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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1301 | Collett | 3,835 | 5,183 |
| 1302 | Angus | 4,299 | 5,182 |
| 1303 | Braithwaite | 3,461 | 5,175 |
| 1304 | Moseley | 2,739 | 5,171 |
| 1305 | Boswell | 2,800 | 5,170 |
| 1306 | Cheetham | 4,637 | 5,168 |
| 1307 | Key | 3,900 | 5,167 |
| 1308 | Hetherington | 3,774 | 5,164 |
| 1309 | Carney | 2,699 | 5,163 |
| 1310 | Edmunds | 3,918 | 5,162 |
| 1311 | Godwin | 3,868 | 5,161 |
| 1312 | Rodger | 4,228 | 5,160 |
| 1313 | Wootton | 2,712 | 5,158 |
| 1314 | Rodrigues | 45 | 5,157 |
| 1315 | Finlay | 3,094 | 5,153 |
| 1316 | Cumming | 5,725 | 5,150 |
| 1317 | Mullins | 2,842 | 5,148 |
| 1318 | Legg | 4,882 | 5,146 |
| 1319 | Plummer | 4,000 | 5,146 |
| 1320 | Holman | 4,235 | 5,137 |
| 1321 | Manley | 3,350 | 5,131 |
| 1322 | Maloney | 2,464 | 5,117 |
| 1323 | Temple | 3,924 | 5,112 |
| 1324 | Buckingham | 3,978 | 5,106 |
| 1325 | Beer | 4,775 | 5,104 |
| 1326 | Eyre | 3,587 | 5,102 |
| 1327 | Hickey | 1,856 | 5,102 |
| 1328 | Winstanley | 3,022 | 5,101 |
| 1329 | Cruickshank | 3,375 | 5,096 |
| 1330 | Spicer | 4,029 | 5,095 |
| 1331 | Maddison | 2,931 | 5,093 |
| 1332 | Downs | 5,327 | 5,090 |
| 1333 | Ramsey | 3,248 | 5,088 |
| 1334 | Mccartney | 2,229 | 5,085 |
| 1335 | Liddle | 3,544 | 5,081 |
| 1336 | Batty | 4,567 | 5,080 |
| 1337 | Ho | 41 | 5,074 |
| 1338 | Rouse | 4,295 | 5,073 |
| 1339 | Sayers | 3,316 | 5,073 |
| 1340 | Chisholm | 4,368 | 5,069 |
| 1341 | Jolly | 4,235 | 5,066 |
| 1342 | Cuthbert | 4,302 | 5,064 |
| 1343 | Hopper | 4,274 | 5,051 |
| 1344 | Ashraf | 0 | 5,046 |
| 1345 | Courtney | 2,136 | 5,040 |
| 1346 | Petrie | 3,570 | 5,036 |
| 1347 | Marlow | 3,514 | 5,027 |
| 1348 | Brierley | 5,333 | 5,025 |
| 1349 | Brough | 3,665 | 5,025 |
| 1350 | Rafferty | 1,545 | 5,019 |
| 1351 | Heron | 2,852 | 5,017 |
| 1352 | Kearney | 1,369 | 5,009 |
| 1353 | Oldham | 5,288 | 5,006 |
| 1354 | Crisp | 4,151 | 5,000 |
| 1355 | Timms | 3,028 | 4,996 |
| 1356 | Bains | 751 | 4,985 |
| 1357 | Ismail | 7 | 4,982 |
| 1358 | Stark | 4,122 | 4,981 |
| 1359 | Tyson | 3,881 | 4,980 |
| 1360 | Sneddon | 1,788 | 4,973 |
| 1361 | Blackman | 3,643 | 4,961 |
| 1362 | Prentice | 3,537 | 4,957 |
| 1363 | Markham | 3,569 | 4,956 |
| 1364 | Sharples | 5,244 | 4,953 |
| 1365 | Lennon | 1,048 | 4,949 |
| 1366 | Silva | 79 | 4,948 |
| 1367 | Bhatti | 0 | 4,947 |
| 1368 | Goulding | 2,927 | 4,945 |
| 1369 | Brodie | 4,058 | 4,943 |
| 1370 | Collinson | 3,519 | 4,940 |
| 1371 | Jarrett | 2,748 | 4,930 |
| 1372 | Priest | 3,919 | 4,930 |
| 1373 | Rogerson | 3,696 | 4,925 |
| 1374 | Meek | 3,513 | 4,924 |
| 1375 | Cornish | 4,278 | 4,916 |
| 1376 | Mirza | 1 | 4,916 |
| 1377 | Elliot | 7,636 | 4,913 |
| 1378 | Urquhart | 4,219 | 4,911 |
| 1379 | Duke | 3,407 | 4,903 |
| 1380 | York | 3,963 | 4,903 |
| 1381 | Rich | 3,737 | 4,900 |
| 1382 | Osborn | 6,245 | 4,899 |
| 1383 | Hemmings | 2,546 | 4,897 |
| 1384 | Homer | 2,274 | 4,892 |
| 1385 | Sheehan | 731 | 4,881 |
| 1386 | Belcher | 3,608 | 4,879 |
| 1387 | Hussein | 1 | 4,870 |
| 1388 | Jeffries | 3,749 | 4,869 |
| 1389 | Mcgovern | 1,114 | 4,868 |
| 1390 | Askew | 3,381 | 4,866 |
| 1391 | Holdsworth | 5,042 | 4,866 |
| 1392 | Mcghee | 1,271 | 4,866 |
| 1393 | Lomax | 4,232 | 4,865 |
| 1394 | Turton | 3,364 | 4,860 |
| 1395 | Redman | 3,934 | 4,859 |
| 1396 | Levy | 3,774 | 4,849 |
| 1397 | Moir | 4,133 | 4,846 |
| 1398 | Bean | 3,862 | 4,841 |
| 1399 | Mckee | 1,538 | 4,839 |
| 1400 | Usher | 3,297 | 4,835 |