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 Humphrey, with 598 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
801	Humphrey	598	0.020%	0.78x
802	Lloyd	597	0.020%	0.18x
803	Gallagher	595	0.020%	1.35x
804	Beckwith	594	0.020%	3.49x
805	Davey	594	0.020%	0.50x
806	Farrer	594	0.020%	3.10x
807	Flynn	593	0.020%	1.07x
808	Connell	591	0.020%	1.17x
809	Burgin	590	0.020%	5.20x
810	Close	589	0.020%	2.33x
811	Gilbert	589	0.020%	0.36x
812	Hatfield	589	0.020%	2.85x
813	Burley	588	0.020%	2.14x
814	Stone	587	0.020%	0.28x
815	Dearden	586	0.020%	2.06x
816	Duckworth	585	0.020%	1.05x
817	Wrigglesworth	585	0.020%	7.92x
818	Knaggs	584	0.020%	7.82x
819	Winterbottom	584	0.020%	2.18x
820	Forster	583	0.020%	0.61x
821	Hodgkinson	583	0.020%	1.17x
822	Lynch	583	0.020%	0.76x
823	Gregson	582	0.020%	1.45x
824	Rudd	582	0.020%	1.28x
825	Bywater	579	0.020%	3.97x
826	Emmerson	577	0.020%	2.02x
827	Judson	577	0.020%	4.36x
828	Oldham	577	0.020%	1.13x
829	Fish	574	0.020%	1.06x
830	Herbert	573	0.020%	0.53x
831	Smithies	573	0.020%	5.56x
832	Fitton	572	0.020%	1.76x
833	Gale	572	0.020%	0.66x
834	Wilde	572	0.020%	1.36x
835	Normington	570	0.020%	7.82x
836	Broomhead	568	0.020%	4.39x
837	Smales	568	0.020%	7.42x
838	Swaine	567	0.020%	4.46x
839	Worsnop	567	0.020%	9.32x
840	Barratt	566	0.020%	0.96x
841	Redfearn	566	0.020%	6.60x
842	Shields	566	0.020%	1.26x
843	Jenkins	565	0.020%	0.17x
844	Nuttall	565	0.020%	0.77x
845	Goldthorpe	564	0.020%	7.94x
846	Ainsworth	563	0.020%	0.98x
847	Darley	562	0.020%	4.56x
848	Lumley	562	0.020%	3.19x
849	Beecroft	560	0.020%	4.59x
850	Cutts	560	0.020%	2.46x
851	Shires	560	0.020%	6.96x
852	Quinn	559	0.020%	1.01x
853	Cawood	555	0.020%	8.10x
854	Ferguson	555	0.020%	0.27x
855	Guy	555	0.020%	0.88x
856	Knapton	554	0.020%	6.58x
857	Sellars	554	0.020%	3.09x
858	Nutter	553	0.020%	2.51x
859	Garforth	552	0.020%	6.81x
860	Boddy	551	0.020%	3.44x
861	Stonehouse	551	0.020%	4.35x
862	Hewson	550	0.020%	2.33x
863	Prest	550	0.020%	6.14x
864	Thewlis	550	0.020%	8.58x
865	Dowson	548	0.020%	3.46x
866	Petch	548	0.020%	4.27x
867	Heald	546	0.020%	3.04x
868	Sampson	546	0.020%	1.11x
869	Wales	545	0.020%	2.32x
870	French	544	0.020%	0.38x
871	Frith	544	0.020%	1.88x
872	Black	543	0.020%	0.29x
873	Wise	543	0.020%	0.90x
874	Ireland	541	0.020%	0.81x
875	Dodson	540	0.020%	2.41x
876	Houghton	539	0.020%	0.53x
877	Rowland	539	0.020%	0.66x
878	Cocker	538	0.020%	2.27x
879	Deakin	538	0.020%	1.34x
880	Gardner	538	0.020%	0.27x
881	Hugill	538	0.020%	7.41x
882	Leng	537	0.020%	6.64x
883	Newell	537	0.020%	1.17x
884	Nicholls	537	0.020%	0.36x
885	Saunders	537	0.020%	0.20x
886	Porritt	535	0.020%	6.56x
887	Warburton	535	0.020%	0.75x
888	Winterburn	535	0.020%	6.64x
889	Birks	534	0.020%	2.78x
890	Agar	531	0.020%	4.76x
891	Buxton	531	0.020%	1.22x
892	Raynor	531	0.020%	2.65x
893	Blades	529	0.020%	3.22x
894	Clifford	528	0.020%	0.89x
895	Saxton	528	0.020%	3.09x
896	Haw	527	0.020%	5.50x
897	Conway	526	0.020%	0.97x
898	Gordon	526	0.020%	0.29x
899	Talbot	526	0.020%	0.73x
900	Bilton	525	0.020%	4.27x