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 Sellar, with 22 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
8101	Sellar	22	0.000%	0.32x
8102	Senton	22	0.000%	3.67x
8103	Shand	22	0.000%	0.11x
8104	Shipham	22	0.000%	3.30x
8105	Shuker	22	0.000%	0.41x
8106	Silver	22	0.000%	0.13x
8107	Spacey	22	0.000%	1.13x
8108	Spendley	22	0.000%	2.32x
8109	Stamps	22	0.000%	1.17x
8110	Stanyard	22	0.000%	1.22x
8111	Sterland	22	0.000%	2.47x
8112	Stockley	22	0.000%	0.18x
8113	Swords	22	0.000%	2.59x
8114	Tattersal	22	0.000%	4.84x
8115	Thaxter	22	0.000%	1.69x
8116	Thexton	22	0.000%	1.01x
8117	Thirkettle	22	0.000%	0.79x
8118	Thorogood	22	0.000%	0.17x
8119	Tidd	22	0.000%	0.69x
8120	Tolley	22	0.000%	0.15x
8121	Took	22	0.000%	0.56x
8122	Toomey	22	0.000%	0.39x
8123	Tower	22	0.000%	0.83x
8124	Tunningley	22	0.000%	9.89x
8125	Viner	22	0.000%	0.23x
8126	Viney	22	0.000%	0.20x
8127	Wadman	22	0.000%	0.72x
8128	Warran	22	0.000%	2.71x
8129	Wate	22	0.000%	1.96x
8130	Weatherley	22	0.000%	0.40x
8131	Willmore	22	0.000%	0.42x
8132	Winton	22	0.000%	0.20x
8133	Woodland	22	0.000%	0.15x
8134	Woodthorpe	22	0.000%	0.72x
8135	Worner	22	0.000%	1.39x
8136	Worsdale	22	0.000%	1.14x
8137	Yeaman	22	0.000%	0.66x
8138	Younghusband	22	0.000%	0.63x
8139	Alman	21	0.000%	1.65x
8140	Arbon	21	0.000%	0.70x
8141	Astill	21	0.000%	0.47x
8142	Attewell	21	0.000%	0.46x
8143	Baggs	21	0.000%	0.31x
8144	Bannon	21	0.000%	0.66x
8145	Barney	21	0.000%	0.31x
8146	Barnham	21	0.000%	0.90x
8147	Baskerville	21	0.000%	0.31x
8148	Bassinder	21	0.000%	10.35x
8149	Bastiman	21	0.000%	8.36x
8150	Bastin	21	0.000%	0.27x
8151	Bearcroft	21	0.000%	1.53x
8152	Beaty	21	0.000%	0.32x
8153	Bees	21	0.000%	0.46x
8154	Bethell	21	0.000%	0.20x
8155	Bewsher	21	0.000%	1.09x
8156	Blay	21	0.000%	0.42x
8157	Blaylock	21	0.000%	0.42x
8158	Boylan	21	0.000%	0.48x
8159	Brereton	21	0.000%	0.17x
8160	Brookhouse	21	0.000%	0.91x
8161	Bullers	21	0.000%	2.15x
8162	Burbury	21	0.000%	2.07x
8163	Burnet	21	0.000%	0.20x
8164	Butson	21	0.000%	0.82x
8165	Bygrave	21	0.000%	0.38x
8166	Cassy	21	0.000%	3.02x
8167	Causier	21	0.000%	2.44x
8168	Chaytor	21	0.000%	1.78x
8169	Cheesborough	21	0.000%	5.30x
8170	Chesterman	21	0.000%	0.42x
8171	Chudley	21	0.000%	0.63x
8172	Clift	21	0.000%	0.13x
8173	Commander	21	0.000%	1.40x
8174	Corlett	21	0.000%	0.13x
8175	Cosgrave	21	0.000%	1.45x
8176	Cotham	21	0.000%	2.29x
8177	Cowles	21	0.000%	0.30x
8178	Crighton	21	0.000%	0.18x
8179	Cruddas	21	0.000%	1.77x
8180	Cullingford	21	0.000%	0.62x
8181	Curnow	21	0.000%	0.21x
8182	Curren	21	0.000%	0.89x
8183	Darrington	21	0.000%	0.86x
8184	Davill	21	0.000%	3.39x
8185	Debenham	21	0.000%	0.39x
8186	Dickman	21	0.000%	0.48x
8187	Dodge	21	0.000%	0.18x
8188	Donnell	21	0.000%	0.71x
8189	Doody	21	0.000%	0.41x
8190	Down	21	0.000%	0.06x
8191	Drage	21	0.000%	0.19x
8192	Duckering	21	0.000%	1.38x
8193	Eardley	21	0.000%	0.19x
8194	Eastgate	21	0.000%	1.23x
8195	Ebblewhite	21	0.000%	5.05x
8196	Edgington	21	0.000%	0.27x
8197	Edis	21	0.000%	0.54x
8198	Eller	21	0.000%	2.31x
8199	Elsdon	21	0.000%	0.40x
8200	Fairbridge	21	0.000%	1.52x