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 Moorfoot, with 42 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
5601	Moorfoot	42	0.000%	4.99x
5602	More	42	0.000%	0.19x
5603	Mottershaw	42	0.000%	3.15x
5604	Muxlow	42	0.000%	2.34x
5605	Pickett	42	0.000%	0.18x
5606	Picknett	42	0.000%	10.11x
5607	Pritchett	42	0.000%	0.61x
5608	Punt	42	0.000%	1.40x
5609	Rockliff	42	0.000%	3.85x
5610	Royal	42	0.000%	0.51x
5611	Rye	42	0.000%	0.37x
5612	Shipston	42	0.000%	2.41x
5613	Sibley	42	0.000%	0.18x
5614	Sides	42	0.000%	1.63x
5615	Sparkes	42	0.000%	0.20x
5616	Studley	42	0.000%	1.01x
5617	Sturman	42	0.000%	0.65x
5618	Vardy	42	0.000%	0.72x
5619	Vary	42	0.000%	4.39x
5620	Wanless	42	0.000%	0.84x
5621	Warde	42	0.000%	1.79x
5622	Weddell	42	0.000%	0.86x
5623	Wileman	42	0.000%	0.63x
5624	Winsor	42	0.000%	0.48x
5625	Wittaker	42	0.000%	1.83x
5626	Adkins	41	0.000%	0.22x
5627	Alvey	41	0.000%	0.83x
5628	Alvin	41	0.000%	6.24x
5629	Arran	41	0.000%	6.33x
5630	Baddiley	41	0.000%	5.30x
5631	Balderston	41	0.000%	1.55x
5632	Beckworth	41	0.000%	2.47x
5633	Blacklock	41	0.000%	0.33x
5634	Blower	41	0.000%	0.24x
5635	Boagey	41	0.000%	5.11x
5636	Bolderson	41	0.000%	3.24x
5637	Bowering	41	0.000%	1.08x
5638	Broadwell	41	0.000%	3.89x
5639	Broscombe	41	0.000%	7.85x
5640	Burnand	41	0.000%	2.20x
5641	Burridge	41	0.000%	0.21x
5642	Callagan	41	0.000%	1.05x
5643	Camidge	41	0.000%	6.63x
5644	Capps	41	0.000%	0.69x
5645	Carnelly	41	0.000%	4.82x
5646	Claridge	41	0.000%	0.24x
5647	Cobley	41	0.000%	0.39x
5648	Coggins	41	0.000%	0.54x
5649	Cone	41	0.000%	1.51x
5650	Corfield	41	0.000%	0.25x
5651	Dargue	41	0.000%	1.62x
5652	Dawtrey	41	0.000%	5.58x
5653	Dobinson	41	0.000%	0.54x
5654	Donohue	41	0.000%	0.61x
5655	Eckersley	41	0.000%	0.23x
5656	Flanaghan	41	0.000%	1.43x
5657	Fleeman	41	0.000%	5.89x
5658	Furbank	41	0.000%	3.89x
5659	Gadie	41	0.000%	5.81x
5660	Geraghty	41	0.000%	1.54x
5661	Guilfoyle	41	0.000%	3.79x
5662	Harrold	41	0.000%	0.31x
5663	Hassall	41	0.000%	0.23x
5664	Heaney	41	0.000%	0.83x
5665	Hearn	41	0.000%	0.11x
5666	Heckley	41	0.000%	7.58x
5667	Hewkin	41	0.000%	3.75x
5668	Hollin	41	0.000%	2.20x
5669	Hughs	41	0.000%	0.39x
5670	Hutty	41	0.000%	8.84x
5671	Jeffs	41	0.000%	0.18x
5672	Just	41	0.000%	1.91x
5673	Kirtley	41	0.000%	0.72x
5674	Langhorne	41	0.000%	2.50x
5675	Last	41	0.000%	0.18x
5676	Leefe	41	0.000%	4.88x
5677	Longford	41	0.000%	0.84x
5678	Nesbitt	41	0.000%	0.52x
5679	Noddings	41	0.000%	3.79x
5680	Oughton	41	0.000%	0.72x
5681	Padden	41	0.000%	1.66x
5682	Pattrick	41	0.000%	1.89x
5683	Petyt	41	0.000%	8.49x
5684	Pretty	41	0.000%	0.40x
5685	Prust	41	0.000%	1.80x
5686	Rickett	41	0.000%	0.47x
5687	Robb	41	0.000%	0.08x
5688	Sawley	41	0.000%	3.86x
5689	Skitt	41	0.000%	1.07x
5690	Thistleton	41	0.000%	2.13x
5691	Toolan	41	0.000%	4.37x
5692	Tree	41	0.000%	0.61x
5693	Warrick	41	0.000%	0.93x
5694	Warton	41	0.000%	0.81x
5695	Waslin	41	0.000%	10.34x
5696	Wensley	41	0.000%	0.79x
5697	Wesson	41	0.000%	0.54x
5698	Whitmore	41	0.000%	0.16x
5699	Wolf	41	0.000%	0.73x
5700	Abrahams	40	0.000%	0.18x