Surnames
UK surnames beginning with C
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.
Browse by letter
| # | Surname | 1881 count | Modern count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Copeland | 2,829 | 5,668 |
| 102 | Chaplin | 4,289 | 5,657 |
| 103 | Calder | 4,207 | 5,454 |
| 104 | Crompton | 5,035 | 5,450 |
| 105 | Cummins | 2,553 | 5,381 |
| 106 | Cave | 4,298 | 5,378 |
| 107 | Cowell | 3,982 | 5,378 |
| 108 | Court | 3,820 | 5,347 |
| 109 | Charlesworth | 3,864 | 5,318 |
| 110 | Cutler | 3,728 | 5,312 |
| 111 | Churchill | 3,526 | 5,306 |
| 112 | Cobb | 4,259 | 5,275 |
| 113 | Carrington | 3,134 | 5,253 |
| 114 | Collett | 3,835 | 5,183 |
| 115 | Cheetham | 4,637 | 5,168 |
| 116 | Carney | 2,699 | 5,163 |
| 117 | Cumming | 5,725 | 5,150 |
| 118 | Cruickshank | 3,375 | 5,096 |
| 119 | Chisholm | 4,368 | 5,069 |
| 120 | Cuthbert | 4,302 | 5,064 |
| 121 | Courtney | 2,136 | 5,040 |
| 122 | Crisp | 4,151 | 5,000 |
| 123 | Collinson | 3,519 | 4,940 |
| 124 | Cornish | 4,278 | 4,916 |
| 125 | Cahill | 1,353 | 4,831 |
| 126 | Cleary | 1,235 | 4,805 |
| 127 | Chen | 8 | 4,776 |
| 128 | Corcoran | 1,437 | 4,776 |
| 129 | Crowley | 1,921 | 4,722 |
| 130 | Corrigan | 1,340 | 4,719 |
| 131 | Cottrell | 2,681 | 4,680 |
| 132 | Cherry | 3,054 | 4,655 |
| 133 | Cavanagh | 2,255 | 4,641 |
| 134 | Crawley | 3,882 | 4,608 |
| 135 | Cunliffe | 3,724 | 4,549 |
| 136 | Cookson | 3,517 | 4,543 |
| 137 | Chester | 3,665 | 4,470 |
| 138 | Cronin | 1,061 | 4,391 |
| 139 | Canning | 2,110 | 4,322 |
| 140 | Crabtree | 6,037 | 4,312 |
| 141 | Christian | 2,092 | 4,292 |
| 142 | Compton | 2,879 | 4,275 |
| 143 | Crocker | 4,000 | 4,220 |
| 144 | Cockburn | 3,844 | 4,207 |
| 145 | Cotterill | 2,626 | 4,142 |
| 146 | Champion | 3,108 | 4,081 |
| 147 | Close | 2,612 | 4,057 |
| 148 | Cosgrove | 1,455 | 4,050 |
| 149 | Critchley | 2,677 | 4,037 |
| 150 | Chivers | 2,637 | 3,989 |
| 151 | Collings | 3,489 | 3,970 |
| 152 | Constable | 3,307 | 3,946 |
| 153 | Carver | 2,709 | 3,934 |
| 154 | Crooks | 2,308 | 3,848 |
| 155 | Coyne | 1,580 | 3,836 |
| 156 | Craddock | 2,513 | 3,750 |
| 157 | Cooney | 1,238 | 3,737 |
| 158 | Chaudhry | 0 | 3,720 |
| 159 | Cleaver | 2,537 | 3,720 |
| 160 | Collis | 3,089 | 3,714 |
| 161 | Child | 5,087 | 3,668 |
| 162 | Cripps | 2,907 | 3,646 |
| 163 | Cutts | 2,360 | 3,638 |
| 164 | Chung | 0 | 3,604 |
| 165 | Crossland | 2,633 | 3,600 |
| 166 | Carlin | 1,521 | 3,598 |
| 167 | Clement | 2,983 | 3,544 |
| 168 | Christopher | 1,736 | 3,523 |
| 169 | Coutts | 3,036 | 3,513 |
| 170 | Case | 2,978 | 3,503 |
| 171 | Chilton | 2,404 | 3,488 |
| 172 | Cowling | 2,629 | 3,486 |
| 173 | Crow | 4,509 | 3,472 |
| 174 | Coward | 3,421 | 3,427 |
| 175 | Cawley | 1,571 | 3,402 |
| 176 | Coxon | 2,292 | 3,361 |
| 177 | Cann | 2,761 | 3,344 |
| 178 | Cuthbertson | 2,303 | 3,341 |
| 179 | Cadman | 2,438 | 3,311 |
| 180 | Cornwell | 1,727 | 3,276 |
| 181 | Coulter | 1,507 | 3,275 |
| 182 | Clancy | 843 | 3,270 |
| 183 | Coffey | 885 | 3,229 |
| 184 | Crump | 3,236 | 3,225 |
| 185 | Cheshire | 2,304 | 3,224 |
| 186 | Crofts | 2,414 | 3,209 |
| 187 | Crichton | 2,558 | 3,208 |
| 188 | Conlon | 649 | 3,183 |
| 189 | Cheeseman | 2,355 | 3,102 |
| 190 | Cormack | 2,269 | 3,093 |
| 191 | Costa | 194 | 3,081 |
| 192 | Cliff | 2,619 | 2,994 |
| 193 | Coley | 1,785 | 2,966 |
| 194 | Colquhoun | 1,776 | 2,961 |
| 195 | Challis | 1,893 | 2,918 |
| 196 | Copley | 2,317 | 2,882 |
| 197 | Colman | 2,788 | 2,804 |
| 198 | Crabb | 3,089 | 2,772 |
| 199 | Cheng | 3 | 2,745 |
| 200 | Caine | 871 | 2,737 |