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 Dunnell, with 23 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
7801	Dunnell	23	0.000%	1.54x
7802	Dutson	23	0.000%	0.79x
7803	Ealand	23	0.000%	2.36x
7804	Eeles	23	0.000%	0.73x
7805	Eldin	23	0.000%	4.86x
7806	Elsworthy	23	0.000%	1.31x
7807	Evington	23	0.000%	5.17x
7808	Falcon	23	0.000%	1.71x
7809	Farey	23	0.000%	0.64x
7810	Fickling	23	0.000%	0.87x
7811	Fitt	23	0.000%	0.31x
7812	Flanders	23	0.000%	0.32x
7813	Foran	23	0.000%	1.83x
7814	Gagg	23	0.000%	1.33x
7815	Galagher	23	0.000%	1.80x
7816	Galligan	23	0.000%	1.71x
7817	Garret	23	0.000%	0.62x
7818	Gaul	23	0.000%	0.70x
7819	Gears	23	0.000%	2.70x
7820	Gething	23	0.000%	0.49x
7821	Gidley	23	0.000%	0.45x
7822	Gilboy	23	0.000%	4.03x
7823	Gillot	23	0.000%	5.17x
7824	Gilmartin	23	0.000%	1.23x
7825	Gold	23	0.000%	0.14x
7826	Gooding	23	0.000%	0.09x
7827	Goward	23	0.000%	0.91x
7828	Greenall	23	0.000%	0.26x
7829	Greenshaw	23	0.000%	5.41x
7830	Greensit	23	0.000%	8.51x
7831	Grier	23	0.000%	0.54x
7832	Grindall	23	0.000%	3.22x
7833	Halsted	23	0.000%	1.10x
7834	Hamsworth	23	0.000%	4.58x
7835	Hanly	23	0.000%	1.56x
7836	Hawman	23	0.000%	5.54x
7837	Hayne	23	0.000%	0.32x
7838	Hazlehurst	23	0.000%	0.46x
7839	Heart	23	0.000%	0.88x
7840	Herrick	23	0.000%	0.55x
7841	Herriott	23	0.000%	0.67x
7842	Hindmarsh	23	0.000%	0.20x
7843	Hiscoe	23	0.000%	9.92x
7844	Hole	23	0.000%	0.09x
7845	Hollows	23	0.000%	0.41x
7846	Hooks	23	0.000%	0.46x
7847	Horley	23	0.000%	0.34x
7848	Huck	23	0.000%	0.80x
7849	Humberston	23	0.000%	1.55x
7850	Hurford	23	0.000%	0.29x
7851	Insley	23	0.000%	0.51x
7852	Joice	23	0.000%	0.39x
7853	Jonas	23	0.000%	0.46x
7854	Kain	23	0.000%	0.40x
7855	Kerton	23	0.000%	0.98x
7856	Kingsley	23	0.000%	0.45x
7857	Lambe	23	0.000%	0.85x
7858	Laurie	23	0.000%	0.09x
7859	Letts	23	0.000%	0.23x
7860	Linacre	23	0.000%	1.53x
7861	Lindon	23	0.000%	0.47x
7862	Linn	23	0.000%	0.35x
7863	Loram	23	0.000%	1.18x
7864	Lownds	23	0.000%	0.57x
7865	Ludham	23	0.000%	2.48x
7866	Macgregor	23	0.000%	0.19x
7867	Magowan	23	0.000%	4.25x
7868	Makey	23	0.000%	1.18x
7869	Mallam	23	0.000%	0.98x
7870	Mallon	23	0.000%	0.48x
7871	Mallows	23	0.000%	0.69x
7872	Manns	23	0.000%	0.53x
7873	Mare	23	0.000%	0.90x
7874	Marney	23	0.000%	0.40x
7875	Marsters	23	0.000%	1.37x
7876	Mashall	23	0.000%	4.41x
7877	Mcarthur	23	0.000%	2.29x
7878	Mearns	23	0.000%	0.25x
7879	Moffit	23	0.000%	1.46x
7880	Monson	23	0.000%	1.59x
7881	Morant	23	0.000%	0.96x
7882	Morison	23	0.000%	0.16x
7883	Muncaster	23	0.000%	0.60x
7884	Nesbit	23	0.000%	0.26x
7885	Noone	23	0.000%	2.00x
7886	Olive	23	0.000%	0.22x
7887	Olson	23	0.000%	1.18x
7888	Oxbury	23	0.000%	4.17x
7889	Packman	23	0.000%	0.32x
7890	Parking	23	0.000%	3.97x
7891	Pask	23	0.000%	0.30x
7892	Payler	23	0.000%	5.29x
7893	Peakman	23	0.000%	1.50x
7894	Pendle	23	0.000%	1.20x
7895	Petrie	23	0.000%	0.07x
7896	Pierrepont	23	0.000%	2.70x
7897	Podmore	23	0.000%	0.22x
7898	Poll	23	0.000%	0.50x
7899	Pots	23	0.000%	4.25x
7900	Poucher	23	0.000%	1.34x