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 Waring, with 791 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
601	Waring	791	0.030%	2.18x
602	Winn	790	0.030%	2.81x
603	Hurst	789	0.030%	0.76x
604	Britton	788	0.030%	1.54x
605	Butcher	786	0.030%	0.64x
606	Fieldhouse	786	0.030%	5.68x
607	Cass	785	0.030%	3.83x
608	Teal	784	0.030%	7.10x
609	Tindall	783	0.030%	4.47x
610	Fell	780	0.030%	1.92x
611	Radcliffe	778	0.030%	2.31x
612	Griffiths	777	0.030%	0.16x
613	Tasker	776	0.030%	2.52x
614	Gee	774	0.030%	1.05x
615	Dodsworth	773	0.030%	6.40x
616	Furness	772	0.030%	3.34x
617	Hollings	771	0.030%	7.09x
618	Pawson	770	0.030%	6.65x
619	Charlton	768	0.030%	0.93x
620	Siddall	767	0.030%	3.61x
621	Stacey	765	0.030%	1.18x
622	Barnett	760	0.030%	0.58x
623	Bowman	758	0.030%	1.00x
624	Hick	757	0.030%	5.61x
625	Benn	756	0.030%	4.58x
626	Lane	753	0.030%	0.38x
627	Short	753	0.030%	0.67x
628	Cheetham	752	0.030%	1.68x
629	Harding	751	0.030%	0.36x
630	Brooksbank	749	0.030%	7.91x
631	Horton	749	0.030%	0.70x
632	Longley	749	0.030%	3.81x
633	Hornby	748	0.030%	2.27x
634	Scholey	747	0.030%	7.51x
635	Windle	747	0.030%	4.55x
636	Bingham	746	0.030%	1.75x
637	Maude	746	0.030%	6.78x
638	Bruce	745	0.030%	0.55x
639	Garner	745	0.030%	0.81x
640	Bartle	741	0.030%	4.35x
641	Steele	739	0.030%	0.95x
642	Scholes	736	0.030%	2.19x
643	Kilner	734	0.030%	6.06x
644	Westerman	733	0.030%	7.73x
645	Davy	732	0.030%	2.05x
646	Bishop	729	0.030%	0.36x
647	Buck	728	0.030%	1.17x
648	Roe	727	0.030%	1.29x
649	Downs	725	0.030%	1.41x
650	Featherstone	722	0.020%	2.77x
651	Jepson	722	0.020%	2.55x
652	Morrison	719	0.020%	0.32x
653	Horne	717	0.020%	1.14x
654	Pitts	715	0.020%	2.41x
655	Harrop	712	0.020%	2.16x
656	Lawrence	712	0.020%	0.38x
657	Osborne	712	0.020%	0.52x
658	Deighton	711	0.020%	4.90x
659	Bond	709	0.020%	0.46x
660	Cordingley	709	0.020%	7.09x
661	Crosby	708	0.020%	2.07x
662	Leonard	708	0.020%	1.13x
663	Park	708	0.020%	0.79x
664	Bainbridge	707	0.020%	1.74x
665	Gamble	705	0.020%	1.70x
666	Hopper	704	0.020%	1.70x
667	Hood	703	0.020%	0.88x
668	Lyons	703	0.020%	1.09x
669	Grainger	702	0.020%	1.58x
670	Barron	701	0.020%	1.56x
671	Rushforth	701	0.020%	7.63x
672	Welsh	701	0.020%	0.61x
673	Bannister	700	0.020%	1.40x
674	Raine	699	0.020%	2.90x
675	Temple	697	0.020%	1.83x
676	Batley	694	0.020%	5.54x
677	Beal	693	0.020%	2.55x
678	Potts	693	0.020%	0.72x
679	Wardle	693	0.020%	1.24x
680	Iredale	692	0.020%	7.33x
681	Pashley	692	0.020%	6.50x
682	Beevers	691	0.020%	9.46x
683	Denison	691	0.020%	6.28x
684	Staniforth	691	0.020%	6.29x
685	Teale	691	0.020%	6.47x
686	Grange	690	0.020%	4.15x
687	Tinker	690	0.020%	4.72x
688	Rothery	688	0.020%	6.45x
689	Emsley	687	0.020%	8.19x
690	Kidd	687	0.020%	1.17x
691	Bastow	684	0.020%	7.15x
692	Yeadon	682	0.020%	8.59x
693	Downing	681	0.020%	1.35x
694	Lightowler	679	0.020%	9.98x
695	Hamilton	677	0.020%	0.31x
696	Sheldon	677	0.020%	1.54x
697	Carroll	676	0.020%	1.16x
698	Norman	675	0.020%	0.50x
699	Tordoff	675	0.020%	9.89x
700	Hallam	673	0.020%	1.25x