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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1501 | Burn | 4,044 | 4,517 |
| 1502 | Johal | 0 | 4,516 |
| 1503 | Jacques | 2,537 | 4,510 |
| 1504 | Jefferson | 3,243 | 4,509 |
| 1505 | Sargeant | 2,361 | 4,506 |
| 1506 | Fell | 4,150 | 4,504 |
| 1507 | Hepburn | 2,641 | 4,502 |
| 1508 | Bushell | 2,901 | 4,501 |
| 1509 | Good | 3,733 | 4,500 |
| 1510 | Riches | 3,424 | 4,500 |
| 1511 | Tuck | 3,796 | 4,498 |
| 1512 | Brewster | 2,901 | 4,495 |
| 1513 | Greene | 802 | 4,494 |
| 1514 | Buckland | 3,161 | 4,493 |
| 1515 | Lau | 15 | 4,493 |
| 1516 | Redmond | 1,093 | 4,490 |
| 1517 | Garcia | 136 | 4,488 |
| 1518 | Southern | 2,767 | 4,487 |
| 1519 | Button | 3,544 | 4,483 |
| 1520 | Hadfield | 4,177 | 4,478 |
| 1521 | Rana | 1 | 4,477 |
| 1522 | Benton | 3,101 | 4,472 |
| 1523 | Attwood | 2,971 | 4,471 |
| 1524 | Chester | 3,665 | 4,470 |
| 1525 | Anwar | 0 | 4,464 |
| 1526 | Littlewood | 3,859 | 4,463 |
| 1527 | Waterhouse | 4,567 | 4,456 |
| 1528 | Menzies | 3,904 | 4,453 |
| 1529 | Melville | 3,182 | 4,452 |
| 1530 | Fairclough | 3,119 | 4,446 |
| 1531 | Mclachlan | 5,272 | 4,444 |
| 1532 | Magee | 1,281 | 4,443 |
| 1533 | Stones | 3,561 | 4,441 |
| 1534 | Binns | 4,965 | 4,433 |
| 1535 | Greenfield | 3,329 | 4,433 |
| 1536 | Towers | 3,476 | 4,430 |
| 1537 | Sharif | 0 | 4,428 |
| 1538 | Driscoll | 3,305 | 4,424 |
| 1539 | Garnett | 3,722 | 4,424 |
| 1540 | Rush | 3,223 | 4,423 |
| 1541 | Waddington | 4,864 | 4,415 |
| 1542 | Derbyshire | 3,118 | 4,405 |
| 1543 | Bass | 3,385 | 4,402 |
| 1544 | Pickles | 6,086 | 4,401 |
| 1545 | Metcalf | 6,061 | 4,399 |
| 1546 | Wren | 3,235 | 4,399 |
| 1547 | Mustafa | 0 | 4,398 |
| 1548 | Bryce | 3,022 | 4,397 |
| 1549 | Laws | 3,331 | 4,396 |
| 1550 | Ling | 2,829 | 4,396 |
| 1551 | Procter | 3,888 | 4,396 |
| 1552 | Jardine | 2,809 | 4,393 |
| 1553 | Cronin | 1,061 | 4,391 |
| 1554 | Gaskell | 3,062 | 4,390 |
| 1555 | Lam | 36 | 4,390 |
| 1556 | Unsworth | 3,437 | 4,390 |
| 1557 | Orchard | 3,164 | 4,388 |
| 1558 | Timmins | 2,413 | 4,384 |
| 1559 | Saleem | 0 | 4,383 |
| 1560 | Large | 3,085 | 4,380 |
| 1561 | Kingston | 2,787 | 4,378 |
| 1562 | Tasker | 3,152 | 4,372 |
| 1563 | Brazier | 2,799 | 4,358 |
| 1564 | Buckle | 3,263 | 4,357 |
| 1565 | Dove | 3,432 | 4,353 |
| 1566 | Steer | 3,478 | 4,352 |
| 1567 | Gupta | 2 | 4,350 |
| 1568 | Purvis | 2,896 | 4,346 |
| 1569 | Benjamin | 1,569 | 4,344 |
| 1570 | Higham | 3,062 | 4,343 |
| 1571 | Bibby | 3,233 | 4,339 |
| 1572 | Hedley | 3,067 | 4,338 |
| 1573 | Judd | 3,882 | 4,333 |
| 1574 | Hanlon | 1,377 | 4,332 |
| 1575 | Lamont | 2,671 | 4,331 |
| 1576 | Neill | 1,967 | 4,330 |
| 1577 | Canning | 2,110 | 4,322 |
| 1578 | Perks | 3,122 | 4,315 |
| 1579 | Watkinson | 3,507 | 4,315 |
| 1580 | Crabtree | 6,037 | 4,312 |
| 1581 | Guthrie | 3,777 | 4,297 |
| 1582 | Christian | 2,092 | 4,292 |
| 1583 | Round | 2,746 | 4,286 |
| 1584 | Santos | 19 | 4,284 |
| 1585 | Sparkes | 2,185 | 4,282 |
| 1586 | Penfold | 2,540 | 4,280 |
| 1587 | Compton | 2,879 | 4,275 |
| 1588 | Newby | 3,002 | 4,275 |
| 1589 | Gower | 3,144 | 4,271 |
| 1590 | Stroud | 3,087 | 4,270 |
| 1591 | Tracey | 1,899 | 4,270 |
| 1592 | Eden | 3,042 | 4,267 |
| 1593 | Flood | 2,619 | 4,267 |
| 1594 | Shirley | 2,451 | 4,262 |
| 1595 | Dawkins | 2,164 | 4,260 |
| 1596 | Almond | 3,717 | 4,258 |
| 1597 | Shaikh | 0 | 4,250 |
| 1598 | Friend | 3,382 | 4,247 |
| 1599 | Keith | 3,224 | 4,241 |
| 1600 | Beaton | 3,448 | 4,238 |