Surnames

UK surnames beginning with I

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.

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
1	Iqbal	0	17,679
2	Ingram	9,112	13,240
3	Islam	15	11,800
4	Irvine	6,614	10,538
5	Irving	6,670	9,653
6	Ireland	6,974	9,019
7	Innes	4,664	7,487
8	Ibrahim	1	7,163
9	Ingham	7,443	6,721
10	Inglis	5,084	6,289
11	Irwin	2,522	5,626
12	Ismail	7	4,982
13	Ives	3,510	4,802
14	Isaac	3,750	4,630
15	Iles	2,315	3,438
16	Isaacs	2,571	3,174
17	Illingworth	3,395	3,013
18	Isherwood	3,447	2,830
19	Ibbotson	2,057	2,502
20	Ince	1,497	2,429
21	Inman	2,038	2,426
22	Imran	0	2,198
23	Irons	1,634	2,176
24	Ilyas	0	1,895
25	Imrie	1,178	1,666
26	Ivanova	0	1,597
27	Ingle	1,222	1,553
28	Ioannou	0	1,407
29	Ishaq	0	1,368
30	Izzard	895	1,306
31	Iveson	852	1,302
32	Ivanov	6	1,238
33	Ironside	1,033	1,203
34	Irish	866	1,165
35	Ison	888	1,125
36	Iddon	758	1,109
37	Ianson	274	1,065
38	Ireson	611	1,061
39	Irfan	0	1,052
40	Impey	614	1,035
41	Ivory	631	1,017
42	Inwood	714	964
43	Ivey	842	941
44	Issa	1	907
45	Ingleby	597	894
46	Isted	475	864
47	Iftikhar	0	847
48	Iliffe	717	834
49	Idris	0	798
50	Illsley	546	781
51	Insley	471	778
52	Ip	0	777
53	Inskip	542	766
54	Ijaz	0	757
55	Iredale	983	755
56	Inns	554	745
57	Iley	336	733
58	Ibbetson	668	723
59	Irvin	878	719
60	Ilsley	406	710
61	Ion	147	710
62	Idowu	0	688
63	Isles	805	674
64	Irshad	0	672
65	Inch	869	661
66	Ing	516	660
67	Imtiaz	0	632
68	Ings	518	631
69	Ineson	565	620
70	Ivison	405	619
71	Israel	394	601
72	Igoe	69	598
73	Ikram	0	573
74	Ikin	391	562
75	Ilott	273	562
76	Ironmonger	543	540
77	Ingles	929	517
78	Idrees	0	514
79	Ionescu	0	501
80	Ingledew	419	492
81	Ide	380	487
82	Ishtiaq	0	487
83	Ingall	248	482
84	Inkster	517	478
85	Ingleson	221	474
86	Izatt	290	469
87	Instone	374	465
88	Ions	164	449
89	Ilett	209	441
90	Ingleton	404	439
91	Illidge	185	421
92	Isaacson	344	417
93	Ibbitson	247	408
94	Ingamells	213	404
95	Ivers	162	376
96	Iceton	104	371
97	Ive	317	363
98	Icke	189	357
99	Illing	152	354
100	Ilie	0	351