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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1601 | Haley | 3,555 | 4,229 |
| 1602 | Edmondson | 3,459 | 4,225 |
| 1603 | Ocallaghan | 232 | 4,224 |
| 1604 | Hazell | 2,324 | 4,223 |
| 1605 | Birkett | 2,890 | 4,220 |
| 1606 | Crocker | 4,000 | 4,220 |
| 1607 | Bayley | 4,847 | 4,218 |
| 1608 | Perrin | 3,046 | 4,212 |
| 1609 | Mears | 2,815 | 4,211 |
| 1610 | Cockburn | 3,844 | 4,207 |
| 1611 | Elder | 3,182 | 4,206 |
| 1612 | Lines | 3,187 | 4,205 |
| 1613 | Lawrie | 2,908 | 4,203 |
| 1614 | Whitmore | 2,628 | 4,200 |
| 1615 | Walls | 3,614 | 4,197 |
| 1616 | Mulligan | 1,671 | 4,196 |
| 1617 | Riddell | 2,526 | 4,188 |
| 1618 | Keeling | 2,610 | 4,183 |
| 1619 | Nawaz | 0 | 4,183 |
| 1620 | Fagan | 1,419 | 4,180 |
| 1621 | Fairhurst | 2,450 | 4,180 |
| 1622 | Gay | 3,665 | 4,179 |
| 1623 | Mathieson | 3,187 | 4,178 |
| 1624 | Desai | 1 | 4,176 |
| 1625 | Gillett | 3,156 | 4,172 |
| 1626 | Howie | 2,964 | 4,172 |
| 1627 | Breen | 833 | 4,170 |
| 1628 | Broadhurst | 3,031 | 4,167 |
| 1629 | Garside | 4,328 | 4,166 |
| 1630 | Squire | 3,551 | 4,163 |
| 1631 | Luke | 2,900 | 4,161 |
| 1632 | Bottomley | 4,974 | 4,160 |
| 1633 | Nisbet | 3,202 | 4,159 |
| 1634 | Parish | 4,621 | 4,155 |
| 1635 | Hind | 3,811 | 4,154 |
| 1636 | Willoughby | 2,600 | 4,148 |
| 1637 | Glass | 3,099 | 4,145 |
| 1638 | Reece | 2,614 | 4,145 |
| 1639 | Cotterill | 2,626 | 4,142 |
| 1640 | Reay | 2,602 | 4,141 |
| 1641 | Gavin | 1,482 | 4,136 |
| 1642 | Strange | 3,206 | 4,130 |
| 1643 | Royle | 3,945 | 4,127 |
| 1644 | Saeed | 0 | 4,126 |
| 1645 | Joy | 2,511 | 4,125 |
| 1646 | Everitt | 2,517 | 4,121 |
| 1647 | Khalid | 0 | 4,119 |
| 1648 | Fallon | 1,102 | 4,114 |
| 1649 | Dunning | 2,542 | 4,111 |
| 1650 | Keogh | 678 | 4,111 |
| 1651 | Ashford | 2,954 | 4,109 |
| 1652 | Butterfield | 3,984 | 4,105 |
| 1653 | Hillman | 2,565 | 4,103 |
| 1654 | Shelley | 2,319 | 4,103 |
| 1655 | Mcinnes | 4,534 | 4,102 |
| 1656 | Jarman | 2,858 | 4,100 |
| 1657 | Afzal | 0 | 4,099 |
| 1658 | Parfitt | 2,184 | 4,094 |
| 1659 | Mccluskey | 562 | 4,093 |
| 1660 | Marr | 3,413 | 4,084 |
| 1661 | Tobin | 1,195 | 4,084 |
| 1662 | Champion | 3,108 | 4,081 |
| 1663 | Milburn | 2,654 | 4,081 |
| 1664 | Morrell | 2,816 | 4,080 |
| 1665 | Busby | 3,147 | 4,076 |
| 1666 | Jay | 2,609 | 4,075 |
| 1667 | Dooley | 1,845 | 4,072 |
| 1668 | Downey | 2,112 | 4,070 |
| 1669 | Rowan | 1,928 | 4,061 |
| 1670 | Close | 2,612 | 4,057 |
| 1671 | Meakin | 2,343 | 4,055 |
| 1672 | Kirkpatrick | 2,599 | 4,054 |
| 1673 | Cosgrove | 1,455 | 4,050 |
| 1674 | Mcgarry | 1,174 | 4,050 |
| 1675 | Hindle | 4,220 | 4,049 |
| 1676 | Molyneux | 2,284 | 4,047 |
| 1677 | Walter | 4,602 | 4,046 |
| 1678 | Mcqueen | 3,292 | 4,044 |
| 1679 | Travis | 3,520 | 4,044 |
| 1680 | Manson | 3,517 | 4,040 |
| 1681 | Winfield | 2,488 | 4,039 |
| 1682 | Sweet | 2,682 | 4,038 |
| 1683 | Critchley | 2,677 | 4,037 |
| 1684 | Grove | 3,503 | 4,037 |
| 1685 | Eldridge | 3,271 | 4,032 |
| 1686 | Farrington | 2,567 | 4,027 |
| 1687 | Emmerson | 2,959 | 4,025 |
| 1688 | Kirkwood | 2,717 | 4,023 |
| 1689 | Garratt | 3,047 | 4,017 |
| 1690 | Dasilva | 35 | 4,015 |
| 1691 | Wadsworth | 4,167 | 4,013 |
| 1692 | Bostock | 2,810 | 4,010 |
| 1693 | Ballantyne | 2,347 | 4,008 |
| 1694 | Overton | 2,907 | 4,004 |
| 1695 | Windsor | 2,458 | 4,002 |
| 1696 | Halliwell | 3,322 | 3,999 |
| 1697 | Starkey | 2,918 | 3,994 |
| 1698 | Woodley | 2,652 | 3,991 |
| 1699 | Chivers | 2,637 | 3,989 |
| 1700 | Tomlin | 2,677 | 3,987 |