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 Licence, with 19 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
8701	Licence	19	0.000%	1.10x
8702	Lilliman	19	0.000%	3.45x
8703	Lillywhite	19	0.000%	0.34x
8704	Lintin	19	0.000%	2.59x
8705	Littlefield	19	0.000%	0.47x
8706	Longmuir	19	0.000%	0.35x
8707	Lymn	19	0.000%	1.80x
8708	Macfarlane	19	0.000%	0.11x
8709	Maddox	19	0.000%	0.13x
8710	Malon	19	0.000%	2.07x
8711	Marler	19	0.000%	0.56x
8712	Massie	19	0.000%	0.20x
8713	Mayson	19	0.000%	0.70x
8714	Mcardle	19	0.000%	1.39x
8715	Mees	19	0.000%	0.50x
8716	Mellar	19	0.000%	2.73x
8717	Minks	19	0.000%	2.01x
8718	Moakes	19	0.000%	0.94x
8719	Mogg	19	0.000%	0.28x
8720	Mohun	19	0.000%	4.57x
8721	Mulhall	19	0.000%	1.39x
8722	Munt	19	0.000%	0.27x
8723	Mutch	19	0.000%	0.15x
8724	Nelthorpe	19	0.000%	2.14x
8725	Niman	19	0.000%	7.87x
8726	Odlin	19	0.000%	1.62x
8727	Oswell	19	0.000%	0.77x
8728	Pagan	19	0.000%	0.42x
8729	Pane	19	0.000%	0.75x
8730	Ploughman	19	0.000%	1.47x
8731	Porton	19	0.000%	1.34x
8732	Proudlock	19	0.000%	0.47x
8733	Ranshaw	19	0.000%	1.14x
8734	Reedman	19	0.000%	0.78x
8735	Reffold	19	0.000%	1.72x
8736	Rhymer	19	0.000%	1.65x
8737	Rilley	19	0.000%	0.56x
8738	Rooker	19	0.000%	0.70x
8739	Rowden	19	0.000%	0.27x
8740	Rowlinson	19	0.000%	0.21x
8741	Rowse	19	0.000%	0.28x
8742	Rumley	19	0.000%	0.93x
8743	Sandall	19	0.000%	0.33x
8744	Seagrave	19	0.000%	0.49x
8745	Sedgley	19	0.000%	0.43x
8746	Setters	19	0.000%	2.29x
8747	Sharpin	19	0.000%	1.76x
8748	Shawe	19	0.000%	1.43x
8749	Shorrocks	19	0.000%	0.50x
8750	Shulver	19	0.000%	1.28x
8751	Simeon	19	0.000%	1.77x
8752	Size	19	0.000%	3.17x
8753	Slaven	19	0.000%	0.45x
8754	Sokell	19	0.000%	7.28x
8755	Stangroom	19	0.000%	1.02x
8756	Stanwix	19	0.000%	4.37x
8757	Star	19	0.000%	0.76x
8758	Strawson	19	0.000%	0.69x
8759	Stronach	19	0.000%	0.39x
8760	Stubbing	19	0.000%	1.41x
8761	Summerhill	19	0.000%	0.96x
8762	Swanston	19	0.000%	0.31x
8763	Taaffe	19	0.000%	1.37x
8764	Tack	19	0.000%	1.24x
8765	Taylerson	19	0.000%	2.89x
8766	Thrall	19	0.000%	1.37x
8767	Tingey	19	0.000%	0.43x
8768	Tinley	19	0.000%	0.87x
8769	Tipper	19	0.000%	0.15x
8770	Tonkin	19	0.000%	0.14x
8771	Tonkinson	19	0.000%	0.68x
8772	Tooke	19	0.000%	0.43x
8773	Tricket	19	0.000%	2.01x
8774	Troup	19	0.000%	0.28x
8775	Tynan	19	0.000%	0.56x
8776	Waddy	19	0.000%	1.99x
8777	Waistell	19	0.000%	1.16x
8778	Waldon	19	0.000%	0.60x
8779	Wellman	19	0.000%	0.29x
8780	Wemyss	19	0.000%	0.47x
8781	Westlake	19	0.000%	0.09x
8782	Whaite	19	0.000%	1.56x
8783	Whalen	19	0.000%	0.73x
8784	Whilley	19	0.000%	2.89x
8785	Whiteway	19	0.000%	0.47x
8786	Whithouse	19	0.000%	2.52x
8787	Whyatt	19	0.000%	0.26x
8788	Widdowfield	19	0.000%	3.57x
8789	Winson	19	0.000%	0.33x
8790	Wolff	19	0.000%	0.60x
8791	Worthey	19	0.000%	1.65x
8792	Would	19	0.000%	1.26x
8793	Wrench	19	0.000%	0.20x
8794	Yeats	19	0.000%	0.24x
8795	Addis	18	0.000%	0.18x
8796	Adkinson	18	0.000%	1.12x
8797	Ainslie	18	0.000%	0.24x
8798	Albiston	18	0.000%	0.75x
8799	Albrighton	18	0.000%	1.49x
8800	Aldous	18	0.000%	0.15x