Surnames

UK surnames beginning with G

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
1	Green	84,164	116,279
2	Griffiths	48,955	71,828
3	Gray	42,727	66,682
4	Graham	34,451	59,219
5	Gibson	36,370	51,002
6	Grant	29,695	45,658
7	Gill	20,931	38,776
8	Gordon	18,832	33,345
9	Gregory	20,974	30,765
10	Gardner	20,306	30,420
11	George	17,545	26,954
12	Griffin	14,053	24,277
13	Gilbert	16,992	23,769
14	Gallagher	4,530	23,632
15	Goodwin	15,759	22,127
16	Greenwood	23,239	20,777
17	Gibbs	14,676	18,884
18	Glover	12,759	17,281
19	Goddard	12,016	16,331
20	Gardiner	8,640	15,586
21	Giles	11,369	15,370
22	Gould	10,773	15,293
23	Gibbons	9,605	15,062
24	Garner	9,464	13,893
25	Gough	8,770	13,579
26	Godfrey	8,858	12,354
27	Gale	8,531	10,923
28	Greaves	8,773	10,908
29	Groves	8,410	10,775
30	Goodman	8,716	10,635
31	Guest	6,380	10,332
32	Guy	6,226	10,217
33	Gillespie	4,760	9,470
34	Gunn	7,357	9,391
35	Gee	7,597	9,138
36	Garrett	6,521	8,974
37	Goodall	6,418	8,812
38	Grainger	4,619	8,334
39	Galloway	5,152	7,773
40	Gorman	3,623	7,476
41	Gallacher	2,592	7,335
42	Gilmour	4,205	7,300
43	Golding	5,274	7,200
44	Goldsmith	4,546	6,623
45	Gurung	0	6,548
46	Gamble	4,288	6,218
47	Grundy	6,133	6,211
48	Gibb	5,291	6,100
49	Graves	4,540	6,088
50	Griffith	9,759	6,076
51	Grimes	3,452	6,028
52	Grace	3,998	5,986
53	Greig	4,777	5,943
54	Grey	6,507	5,837
55	Gillies	4,288	5,789
56	Gosling	4,669	5,770
57	Gates	4,641	5,573
58	Greenhalgh	6,131	5,540
59	Gilchrist	4,446	5,446
60	Goode	3,872	5,353
61	Gore	3,371	5,341
62	Geddes	3,615	5,287
63	Garland	3,933	5,273
64	Gerrard	3,826	5,265
65	Godwin	3,868	5,161
66	Goulding	2,927	4,945
67	Groom	4,197	4,726
68	Grimshaw	4,992	4,668
69	Grice	3,083	4,626
70	Grieve	3,524	4,555
71	Good	3,733	4,500
72	Greene	802	4,494
73	Garcia	136	4,488
74	Greenfield	3,329	4,433
75	Garnett	3,722	4,424
76	Gaskell	3,062	4,390
77	Gupta	2	4,350
78	Guthrie	3,777	4,297
79	Gower	3,144	4,271
80	Gay	3,665	4,179
81	Gillett	3,156	4,172
82	Garside	4,328	4,166
83	Glass	3,099	4,145
84	Gavin	1,482	4,136
85	Grove	3,503	4,037
86	Garratt	3,047	4,017
87	Gledhill	4,452	3,972
88	Greenaway	1,881	3,910
89	Glen	2,978	3,909
90	Gregson	4,146	3,909
91	Goodchild	2,919	3,866
92	Galbraith	2,740	3,824
93	Gaunt	2,944	3,775
94	Glynn	1,322	3,773
95	Gannon	1,299	3,763
96	Gooch	2,622	3,763
97	Georgiou	0	3,754
98	Gooding	2,528	3,697
99	Grayson	2,228	3,638
100	Gent	2,565	3,583