Surnames

UK surnames beginning with S

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	Smith	422,249	550,878
2	Scott	76,018	104,222
3	Shaw	55,020	72,079
4	Simpson	52,391	71,876
5	Stewart	46,990	70,636
6	Singh	17	66,078
7	Stevens	31,223	46,647
8	Saunders	27,328	39,395
9	Spencer	27,278	35,887
10	Shah	1	35,167
11	Stevenson	21,015	32,493
12	Stone	21,581	30,271
13	Shepherd	21,923	29,091
14	Sharp	24,950	27,760
15	Sutton	19,057	25,562
16	Stephenson	17,129	23,846
17	Slater	18,151	23,707
18	Sinclair	15,474	21,929
19	Stephens	16,575	21,402
20	Sullivan	12,445	20,856
21	Stokes	12,605	19,921
22	Stanley	11,524	19,150
23	Smart	13,640	19,068
24	Simmons	12,229	18,747
25	Skinner	15,141	17,936
26	Sutherland	15,089	17,806
27	Sanders	13,571	17,769
28	Steele	8,027	17,239
29	Savage	11,457	17,037
30	Sanderson	12,425	16,934
31	Short	11,678	16,448
32	Schofield	16,242	15,542
33	Sheppard	10,341	15,484
34	Sykes	14,399	15,082
35	Spence	9,887	14,388
36	Sharpe	8,824	13,939
37	Sweeney	3,997	13,462
38	Summers	8,369	13,447
39	Swift	9,258	13,361
40	Sharma	3	12,982
41	Stuart	7,168	12,931
42	Storey	7,607	12,563
43	Sims	8,964	12,444
44	Small	7,628	11,744
45	Simmonds	8,010	11,222
46	Steel	12,231	10,964
47	Sadler	7,047	10,380
48	Stubbs	7,914	10,253
49	Stacey	6,727	10,014
50	Shields	4,631	9,813
51	Seymour	6,090	9,567
52	Smyth	2,794	9,357
53	Salmon	6,817	9,268
54	Sutcliffe	11,839	9,111
55	Stanton	5,968	9,025
56	Stafford	6,372	8,889
57	Stott	9,356	8,842
58	Street	6,995	8,771
59	Swan	7,809	8,699
60	Sewell	6,315	8,288
61	Searle	5,970	8,268
62	Senior	6,854	8,244
63	Salter	6,817	8,216
64	Stringer	5,963	8,200
65	Swain	5,768	8,018
66	Sandhu	0	7,833
67	Singleton	5,897	7,832
68	Strachan	5,170	7,729
69	Sampson	5,087	7,492
70	Slade	5,958	7,462
71	Sawyer	5,516	7,408
72	Stead	6,126	7,064
73	Stephen	5,184	7,035
74	Sheridan	1,801	6,974
75	Simms	3,429	6,734
76	Sumner	4,848	6,654
77	Sheldon	4,548	6,464
78	Skelton	4,335	6,464
79	Samuel	3,580	6,382
80	Sherwood	3,813	6,364
81	Snell	5,619	6,357
82	Squires	4,238	6,238
83	Sloan	2,829	6,235
84	Sheikh	0	6,148
85	Sargent	4,600	6,118
86	Seddon	4,863	6,023
87	Slack	4,720	5,933
88	Spooner	4,319	5,762
89	Stirling	3,915	5,758
90	Strong	4,461	5,748
91	Sharman	4,118	5,655
92	Simons	3,952	5,594
93	Shearer	3,868	5,525
94	Swann	3,271	5,519
95	Salt	4,449	5,449
96	Selby	3,580	5,372
97	Shannon	2,314	5,286
98	Spicer	4,029	5,095
99	Sayers	3,316	5,073
100	Stark	4,122	4,981