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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Stuart | 7,168 | 12,931 |
| 502 | Mcgregor | 13,456 | 12,884 |
| 503 | Joseph | 2,424 | 12,846 |
| 504 | Burnett | 8,312 | 12,789 |
| 505 | Fitzgerald | 5,205 | 12,785 |
| 506 | Hilton | 10,280 | 12,753 |
| 507 | Cairns | 6,545 | 12,749 |
| 508 | Rowley | 7,865 | 12,653 |
| 509 | Charlton | 8,568 | 12,640 |
| 510 | Pope | 10,286 | 12,640 |
| 511 | Hay | 3,577 | 12,626 |
| 512 | Jamieson | 8,343 | 12,616 |
| 513 | Parkin | 8,063 | 12,610 |
| 514 | Potts | 10,001 | 12,609 |
| 515 | Storey | 7,607 | 12,563 |
| 516 | Wallis | 10,105 | 12,513 |
| 517 | Currie | 8,467 | 12,501 |
| 518 | Tyler | 8,830 | 12,497 |
| 519 | Metcalfe | 6,851 | 12,496 |
| 520 | Talbot | 7,424 | 12,496 |
| 521 | Cullen | 5,242 | 12,490 |
| 522 | Ahmad | 1 | 12,479 |
| 523 | Maxwell | 7,122 | 12,477 |
| 524 | Park | 9,319 | 12,474 |
| 525 | Myers | 7,817 | 12,473 |
| 526 | Sims | 8,964 | 12,444 |
| 527 | Chan | 15 | 12,438 |
| 528 | Mcmahon | 4,001 | 12,437 |
| 529 | Godfrey | 8,858 | 12,354 |
| 530 | Chamberlain | 8,127 | 12,310 |
| 531 | Holloway | 9,143 | 12,294 |
| 532 | Howells | 7,664 | 12,292 |
| 533 | Bevan | 7,333 | 12,284 |
| 534 | Whitehouse | 7,785 | 12,262 |
| 535 | North | 9,923 | 12,260 |
| 536 | Docherty | 4,467 | 12,207 |
| 537 | Bray | 9,999 | 12,190 |
| 538 | Forster | 9,799 | 12,179 |
| 539 | Rodgers | 8,211 | 12,146 |
| 540 | Mcleod | 17,217 | 12,095 |
| 541 | Power | 4,015 | 12,087 |
| 542 | Barry | 5,349 | 12,056 |
| 543 | Parkes | 6,149 | 12,051 |
| 544 | Lord | 13,780 | 12,050 |
| 545 | Blair | 7,768 | 12,005 |
| 546 | Fitzpatrick | 4,393 | 11,969 |
| 547 | Hargreaves | 12,498 | 11,953 |
| 548 | Leonard | 6,476 | 11,938 |
| 549 | Charles | 6,185 | 11,909 |
| 550 | Wyatt | 8,737 | 11,852 |
| 551 | Butt | 3,864 | 11,831 |
| 552 | Fry | 9,452 | 11,815 |
| 553 | Hyde | 9,211 | 11,814 |
| 554 | Islam | 15 | 11,800 |
| 555 | Mcdermott | 3,387 | 11,779 |
| 556 | Small | 7,628 | 11,744 |
| 557 | Mellor | 10,568 | 11,743 |
| 558 | Humphries | 6,748 | 11,686 |
| 559 | Carey | 5,521 | 11,671 |
| 560 | Barr | 7,263 | 11,666 |
| 561 | Kane | 2,422 | 11,647 |
| 562 | Uddin | 1 | 11,633 |
| 563 | Weir | 7,865 | 11,592 |
| 564 | Tait | 9,019 | 11,525 |
| 565 | Logan | 7,095 | 11,514 |
| 566 | Rowlands | 7,438 | 11,426 |
| 567 | Mcfarlane | 10,972 | 11,388 |
| 568 | Eaton | 8,377 | 11,380 |
| 569 | Rowland | 8,511 | 11,374 |
| 570 | Love | 7,121 | 11,284 |
| 571 | Rigby | 8,697 | 11,256 |
| 572 | Beattie | 6,437 | 11,251 |
| 573 | Mcgowan | 3,882 | 11,227 |
| 574 | Simmonds | 8,010 | 11,222 |
| 575 | Hirst | 9,784 | 11,199 |
| 576 | Buchanan | 7,755 | 11,136 |
| 577 | Hutton | 8,947 | 11,118 |
| 578 | Bowden | 8,607 | 11,115 |
| 579 | Weaver | 7,782 | 11,028 |
| 580 | Best | 8,020 | 11,008 |
| 581 | Forrest | 7,756 | 11,007 |
| 582 | Jacobs | 7,152 | 10,995 |
| 583 | Vickers | 7,669 | 10,989 |
| 584 | Steel | 12,231 | 10,964 |
| 585 | Whyte | 5,097 | 10,956 |
| 586 | Ramsay | 7,783 | 10,949 |
| 587 | Pike | 8,640 | 10,926 |
| 588 | Webber | 9,057 | 10,925 |
| 589 | Gale | 8,531 | 10,923 |
| 590 | Bradbury | 8,665 | 10,920 |
| 591 | Clifford | 6,147 | 10,920 |
| 592 | Ratcliffe | 8,266 | 10,918 |
| 593 | Greaves | 8,773 | 10,908 |
| 594 | Thorne | 6,282 | 10,903 |
| 595 | Mcgrath | 3,221 | 10,855 |
| 596 | Wild | 12,250 | 10,850 |
| 597 | Dalton | 6,850 | 10,836 |
| 598 | Maclean | 3,731 | 10,811 |
| 599 | Neal | 8,877 | 10,806 |
| 600 | Bateman | 7,694 | 10,796 |