Surnames

UK surnames beginning with F

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
101	Fields	1,436	2,530
102	Fairbrother	1,700	2,504
103	Fortune	1,562	2,453
104	Fleet	2,002	2,452
105	Froggatt	1,376	2,416
106	Frank	1,279	2,415
107	Fairley	1,473	2,388
108	Finnegan	209	2,384
109	Fitch	2,339	2,322
110	Frankland	2,218	2,318
111	Fogg	1,742	2,295
112	Foot	2,954	2,295
113	Farrant	1,761	2,254
114	Fallows	1,443	2,250
115	Flavell	897	2,225
116	Ferrier	1,730	2,199
117	Fretwell	1,017	2,196
118	Fernando	2	2,177
119	Fidler	1,915	2,168
120	Funnell	1,654	2,165
121	Freer	1,669	2,164
122	Friel	206	2,163
123	Fishwick	1,495	2,156
124	Fullerton	1,272	2,137
125	Farquharson	1,699	2,132
126	Ferry	945	2,123
127	Fisk	1,580	2,114
128	Foote	1,147	2,106
129	Fulcher	1,515	2,087
130	Fielder	1,844	2,085
131	Fothergill	1,702	2,080
132	Fearnley	1,823	2,067
133	Finnie	1,038	2,043
134	Furniss	1,330	2,005
135	Fotheringham	1,256	1,999
136	Fear	1,329	1,984
137	Farah	6	1,941
138	Forman	1,538	1,909
139	Fieldhouse	1,435	1,900
140	Farrelly	160	1,878
141	Foulds	2,035	1,875
142	Feltham	1,306	1,857
143	Fowles	1,469	1,831
144	Farrer	1,984	1,825
145	Farthing	1,575	1,825
146	Fergusson	1,530	1,808
147	Flett	1,298	1,787
148	Freestone	1,286	1,767
149	Fowkes	895	1,726
150	Flannery	597	1,697
151	Fitzsimons	469	1,633
152	Fern	940	1,632
153	Fenner	1,267	1,624
154	Fahy	240	1,615
155	Fatima	0	1,615
156	Farnell	1,103	1,597
157	Fogarty	367	1,587
158	Fahey	342	1,534
159	Farnsworth	1,243	1,506
160	Forward	827	1,500
161	Foord	1,302	1,479
162	Ferns	642	1,448
163	Foxall	843	1,448
164	Farnworth	1,539	1,446
165	Fagg	1,176	1,407
166	Farren	607	1,407
167	Facey	585	1,385
168	Freedman	326	1,376
169	Fulford	997	1,367
170	Faulds	914	1,362
171	Fudge	1,110	1,352
172	Foskett	702	1,330
173	Fricker	993	1,330
174	Frisby	1,296	1,319
175	Ferrie	542	1,315
176	Fair	1,060	1,297
177	Fleetwood	1,048	1,280
178	Froud	832	1,273
179	Fincham	840	1,266
180	Foden	1,327	1,257
181	Forder	1,056	1,240
182	Fanning	324	1,222
183	Fung	6	1,210
184	Flannigan	738	1,208
185	Finley	826	1,180
186	Fazal	0	1,157
187	Free	736	1,149
188	Freemantle	704	1,142
189	Foulger	711	1,137
190	Felstead	701	1,130
191	Florence	590	1,130
192	Frater	551	1,126
193	Fitchett	725	1,115
194	Fellowes	494	1,090
195	Fong	0	1,078
196	Fillingham	617	1,068
197	Frederick	277	1,063
198	Feather	1,529	1,062
199	Ferrari	52	1,055
200	Freeland	793	1,044