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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Sneddon | 1,788 | 4,973 |
| 102 | Sharples | 5,244 | 4,953 |
| 103 | Silva | 79 | 4,948 |
| 104 | Sheehan | 731 | 4,881 |
| 105 | Snow | 4,034 | 4,829 |
| 106 | Sim | 598 | 4,818 |
| 107 | Stock | 3,724 | 4,802 |
| 108 | Salisbury | 2,966 | 4,796 |
| 109 | Styles | 3,141 | 4,740 |
| 110 | Sayer | 3,925 | 4,738 |
| 111 | Stapleton | 3,003 | 4,707 |
| 112 | Simon | 1,714 | 4,649 |
| 113 | Samuels | 1,272 | 4,645 |
| 114 | Sparks | 4,503 | 4,642 |
| 115 | Stocks | 3,256 | 4,598 |
| 116 | Sidhu | 0 | 4,590 |
| 117 | Shelton | 3,532 | 4,582 |
| 118 | Sands | 3,354 | 4,570 |
| 119 | Symonds | 3,598 | 4,559 |
| 120 | Sargeant | 2,361 | 4,506 |
| 121 | Southern | 2,767 | 4,487 |
| 122 | Stones | 3,561 | 4,441 |
| 123 | Sharif | 0 | 4,428 |
| 124 | Saleem | 0 | 4,383 |
| 125 | Steer | 3,478 | 4,352 |
| 126 | Santos | 19 | 4,284 |
| 127 | Sparkes | 2,185 | 4,282 |
| 128 | Stroud | 3,087 | 4,270 |
| 129 | Shirley | 2,451 | 4,262 |
| 130 | Shaikh | 0 | 4,250 |
| 131 | Squire | 3,551 | 4,163 |
| 132 | Strange | 3,206 | 4,130 |
| 133 | Saeed | 0 | 4,126 |
| 134 | Shelley | 2,319 | 4,103 |
| 135 | Sweet | 2,682 | 4,038 |
| 136 | Starkey | 2,918 | 3,994 |
| 137 | Sexton | 2,580 | 3,981 |
| 138 | Symons | 4,067 | 3,942 |
| 139 | Staples | 2,835 | 3,915 |
| 140 | Steward | 3,834 | 3,849 |
| 141 | Southall | 2,270 | 3,842 |
| 142 | Shore | 3,214 | 3,814 |
| 143 | Shipley | 2,649 | 3,789 |
| 144 | Stanford | 2,483 | 3,770 |
| 145 | Sparrow | 3,789 | 3,763 |
| 146 | Steadman | 1,852 | 3,759 |
| 147 | Solomon | 2,033 | 3,705 |
| 148 | Snape | 2,758 | 3,703 |
| 149 | Smithson | 2,873 | 3,699 |
| 150 | Somerville | 2,533 | 3,694 |
| 151 | Spiers | 2,468 | 3,604 |
| 152 | South | 2,829 | 3,601 |
| 153 | Seaman | 2,323 | 3,579 |
| 154 | Speed | 2,407 | 3,572 |
| 155 | Stansfield | 4,622 | 3,545 |
| 156 | Sahota | 0 | 3,539 |
| 157 | Saville | 2,723 | 3,514 |
| 158 | Smalley | 2,716 | 3,503 |
| 159 | Sage | 2,659 | 3,496 |
| 160 | Sibley | 2,406 | 3,468 |
| 161 | Stratton | 2,592 | 3,467 |
| 162 | Syed | 2 | 3,465 |
| 163 | Sultana | 0 | 3,454 |
| 164 | Stoddart | 2,529 | 3,432 |
| 165 | Shuttleworth | 3,552 | 3,425 |
| 166 | Shanks | 2,281 | 3,417 |
| 167 | Snowden | 2,661 | 3,371 |
| 168 | Stannard | 2,093 | 3,365 |
| 169 | Smedley | 2,452 | 3,357 |
| 170 | Sherlock | 2,015 | 3,356 |
| 171 | Sharkey | 685 | 3,341 |
| 172 | Skidmore | 2,198 | 3,286 |
| 173 | Swallow | 3,023 | 3,256 |
| 174 | Silver | 1,716 | 3,244 |
| 175 | Swales | 2,089 | 3,237 |
| 176 | Seaton | 2,536 | 3,235 |
| 177 | Smallwood | 2,762 | 3,214 |
| 178 | Sellers | 2,298 | 3,191 |
| 179 | Seal | 2,160 | 3,185 |
| 180 | Sandford | 2,119 | 3,178 |
| 181 | Stockton | 1,817 | 3,156 |
| 182 | Sansom | 2,010 | 3,117 |
| 183 | Sedgwick | 2,173 | 3,106 |
| 184 | Scholes | 3,470 | 3,085 |
| 185 | Speirs | 1,179 | 3,082 |
| 186 | Speight | 2,430 | 3,067 |
| 187 | Stamp | 2,196 | 3,049 |
| 188 | Summerfield | 1,940 | 3,038 |
| 189 | Silvester | 2,307 | 3,005 |
| 190 | Strickland | 2,374 | 2,972 |
| 191 | Shackleton | 3,381 | 2,955 |
| 192 | Shand | 2,062 | 2,953 |
| 193 | Southgate | 2,341 | 2,944 |
| 194 | Shenton | 1,904 | 2,934 |
| 195 | Sherratt | 1,716 | 2,922 |
| 196 | Stoker | 2,030 | 2,903 |
| 197 | Storer | 1,879 | 2,891 |
| 198 | Sadiq | 0 | 2,883 |
| 199 | Snowdon | 2,235 | 2,854 |
| 200 | Spalding | 2,160 | 2,854 |