5508	Malloy	43	0.000%	0.85x
5509	Maltas	43	0.000%	10.35x
5510	Mayer	43	0.000%	0.26x
5511	Millhouse	43	0.000%	1.57x
5512	Mollett	43	0.000%	2.59x
5513	Monday	43	0.000%	0.62x
5514	Morrel	43	0.000%	3.77x
5515	Newhall	43	0.000%	2.38x
5516	Olley	43	0.000%	0.46x
5517	Onion	43	0.000%	0.76x
5518	Pace	43	0.000%	0.33x
5519	Papworth	43	0.000%	0.38x
5520	Plunkett	43	0.000%	0.56x
5521	Pound	43	0.000%	0.31x
5522	Pycock	43	0.000%	2.83x
5523	Quibell	43	0.000%	2.54x
5524	Randle	43	0.000%	0.18x
5525	Rawsthorne	43	0.000%	1.16x
5526	Rumbold	43	0.000%	0.68x
5527	Simpkins	43	0.000%	0.33x
5528	Stanford	43	0.000%	0.18x
5529	Stanworth	43	0.000%	0.93x
5530	Traviss	43	0.000%	5.49x
5531	Tyrrell	43	0.000%	0.20x
5532	Wigmore	43	0.000%	0.57x
5533	Wilds	43	0.000%	1.09x
5534	Wilmott	43	0.000%	0.44x
5535	Younge	43	0.000%	2.60x
5536	Ainscough	42	0.000%	0.54x
5537	Bache	42	0.000%	0.71x
5538	Balding	42	0.000%	0.78x
5539	Balmer	42	0.000%	0.38x
5540	Bank	42	0.000%	1.52x
5541	Barrows	42	0.000%	0.58x
5542	Baum	42	0.000%	0.94x
5543	Bellis	42	0.000%	0.26x
5544	Benjamin	42	0.000%	0.28x
5545	Bonson	42	0.000%	2.82x
5546	Bradburn	42	0.000%	0.36x
5547	Briddock	42	0.000%	7.76x
5548	Britt	42	0.000%	0.82x
5549	Broxup	42	0.000%	2.98x
5550	Buffey	42	0.000%	3.29x
5551	Burroughs	42	0.000%	0.45x
5552	Cambell	42	0.000%	0.53x
5553	Caveney	42	0.000%	2.72x
5554	Christmas	42	0.000%	0.27x
5555	Cloughton	42	0.000%	5.50x
5556	Cobby	42	0.000%	1.57x
5557	Conning	42	0.000%	1.95x
5558	Creasey	42	0.000%	0.36x
5559	Crocker	42	0.000%	0.11x
5560	Daltry	42	0.000%	2.84x
5561	Divine	42	0.000%	0.95x
5562	Drydale	42	0.000%	5.50x
5563	Duthoit	42	0.000%	6.39x
5564	Eaves	42	0.000%	0.27x
5565	Edmunds	42	0.000%	0.11x
5566	Fearns	42	0.000%	1.44x
5567	Feeley	42	0.000%	1.65x
5568	Fergusson	42	0.000%	0.29x
5569	Fleet	42	0.000%	0.22x
5570	Fowles	42	0.000%	0.30x
5571	Garnham	42	0.000%	0.31x
5572	Gross	42	0.000%	0.78x
5573	Hambleton	42	0.000%	0.36x
5574	Harden	42	0.000%	0.37x
5575	Hawxwell	42	0.000%	7.90x
5576	Heppinstall	42	0.000%	5.72x
5577	Hitch	42	0.000%	0.55x
5578	Hoey	42	0.000%	0.85x
5579	Houlston	42	0.000%	1.52x
5580	Janes	42	0.000%	0.23x
5581	Jenson	42	0.000%	1.77x
5582	Joyner	42	0.000%	0.63x
5583	Kerry	42	0.000%	0.21x
5584	Kinsey	42	0.000%	0.22x
5585	Lapidge	42	0.000%	4.78x
5586	Leavesley	42	0.000%	1.92x
5587	Liles	42	0.000%	1.62x
5588	Litherland	42	0.000%	0.64x
5589	Lockett	42	0.000%	0.20x
5590	Macauley	42	0.000%	0.92x
5591	Mahar	42	0.000%	3.08x
5592	Makepeace	42	0.000%	0.51x
5593	Mannifield	42	0.000%	9.88x
5594	Masterson	42	0.000%	0.69x
5595	Mcintyre	42	0.000%	0.72x
5596	Mclaughlin	42	0.000%	1.80x
5597	Mcnulty	42	0.000%	2.01x
5598	Mellin	42	0.000%	2.16x
5599	Mellish	42	0.000%	0.68x
5600	Mohan	42	0.000%	2.90x