Surnames

UK surnames beginning with P

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
1	Patel	0	118,049
2	Phillips	53,458	82,805
3	Parker	56,883	76,778
4	Price	52,361	73,540
5	Powell	37,321	53,870
6	Palmer	35,153	50,675
7	Pearson	34,754	46,122
8	Payne	26,886	38,537
9	Pearce	27,443	38,141
10	Perry	21,954	33,874
11	Porter	22,471	31,245
12	Page	23,921	30,691
13	Parsons	22,657	29,342
14	Parry	22,775	28,235
15	Paterson	20,480	27,054
16	Potter	19,384	24,650
17	Pritchard	16,096	23,812
18	Poole	14,382	20,349
19	Peters	10,486	19,685
20	Preston	14,894	19,436
21	Patterson	10,426	19,357
22	Parkinson	14,360	18,073
23	Perkins	13,410	17,212
24	Pugh	11,458	16,736
25	Peacock	10,667	14,273
26	Pratt	17,181	14,248
27	Pickering	10,811	14,057
28	Paul	7,445	13,989
29	Pollard	10,901	13,060
30	Pope	10,286	12,640
31	Parkin	8,063	12,610
32	Potts	10,001	12,609
33	Park	9,319	12,474
34	Power	4,015	12,087
35	Parkes	6,149	12,051
36	Pike	8,640	10,926
37	Prince	6,765	9,976
38	Proctor	7,340	9,913
39	Parr	7,480	9,586
40	Platt	7,918	9,427
41	Plant	6,612	9,280
42	Partridge	7,795	9,253
43	Prior	6,916	9,238
44	Paton	6,710	9,165
45	Patrick	5,964	8,505
46	Preece	4,878	8,144
47	Pitt	6,397	7,717
48	Piper	5,917	7,454
49	Parmar	0	7,189
50	Pollock	4,359	6,592
51	Phipps	4,439	6,525
52	Peck	5,067	6,483
53	Prosser	4,706	6,447
54	Prescott	4,227	6,409
55	Penny	5,312	6,318
56	Priestley	5,074	6,259
57	Pattison	4,769	6,222
58	Peel	5,398	6,130
59	Percival	4,675	6,040
60	Pennington	4,446	6,030
61	Parveen	0	6,005
62	Pullen	3,954	5,822
63	Pepper	4,207	5,666
64	Pemberton	3,803	5,590
65	Pereira	94	5,512
66	Pye	4,319	5,425
67	Pilkington	5,370	5,409
68	Pringle	4,751	5,309
69	Pierce	4,402	5,287
70	Purcell	2,083	5,282
71	Plummer	4,000	5,146
72	Petrie	3,570	5,036
73	Prentice	3,537	4,957
74	Priest	3,919	4,930
75	Phelps	2,973	4,680
76	Pickard	4,169	4,586
77	Painter	4,101	4,523
78	Pinder	3,607	4,521
79	Peach	3,242	4,518
80	Pickles	6,086	4,401
81	Procter	3,888	4,396
82	Purvis	2,896	4,346
83	Perks	3,122	4,315
84	Penfold	2,540	4,280
85	Perrin	3,046	4,212
86	Parish	4,621	4,155
87	Parfitt	2,184	4,094
88	Parnell	2,890	3,954
89	Philpott	2,285	3,945
90	Penn	2,712	3,848
91	Partington	4,237	3,840
92	Probert	2,362	3,774
93	Povey	1,810	3,758
94	Pattinson	2,680	3,723
95	Penman	1,965	3,695
96	Pascoe	3,369	3,683
97	Poulton	2,403	3,663
98	Parrott	3,402	3,653
99	Pegg	2,935	3,634
100	Pickett	2,399	3,613