Surnames

UK surnames beginning with C

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
1	Clarke	60,196	108,071
2	Clark	90,143	107,632
3	Cooper	72,708	99,221
4	Campbell	50,681	81,637
5	Cook	59,467	72,004
6	Collins	42,829	68,563
7	Carter	50,099	68,343
8	Cox	44,382	61,731
9	Chapman	42,456	54,896
10	Cole	27,185	38,090
11	Carr	21,558	32,734
12	Cooke	16,523	28,162
13	Cunningham	14,071	27,821
14	Cameron	23,281	27,703
15	Cross	20,585	26,737
16	Curtis	16,949	25,977
17	Chambers	16,996	25,554
18	Coleman	14,894	25,389
19	Crawford	14,716	22,650
20	Clayton	16,272	21,431
21	Craig	13,179	21,012
22	Carroll	6,003	19,467
23	Cartwright	11,386	17,183
24	Coates	11,178	15,423
25	Clements	9,906	15,202
26	Connolly	3,447	15,025
27	Connor	8,809	14,789
28	Coles	10,386	14,461
29	Conway	5,592	14,085
30	Carpenter	10,221	13,935
31	Chadwick	13,091	13,788
32	Christie	9,707	13,523
33	Chandler	9,606	13,466
34	Collier	10,022	13,322
35	Cairns	6,545	12,749
36	Charlton	8,568	12,640
37	Currie	8,467	12,501
38	Cullen	5,242	12,490
39	Chan	15	12,438
40	Chamberlain	8,127	12,310
41	Charles	6,185	11,909
42	Carey	5,521	11,671
43	Clifford	6,147	10,920
44	Casey	4,412	10,789
45	Cassidy	3,646	10,615
46	Chowdhury	0	10,579
47	Cowan	6,126	10,432
48	Callaghan	3,363	10,209
49	Corbett	5,860	10,197
50	Cummings	4,576	9,991
51	Clarkson	7,937	9,965
52	Crook	8,607	9,767
53	Cannon	5,295	9,424
54	Curran	2,509	9,230
55	Croft	7,060	9,103
56	Cotton	7,145	8,823
57	Crane	6,295	8,765
58	Cope	6,760	8,663
59	Chalmers	7,140	8,583
60	Chappell	5,044	8,084
61	Childs	5,492	8,061
62	Cochrane	4,634	7,979
63	Church	6,537	7,941
64	Clegg	10,197	7,885
65	Cousins	5,369	7,859
66	Coulson	5,367	7,764
67	Choudhury	0	7,761
68	Cain	5,421	7,706
69	Crossley	8,227	7,677
70	Crowther	8,948	7,588
71	Connell	5,144	7,429
72	Calvert	6,106	7,382
73	Cohen	4,710	7,309
74	Clay	6,152	7,291
75	Cowley	4,974	7,253
76	Connelly	2,780	7,209
77	Coombes	3,173	7,089
78	Craven	5,769	7,069
79	Coyle	2,040	7,025
80	Costello	1,819	6,896
81	Carson	3,296	6,852
82	Castle	5,940	6,784
83	Curry	4,258	6,713
84	Caldwell	4,687	6,668
85	Crowe	2,867	6,427
86	Clough	6,676	6,371
87	Cheung	0	6,281
88	Clare	4,333	6,267
89	Coe	4,851	6,233
90	Cresswell	3,156	6,179
91	Conroy	2,214	6,000
92	Coombs	5,048	5,971
93	Carmichael	4,295	5,951
94	Carruthers	3,969	5,936
95	Clifton	4,221	5,888
96	Chauhan	0	5,877
97	Cowie	3,649	5,795
98	Colley	3,782	5,776
99	Crosby	3,543	5,736
100	Crouch	4,011	5,688