Surnames

UK surnames beginning with R

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
101	Raza	0	3,264
102	Rooke	2,206	3,202
103	Rivers	1,844	3,166
104	Revell	1,734	3,145
105	Renwick	2,082	3,071
106	Rodriguez	28	3,071
107	Rosser	2,185	3,064
108	Raven	2,515	3,053
109	Randle	2,514	2,992
110	Rowell	2,613	2,986
111	Rickard	2,028	2,951
112	Reading	2,317	2,911
113	Rock	1,702	2,903
114	Ripley	1,971	2,875
115	Rix	1,655	2,735
116	Rigg	2,520	2,720
117	Roebuck	2,028	2,595
118	Ramage	1,688	2,579
119	Ridge	2,097	2,530
120	Rawlins	1,738	2,520
121	Rathbone	1,662	2,451
122	Renton	1,835	2,346
123	Roscoe	1,865	2,335
124	Redhead	1,619	2,334
125	Roden	1,408	2,320
126	Rollinson	1,617	2,280
127	Redpath	1,371	2,276
128	Ram	178	2,259
129	Riding	2,019	2,236
130	Rushworth	2,480	2,235
131	Race	1,628	2,232
132	Revill	1,336	2,225
133	Raynor	2,081	2,211
134	Rowbotham	1,468	2,196
135	Radley	1,717	2,183
136	Rider	2,914	2,162
137	Raybould	903	2,121
138	Reardon	1,301	2,101
139	Rust	1,578	2,079
140	Ramzan	0	2,030
141	Robertshaw	2,449	2,024
142	Rossi	90	2,012
143	Riddle	2,504	2,004
144	Redford	1,612	1,991
145	Ranson	1,484	1,985
146	Randhawa	0	1,974
147	Rani	2	1,970
148	Rule	2,056	1,962
149	Rowles	1,320	1,955
150	Rodwell	1,615	1,933
151	Ring	1,206	1,932
152	Randell	1,857	1,913
153	Rendall	1,592	1,894
154	Rattray	1,473	1,893
155	Rogan	783	1,891
156	Rolls	1,330	1,886
157	Rowson	1,078	1,855
158	Ruddock	922	1,838
159	Ransom	1,619	1,825
160	Rundle	1,779	1,814
161	Rance	1,123	1,763
162	Ravenscroft	1,019	1,762
163	Rendell	1,253	1,761
164	Rourke	1,473	1,759
165	Redding	1,254	1,757
166	Reddy	435	1,751
167	Ralston	1,009	1,746
168	Rumble	1,122	1,702
169	Rainbow	1,237	1,694
170	Rahim	0	1,689
171	Rook	2,056	1,679
172	Riggs	990	1,656
173	Ramos	7	1,645
174	Rayment	1,331	1,614
175	Rostron	1,790	1,611
176	Randles	676	1,561
177	Rothery	1,105	1,558
178	Ritson	1,203	1,548
179	Richard	2,549	1,542
180	Ruff	960	1,541
181	Raper	1,246	1,530
182	Reeder	811	1,525
183	Rochester	784	1,520
184	Rudkin	1,181	1,515
185	Rand	1,165	1,504
186	Ramshaw	739	1,503
187	Rainey	470	1,502
188	Redshaw	896	1,499
189	Rao	0	1,493
190	Rowbottom	1,792	1,477
191	Rowntree	884	1,477
192	Robert	1,151	1,467
193	Razaq	0	1,460
194	Rolph	1,102	1,460
195	Raby	1,436	1,458
196	Rainford	874	1,458
197	Ruddy	483	1,437
198	Reade	891	1,432
199	Rixon	983	1,431
200	Rickards	769	1,429