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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1401 | Nugent | 1,568 | 4,832 |
| 1402 | Cahill | 1,353 | 4,831 |
| 1403 | Hand | 3,590 | 4,830 |
| 1404 | Snow | 4,034 | 4,829 |
| 1405 | Dickens | 3,134 | 4,828 |
| 1406 | Karim | 0 | 4,821 |
| 1407 | Macrae | 2,433 | 4,818 |
| 1408 | Sim | 598 | 4,818 |
| 1409 | Burden | 3,792 | 4,809 |
| 1410 | Dwyer | 1,656 | 4,808 |
| 1411 | Mayes | 2,895 | 4,806 |
| 1412 | Cleary | 1,235 | 4,805 |
| 1413 | Billington | 3,259 | 4,804 |
| 1414 | Mcnulty | 1,299 | 4,803 |
| 1415 | Ives | 3,510 | 4,802 |
| 1416 | Stock | 3,724 | 4,802 |
| 1417 | Blundell | 3,524 | 4,801 |
| 1418 | Salisbury | 2,966 | 4,796 |
| 1419 | Booker | 3,591 | 4,791 |
| 1420 | Wilcock | 4,272 | 4,783 |
| 1421 | Broad | 3,802 | 4,776 |
| 1422 | Chen | 8 | 4,776 |
| 1423 | Corcoran | 1,437 | 4,776 |
| 1424 | Quigley | 1,532 | 4,769 |
| 1425 | Wiggins | 3,235 | 4,768 |
| 1426 | Jenner | 3,556 | 4,767 |
| 1427 | Tyrrell | 2,197 | 4,760 |
| 1428 | Ansell | 3,462 | 4,759 |
| 1429 | Hanley | 2,466 | 4,753 |
| 1430 | Keating | 1,475 | 4,753 |
| 1431 | Akram | 0 | 4,750 |
| 1432 | Lightfoot | 4,158 | 4,746 |
| 1433 | Tang | 3 | 4,746 |
| 1434 | Styles | 3,141 | 4,740 |
| 1435 | Sayer | 3,925 | 4,738 |
| 1436 | Nguyen | 0 | 4,735 |
| 1437 | Neilson | 4,247 | 4,733 |
| 1438 | Raja | 0 | 4,731 |
| 1439 | Varley | 4,091 | 4,728 |
| 1440 | Groom | 4,197 | 4,726 |
| 1441 | Ricketts | 2,895 | 4,724 |
| 1442 | Crowley | 1,921 | 4,722 |
| 1443 | Corrigan | 1,340 | 4,719 |
| 1444 | Knights | 2,619 | 4,719 |
| 1445 | Mair | 2,783 | 4,718 |
| 1446 | Liu | 0 | 4,716 |
| 1447 | Woodhead | 5,606 | 4,711 |
| 1448 | Stapleton | 3,003 | 4,707 |
| 1449 | Rawlinson | 3,581 | 4,704 |
| 1450 | Finney | 2,599 | 4,689 |
| 1451 | Tennant | 3,213 | 4,688 |
| 1452 | Judge | 3,235 | 4,685 |
| 1453 | Cottrell | 2,681 | 4,680 |
| 1454 | Phelps | 2,973 | 4,680 |
| 1455 | Wagstaff | 3,733 | 4,678 |
| 1456 | Grimshaw | 4,992 | 4,668 |
| 1457 | Whitworth | 5,013 | 4,668 |
| 1458 | Wilding | 3,526 | 4,663 |
| 1459 | Lindley | 2,963 | 4,660 |
| 1460 | Ullah | 2 | 4,657 |
| 1461 | Cherry | 3,054 | 4,655 |
| 1462 | Brock | 3,462 | 4,650 |
| 1463 | Simon | 1,714 | 4,649 |
| 1464 | Brain | 3,214 | 4,646 |
| 1465 | Samuels | 1,272 | 4,645 |
| 1466 | Sparks | 4,503 | 4,642 |
| 1467 | Cavanagh | 2,255 | 4,641 |
| 1468 | Abbas | 2 | 4,630 |
| 1469 | Isaac | 3,750 | 4,630 |
| 1470 | Aspinall | 4,111 | 4,629 |
| 1471 | Dewar | 3,922 | 4,627 |
| 1472 | Oneil | 5,219 | 4,627 |
| 1473 | Grice | 3,083 | 4,626 |
| 1474 | Budd | 3,792 | 4,619 |
| 1475 | Joshi | 0 | 4,616 |
| 1476 | Munday | 3,498 | 4,615 |
| 1477 | Crawley | 3,882 | 4,608 |
| 1478 | Bowes | 2,760 | 4,604 |
| 1479 | Stocks | 3,256 | 4,598 |
| 1480 | Mclellan | 3,313 | 4,595 |
| 1481 | Sidhu | 0 | 4,590 |
| 1482 | Pickard | 4,169 | 4,586 |
| 1483 | Wilks | 4,707 | 4,586 |
| 1484 | Shelton | 3,532 | 4,582 |
| 1485 | Kendrick | 2,880 | 4,580 |
| 1486 | Haworth | 6,313 | 4,573 |
| 1487 | Bunting | 3,344 | 4,570 |
| 1488 | Sands | 3,354 | 4,570 |
| 1489 | Mulholland | 1,118 | 4,569 |
| 1490 | Heard | 3,189 | 4,564 |
| 1491 | Symonds | 3,598 | 4,559 |
| 1492 | Grieve | 3,524 | 4,555 |
| 1493 | Cunliffe | 3,724 | 4,549 |
| 1494 | Birchall | 2,945 | 4,545 |
| 1495 | Cookson | 3,517 | 4,543 |
| 1496 | Painter | 4,101 | 4,523 |
| 1497 | Bowyer | 3,265 | 4,521 |
| 1498 | Pinder | 3,607 | 4,521 |
| 1499 | Duckworth | 5,788 | 4,518 |
| 1500 | Peach | 3,242 | 4,518 |