Surnames
UK surnames
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Sawyer | 5,516 | 7,408 |
| 902 | Rushton | 6,187 | 7,404 |
| 903 | Robb | 5,207 | 7,401 |
| 904 | Heaton | 7,174 | 7,391 |
| 905 | Upton | 5,698 | 7,388 |
| 906 | Leslie | 4,963 | 7,384 |
| 907 | Calvert | 6,106 | 7,382 |
| 908 | Dolan | 2,611 | 7,371 |
| 909 | Macpherson | 2,183 | 7,371 |
| 910 | Boyce | 4,470 | 7,370 |
| 911 | Batchelor | 5,073 | 7,369 |
| 912 | Dent | 5,714 | 7,359 |
| 913 | Nunn | 5,253 | 7,350 |
| 914 | Gallacher | 2,592 | 7,335 |
| 915 | Delaney | 1,916 | 7,323 |
| 916 | Cohen | 4,710 | 7,309 |
| 917 | Gilmour | 4,205 | 7,300 |
| 918 | Clay | 6,152 | 7,291 |
| 919 | Monaghan | 2,171 | 7,281 |
| 920 | Ogden | 8,483 | 7,275 |
| 921 | Healy | 1,974 | 7,269 |
| 922 | Cowley | 4,974 | 7,253 |
| 923 | Farrow | 5,625 | 7,219 |
| 924 | Amin | 2 | 7,216 |
| 925 | Handley | 5,051 | 7,212 |
| 926 | Aston | 4,957 | 7,209 |
| 927 | Connelly | 2,780 | 7,209 |
| 928 | Barron | 4,620 | 7,205 |
| 929 | Golding | 5,274 | 7,200 |
| 930 | Li | 3 | 7,196 |
| 931 | Rawlings | 4,379 | 7,192 |
| 932 | Malone | 2,398 | 7,191 |
| 933 | Parmar | 0 | 7,189 |
| 934 | Beech | 4,432 | 7,185 |
| 935 | Ibrahim | 1 | 7,163 |
| 936 | David | 3,083 | 7,137 |
| 937 | Drury | 4,744 | 7,129 |
| 938 | Mchugh | 1,796 | 7,127 |
| 939 | Moon | 6,287 | 7,126 |
| 940 | Ayres | 4,164 | 7,116 |
| 941 | Madden | 2,586 | 7,108 |
| 942 | Daley | 3,526 | 7,096 |
| 943 | Eastwood | 7,069 | 7,095 |
| 944 | Rehman | 0 | 7,090 |
| 945 | Coombes | 3,173 | 7,089 |
| 946 | Lester | 4,706 | 7,078 |
| 947 | Craven | 5,769 | 7,069 |
| 948 | Stead | 6,126 | 7,064 |
| 949 | Wise | 6,228 | 7,062 |
| 950 | Bainbridge | 4,203 | 7,055 |
| 951 | Hough | 5,166 | 7,047 |
| 952 | Deakin | 4,149 | 7,043 |
| 953 | Stephen | 5,184 | 7,035 |
| 954 | Coyle | 2,040 | 7,025 |
| 955 | Duff | 5,333 | 7,023 |
| 956 | Oakes | 4,336 | 7,022 |
| 957 | Millard | 4,946 | 7,018 |
| 958 | Langford | 4,686 | 7,017 |
| 959 | Lea | 5,888 | 7,016 |
| 960 | Molloy | 1,623 | 7,012 |
| 961 | Moffat | 5,506 | 7,009 |
| 962 | Dudley | 4,479 | 7,008 |
| 963 | Worrall | 3,806 | 7,004 |
| 964 | Deacon | 5,089 | 7,003 |
| 965 | Vernon | 4,912 | 7,003 |
| 966 | Maher | 1,086 | 7,000 |
| 967 | Dillon | 2,948 | 6,992 |
| 968 | Lilley | 4,143 | 6,985 |
| 969 | Sheridan | 1,801 | 6,974 |
| 970 | Hardman | 6,003 | 6,971 |
| 971 | Forrester | 4,035 | 6,965 |
| 972 | Hadley | 4,070 | 6,963 |
| 973 | Amos | 4,929 | 6,955 |
| 974 | Monk | 6,299 | 6,954 |
| 975 | Edgar | 4,608 | 6,932 |
| 976 | Doran | 2,461 | 6,927 |
| 977 | Fielding | 6,661 | 6,926 |
| 978 | Hurley | 3,477 | 6,921 |
| 979 | Costello | 1,819 | 6,896 |
| 980 | Low | 2,331 | 6,866 |
| 981 | Hulme | 6,417 | 6,859 |
| 982 | Bingham | 4,395 | 6,855 |
| 983 | Buxton | 4,501 | 6,855 |
| 984 | Carson | 3,296 | 6,852 |
| 985 | Egan | 2,487 | 6,849 |
| 986 | Rai | 16 | 6,820 |
| 987 | Anthony | 3,465 | 6,813 |
| 988 | Rankin | 4,489 | 6,812 |
| 989 | Nuttall | 7,536 | 6,805 |
| 990 | Maynard | 4,596 | 6,803 |
| 991 | Easton | 4,554 | 6,793 |
| 992 | Hawkes | 4,823 | 6,792 |
| 993 | Higgs | 5,459 | 6,787 |
| 994 | Castle | 5,940 | 6,784 |
| 995 | Macfarlane | 1,999 | 6,774 |
| 996 | Horner | 5,726 | 6,769 |
| 997 | Main | 4,912 | 6,766 |
| 998 | Broughton | 5,564 | 6,761 |
| 999 | Holder | 4,029 | 6,751 |
| 1000 | Lomas | 5,526 | 6,742 |