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 Pyle, with 27 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
7201	Pyle	27	0.000%	0.23x
7202	Ratchford	27	0.000%	1.41x
7203	Reason	27	0.000%	0.32x
7204	Rumble	27	0.000%	0.25x
7205	Sangster	27	0.000%	0.20x
7206	Sawney	27	0.000%	4.30x
7207	Schneider	27	0.000%	0.85x
7208	Schulz	27	0.000%	2.71x
7209	Serginson	27	0.000%	5.27x
7210	Sessions	27	0.000%	0.65x
7211	Shevill	27	0.000%	3.49x
7212	Softley	27	0.000%	1.02x
7213	Somerville	27	0.000%	0.11x
7214	Southward	27	0.000%	0.45x
7215	Stray	27	0.000%	1.78x
7216	Tapp	27	0.000%	0.22x
7217	Telfer	27	0.000%	0.16x
7218	Tunnard	27	0.000%	2.15x
7219	Tupling	27	0.000%	2.25x
7220	Tylor	27	0.000%	0.93x
7221	Vear	27	0.000%	1.07x
7222	Walliss	27	0.000%	2.64x
7223	Warne	27	0.000%	0.13x
7224	Warneford	27	0.000%	4.23x
7225	Weddle	27	0.000%	0.98x
7226	Whaites	27	0.000%	4.05x
7227	Wharmby	27	0.000%	0.48x
7228	Withy	27	0.000%	2.05x
7229	Woodlock	27	0.000%	3.25x
7230	Wooton	27	0.000%	0.35x
7231	Yule	27	0.000%	0.19x
7232	Alsopp	26	0.000%	1.31x
7233	Ashberry	26	0.000%	5.38x
7234	Asman	26	0.000%	2.56x
7235	Austerfield	26	0.000%	8.41x
7236	Badley	26	0.000%	0.83x
7237	Balderstone	26	0.000%	1.44x
7238	Bale	26	0.000%	0.12x
7239	Ballantyne	26	0.000%	0.12x
7240	Baren	26	0.000%	8.41x
7241	Barkley	26	0.000%	0.69x
7242	Barrell	26	0.000%	0.24x
7243	Barter	26	0.000%	0.16x
7244	Bartles	26	0.000%	3.90x
7245	Beddard	26	0.000%	0.73x
7246	Betley	26	0.000%	1.76x
7247	Beverly	26	0.000%	1.08x
7248	Billard	26	0.000%	3.69x
7249	Birbeck	26	0.000%	0.58x
7250	Blakeman	26	0.000%	0.31x
7251	Blinkhorn	26	0.000%	0.68x
7252	Bonfield	26	0.000%	0.49x
7253	Briars	26	0.000%	0.96x
7254	Bromwich	26	0.000%	0.41x
7255	Bryce	26	0.000%	0.09x
7256	Burdin	26	0.000%	4.08x
7257	Burgiss	26	0.000%	1.92x
7258	Cairnes	26	0.000%	2.22x
7259	Carnes	26	0.000%	1.76x
7260	Catling	26	0.000%	0.38x
7261	Cayley	26	0.000%	1.13x
7262	Chalkley	26	0.000%	0.29x
7263	Challand	26	0.000%	2.26x
7264	Chattle	26	0.000%	2.64x
7265	Chesterfield	26	0.000%	0.97x
7266	Chinery	26	0.000%	0.43x
7267	Clapton	26	0.000%	0.49x
7268	Coonan	26	0.000%	2.51x
7269	Cowey	26	0.000%	1.06x
7270	Crewe	26	0.000%	0.34x
7271	Crop	26	0.000%	1.33x
7272	Cruse	26	0.000%	0.31x
7273	Dauson	26	0.000%	2.13x
7274	Degnan	26	0.000%	1.62x
7275	Diggles	26	0.000%	1.31x
7276	Dowsett	26	0.000%	0.20x
7277	Drennan	26	0.000%	0.66x
7278	Elliker	26	0.000%	5.49x
7279	Everington	26	0.000%	1.55x
7280	Fanning	26	0.000%	0.85x
7281	Feilding	26	0.000%	1.42x
7282	Felton	26	0.000%	0.13x
7283	Fitzmaurice	26	0.000%	0.97x
7284	Flatt	26	0.000%	0.41x
7285	Forden	26	0.000%	2.59x
7286	Friston	26	0.000%	2.99x
7287	Furley	26	0.000%	0.90x
7288	Garrad	26	0.000%	0.53x
7289	Garrick	26	0.000%	0.59x
7290	Gilliard	26	0.000%	1.84x
7291	Givens	26	0.000%	2.12x
7292	Goggins	26	0.000%	4.01x
7293	Gorden	26	0.000%	0.51x
7294	Gowan	26	0.000%	0.59x
7295	Grain	26	0.000%	0.82x
7296	Grayham	26	0.000%	2.36x
7297	Grosvenor	26	0.000%	0.40x
7298	Grover	26	0.000%	0.14x
7299	Hakin	26	0.000%	4.14x
7300	Hamill	26	0.000%	0.53x