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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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#Surname1881 countModern count
201Agarwal01,034
202Akehurst7841,034
203Axford7321,032
204Alvarez311,030
205Abid01,006
206Adlington488992
207Adjei0991
208Asare0976
209Askham582974
210Aylott525958
211Allaway537956
212Ashe288949
213Aherne62946
214Abdullahi0940
215Arden719938
216Altaf0930
217Abercrombie540921
218Astill465918
219Archbold707917
220Ackland981911
221Andersen167907
222Abdalla0898
223Amer302895
224Annis490885
225Aiken486884
226Askey705883
227Ahluwalia0879
228Armes453876
229Algar765874
230Athwal0873
231Ashfaq0867
232Allerton690865
233Amphlett403863
234Adderley499861
235Abell925858
236Affleck697857
237Arundel593855
238Attrill541854
239Arkell635839
240Abbotts457834
241Allington520832
242Applegate554815
243Asbury702814
244Antony108813
245Adkin636811
246Allenby426806
247Anstee363806
248Ault702806
249Aaron467804
250Argyle500804
251Arnett554799
252Attridge440799
253Annan424797
254Aftab0796
255Acheampong0793
256Arnell376793
257Attenborough620793
258Aylett657788
259Ackerley435787
260Anton274787
261Ackers535785
262Alom0780
263Aris409779
264Avison433778
265Arbuckle638776
266Afsar0775
267Ahsan0774
268Albon390774
269Adler180772
270Akerman431769
271Azhar0768
272Allanson587767
273Arscott600767
274Anscombe634764
275Attfield456757
276Adie648755
277Allmark297748
278Antonio65748
279Antwi0743
280Allin678742
281Alli21739
282Alger675734
283Annetts412732
284Auger534731
285Acharya0727
286Aspey388718
287Aden74717
288Ashall428715
289Alty550714
290Addo0713
291Arslan0710
292Aslan4708
293Augustine7705
294Andreou0704
295Agyemang0699
296Armer373699
297Afonso0698
298Adan16697
299Ahad0695
300Allam378689