Surnames

UK surnames beginning with R

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
1	Roberts	112,276	148,206
2	Robinson	95,300	129,019
3	Richardson	50,857	71,177
4	Richards	45,120	62,807
5	Robertson	50,348	60,857
6	Russell	36,592	55,174
7	Rogers	38,745	53,078
8	Reid	31,585	51,162
9	Ross	32,788	44,759
10	Reynolds	25,883	41,242
11	Rose	22,106	36,511
12	Rees	26,024	33,204
13	Ryan	9,176	31,307
14	Riley	23,673	30,712
15	Reed	21,815	29,257
16	Robson	19,747	27,771
17	Rowe	16,888	23,742
18	Read	19,314	22,700
19	Rahman	4	20,572
20	Rhodes	13,915	17,760
21	Reeves	12,269	17,657
22	Ritchie	10,424	15,340
23	Reilly	3,170	14,942
24	Rice	9,235	13,844
25	Randall	9,338	13,770
26	Rowley	7,865	12,653
27	Rodgers	8,211	12,146
28	Rowlands	7,438	11,426
29	Rowland	8,511	11,374
30	Rigby	8,697	11,256
31	Ramsay	7,783	10,949
32	Ratcliffe	8,266	10,918
33	Rae	1,185	10,116
34	Rayner	7,461	9,933
35	Reeve	6,989	9,680
36	Rutherford	7,331	9,504
37	Rashid	0	9,341
38	Rooney	2,679	8,767
39	Ray	5,660	8,715
40	Roe	5,733	8,396
41	Ridley	5,786	8,309
42	Radford	5,672	8,256
43	Richmond	6,552	8,174
44	Rennie	5,261	8,079
45	Ryder	5,182	7,972
46	Regan	3,068	7,827
47	Robbins	4,688	7,717
48	Roper	6,236	7,622
49	Rimmer	4,861	7,422
50	Rushton	6,187	7,404
51	Robb	5,207	7,401
52	Rawlings	4,379	7,192
53	Rehman	0	7,090
54	Rai	16	6,820
55	Rankin	4,489	6,812
56	Rutter	4,571	6,739
57	Robins	6,309	6,726
58	Rudd	4,722	6,589
59	Ralph	4,545	6,408
60	Roche	1,246	6,279
61	Roach	4,371	6,201
62	Roy	675	5,988
63	Ramsden	5,465	5,733
64	Rothwell	5,489	5,404
65	Redfern	4,170	5,296
66	Rolfe	3,882	5,220
67	Rodger	4,228	5,160
68	Rodrigues	45	5,157
69	Ramsey	3,248	5,088
70	Rouse	4,295	5,073
71	Rafferty	1,545	5,019
72	Rogerson	3,696	4,925
73	Rich	3,737	4,900
74	Redman	3,934	4,859
75	Raja	0	4,731
76	Ricketts	2,895	4,724
77	Rawlinson	3,581	4,704
78	Riches	3,424	4,500
79	Redmond	1,093	4,490
80	Rana	1	4,477
81	Rush	3,223	4,423
82	Round	2,746	4,286
83	Riddell	2,526	4,188
84	Reece	2,614	4,145
85	Reay	2,602	4,141
86	Royle	3,945	4,127
87	Rowan	1,928	4,061
88	Renshaw	2,832	3,775
89	Rawson	3,262	3,702
90	Rafiq	0	3,621
91	Raymond	1,722	3,592
92	Rudge	2,344	3,564
93	Routledge	2,543	3,545
94	Riaz	0	3,467
95	Ridgway	2,746	3,447
96	Rossiter	1,893	3,424
97	Rea	1,443	3,397
98	Reader	2,583	3,396
99	Radcliffe	3,033	3,321
100	Raine	2,507	3,319