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 Moy, with 37 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
6001	Moy	37	0.000%	0.63x
6002	Mulvey	37	0.000%	0.75x
6003	Newey	37	0.000%	0.31x
6004	Oleary	37	0.000%	0.63x
6005	Owst	37	0.000%	8.32x
6006	Pickwell	37	0.000%	1.41x
6007	Poyser	37	0.000%	0.48x
6008	Prendergast	37	0.000%	0.90x
6009	Prichard	37	0.000%	0.14x
6010	Pride	37	0.000%	0.52x
6011	Purseglove	37	0.000%	2.94x
6012	Pyman	37	0.000%	1.50x
6013	Rawding	37	0.000%	1.69x
6014	Readhead	37	0.000%	2.11x
6015	Readshaw	37	0.000%	3.06x
6016	Rodham	37	0.000%	1.64x
6017	Romans	37	0.000%	2.90x
6018	Sacker	37	0.000%	3.06x
6019	Shakespeare	37	0.000%	0.35x
6020	Singer	37	0.000%	0.32x
6021	Slight	37	0.000%	0.50x
6022	Sotheran	37	0.000%	6.08x
6023	Spalding	37	0.000%	0.18x
6024	Stansfeld	37	0.000%	5.98x
6025	Still	37	0.000%	0.20x
6026	Suddards	37	0.000%	7.66x
6027	Sweetman	37	0.000%	0.36x
6028	Swingler	37	0.000%	0.68x
6029	Talbott	37	0.000%	0.56x
6030	Titterton	37	0.000%	0.79x
6031	Tock	37	0.000%	3.51x
6032	Tweddell	37	0.000%	1.56x
6033	Vowles	37	0.000%	0.27x
6034	Wayman	37	0.000%	0.49x
6035	Westgarth	37	0.000%	0.73x
6036	Westwick	37	0.000%	3.72x
6037	Willerton	37	0.000%	1.05x
6038	Winch	37	0.000%	0.28x
6039	Winterton	37	0.000%	0.56x
6040	Withell	37	0.000%	3.54x
6041	Adwick	36	0.000%	5.73x
6042	Asling	36	0.000%	3.39x
6043	Ballinger	36	0.000%	0.39x
6044	Boldison	36	0.000%	9.08x
6045	Bolt	36	0.000%	0.17x
6046	Bowell	36	0.000%	0.60x
6047	Brack	36	0.000%	1.33x
6048	Burtt	36	0.000%	1.54x
6049	Chance	36	0.000%	0.27x
6050	Coatham	36	0.000%	9.08x
6051	Cockrane	36	0.000%	1.14x
6052	Coning	36	0.000%	7.03x
6053	Crockett	36	0.000%	0.26x
6054	Crowson	36	0.000%	0.58x
6055	Croxford	36	0.000%	0.56x
6056	Cubitt	36	0.000%	0.50x
6057	Danes	36	0.000%	0.81x
6058	Davie	36	0.000%	0.14x
6059	Dixson	36	0.000%	1.34x
6060	Dow	36	0.000%	0.10x
6061	Emmitt	36	0.000%	2.08x
6062	Ensor	36	0.000%	0.56x
6063	Ernest	36	0.000%	3.72x
6064	Fairley	36	0.000%	0.25x
6065	Goodier	36	0.000%	0.35x
6066	Gradwell	36	0.000%	0.54x
6067	Greenway	36	0.000%	0.17x
6068	Gunby	36	0.000%	1.82x
6069	Hallgarth	36	0.000%	4.09x
6070	Hard	36	0.000%	0.68x
6071	Hartshorne	36	0.000%	0.81x
6072	Haslehurst	36	0.000%	1.76x
6073	Haylock	36	0.000%	0.46x
6074	Holsworth	36	0.000%	2.18x
6075	Hurton	36	0.000%	2.33x
6076	Ironmonger	36	0.000%	0.68x
6077	Ive	36	0.000%	1.19x
6078	Keeble	36	0.000%	0.18x
6079	Keeley	36	0.000%	0.31x
6080	Kidger	36	0.000%	0.92x
6081	Kyle	36	0.000%	0.22x
6082	Landen	36	0.000%	2.12x
6083	Lawes	36	0.000%	0.29x
6084	Lazarus	36	0.000%	0.52x
6085	Livesley	36	0.000%	0.89x
6086	Lockhart	36	0.000%	0.18x
6087	Lofts	36	0.000%	0.55x
6088	Meldrum	36	0.000%	0.20x
6089	Mulholland	36	0.000%	0.33x
6090	Murdoch	36	0.000%	0.07x
6091	Napier	36	0.000%	0.15x
6092	Newberry	36	0.000%	0.30x
6093	Nix	36	0.000%	0.48x
6094	Oxford	36	0.000%	0.36x
6095	Phillis	36	0.000%	1.52x
6096	Philpott	36	0.000%	0.16x
6097	Poad	36	0.000%	1.66x
6098	Portman	36	0.000%	0.68x
6099	Pyne	36	0.000%	0.33x
6100	Ragg	36	0.000%	1.12x