Surnames

UK surnames beginning with A

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
1	Anderson	59,265	88,616
2	Allen	56,290	83,171
3	Ali	14	67,935
4	Ahmed	6	67,405
5	Adams	43,950	62,896
6	Andrews	28,636	41,527
7	Atkinson	29,154	38,242
8	Armstrong	22,891	37,562
9	Akhtar	0	26,151
10	Allan	18,828	25,609
11	Alexander	15,837	25,161
12	Austin	14,588	22,901
13	Arnold	16,054	22,756
14	Abbott	13,211	17,669
15	Ashton	14,675	17,422
16	Archer	12,355	16,428
17	Atkins	11,186	15,784
18	Allison	8,522	13,089
19	Ahmad	1	12,479
20	Aitken	7,962	10,646
21	Adamson	7,931	10,282
22	Andrew	9,483	9,932
23	Ashworth	11,942	9,067
24	Aldridge	5,787	8,582
25	Adam	5,145	8,407
26	Armitage	7,647	8,193
27	Atherton	5,404	8,036
28	Arthur	6,398	8,017
29	Ashley	4,991	7,669
30	Appleby	4,886	7,624
31	Amin	2	7,216
32	Aston	4,957	7,209
33	Ayres	4,164	7,116
34	Amos	4,929	6,955
35	Anthony	3,465	6,813
36	Ashby	5,027	6,574
37	Aslam	1	6,558
38	Addison	4,162	6,542
39	Ashcroft	4,008	6,403
40	Appleton	4,692	6,391
41	Avery	5,002	6,269
42	Ainsworth	5,936	6,260
43	Ash	4,883	6,188
44	Aziz	0	6,176
45	Abraham	2,933	5,751
46	Alam	5	5,443
47	Alderson	4,152	5,437
48	Atkin	3,994	5,371
49	Alcock	4,334	5,212
50	Angus	4,299	5,182
51	Ashraf	0	5,046
52	Askew	3,381	4,866
53	Ansell	3,462	4,759
54	Akram	0	4,750
55	Abbas	2	4,630
56	Aspinall	4,111	4,629
57	Attwood	2,971	4,471
58	Anwar	0	4,464
59	Almond	3,717	4,258
60	Ashford	2,954	4,109
61	Afzal	0	4,099
62	Ambrose	2,641	3,872
63	Anderton	3,550	3,740
64	Agnew	1,645	3,731
65	Archibald	2,623	3,707
66	Allsopp	1,229	3,658
67	Arrowsmith	2,306	3,652
68	Aitchison	2,130	3,613
69	Allsop	3,077	3,544
70	Arif	0	3,491
71	Arshad	0	3,450
72	Aldred	2,578	3,435
73	Alford	2,534	3,398
74	Ashmore	2,239	3,390
75	Arnott	2,518	3,343
76	Ashman	1,934	3,268
77	Allcock	3,220	3,249
78	Adcock	2,948	3,198
79	Abdi	0	2,959
80	Abrahams	2,249	2,930
81	Appleyard	2,738	2,924
82	Azam	0	2,924
83	Abdullah	1	2,874
84	Alder	2,136	2,856
85	Abel	1,916	2,806
86	Ayling	2,158	2,751
87	Ayre	1,673	2,727
88	Asghar	0	2,707
89	Airey	2,266	2,557
90	Astley	1,982	2,471
91	Angell	1,147	2,463
92	Acton	1,729	2,459
93	Akhter	0	2,449
94	Ambler	2,647	2,434
95	Akbar	0	2,420
96	Ackroyd	2,802	2,393
97	Armour	1,883	2,351
98	Allman	1,410	2,328
99	Asquith	1,753	2,262
100	Adair	920	2,261