Surnames
UK surnames beginning with A
Browse UK surnames from the 1881 census and modern surname records. Surname pages show counts, origin facts, historical distribution, maps, first-name pairings and census detail.
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| # | Surname | 1881 count | Modern count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Ames | 2,053 | 2,241 |
| 102 | Abdul | 1 | 2,211 |
| 103 | Adkins | 1,951 | 2,207 |
| 104 | Asif | 0 | 2,201 |
| 105 | Ayub | 0 | 2,197 |
| 106 | Ashdown | 1,693 | 2,170 |
| 107 | Allum | 1,147 | 2,166 |
| 108 | Astbury | 1,403 | 2,144 |
| 109 | Allinson | 1,298 | 2,142 |
| 110 | Arora | 0 | 2,105 |
| 111 | Auld | 1,806 | 2,088 |
| 112 | Akers | 1,452 | 2,064 |
| 113 | Angel | 1,250 | 2,020 |
| 114 | Awan | 0 | 2,006 |
| 115 | Austen | 2,294 | 1,912 |
| 116 | Akther | 0 | 1,879 |
| 117 | Ayers | 1,793 | 1,871 |
| 118 | Aird | 1,571 | 1,831 |
| 119 | Aldous | 1,216 | 1,815 |
| 120 | Alston | 1,969 | 1,773 |
| 121 | Argent | 1,418 | 1,771 |
| 122 | Asher | 1,267 | 1,763 |
| 123 | Atwal | 0 | 1,737 |
| 124 | Akter | 0 | 1,736 |
| 125 | Avis | 1,437 | 1,710 |
| 126 | Abbey | 1,104 | 1,689 |
| 127 | Addy | 1,278 | 1,683 |
| 128 | Alderton | 1,341 | 1,680 |
| 129 | Ashurst | 1,060 | 1,669 |
| 130 | Agar | 1,151 | 1,657 |
| 131 | Alderman | 1,177 | 1,634 |
| 132 | Alves | 159 | 1,623 |
| 133 | Apps | 1,345 | 1,621 |
| 134 | Allard | 1,055 | 1,618 |
| 135 | Ager | 1,172 | 1,582 |
| 136 | Almeida | 19 | 1,580 |
| 137 | Allwood | 1,217 | 1,577 |
| 138 | Anson | 1,116 | 1,551 |
| 139 | Aubrey | 836 | 1,516 |
| 140 | Alsop | 1,342 | 1,515 |
| 141 | Addis | 1,024 | 1,500 |
| 142 | Allott | 1,083 | 1,490 |
| 143 | Ajayi | 0 | 1,475 |
| 144 | Ahmet | 0 | 1,469 |
| 145 | Ansari | 0 | 1,445 |
| 146 | Aktar | 0 | 1,416 |
| 147 | Allport | 717 | 1,412 |
| 148 | Amor | 718 | 1,405 |
| 149 | Abram | 1,073 | 1,379 |
| 150 | Ankers | 748 | 1,379 |
| 151 | Alden | 785 | 1,374 |
| 152 | Anstey | 867 | 1,367 |
| 153 | Antoniou | 1 | 1,364 |
| 154 | Adshead | 1,301 | 1,351 |
| 155 | Ahern | 303 | 1,330 |
| 156 | Ainscough | 805 | 1,325 |
| 157 | Astle | 975 | 1,307 |
| 158 | Anslow | 769 | 1,299 |
| 159 | Anand | 0 | 1,295 |
| 160 | Adey | 956 | 1,294 |
| 161 | Abbasi | 0 | 1,288 |
| 162 | Azad | 0 | 1,275 |
| 163 | Ainsley | 836 | 1,260 |
| 164 | Ashfield | 567 | 1,259 |
| 165 | Albert | 450 | 1,256 |
| 166 | Appiah | 1 | 1,254 |
| 167 | Auty | 1,010 | 1,219 |
| 168 | Aujla | 0 | 1,213 |
| 169 | Akthar | 0 | 1,207 |
| 170 | Ainslie | 809 | 1,198 |
| 171 | Ayton | 934 | 1,197 |
| 172 | Aspin | 1,214 | 1,193 |
| 173 | Aggarwal | 0 | 1,180 |
| 174 | Anders | 544 | 1,176 |
| 175 | Adeyemi | 0 | 1,165 |
| 176 | Anjum | 0 | 1,149 |
| 177 | Aplin | 833 | 1,148 |
| 178 | Alton | 808 | 1,137 |
| 179 | Ablett | 631 | 1,135 |
| 180 | Ahmadi | 0 | 1,134 |
| 181 | Arthurs | 455 | 1,130 |
| 182 | Abdulla | 2 | 1,128 |
| 183 | Aylward | 617 | 1,119 |
| 184 | Antrobus | 594 | 1,118 |
| 185 | Ainley | 1,192 | 1,108 |
| 186 | Ashwell | 1,037 | 1,107 |
| 187 | Abrams | 741 | 1,102 |
| 188 | Ackerman | 506 | 1,085 |
| 189 | Attwell | 660 | 1,084 |
| 190 | Abernethy | 697 | 1,082 |
| 191 | Alleyne | 81 | 1,074 |
| 192 | Amey | 836 | 1,074 |
| 193 | Amjad | 1 | 1,054 |
| 194 | Asante | 0 | 1,050 |
| 195 | Andrade | 48 | 1,047 |
| 196 | Aspden | 1,322 | 1,046 |
| 197 | Amir | 1 | 1,042 |
| 198 | Adlam | 773 | 1,040 |
| 199 | Axon | 742 | 1,036 |
| 200 | Adebayo | 0 | 1,034 |