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 Hardisty, with 673 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
701	Hardisty	673	0.020%	8.07x
702	Heeley	673	0.020%	5.28x
703	Moran	672	0.020%	1.27x
704	Platt	672	0.020%	0.88x
705	Unwin	671	0.020%	2.33x
706	Whitwam	671	0.020%	9.97x
707	Emmett	670	0.020%	2.76x
708	Stevens	670	0.020%	0.22x
709	Harwood	669	0.020%	0.86x
710	Hebden	669	0.020%	7.39x
711	Nicholl	669	0.020%	4.42x
712	Rushton	669	0.020%	1.12x
713	Spurr	669	0.020%	5.53x
714	Sedgwick	668	0.020%	3.18x
715	Hyde	667	0.020%	0.75x
716	Leeming	667	0.020%	3.72x
717	Hawksworth	665	0.020%	5.09x
718	Sherwood	664	0.020%	1.80x
719	Ryder	661	0.020%	1.32x
720	Lonsdale	660	0.020%	2.75x
721	Jaques	659	0.020%	3.08x
722	Raistrick	659	0.020%	9.63x
723	Hollingworth	658	0.020%	2.81x
724	Kenyon	658	0.020%	1.09x
725	Ledger	658	0.020%	3.32x
726	Overend	658	0.020%	7.64x
727	Lightfoot	656	0.020%	1.63x
728	Little	656	0.020%	0.48x
729	Davidson	655	0.020%	0.27x
730	Patchett	653	0.020%	4.70x
731	Elsworth	652	0.020%	6.14x
732	Duffy	651	0.020%	1.03x
733	Grimshaw	651	0.020%	1.35x
734	Mercer	646	0.020%	0.85x
735	Popplewell	645	0.020%	6.80x
736	Tattersall	644	0.020%	1.60x
737	Heath	642	0.020%	0.45x
738	Linley	642	0.020%	6.23x
739	Austin	641	0.020%	0.45x
740	Gelder	640	0.020%	7.98x
741	Musgrave	640	0.020%	3.65x
742	Castle	639	0.020%	1.11x
743	Cliffe	638	0.020%	3.51x
744	Galloway	638	0.020%	1.28x
745	Kent	637	0.020%	0.52x
746	Booker	636	0.020%	1.83x
747	Marriott	635	0.020%	0.98x
748	Hare	634	0.020%	1.42x
749	Sadler	633	0.020%	0.93x
750	Gomersall	632	0.020%	8.97x
751	Hawley	631	0.020%	2.23x
752	Hope	630	0.020%	0.64x
753	Brierley	629	0.020%	1.22x
754	Dove	628	0.020%	1.90x
755	Liversidge	628	0.020%	8.63x
756	Pogson	628	0.020%	5.71x
757	Groves	627	0.020%	0.77x
758	Denby	624	0.020%	5.18x
759	Flint	624	0.020%	1.20x
760	Kettlewell	624	0.020%	7.02x
761	Pilling	624	0.020%	1.79x
762	Rollinson	620	0.020%	3.97x
763	Tolson	619	0.020%	7.51x
764	Connor	618	0.020%	0.72x
765	Furniss	618	0.020%	4.82x
766	Langley	618	0.020%	0.97x
767	Patrick	618	0.020%	1.07x
768	Fothergill	617	0.020%	3.72x
769	Hindle	617	0.020%	1.52x
770	Walshaw	616	0.020%	7.97x
771	Bellamy	615	0.020%	1.46x
772	Widdop	615	0.020%	9.38x
773	Crawford	613	0.020%	0.43x
774	Newby	613	0.020%	2.12x
775	Cotton	612	0.020%	0.89x
776	Howson	612	0.020%	3.39x
777	Padgett	612	0.020%	7.11x
778	Brookes	609	0.020%	0.90x
779	Hellewell	608	0.020%	8.42x
780	Raw	608	0.020%	5.81x
781	Land	607	0.020%	2.91x
782	Smart	607	0.020%	0.46x
783	Fenwick	606	0.020%	1.60x
784	Quarmby	606	0.020%	7.91x
785	Chester	605	0.020%	1.71x
786	Kelley	605	0.020%	1.80x
787	Coleman	604	0.020%	0.42x
788	Scholefield	604	0.020%	7.30x
789	Willey	604	0.020%	2.32x
790	Healey	603	0.020%	1.28x
791	Foulds	602	0.020%	3.07x
792	Blakeley	601	0.020%	5.01x
793	Giles	601	0.020%	0.54x
794	Gillott	601	0.020%	5.80x
795	Wall	601	0.020%	0.59x
796	Tyas	600	0.020%	8.77x
797	Dodgson	599	0.020%	4.26x
798	Walmsley	599	0.020%	1.00x
799	Griffin	598	0.020%	0.44x
800	Hicks	598	0.020%	0.49x