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 Moxon, with 956 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
501	Moxon	956	0.030%	5.89x
502	Jordan	953	0.030%	0.75x
503	Heap	952	0.030%	1.94x
504	Shuttleworth	949	0.030%	2.76x
505	Wormald	949	0.030%	7.23x
506	Page	945	0.030%	0.41x
507	Wharton	945	0.030%	2.33x
508	Nettleton	942	0.030%	7.57x
509	Poole	942	0.030%	0.68x
510	Kitching	939	0.030%	5.59x
511	Mountain	939	0.030%	4.57x
512	Topham	937	0.030%	4.43x
513	Uttley	928	0.030%	6.65x
514	Bowes	927	0.030%	3.49x
515	Broughton	925	0.030%	1.71x
516	Dickenson	925	0.030%	2.11x
517	Wallace	925	0.030%	0.47x
518	Dinsdale	924	0.030%	6.20x
519	Cowling	921	0.030%	3.62x
520	Rawnsley	921	0.030%	9.73x
521	Woodward	921	0.030%	0.64x
522	May	913	0.030%	0.50x
523	Dennison	912	0.030%	4.08x
524	Savage	912	0.030%	0.82x
525	Crosland	911	0.030%	8.69x
526	Drury	910	0.030%	1.98x
527	Haywood	907	0.030%	1.49x
528	Kennedy	904	0.030%	0.52x
529	Wilby	899	0.030%	5.29x
530	Buckle	895	0.030%	2.84x
531	Sowden	895	0.030%	5.47x
532	Bramley	892	0.030%	3.38x
533	Hardaker	888	0.030%	8.88x
534	Roper	886	0.030%	1.47x
535	Colley	885	0.030%	2.41x
536	Hampshire	885	0.030%	5.39x
537	Fleming	882	0.030%	0.73x
538	Atkin	880	0.030%	2.27x
539	Morrell	880	0.030%	3.23x
540	Pearce	879	0.030%	0.33x
541	Kilburn	878	0.030%	5.89x
542	Goddard	873	0.030%	0.75x
543	Sellers	873	0.030%	3.92x
544	Backhouse	869	0.030%	4.03x
545	Crookes	868	0.030%	6.87x
546	Allan	867	0.030%	0.48x
547	Willis	867	0.030%	0.56x
548	Burke	866	0.030%	1.02x
549	Tempest	866	0.030%	6.43x
550	Daniel	865	0.030%	1.35x
551	Webb	863	0.030%	0.22x
552	Brayshaw	862	0.030%	8.19x
553	Tetley	861	0.030%	7.40x
554	Chappell	857	0.030%	1.76x
555	Eccles	855	0.030%	1.85x
556	Gott	855	0.030%	6.82x
557	Moor	855	0.030%	2.11x
558	Beck	853	0.030%	1.26x
559	Holliday	852	0.030%	2.24x
560	Appleby	851	0.030%	1.80x
561	Payne	851	0.030%	0.33x
562	Collier	850	0.030%	0.88x
563	Auty	848	0.030%	8.74x
564	Wilks	845	0.030%	1.86x
565	Prince	841	0.030%	1.28x
566	Wheatley	840	0.030%	1.42x
567	Hallas	836	0.030%	7.74x
568	Bullock	831	0.030%	0.88x
569	Hawkins	831	0.030%	0.40x
570	Allott	830	0.030%	7.98x
571	Dransfield	827	0.030%	8.12x
572	Nixon	823	0.030%	0.93x
573	Boocock	821	0.030%	8.04x
574	Bateson	817	0.030%	4.51x
575	Dennis	817	0.030%	0.95x
576	Douglas	817	0.030%	0.58x
577	Ryan	817	0.030%	0.91x
578	Coldwell	816	0.030%	6.44x
579	Fryer	816	0.030%	1.52x
580	Redman	815	0.030%	2.14x
581	Womersley	815	0.030%	9.07x
582	Hoyland	814	0.030%	7.57x
583	Raper	812	0.030%	6.69x
584	Binks	809	0.030%	4.74x
585	Addy	808	0.030%	6.56x
586	Scaife	808	0.030%	6.29x
587	Beckett	806	0.030%	1.40x
588	Burrows	805	0.030%	0.64x
589	Appleton	803	0.030%	1.77x
590	Rider	802	0.030%	2.84x
591	Emmott	800	0.030%	7.36x
592	Slack	800	0.030%	1.75x
593	Tillotson	800	0.030%	7.15x
594	Read	796	0.030%	0.43x
595	Handley	795	0.030%	1.63x
596	Burgess	794	0.030%	0.39x
597	Goodwin	794	0.030%	0.52x
598	Horn	793	0.030%	1.21x
599	Kenworthy	793	0.030%	4.12x
600	Horsley	792	0.030%	2.93x