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 Randell, with 36 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
6101	Randell	36	0.000%	0.20x
6102	Rayson	36	0.000%	0.43x
6103	Rodgerson	36	0.000%	1.01x
6104	Rountree	36	0.000%	4.38x
6105	Row	36	0.000%	0.24x
6106	Southgate	36	0.000%	0.16x
6107	Spiers	36	0.000%	0.15x
6108	Spowage	36	0.000%	2.02x
6109	Stamforth	36	0.000%	4.38x
6110	Steeples	36	0.000%	1.47x
6111	Steers	36	0.000%	0.68x
6112	Sutherby	36	0.000%	6.21x
6113	Sweet	36	0.000%	0.14x
6114	Symonds	36	0.000%	0.10x
6115	Tee	36	0.000%	0.63x
6116	Tipple	36	0.000%	0.87x
6117	Toohey	36	0.000%	3.30x
6118	Trenholm	36	0.000%	3.33x
6119	Tring	36	0.000%	1.65x
6120	Trow	36	0.000%	0.49x
6121	Urquhart	36	0.000%	0.09x
6122	Walworth	36	0.000%	2.52x
6123	Warman	36	0.000%	0.27x
6124	Wassell	36	0.000%	0.79x
6125	Wharf	36	0.000%	1.67x
6126	Whiley	36	0.000%	0.79x
6127	Winders	36	0.000%	1.32x
6128	Wolfe	36	0.000%	0.24x
6129	Woolf	36	0.000%	0.37x
6130	Wyvill	36	0.000%	4.66x
6131	Abba	35	0.000%	4.26x
6132	Akrigg	35	0.000%	4.21x
6133	Alford	35	0.000%	0.14x
6134	Barwell	35	0.000%	0.39x
6135	Battison	35	0.000%	1.08x
6136	Beecher	35	0.000%	1.16x
6137	Binder	35	0.000%	1.02x
6138	Blunn	35	0.000%	1.57x
6139	Blythman	35	0.000%	1.91x
6140	Bowron	35	0.000%	1.48x
6141	Brace	35	0.000%	0.21x
6142	Bretton	35	0.000%	1.85x
6143	Briden	35	0.000%	1.61x
6144	Bruton	35	0.000%	0.36x
6145	Cains	35	0.000%	0.96x
6146	Care	35	0.000%	0.54x
6147	Cawthron	35	0.000%	9.53x
6148	Christy	35	0.000%	0.57x
6149	Coombes	35	0.000%	0.11x
6150	Corby	35	0.000%	0.35x
6151	Coulston	35	0.000%	1.18x
6152	Crozier	35	0.000%	0.26x
6153	Crust	35	0.000%	1.20x
6154	Danford	35	0.000%	2.76x
6155	Delany	35	0.000%	0.73x
6156	Devonshire	35	0.000%	0.68x
6157	Dickie	35	0.000%	0.15x
6158	Eccleston	35	0.000%	0.24x
6159	Edon	35	0.000%	7.39x
6160	Eustace	35	0.000%	0.43x
6161	Fairfield	35	0.000%	0.98x
6162	Feltham	35	0.000%	0.27x
6163	Fife	35	0.000%	0.45x
6164	Finlayson	35	0.000%	0.10x
6165	Gallager	35	0.000%	1.44x
6166	Gane	35	0.000%	0.43x
6167	Gelsthorpe	35	0.000%	1.65x
6168	Giddy	35	0.000%	1.20x
6169	Gilman	35	0.000%	0.40x
6170	Greenlees	35	0.000%	0.62x
6171	Hagar	35	0.000%	4.42x
6172	Hanger	35	0.000%	1.20x
6173	Harkness	35	0.000%	0.22x
6174	Harries	35	0.000%	0.06x
6175	Hedges	35	0.000%	0.11x
6176	Heeson	35	0.000%	5.25x
6177	Helme	35	0.000%	0.74x
6178	Hepple	35	0.000%	0.57x
6179	Hiscock	35	0.000%	0.16x
6180	Hoban	35	0.000%	1.27x
6181	Hodgins	35	0.000%	1.44x
6182	Holford	35	0.000%	0.38x
6183	Hunston	35	0.000%	4.64x
6184	Huntingdon	35	0.000%	1.74x
6185	Hutt	35	0.000%	0.28x
6186	Jibson	35	0.000%	7.87x
6187	Jowle	35	0.000%	3.81x
6188	Kempe	35	0.000%	1.64x
6189	Killeen	35	0.000%	1.20x
6190	Lavell	35	0.000%	1.07x
6191	Lynes	35	0.000%	0.47x
6192	Maundrill	35	0.000%	6.71x
6193	Mawhood	35	0.000%	5.25x
6194	Milan	35	0.000%	2.48x
6195	Morewood	35	0.000%	3.23x
6196	Nattress	35	0.000%	2.35x
6197	Newbert	35	0.000%	4.02x
6198	Newlands	35	0.000%	0.30x
6199	Nobles	35	0.000%	1.67x
6200	Painter	35	0.000%	0.09x