Surnames

UK surnames beginning with B

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
1	Brown	197,359	260,944
2	Baker	65,282	87,926
3	Bell	56,099	78,858
4	Bennett	49,110	74,621
5	Bailey	44,948	68,216
6	Begum	0	61,888
7	Barnes	36,002	48,703
8	Butler	29,165	46,318
9	Barker	39,196	46,160
10	Bradley	24,034	39,063
11	Brooks	29,205	39,010
12	Burns	20,128	36,140
13	Burton	25,491	36,034
14	Ball	24,730	35,448
15	Booth	29,559	34,826
16	Berry	23,740	31,418
17	Barrett	20,042	31,051
18	Black	19,357	29,765
19	Bird	22,826	28,700
20	Bates	19,015	28,033
21	Burgess	20,759	28,016
22	Bishop	20,827	27,701
23	Baxter	17,875	24,983
24	Byrne	4,166	24,776
25	Burke	8,736	22,865
26	Barber	18,022	22,544
27	Buckley	16,269	22,285
28	Blake	14,443	21,923
29	Barton	16,190	21,859
30	Banks	15,330	21,316
31	Bond	15,814	21,216
32	Barnett	13,495	21,029
33	Bibi	0	20,045
34	Bruce	14,038	19,595
35	Barlow	16,181	19,047
36	Boyle	7,780	18,469
37	Burrows	13,086	18,386
38	Briggs	16,242	18,264
39	Baldwin	12,774	18,123
40	Bryant	12,753	17,191
41	Bartlett	13,054	17,101
42	Birch	12,264	16,961
43	Bowen	12,380	16,908
44	Bradshaw	12,284	16,434
45	Brennan	3,116	16,190
46	Brookes	7,049	16,190
47	Boyd	10,455	16,084
48	Bolton	12,910	16,059
49	Bentley	12,662	15,917
50	Bull	12,658	15,797
51	Butcher	12,606	15,086
52	Brady	5,301	14,047
53	Blackburn	11,287	13,427
54	Benson	8,106	13,237
55	Bryan	7,426	13,161
56	Browne	5,446	13,053
57	Burnett	8,312	12,789
58	Bevan	7,333	12,284
59	Bray	9,999	12,190
60	Barry	5,349	12,056
61	Blair	7,768	12,005
62	Butt	3,864	11,831
63	Barr	7,263	11,666
64	Beattie	6,437	11,251
65	Buchanan	7,755	11,136
66	Bowden	8,607	11,115
67	Best	8,020	11,008
68	Bradbury	8,665	10,920
69	Bateman	7,694	10,796
70	Bowman	7,814	10,630
71	Bullock	9,713	10,502
72	Beaumont	8,876	10,421
73	Beckett	5,971	10,079
74	Beck	6,938	9,619
75	Barnard	7,425	9,591
76	Bourne	5,806	9,541
77	Beard	7,871	9,534
78	Brook	11,590	9,389
79	Bi	18	9,360
80	Bedford	7,107	9,338
81	Betts	6,392	9,338
82	Brewer	7,915	9,210
83	Burt	7,085	9,131
84	Britton	5,302	9,119
85	Barclay	6,170	9,113
86	Baird	6,434	9,001
87	Bowers	5,454	8,943
88	Bacon	7,513	8,939
89	Baines	5,734	8,887
90	Bain	7,490	8,782
91	Bush	7,400	8,673
92	Brett	5,656	8,662
93	Butterworth	10,743	8,371
94	Bayliss	3,786	8,044
95	Bradford	5,811	8,044
96	Blackwell	5,459	7,874
97	Bannister	5,172	7,763
98	Barrow	6,340	7,745
99	Boulton	5,397	7,641
100	Buck	6,437	7,636