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
101	Barnes	36,002	48,703
102	Jenkins	35,237	48,166
103	Fisher	34,989	48,097
104	Harvey	31,920	47,926
105	Stevens	31,223	46,647
106	Butler	29,165	46,318
107	Dixon	32,795	46,180
108	Barker	39,196	46,160
109	Pearson	34,754	46,122
110	Grant	29,695	45,658
111	Hunter	30,834	44,986
112	Ross	32,788	44,759
113	Fletcher	34,136	43,899
114	Henderson	32,660	42,963
115	Andrews	28,636	41,527
116	Fox	26,486	41,469
117	Macdonald	13,320	41,328
118	Reynolds	25,883	41,242
119	Hamilton	22,515	41,075
120	Elliott	25,315	41,022
121	Howard	29,350	40,868
122	Ford	29,131	40,719
123	Mcdonald	48,164	39,769
124	West	28,778	39,607
125	Saunders	27,328	39,395
126	Walsh	15,864	39,217
127	Bradley	24,034	39,063
128	Brooks	29,205	39,010
129	Gill	20,931	38,776
130	Payne	26,886	38,537
131	Day	27,843	38,492
132	Atkinson	29,154	38,242
133	Dawson	32,910	38,167
134	Johnston	24,321	38,147
135	Pearce	27,443	38,141
136	Cole	27,185	38,090
137	Lawrence	19,389	38,015
138	Kennedy	18,038	37,769
139	Armstrong	22,891	37,562
140	Rose	22,106	36,511
141	Burns	20,128	36,140
142	Burton	25,491	36,034
143	Williamson	26,852	35,923
144	Morrison	23,413	35,896
145	Spencer	27,278	35,887
146	Ball	24,730	35,448
147	Davidson	25,224	35,401
148	Shah	1	35,167
149	Booth	29,559	34,826
150	Webster	26,040	34,592
151	Hart	25,518	34,198
152	Wallace	20,491	34,022
153	Dunn	24,868	33,999
154	Perry	21,954	33,874
155	Watts	25,021	33,700
156	Obrien	7,799	33,659
157	Gordon	18,832	33,345
158	Wells	24,900	33,345
159	Francis	17,798	33,310
160	Rees	26,024	33,204
161	Carr	21,558	32,734
162	Stevenson	21,015	32,493
163	Hudson	24,393	32,475
164	Fraser	26,732	32,297
165	Ferguson	21,268	32,293
166	Woods	18,768	32,252
167	Newman	22,210	31,762
168	Lowe	22,427	31,627
169	Hayes	18,569	31,471
170	Berry	23,740	31,418
171	Ryan	9,176	31,307
172	Porter	22,471	31,245
173	Oliver	21,337	31,233
174	Barrett	20,042	31,051
175	Gregory	20,974	30,765
176	Riley	23,673	30,712
177	Page	23,921	30,691
178	Marsh	21,309	30,628
179	Gardner	20,306	30,420
180	Stone	21,581	30,271
181	Holland	21,300	29,918
182	Black	19,357	29,765
183	Newton	22,922	29,666
184	Nicholson	21,253	29,571
185	Parsons	22,657	29,342
186	Reed	21,815	29,257
187	Hawkins	21,622	29,154
188	Shepherd	21,923	29,091
189	Dean	20,763	29,014
190	Harding	21,596	28,966
191	Bird	22,826	28,700
192	Harper	19,184	28,513
193	Kerr	16,411	28,455
194	Duncan	20,521	28,337
195	Parry	22,775	28,235
196	Cooke	16,523	28,162
197	Lane	20,556	28,044
198	Bates	19,015	28,033
199	Burgess	20,759	28,016
200	Cunningham	14,071	27,821