Surnames
UK surnames beginning with Y
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 | Young | 64,312 | 88,515 |
| 2 | Yates | 20,593 | 25,908 |
| 3 | York | 3,963 | 4,903 |
| 4 | Yeomans | 2,468 | 3,915 |
| 5 | Yusuf | 6 | 3,379 |
| 6 | Yardley | 1,897 | 2,533 |
| 7 | Yeo | 1,570 | 2,533 |
| 8 | Yousaf | 0 | 2,503 |
| 9 | Younger | 1,624 | 2,459 |
| 10 | Yorke | 960 | 2,443 |
| 11 | Yasin | 0 | 2,372 |
| 12 | Younis | 3 | 2,325 |
| 13 | Yeates | 1,659 | 2,315 |
| 14 | Yule | 1,511 | 2,314 |
| 15 | Yeoman | 1,887 | 2,099 |
| 16 | Yau | 0 | 2,031 |
| 17 | Yarwood | 1,220 | 1,869 |
| 18 | Yu | 0 | 1,844 |
| 19 | Youngs | 1,142 | 1,689 |
| 20 | Yang | 1 | 1,675 |
| 21 | Yip | 0 | 1,586 |
| 22 | Yeung | 0 | 1,585 |
| 23 | Yasmin | 0 | 1,433 |
| 24 | Yeboah | 0 | 1,166 |
| 25 | Youngman | 875 | 1,163 |
| 26 | Yilmaz | 0 | 1,130 |
| 27 | Yuill | 646 | 1,069 |
| 28 | Yaqub | 0 | 989 |
| 29 | Yapp | 591 | 955 |
| 30 | Yelland | 801 | 942 |
| 31 | Yarrow | 584 | 930 |
| 32 | Yaxley | 473 | 927 |
| 33 | Younas | 0 | 914 |
| 34 | Yaqoob | 0 | 904 |
| 35 | Yearsley | 603 | 825 |
| 36 | Yallop | 487 | 801 |
| 37 | Yeats | 832 | 798 |
| 38 | Yadav | 0 | 768 |
| 39 | Yeadon | 820 | 765 |
| 40 | Youngson | 374 | 763 |
| 41 | Yuen | 0 | 726 |
| 42 | Yoxall | 489 | 719 |
| 43 | Yaseen | 0 | 665 |
| 44 | Yildirim | 0 | 662 |
| 45 | Yap | 1 | 646 |
| 46 | Yousuf | 0 | 620 |
| 47 | Yong | 20 | 606 |
| 48 | Yarnold | 384 | 582 |
| 49 | Yildiz | 0 | 568 |
| 50 | Yeatman | 443 | 544 |
| 51 | Yearwood | 11 | 530 |
| 52 | Youd | 374 | 521 |
| 53 | Yan | 4 | 520 |
| 54 | Yeardley | 315 | 513 |
| 55 | Yeaman | 346 | 510 |
| 56 | Yemm | 161 | 459 |
| 57 | Yee | 1 | 452 |
| 58 | Yard | 361 | 447 |
| 59 | Yale | 209 | 425 |
| 60 | Yousif | 0 | 422 |
| 61 | Yianni | 0 | 412 |
| 62 | Yarde | 37 | 400 |
| 63 | Yassin | 0 | 399 |
| 64 | Yung | 12 | 381 |
| 65 | Yasmeen | 0 | 380 |
| 66 | Yarnall | 150 | 375 |
| 67 | Yalcin | 0 | 373 |
| 68 | Youens | 225 | 364 |
| 69 | Younus | 0 | 364 |
| 70 | Yafai | 0 | 360 |
| 71 | Yousef | 0 | 356 |
| 72 | Yahya | 0 | 351 |
| 73 | Yasir | 0 | 344 |
| 74 | Yussuf | 0 | 338 |
| 75 | Yarker | 164 | 337 |
| 76 | Youds | 184 | 325 |
| 77 | Youssef | 0 | 324 |
| 78 | Ye | 0 | 314 |
| 79 | Yorston | 274 | 301 |
| 80 | Yarham | 177 | 297 |
| 81 | Yeasmin | 0 | 297 |
| 82 | Yabsley | 217 | 296 |
| 83 | Youll | 174 | 295 |
| 84 | Yarnell | 179 | 294 |
| 85 | Youell | 227 | 294 |
| 86 | Yao | 0 | 285 |
| 87 | Yuille | 250 | 283 |
| 88 | Yakub | 0 | 273 |
| 89 | Yandell | 155 | 270 |
| 90 | Yunus | 0 | 270 |
| 91 | Younge | 170 | 264 |
| 92 | Youle | 361 | 252 |
| 93 | Yorkston | 134 | 246 |
| 94 | Yin | 0 | 244 |
| 95 | Younghusband | 359 | 241 |
| 96 | Yordanova | 0 | 240 |
| 97 | Yiu | 0 | 235 |
| 98 | Yuan | 0 | 233 |
| 99 | Yeoh | 1 | 232 |
| 100 | Yardy | 108 | 224 |