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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1701 | Sexton | 2,580 | 3,981 |
| 1702 | Teasdale | 2,535 | 3,981 |
| 1703 | Tomkins | 3,106 | 3,977 |
| 1704 | Hussey | 3,013 | 3,975 |
| 1705 | Gledhill | 4,452 | 3,972 |
| 1706 | Collings | 3,489 | 3,970 |
| 1707 | Bullen | 3,162 | 3,968 |
| 1708 | Hornby | 3,408 | 3,959 |
| 1709 | Parnell | 2,890 | 3,954 |
| 1710 | Bramley | 2,735 | 3,947 |
| 1711 | Constable | 3,307 | 3,946 |
| 1712 | Philpott | 2,285 | 3,945 |
| 1713 | Down | 3,554 | 3,944 |
| 1714 | Symons | 4,067 | 3,942 |
| 1715 | Omalley | 541 | 3,937 |
| 1716 | Carver | 2,709 | 3,934 |
| 1717 | Hines | 2,547 | 3,934 |
| 1718 | Diamond | 1,389 | 3,930 |
| 1719 | Hoskins | 2,920 | 3,930 |
| 1720 | Jacob | 2,333 | 3,930 |
| 1721 | Durham | 2,576 | 3,928 |
| 1722 | Foy | 2,061 | 3,927 |
| 1723 | Kerry | 2,022 | 3,920 |
| 1724 | Moorhouse | 3,703 | 3,920 |
| 1725 | Wragg | 2,769 | 3,920 |
| 1726 | Bunn | 2,913 | 3,918 |
| 1727 | Staples | 2,835 | 3,915 |
| 1728 | Yeomans | 2,468 | 3,915 |
| 1729 | Wynn | 2,605 | 3,913 |
| 1730 | Greenaway | 1,881 | 3,910 |
| 1731 | Jewell | 3,139 | 3,910 |
| 1732 | Glen | 2,978 | 3,909 |
| 1733 | Gregson | 4,146 | 3,909 |
| 1734 | Otoole | 300 | 3,905 |
| 1735 | Telford | 2,642 | 3,903 |
| 1736 | Mcevoy | 1,287 | 3,896 |
| 1737 | Boyes | 3,132 | 3,895 |
| 1738 | Monks | 2,429 | 3,889 |
| 1739 | Unwin | 2,980 | 3,879 |
| 1740 | Higginson | 2,995 | 3,878 |
| 1741 | Dunkley | 2,382 | 3,877 |
| 1742 | Marston | 2,785 | 3,877 |
| 1743 | Khanom | 0 | 3,875 |
| 1744 | Boden | 2,424 | 3,873 |
| 1745 | Ambrose | 2,641 | 3,872 |
| 1746 | Lovett | 2,717 | 3,870 |
| 1747 | Jameson | 3,306 | 3,869 |
| 1748 | Wang | 8 | 3,867 |
| 1749 | Goodchild | 2,919 | 3,866 |
| 1750 | Beveridge | 3,121 | 3,864 |
| 1751 | Mountford | 2,667 | 3,864 |
| 1752 | Ng | 0 | 3,864 |
| 1753 | Mckinnon | 6,303 | 3,863 |
| 1754 | Wales | 2,415 | 3,859 |
| 1755 | Mathews | 11,043 | 3,855 |
| 1756 | Mcdowell | 1,331 | 3,854 |
| 1757 | Brindley | 2,291 | 3,851 |
| 1758 | Donoghue | 993 | 3,850 |
| 1759 | Steward | 3,834 | 3,849 |
| 1760 | Crooks | 2,308 | 3,848 |
| 1761 | Mackintosh | 2,085 | 3,848 |
| 1762 | Penn | 2,712 | 3,848 |
| 1763 | Light | 2,758 | 3,846 |
| 1764 | Mack | 3,018 | 3,843 |
| 1765 | Southall | 2,270 | 3,842 |
| 1766 | Partington | 4,237 | 3,840 |
| 1767 | Coyne | 1,580 | 3,836 |
| 1768 | Hopwood | 3,411 | 3,836 |
| 1769 | Mayhew | 2,469 | 3,833 |
| 1770 | Galbraith | 2,740 | 3,824 |
| 1771 | Tranter | 2,213 | 3,821 |
| 1772 | Bryson | 2,294 | 3,818 |
| 1773 | Shore | 3,214 | 3,814 |
| 1774 | Haque | 3 | 3,810 |
| 1775 | Wiles | 2,592 | 3,808 |
| 1776 | Keegan | 990 | 3,803 |
| 1777 | Featherstone | 2,697 | 3,798 |
| 1778 | Mace | 2,614 | 3,798 |
| 1779 | Hepworth | 3,417 | 3,796 |
| 1780 | Orton | 2,810 | 3,794 |
| 1781 | Floyd | 2,844 | 3,792 |
| 1782 | Shipley | 2,649 | 3,789 |
| 1783 | Boon | 2,786 | 3,782 |
| 1784 | Farrar | 3,992 | 3,782 |
| 1785 | Midgley | 4,013 | 3,779 |
| 1786 | Blanchard | 2,450 | 3,778 |
| 1787 | Mckie | 2,244 | 3,776 |
| 1788 | Gaunt | 2,944 | 3,775 |
| 1789 | Renshaw | 2,832 | 3,775 |
| 1790 | Worth | 2,689 | 3,775 |
| 1791 | Probert | 2,362 | 3,774 |
| 1792 | Glynn | 1,322 | 3,773 |
| 1793 | Wilton | 2,874 | 3,772 |
| 1794 | Henshaw | 2,549 | 3,771 |
| 1795 | Stanford | 2,483 | 3,770 |
| 1796 | Trotter | 3,148 | 3,768 |
| 1797 | Nicoll | 2,726 | 3,767 |
| 1798 | Traynor | 706 | 3,767 |
| 1799 | Merritt | 2,099 | 3,764 |
| 1800 | Way | 3,241 | 3,764 |