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 Hodgman, with 38 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
5901	Hodgman	38	0.000%	2.62x
5902	Hulbert	38	0.000%	0.24x
5903	Isaacs	38	0.000%	0.15x
5904	Jewell	38	0.000%	0.13x
5905	Keddy	38	0.000%	4.42x
5906	Kenningham	38	0.000%	7.86x
5907	Kilcoyne	38	0.000%	2.09x
5908	Kinley	38	0.000%	1.14x
5909	Knipe	38	0.000%	0.89x
5910	Langdon	38	0.000%	0.17x
5911	Leaver	38	0.000%	0.20x
5912	Lingwood	38	0.000%	0.72x
5913	Locket	38	0.000%	1.15x
5914	Mackereth	38	0.000%	1.41x
5915	Masson	38	0.000%	0.21x
5916	Mccormack	38	0.000%	1.26x
5917	Mchugh	38	0.000%	1.60x
5918	Merrell	38	0.000%	1.02x
5919	Moorwood	38	0.000%	5.54x
5920	Normandale	38	0.000%	4.37x
5921	Peterkin	38	0.000%	0.85x
5922	Petherbridge	38	0.000%	1.13x
5923	Pole	38	0.000%	0.42x
5924	Rosenberg	38	0.000%	0.96x
5925	Rowlatt	38	0.000%	1.41x
5926	Ryley	38	0.000%	0.51x
5927	Sennett	38	0.000%	1.59x
5928	Shelly	38	0.000%	0.56x
5929	Spear	38	0.000%	0.28x
5930	Staines	38	0.000%	0.24x
5931	Tarbotton	38	0.000%	9.15x
5932	Thistle	38	0.000%	3.12x
5933	Thistlewood	38	0.000%	3.00x
5934	Tompkin	38	0.000%	1.80x
5935	Towlson	38	0.000%	1.72x
5936	Tullock	38	0.000%	1.01x
5937	Wainright	38	0.000%	2.77x
5938	Walburn	38	0.000%	4.27x
5939	Wardale	38	0.000%	1.67x
5940	Wearing	38	0.000%	0.43x
5941	Wharfe	38	0.000%	3.82x
5942	Wilkie	38	0.000%	0.09x
5943	Wrather	38	0.000%	5.62x
5944	Youdan	38	0.000%	6.34x
5945	Agnew	37	0.000%	0.23x
5946	Alderton	37	0.000%	0.29x
5947	Aram	37	0.000%	1.84x
5948	Austen	37	0.000%	0.17x
5949	Ayers	37	0.000%	0.21x
5950	Bamber	37	0.000%	0.17x
5951	Beadnall	37	0.000%	7.51x
5952	Bill	37	0.000%	0.36x
5953	Bissell	37	0.000%	0.43x
5954	Bontoft	37	0.000%	1.68x
5955	Bottoms	37	0.000%	0.73x
5956	Bouskill	37	0.000%	4.30x
5957	Bricklebank	37	0.000%	7.81x
5958	Brooker	37	0.000%	0.11x
5959	Bunker	37	0.000%	0.32x
5960	Byles	37	0.000%	0.74x
5961	Cartlidge	37	0.000%	0.44x
5962	Cason	37	0.000%	1.14x
5963	Chapple	37	0.000%	0.19x
5964	Commons	37	0.000%	1.72x
5965	Crooke	37	0.000%	0.95x
5966	Cussans	37	0.000%	5.24x
5967	Dabbs	37	0.000%	0.59x
5968	Devitt	37	0.000%	1.02x
5969	Dirkin	37	0.000%	3.48x
5970	Dugan	37	0.000%	0.66x
5971	Easter	37	0.000%	0.32x
5972	Fullwood	37	0.000%	0.75x
5973	Gawthrop	37	0.000%	3.68x
5974	Gedney	37	0.000%	3.06x
5975	Gillies	37	0.000%	0.09x
5976	Goldstein	37	0.000%	0.63x
5977	Goodhind	37	0.000%	3.54x
5978	Greener	37	0.000%	0.44x
5979	Griggs	37	0.000%	0.16x
5980	Hardey	37	0.000%	1.48x
5981	Hazelwood	37	0.000%	0.77x
5982	Hembrough	37	0.000%	3.30x
5983	Hewer	37	0.000%	0.65x
5984	Hocking	37	0.000%	0.16x
5985	Kelsall	37	0.000%	0.25x
5986	Lewes	37	0.000%	0.54x
5987	Lillyman	37	0.000%	2.15x
5988	Locker	37	0.000%	0.51x
5989	Longworth	37	0.000%	0.20x
5990	Lorimer	37	0.000%	0.32x
5991	Lowrie	37	0.000%	0.37x
5992	Makinson	37	0.000%	0.45x
5993	Maley	37	0.000%	0.66x
5994	Mcguire	37	0.000%	0.90x
5995	Meeks	37	0.000%	0.74x
5996	Merrington	37	0.000%	1.62x
5997	Metham	37	0.000%	5.10x
5998	Michell	37	0.000%	0.27x
5999	Moll	37	0.000%	1.36x
6000	Mossman	37	0.000%	0.71x