Surnames

UK surnames beginning with H

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
1	Hughes	83,772	123,230
2	Hall	88,053	115,031
3	Harris	75,913	111,317
4	Hill	76,165	99,540
5	Harrison	66,207	89,960
6	Hussain	0	66,659
7	Holmes	36,415	50,595
8	Hunt	39,740	50,425
9	Harvey	31,920	47,926
10	Hunter	30,834	44,986
11	Henderson	32,660	42,963
12	Hamilton	22,515	41,075
13	Howard	29,350	40,868
14	Hart	25,518	34,198
15	Hudson	24,393	32,475
16	Hayes	18,569	31,471
17	Holland	21,300	29,918
18	Hawkins	21,622	29,154
19	Harding	21,596	28,966
20	Harper	19,184	28,513
21	Hopkins	18,013	26,332
22	Hodgson	20,728	26,093
23	Higgins	15,106	25,731
24	Hardy	17,887	24,620
25	Hutchinson	16,968	24,207
26	Hammond	17,002	23,517
27	Hewitt	14,597	22,942
28	Holt	20,076	20,349
29	Heath	14,825	19,867
30	Hartley	18,787	18,967
31	Hayward	12,741	18,712
32	Hancock	13,580	18,073
33	Holden	16,371	17,870
34	Henry	7,389	17,742
35	Howe	11,751	17,676
36	Howell	12,608	17,033
37	Humphreys	10,534	16,127
38	Hicks	12,453	15,998
39	Haynes	10,656	15,452
40	Houghton	10,454	15,251
41	Hooper	12,597	15,220
42	Hobbs	10,840	14,568
43	Herbert	11,159	14,466
44	Horton	11,118	14,054
45	Hope	10,254	13,916
46	Hale	10,827	13,836
47	Hurst	10,712	13,792
48	Hogg	10,843	13,576
49	Howarth	14,416	13,446
50	Hassan	138	13,328
51	Hanson	9,652	13,171
52	Hilton	10,280	12,753
53	Hay	3,577	12,626
54	Holloway	9,143	12,294
55	Howells	7,664	12,292
56	Hargreaves	12,498	11,953
57	Hyde	9,211	11,814
58	Humphries	6,748	11,686
59	Hirst	9,784	11,199
60	Hutton	8,947	11,118
61	Hood	8,297	10,632
62	Hodges	8,741	10,589
63	Horne	6,555	10,450
64	Hills	8,291	10,053
65	Harrington	5,657	9,749
66	Hobson	7,767	9,745
67	Haines	6,935	9,417
68	Humphrey	7,968	9,230
69	Hubbard	7,280	9,105
70	Haigh	10,322	9,025
71	Harwood	7,975	9,025
72	Hodge	7,524	8,943
73	Halliday	6,183	8,739
74	Hull	6,279	8,625
75	Haywood	6,299	8,410
76	Hickman	5,029	8,286
77	Hendry	4,778	8,217
78	Hatton	5,877	8,194
79	Hutchison	4,928	8,163
80	Head	7,254	8,087
81	Hogan	2,983	7,833
82	Howes	5,235	7,802
83	Healey	4,880	7,744
84	Hodson	6,169	7,718
85	Hallam	5,584	7,606
86	Houston	3,831	7,527
87	Hutchings	5,579	7,424
88	Heaton	7,174	7,391
89	Healy	1,974	7,269
90	Handley	5,051	7,212
91	Hough	5,166	7,047
92	Hardman	6,003	6,971
93	Hadley	4,070	6,963
94	Hurley	3,477	6,921
95	Hulme	6,417	6,859
96	Hawkes	4,823	6,792
97	Higgs	5,459	6,787
98	Horner	5,726	6,769
99	Holder	4,029	6,751
100	Hampson	5,411	6,662