Surnames
UK surnames beginning with P
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Pountney | 582 | 1,076 |
| 302 | Popa | 0 | 1,074 |
| 303 | Phillip | 1,524 | 1,071 |
| 304 | Perrott | 1,036 | 1,067 |
| 305 | Peak | 1,257 | 1,060 |
| 306 | Pagett | 765 | 1,058 |
| 307 | Pankhania | 0 | 1,056 |
| 308 | Pettifer | 666 | 1,056 |
| 309 | Pinnington | 496 | 1,054 |
| 310 | Parnham | 636 | 1,053 |
| 311 | Pattenden | 705 | 1,052 |
| 312 | Pun | 2 | 1,048 |
| 313 | Plews | 715 | 1,047 |
| 314 | Petts | 762 | 1,045 |
| 315 | Powles | 563 | 1,038 |
| 316 | Pretty | 1,060 | 1,035 |
| 317 | Provan | 603 | 1,034 |
| 318 | Plumridge | 831 | 1,031 |
| 319 | Pratley | 838 | 1,026 |
| 320 | Puri | 0 | 1,025 |
| 321 | Poynton | 505 | 1,020 |
| 322 | Pomfret | 1,030 | 1,017 |
| 323 | Pow | 338 | 1,010 |
| 324 | Pridmore | 832 | 1,009 |
| 325 | Pople | 616 | 1,008 |
| 326 | Patience | 561 | 1,004 |
| 327 | Perfect | 674 | 994 |
| 328 | Playford | 622 | 988 |
| 329 | Press | 861 | 982 |
| 330 | Passey | 641 | 972 |
| 331 | Pattni | 0 | 971 |
| 332 | Pham | 0 | 964 |
| 333 | Prasad | 0 | 963 |
| 334 | Patmore | 743 | 962 |
| 335 | Pancholi | 0 | 961 |
| 336 | Ponsford | 692 | 959 |
| 337 | Pinches | 527 | 949 |
| 338 | Preedy | 565 | 946 |
| 339 | Polson | 695 | 944 |
| 340 | Poyner | 444 | 944 |
| 341 | Pine | 885 | 939 |
| 342 | Platten | 467 | 937 |
| 343 | Presland | 382 | 933 |
| 344 | Pym | 740 | 933 |
| 345 | Pinner | 738 | 928 |
| 346 | Padmore | 453 | 924 |
| 347 | Poulson | 714 | 922 |
| 348 | Pedersen | 71 | 921 |
| 349 | Paisley | 662 | 920 |
| 350 | Parvez | 0 | 918 |
| 351 | Powney | 453 | 917 |
| 352 | Pyatt | 570 | 915 |
| 353 | Proffitt | 298 | 913 |
| 354 | Paige | 531 | 906 |
| 355 | Pavitt | 673 | 906 |
| 356 | Pennock | 473 | 904 |
| 357 | Paling | 677 | 899 |
| 358 | Panayi | 0 | 898 |
| 359 | Pillai | 0 | 898 |
| 360 | Precious | 624 | 898 |
| 361 | Parratt | 607 | 895 |
| 362 | Paull | 1,033 | 893 |
| 363 | Prichard | 2,756 | 882 |
| 364 | Popescu | 0 | 879 |
| 365 | Philipson | 836 | 873 |
| 366 | Popplewell | 978 | 871 |
| 367 | Pursey | 592 | 870 |
| 368 | Pathak | 0 | 860 |
| 369 | Packman | 736 | 850 |
| 370 | Petrou | 0 | 847 |
| 371 | Pierre | 25 | 847 |
| 372 | Pogson | 1,137 | 847 |
| 373 | Pullinger | 506 | 847 |
| 374 | Pittman | 721 | 843 |
| 375 | Pett | 823 | 839 |
| 376 | Pledger | 738 | 837 |
| 377 | Putt | 701 | 837 |
| 378 | Pilbeam | 663 | 832 |
| 379 | Prickett | 817 | 825 |
| 380 | Peplow | 407 | 824 |
| 381 | Pybus | 888 | 819 |
| 382 | Plimmer | 366 | 813 |
| 383 | Parsley | 403 | 812 |
| 384 | Pagan | 467 | 810 |
| 385 | Prothero | 534 | 809 |
| 386 | Peddie | 802 | 806 |
| 387 | Pires | 0 | 799 |
| 388 | Priddle | 490 | 799 |
| 389 | Paley | 721 | 794 |
| 390 | Poland | 501 | 791 |
| 391 | Pearsall | 604 | 789 |
| 392 | Pearl | 626 | 781 |
| 393 | Poore | 538 | 777 |
| 394 | Pervez | 0 | 776 |
| 395 | Pinnell | 443 | 776 |
| 396 | Pearcey | 450 | 775 |
| 397 | Perring | 615 | 769 |
| 398 | Pinkerton | 736 | 768 |
| 399 | Parslow | 644 | 760 |
| 400 | Pert | 631 | 758 |