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 Redgate, with 34 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
6301	Redgate	34	0.000%	0.79x
6302	Rickinson	34	0.000%	5.03x
6303	Ruecroft	34	0.000%	5.86x
6304	Ryall	34	0.000%	0.35x
6305	Rylatt	34	0.000%	1.93x
6306	Sherridan	34	0.000%	2.27x
6307	Shilleto	34	0.000%	7.18x
6308	Shipstone	34	0.000%	2.81x
6309	Silburn	34	0.000%	2.91x
6310	Sowery	34	0.000%	6.40x
6311	Stoppard	34	0.000%	1.94x
6312	Sweeny	34	0.000%	0.51x
6313	Tacey	34	0.000%	1.43x
6314	Tarn	34	0.000%	1.26x
6315	Temporal	34	0.000%	6.77x
6316	Tompson	34	0.000%	0.55x
6317	Toy	34	0.000%	0.32x
6318	Twiddle	34	0.000%	4.96x
6319	Waldie	34	0.000%	0.55x
6320	Whitford	34	0.000%	0.38x
6321	Wildbore	34	0.000%	1.82x
6322	Wilshire	34	0.000%	0.59x
6323	Wittington	34	0.000%	2.02x
6324	Wylie	34	0.000%	0.10x
6325	Youngman	34	0.000%	0.40x
6326	Ahern	33	0.000%	1.07x
6327	Ambrose	33	0.000%	0.13x
6328	Bashford	33	0.000%	0.34x
6329	Baston	33	0.000%	0.54x
6330	Bergin	33	0.000%	1.21x
6331	Bevan	33	0.000%	0.05x
6332	Bewick	33	0.000%	0.40x
6333	Blyton	33	0.000%	1.66x
6334	Bohan	33	0.000%	3.84x
6335	Borrell	33	0.000%	1.78x
6336	Bowater	33	0.000%	0.78x
6337	Brownell	33	0.000%	2.69x
6338	Brownless	33	0.000%	1.21x
6339	Bullard	33	0.000%	0.37x
6340	Burford	33	0.000%	0.20x
6341	Buswell	33	0.000%	0.39x
6342	Calder	33	0.000%	0.08x
6343	Calverly	33	0.000%	2.92x
6344	Cargill	33	0.000%	0.29x
6345	Carlyle	33	0.000%	0.41x
6346	Cayton	33	0.000%	2.37x
6347	Challenor	33	0.000%	1.16x
6348	Claydon	33	0.000%	0.18x
6349	Colgrave	33	0.000%	2.37x
6350	Congreve	33	0.000%	2.99x
6351	Corless	33	0.000%	0.40x
6352	Cornell	33	0.000%	0.17x
6353	Coton	33	0.000%	1.25x
6354	Crathorne	33	0.000%	2.87x
6355	Crouther	33	0.000%	3.48x
6356	Cupit	33	0.000%	0.90x
6357	Cutter	33	0.000%	0.41x
6358	Daily	33	0.000%	0.44x
6359	Dawkins	33	0.000%	0.16x
6360	Dufty	33	0.000%	1.65x
6361	Eaden	33	0.000%	2.47x
6362	Eagling	33	0.000%	1.40x
6363	Elland	33	0.000%	3.71x
6364	Evins	33	0.000%	2.47x
6365	Footit	33	0.000%	3.10x
6366	Fulwood	33	0.000%	2.23x
6367	Gartland	33	0.000%	1.22x
6368	Gillis	33	0.000%	0.57x
6369	Gledstone	33	0.000%	6.10x
6370	Haran	33	0.000%	2.22x
6371	Harrowsmith	33	0.000%	2.82x
6372	Hawthorne	33	0.000%	0.49x
6373	Haythorn	33	0.000%	3.13x
6374	Hillery	33	0.000%	1.92x
6375	Horwell	33	0.000%	1.49x
6376	Ingall	33	0.000%	1.37x
6377	Kerwin	33	0.000%	0.99x
6378	Ladlow	33	0.000%	2.16x
6379	Langthorne	33	0.000%	5.10x
6380	Layburn	33	0.000%	4.07x
6381	Lennox	33	0.000%	0.19x
6382	Longmore	33	0.000%	0.47x
6383	Malham	33	0.000%	3.59x
6384	Malpass	33	0.000%	0.44x
6385	Marvel	33	0.000%	2.65x
6386	Mcmillan	33	0.000%	1.09x
6387	Mcnamara	33	0.000%	1.30x
6388	Meade	33	0.000%	0.40x
6389	Merrin	33	0.000%	1.42x
6390	Micklefield	33	0.000%	3.97x
6391	Middlebrough	33	0.000%	4.88x
6392	Middleditch	33	0.000%	0.62x
6393	Millwood	33	0.000%	0.82x
6394	Milnthorpe	33	0.000%	7.76x
6395	Minikin	33	0.000%	2.63x
6396	Moorey	33	0.000%	1.12x
6397	Mullany	33	0.000%	1.39x
6398	Nattrass	33	0.000%	0.98x
6399	Nayler	33	0.000%	1.35x
6400	Ormiston	33	0.000%	0.40x