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 Salsbury, with 18 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
9001	Salsbury	18	0.000%	0.38x
9002	Salvidge	18	0.000%	1.49x
9003	Searls	18	0.000%	1.74x
9004	Season	18	0.000%	3.65x
9005	See	18	0.000%	0.83x
9006	Selway	18	0.000%	0.23x
9007	Shapcott	18	0.000%	0.50x
9008	Sharrock	18	0.000%	0.20x
9009	Shaughnessy	18	0.000%	0.52x
9010	Sheeran	18	0.000%	1.40x
9011	Sheldrick	18	0.000%	0.31x
9012	Shrives	18	0.000%	0.94x
9013	Sinton	18	0.000%	0.47x
9014	Smalls	18	0.000%	1.79x
9015	Spendlove	18	0.000%	0.40x
9016	Spoor	18	0.000%	0.57x
9017	Stapelton	18	0.000%	2.78x
9018	Starbuck	18	0.000%	0.39x
9019	Start	18	0.000%	0.27x
9020	Sterry	18	0.000%	0.38x
9021	Steven	18	0.000%	0.08x
9022	Styche	18	0.000%	1.27x
9023	Summer	18	0.000%	0.27x
9024	Sweney	18	0.000%	1.12x
9025	Taggart	18	0.000%	0.16x
9026	Tague	18	0.000%	1.32x
9027	Tale	18	0.000%	3.16x
9028	Tallent	18	0.000%	1.92x
9029	Tewson	18	0.000%	1.28x
9030	Thelwall	18	0.000%	1.71x
9031	Thom	18	0.000%	0.07x
9032	Thornby	18	0.000%	1.18x
9033	Tofield	18	0.000%	0.77x
9034	Toll	18	0.000%	0.35x
9035	Torkington	18	0.000%	0.42x
9036	Trodden	18	0.000%	1.47x
9037	Tunley	18	0.000%	0.73x
9038	Tyrell	18	0.000%	0.17x
9039	Vice	18	0.000%	1.27x
9040	Voce	18	0.000%	0.46x
9041	Waiting	18	0.000%	1.69x
9042	Wallinger	18	0.000%	1.83x
9043	Wegg	18	0.000%	1.00x
9044	Westbury	18	0.000%	0.23x
9045	Wheal	18	0.000%	0.52x
9046	Wheelan	18	0.000%	0.69x
9047	Willetts	18	0.000%	0.11x
9048	Witley	18	0.000%	2.22x
9049	Wogan	18	0.000%	2.22x
9050	Woodgate	18	0.000%	0.13x
9051	Wyld	18	0.000%	0.33x
9052	Yarnell	18	0.000%	1.03x
9053	Akins	17	0.000%	2.28x
9054	Ancock	17	0.000%	1.31x
9055	Armer	17	0.000%	0.47x
9056	Aspenall	17	0.000%	3.38x
9057	Aukland	17	0.000%	1.98x
9058	Ayscough	17	0.000%	1.32x
9059	Baillie	17	0.000%	0.06x
9060	Barrons	17	0.000%	1.49x
9061	Barrs	17	0.000%	0.37x
9062	Bartrop	17	0.000%	0.84x
9063	Batterby	17	0.000%	1.20x
9064	Bayford	17	0.000%	0.46x
9065	Bayram	17	0.000%	5.03x
9066	Beastall	17	0.000%	0.83x
9067	Beazley	17	0.000%	0.29x
9068	Bednall	17	0.000%	1.05x
9069	Belbin	17	0.000%	0.70x
9070	Betney	17	0.000%	1.48x
9071	Billamy	17	0.000%	9.77x
9072	Boardley	17	0.000%	1.44x
9073	Bourk	17	0.000%	3.38x
9074	Boydon	17	0.000%	1.95x
9075	Boylen	17	0.000%	1.95x
9076	Bradder	17	0.000%	1.32x
9077	Branston	17	0.000%	0.31x
9078	Braybrook	17	0.000%	0.30x
9079	Briscombe	17	0.000%	4.29x
9080	Brockhouse	17	0.000%	1.40x
9081	Brody	17	0.000%	2.35x
9082	Broster	17	0.000%	0.36x
9083	Brothwell	17	0.000%	0.75x
9084	Bryers	17	0.000%	0.75x
9085	Burrett	17	0.000%	0.75x
9086	Caddy	17	0.000%	0.21x
9087	Caney	17	0.000%	0.65x
9088	Cannan	17	0.000%	0.84x
9089	Carnley	17	0.000%	4.75x
9090	Carry	17	0.000%	0.77x
9091	Charity	17	0.000%	0.50x
9092	Clemmett	17	0.000%	3.38x
9093	Clewes	17	0.000%	0.40x
9094	Clynch	17	0.000%	2.84x
9095	Cockeram	17	0.000%	1.26x
9096	Colquhoun	17	0.000%	0.10x
9097	Conacher	17	0.000%	0.64x
9098	Corbet	17	0.000%	0.21x
9099	Cormell	17	0.000%	3.38x
9100	Costin	17	0.000%	0.36x