Surnames

UK surnames beginning with N

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	Newman	22,210	31,762
2	Newton	22,922	29,666
3	Nicholson	21,253	29,571
4	Nelson	14,407	26,393
5	Nicholls	15,623	25,782
6	Nash	13,809	20,902
7	Norman	13,722	19,750
8	Norris	12,839	18,521
9	Noble	12,481	18,194
10	Naylor	11,272	14,343
11	Nixon	9,111	13,422
12	Norton	9,943	13,377
13	Nolan	4,062	12,999
14	North	9,923	12,260
15	Neal	8,877	10,806
16	Neale	7,093	9,541
17	Nicholas	5,834	9,434
18	Nichols	9,755	9,406
19	Nicol	6,306	8,787
20	Needham	6,368	8,238
21	Newell	4,733	7,809
22	Nunn	5,253	7,350
23	Nuttall	7,536	6,805
24	Nightingale	5,036	6,542
25	Neil	3,971	5,512
26	Neville	3,546	5,383
27	Nugent	1,568	4,832
28	Nguyen	0	4,735
29	Neilson	4,247	4,733
30	Neill	1,967	4,330
31	Newby	3,002	4,275
32	Nawaz	0	4,183
33	Nisbet	3,202	4,159
34	Ng	0	3,864
35	Nicoll	2,726	3,767
36	New	2,593	3,757
37	Nicolson	3,475	3,640
38	Nichol	3,236	3,565
39	Nowak	0	3,354
40	Napier	2,413	3,328
41	Nazir	0	3,322
42	Newcombe	2,096	3,233
43	Noon	2,152	3,182
44	Noakes	2,188	2,971
45	Nesbitt	824	2,921
46	Nessa	0	2,873
47	Nimmo	1,347	2,720
48	Newsome	2,152	2,645
49	Nye	1,870	2,606
50	Newbold	2,179	2,595
51	Newbury	1,809	2,567
52	Nutt	2,168	2,372
53	Nicklin	1,184	2,367
54	Niven	2,094	2,331
55	Newland	1,793	2,312
56	Neary	649	2,291
57	Newson	1,888	2,287
58	Noor	1	2,275
59	Noonan	511	2,206
60	Naughton	599	2,202
61	Nurse	1,461	2,184
62	Nield	2,052	2,142
63	Nadeem	0	2,106
64	Newall	1,722	1,958
65	Nott	2,111	1,907
66	Nathan	997	1,904
67	Noel	455	1,840
68	Newport	1,520	1,833
69	Nasir	0	1,808
70	Nock	1,328	1,793
71	Newlands	1,213	1,783
72	Naz	0	1,782
73	Norbury	1,513	1,769
74	Nairn	1,485	1,744
75	Nagy	0	1,708
76	Nair	39	1,695
77	Naeem	0	1,679
78	Ness	1,356	1,656
79	Newnham	1,283	1,636
80	Norwood	1,209	1,608
81	Nicholl	1,558	1,594
82	Neave	1,413	1,580
83	Newberry	1,211	1,526
84	Newey	1,220	1,525
85	Nowell	1,414	1,516
86	Nevin	603	1,493
87	Nobbs	1,239	1,456
88	Newstead	1,038	1,417
89	Nickson	894	1,417
90	Northcott	1,354	1,376
91	Nunes	14	1,376
92	Ncube	0	1,372
93	Norfolk	824	1,326
94	Nicolaou	0	1,305
95	Neve	788	1,288
96	Nutter	2,278	1,284
97	Noone	119	1,283
98	Newbery	858	1,276
99	Ndlovu	0	1,255
100	Nielsen	96	1,247