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 Affleck, with 40 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
5701	Affleck	40	0.000%	0.60x
5702	Arthurs	40	0.000%	0.91x
5703	Baggott	40	0.000%	0.48x
5704	Baugh	40	0.000%	0.39x
5705	Beaman	40	0.000%	0.72x
5706	Beaton	40	0.000%	0.12x
5707	Beeby	40	0.000%	0.41x
5708	Bernard	40	0.000%	0.33x
5709	Bewell	40	0.000%	9.63x
5710	Bones	40	0.000%	0.47x
5711	Booty	40	0.000%	0.85x
5712	Burbridge	40	0.000%	0.40x
5713	Buttrey	40	0.000%	5.83x
5714	Catterall	40	0.000%	0.22x
5715	Chalk	40	0.000%	0.21x
5716	Childe	40	0.000%	2.42x
5717	Churchman	40	0.000%	0.54x
5718	Cockshot	40	0.000%	5.52x
5719	Colburn	40	0.000%	2.17x
5720	Crake	40	0.000%	1.42x
5721	Daglish	40	0.000%	0.67x
5722	Devonport	40	0.000%	0.50x
5723	Dicken	40	0.000%	0.49x
5724	Dilley	40	0.000%	0.44x
5725	Duffitt	40	0.000%	5.91x
5726	Elcoat	40	0.000%	3.94x
5727	Elcock	40	0.000%	0.64x
5728	Epton	40	0.000%	1.52x
5729	Gargan	40	0.000%	3.00x
5730	Garritt	40	0.000%	3.66x
5731	Gaskill	40	0.000%	0.77x
5732	Geddes	40	0.000%	0.12x
5733	Ginty	40	0.000%	3.36x
5734	Goose	40	0.000%	0.64x
5735	Haith	40	0.000%	2.67x
5736	Haldane	40	0.000%	0.55x
5737	Ham	40	0.000%	0.18x
5738	Harton	40	0.000%	1.98x
5739	Heworth	40	0.000%	7.96x
5740	Houlding	40	0.000%	1.27x
5741	Huges	40	0.000%	1.46x
5742	Jefferies	40	0.000%	0.12x
5743	Jewett	40	0.000%	2.20x
5744	Kear	40	0.000%	0.82x
5745	Keel	40	0.000%	0.70x
5746	Kerridge	40	0.000%	0.38x
5747	Laidler	40	0.000%	0.35x
5748	Lennon	40	0.000%	0.39x
5749	Litchfield	40	0.000%	0.34x
5750	Loughton	40	0.000%	0.97x
5751	Louth	40	0.000%	1.16x
5752	Luckman	40	0.000%	0.95x
5753	Martinson	40	0.000%	2.87x
5754	Maycock	40	0.000%	0.30x
5755	Morse	40	0.000%	0.15x
5756	New	40	0.000%	0.16x
5757	Newbald	40	0.000%	5.45x
5758	Pendlebury	40	0.000%	0.22x
5759	Rainey	40	0.000%	0.88x
5760	Rearden	40	0.000%	1.82x
5761	Reddish	40	0.000%	0.72x
5762	Reynoldson	40	0.000%	3.90x
5763	Ritson	40	0.000%	0.34x
5764	Sandham	40	0.000%	0.54x
5765	Say	40	0.000%	0.57x
5766	Scutt	40	0.000%	0.54x
5767	Shearstone	40	0.000%	7.26x
5768	Spenser	40	0.000%	1.40x
5769	Stear	40	0.000%	1.95x
5770	Tuxford	40	0.000%	1.68x
5771	Twidle	40	0.000%	4.18x
5772	Wiggan	40	0.000%	3.48x
5773	Wikeley	40	0.000%	8.28x
5774	Wilcockson	40	0.000%	1.07x
5775	Wolstenholm	40	0.000%	2.96x
5776	Allon	39	0.000%	2.17x
5777	Allport	39	0.000%	0.56x
5778	Bardon	39	0.000%	3.51x
5779	Baylis	39	0.000%	0.13x
5780	Beamont	39	0.000%	2.60x
5781	Beel	39	0.000%	1.89x
5782	Biscombe	39	0.000%	4.16x
5783	Bladen	39	0.000%	1.09x
5784	Blezard	39	0.000%	1.07x
5785	Blockley	39	0.000%	0.67x
5786	Body	39	0.000%	0.39x
5787	Brawn	39	0.000%	0.74x
5788	Brentnall	39	0.000%	0.73x
5789	Briddon	39	0.000%	1.22x
5790	Brisby	39	0.000%	5.11x
5791	Britten	39	0.000%	0.34x
5792	Bryden	39	0.000%	0.32x
5793	Canavan	39	0.000%	1.15x
5794	Carrier	39	0.000%	0.84x
5795	Chivers	39	0.000%	0.15x
5796	Conolly	39	0.000%	0.45x
5797	Cordon	39	0.000%	1.08x
5798	Core	39	0.000%	0.95x
5799	Corson	39	0.000%	1.31x
5800	Cotter	39	0.000%	0.36x