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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | Rutter | 4,571 | 6,739 |
| 1002 | Simms | 3,429 | 6,734 |
| 1003 | Robins | 6,309 | 6,726 |
| 1004 | Millington | 4,537 | 6,722 |
| 1005 | Ingham | 7,443 | 6,721 |
| 1006 | Curry | 4,258 | 6,713 |
| 1007 | Weeks | 6,387 | 6,711 |
| 1008 | Oshea | 400 | 6,698 |
| 1009 | Everett | 5,381 | 6,684 |
| 1010 | Malcolm | 3,956 | 6,684 |
| 1011 | Fellows | 4,059 | 6,678 |
| 1012 | Caldwell | 4,687 | 6,668 |
| 1013 | Hampson | 5,411 | 6,662 |
| 1014 | Duggan | 2,200 | 6,661 |
| 1015 | Sumner | 4,848 | 6,654 |
| 1016 | Buchan | 3,893 | 6,653 |
| 1017 | Bridge | 6,077 | 6,648 |
| 1018 | Goldsmith | 4,546 | 6,623 |
| 1019 | Flint | 5,373 | 6,619 |
| 1020 | Walmsley | 6,180 | 6,614 |
| 1021 | Edmonds | 5,669 | 6,604 |
| 1022 | Kenyon | 6,248 | 6,593 |
| 1023 | Pollock | 4,359 | 6,592 |
| 1024 | Rudd | 4,722 | 6,589 |
| 1025 | Milligan | 3,523 | 6,582 |
| 1026 | Ashby | 5,027 | 6,574 |
| 1027 | Hoare | 5,826 | 6,568 |
| 1028 | Aslam | 1 | 6,558 |
| 1029 | Gurung | 0 | 6,548 |
| 1030 | Hackett | 3,528 | 6,548 |
| 1031 | Mcdougall | 6,952 | 6,544 |
| 1032 | Addison | 4,162 | 6,542 |
| 1033 | Nightingale | 5,036 | 6,542 |
| 1034 | Downing | 5,199 | 6,533 |
| 1035 | Mcdonnell | 1,416 | 6,532 |
| 1036 | Phipps | 4,439 | 6,525 |
| 1037 | Dick | 6,686 | 6,497 |
| 1038 | Peck | 5,067 | 6,483 |
| 1039 | Bone | 5,555 | 6,480 |
| 1040 | Fryer | 5,548 | 6,479 |
| 1041 | Mckeown | 852 | 6,478 |
| 1042 | Kaye | 4,398 | 6,471 |
| 1043 | Sheldon | 4,548 | 6,464 |
| 1044 | Skelton | 4,335 | 6,464 |
| 1045 | Mcgill | 3,565 | 6,456 |
| 1046 | Dowling | 3,300 | 6,450 |
| 1047 | Prosser | 4,706 | 6,447 |
| 1048 | Crowe | 2,867 | 6,427 |
| 1049 | Lodge | 5,452 | 6,412 |
| 1050 | Dawes | 4,081 | 6,409 |
| 1051 | Prescott | 4,227 | 6,409 |
| 1052 | Ralph | 4,545 | 6,408 |
| 1053 | Knott | 5,941 | 6,406 |
| 1054 | Ashcroft | 4,008 | 6,403 |
| 1055 | Milton | 4,123 | 6,400 |
| 1056 | Appleton | 4,692 | 6,391 |
| 1057 | Meadows | 4,179 | 6,388 |
| 1058 | Samuel | 3,580 | 6,382 |
| 1059 | Dunlop | 4,816 | 6,372 |
| 1060 | Clough | 6,676 | 6,371 |
| 1061 | Browning | 6,070 | 6,368 |
| 1062 | Sherwood | 3,813 | 6,364 |
| 1063 | Snell | 5,619 | 6,357 |
| 1064 | Wharton | 4,194 | 6,353 |
| 1065 | Harman | 4,485 | 6,334 |
| 1066 | Penny | 5,312 | 6,318 |
| 1067 | Valentine | 3,845 | 6,317 |
| 1068 | Mcguinness | 680 | 6,310 |
| 1069 | Mcconnell | 2,388 | 6,306 |
| 1070 | Finn | 2,719 | 6,301 |
| 1071 | Marchant | 4,637 | 6,297 |
| 1072 | Inglis | 5,084 | 6,289 |
| 1073 | Cheung | 0 | 6,281 |
| 1074 | Roche | 1,246 | 6,279 |
| 1075 | Avery | 5,002 | 6,269 |
| 1076 | Clare | 4,333 | 6,267 |
| 1077 | Ainsworth | 5,936 | 6,260 |
| 1078 | Priestley | 5,074 | 6,259 |
| 1079 | Millward | 3,360 | 6,252 |
| 1080 | Squires | 4,238 | 6,238 |
| 1081 | Sloan | 2,829 | 6,235 |
| 1082 | Coe | 4,851 | 6,233 |
| 1083 | Mcnamara | 1,802 | 6,224 |
| 1084 | Pattison | 4,769 | 6,222 |
| 1085 | Oleary | 1,157 | 6,221 |
| 1086 | Gamble | 4,288 | 6,218 |
| 1087 | Grundy | 6,133 | 6,211 |
| 1088 | Roach | 4,371 | 6,201 |
| 1089 | Mcneill | 2,202 | 6,194 |
| 1090 | Osman | 1,091 | 6,194 |
| 1091 | Ash | 4,883 | 6,188 |
| 1092 | Bower | 5,485 | 6,186 |
| 1093 | Withers | 4,907 | 6,184 |
| 1094 | Cresswell | 3,156 | 6,179 |
| 1095 | Aziz | 0 | 6,176 |
| 1096 | Kirkham | 4,177 | 6,170 |
| 1097 | Bassett | 4,657 | 6,163 |
| 1098 | Wiltshire | 3,984 | 6,161 |
| 1099 | Hannah | 3,865 | 6,158 |
| 1100 | Hodgkinson | 5,149 | 6,152 |