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 Cousens, with 39 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
5801	Cousens	39	0.000%	0.55x
5802	Creamer	39	0.000%	0.82x
5803	Crown	39	0.000%	1.10x
5804	Crumpton	39	0.000%	0.57x
5805	Cutsforth	39	0.000%	9.84x
5806	Danks	39	0.000%	0.31x
5807	Daubney	39	0.000%	0.92x
5808	Duerden	39	0.000%	0.36x
5809	Eagan	39	0.000%	1.16x
5810	Facer	39	0.000%	0.67x
5811	Fairey	39	0.000%	0.94x
5812	Feetham	39	0.000%	2.37x
5813	Finlay	39	0.000%	0.13x
5814	Fulton	39	0.000%	0.11x
5815	Gaynor	39	0.000%	1.27x
5816	Gerard	39	0.000%	0.79x
5817	Godwin	39	0.000%	0.10x
5818	Hallows	39	0.000%	0.69x
5819	Hebditch	39	0.000%	1.76x
5820	Hickinson	39	0.000%	4.75x
5821	Hodgkins	39	0.000%	0.30x
5822	Hold	39	0.000%	1.92x
5823	Hopes	39	0.000%	0.99x
5824	Hutchins	39	0.000%	0.13x
5825	Jervis	39	0.000%	0.18x
5826	Jopling	39	0.000%	0.76x
5827	Kassell	39	0.000%	9.39x
5828	Keefe	39	0.000%	0.31x
5829	Kyme	39	0.000%	4.20x
5830	Lyle	39	0.000%	0.29x
5831	Macintosh	39	0.000%	0.31x
5832	Mackinder	39	0.000%	1.57x
5833	Mair	39	0.000%	0.15x
5834	Massingham	39	0.000%	0.80x
5835	Mcgowan	39	0.000%	1.35x
5836	Melia	39	0.000%	0.56x
5837	Melrose	39	0.000%	0.35x
5838	Nall	39	0.000%	1.15x
5839	Neilson	39	0.000%	0.10x
5840	Newbolt	39	0.000%	2.62x
5841	Oxby	39	0.000%	2.15x
5842	Pate	39	0.000%	0.33x
5843	Renard	39	0.000%	4.64x
5844	Reynold	39	0.000%	0.97x
5845	Rollitt	39	0.000%	4.25x
5846	Rumford	39	0.000%	3.42x
5847	Shacklock	39	0.000%	1.53x
5848	Sharratt	39	0.000%	0.43x
5849	Sneath	39	0.000%	0.77x
5850	Springthorpe	39	0.000%	0.95x
5851	Spur	39	0.000%	3.45x
5852	Statham	39	0.000%	0.23x
5853	Stocker	39	0.000%	0.25x
5854	Tailor	39	0.000%	0.77x
5855	Teanby	39	0.000%	3.92x
5856	Tomkins	39	0.000%	0.13x
5857	Truswell	39	0.000%	1.62x
5858	Tunnicliff	39	0.000%	0.90x
5859	Wademan	39	0.000%	10.35x
5860	Wallice	39	0.000%	2.46x
5861	Warn	39	0.000%	0.74x
5862	Westby	39	0.000%	1.21x
5863	Wight	39	0.000%	0.26x
5864	Alder	38	0.000%	0.18x
5865	Allender	38	0.000%	1.87x
5866	Arch	38	0.000%	0.71x
5867	Baggley	38	0.000%	1.91x
5868	Bevers	38	0.000%	3.33x
5869	Billing	38	0.000%	0.24x
5870	Bollans	38	0.000%	3.85x
5871	Bollington	38	0.000%	2.47x
5872	Bottrill	38	0.000%	1.10x
5873	Brittan	38	0.000%	0.71x
5874	Broomfield	38	0.000%	0.20x
5875	Brusby	38	0.000%	7.02x
5876	Cable	38	0.000%	0.26x
5877	Castelow	38	0.000%	8.37x
5878	Challoner	38	0.000%	0.54x
5879	Clint	38	0.000%	1.80x
5880	Coad	38	0.000%	0.62x
5881	Compton	38	0.000%	0.14x
5882	Coopland	38	0.000%	3.85x
5883	Corley	38	0.000%	0.86x
5884	Cowham	38	0.000%	2.91x
5885	Creswell	38	0.000%	0.41x
5886	Crispin	38	0.000%	0.61x
5887	Curson	38	0.000%	0.58x
5888	Cusick	38	0.000%	1.14x
5889	Daft	38	0.000%	0.54x
5890	Dalkin	38	0.000%	2.06x
5891	Dalley	38	0.000%	0.53x
5892	Dorman	38	0.000%	0.41x
5893	Falloon	38	0.000%	3.28x
5894	Faux	38	0.000%	0.90x
5895	Garbut	38	0.000%	4.57x
5896	Glass	38	0.000%	0.13x
5897	Gleave	38	0.000%	0.31x
5898	Gouldthorpe	38	0.000%	3.97x
5899	Hagen	38	0.000%	1.37x
5900	Hatherley	38	0.000%	1.12x