1881 Census Counties

England

County Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Bedfordshire 151,269 SMITH WHITTEMORE
Berkshire 219,285 SMITH FLITTER
Buckinghamshire 176,618 SMITH SEAMONS
Cambridgeshire 185,038 SMITH FROHOCK
Cheshire 644,895 JONES SPANN
Cornwall 330,735 WILLIAMS MURRISH
Cumberland 251,520 GRAHAM EILBECK
Derbyshire 457,365 SMITH ANNABLE
Devon 608,119 HARRIS DAMERELL
Dorset 191,733 WHITE BUGLER
County Durham 869,130 SMITH CLISH
Essex 576,684 SMITH ALLSTON
Gloucestershire 572,966 SMITH BRAZINGTON
Hampshire 598,799 SMITH WOODMORE
Herefordshire 119,789 JONES ECKLEY
Hertfordshire 201,367 SMITH SCRIPPS
Huntingdonshire 58,006 SMITH CULLIP
Kent 996,770 SMITH LYNDS
Lancashire 3,466,597 SMITH ALLRED
Leicestershire 323,909 SMITH HEGGS
Lincolnshire 467,103 SMITH FIDELL
London 2,921,575 SMITH DACOSTA
Northamptonshire 274,774 SMITH FITZHUGH
Norfolk 449,185 SMITH RALLISON
Nottinghamshire 393,775 SMITH LANGSDALE
Northumberland 434,658 THOMPSON STRAUGHAN
Oxfordshire 180,409 SMITH TURRILL
Rutland 21,450 SMITH HIBBITT
Shropshire 252,392 JONES HOOF
Somerset 470,250 SMITH HEMBRY
Staffordshire 986,146 SMITH BEEBEE
Suffolk 355,833 SMITH SPORE
Surrey 1,423,477 SMITH POTIER
Sussex 492,545 SMITH FEARS
Warwickshire 736,768 SMITH SHEASBY
Wiltshire 258,361 SMITH CUNDICK
Westmorland 64,204 ATKINSON ION
Worcestershire 381,500 SMITH HALWARD
Yorkshire 2,895,049 SMITH ATHA

Scotland

County Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Aberdeenshire 270,560 SMITH ARGO
Argyll 81,323 CAMPBELL BUIE
Ayrshire 218,635 WILSON SPEIR
Banffshire 60,599 SMITH BADENOCH
Berwickshire 35,377 SCOTT GILLIE
Buteshire 17,701 KERR MURCHIE
Caithness 39,998 SUTHERLAND WARES
Clackmannanshire 24,127 HUNTER HARROWER
Dumfriesshire 64,534 BELL DINWOODIE
Dunbartonshire 78,506 CAMPBELL KINLOCH
Edinburghshire (Midlothian) 391,360 BROWN KETCHEN
Elginshire (Morayshire) 45,392 GRANT YOUNIE
Fife 172,939 THOMSON EDNIE
Forfarshire (Angus) 270,646 SMITH DARGIE
Haddingtonshire (East Lothian) 38,695 THOMSON PEFFERS
Inverness-shire 87,243 FRASER MACISAAC
Kincardineshire 35,575 SMITH LEIPER
Kinross-shire 7,385 ROBERTSON BEVERIDGE
Kirkcudbrightshire 42,290 THOMSON BURNIE
Lanarkshire 944,806 BROWN JAAP
Linlithgowshire (West Lothian) 43,994 BROWN SNEDDEN
Nairnshire 8,917 FRASER MACKINTOSH
Orkney 32,140 SINCLAIR RITCH
Peeblesshire 13,741 SCOTT VEITCH
Perthshire 131,120 ROBERTSON WHITTET
Renfrewshire 226,396 CAMPBELL GORMLY
Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty) 80,224 ROSS MACIVER
Roxburghshire 52,916 SCOTT MABON
Selkirkshire 26,430 SCOTT EMOND
Stirlingshire 107,748 BROWN GENTLEMAN
Sutherland 22,464 MACKAY MACKAY
Wigtownshire 38,791 SMITH DONNAN
Zetland (Shetland) 29,836 SMITH WALTERSON

Wales

County Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Anglesey / Sir Fon 51,773 JONES OWEN
Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog 58,421 JONES HARGEST
Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon 118,125 JONES PRICHARD
Cardiganshire / Ceredigion 71,262 JONES FELIX
Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin 123,127 DAVIES GRAVELL
Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych 110,355 JONES CHALONER
Flintshire / Sir Fflint 78,530 JONES BELLIS
Glamorgan / Morgannwg 508,681 JONES ACE
Merioneth / Meirionnydd 53,457 JONES ROWLANDS
Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn 66,944 JONES BEEDLES
Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy 211,193 JONES JEREMIAH
Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro 92,843 DAVIES SKONE
Radnorshire / Sir Faesyfed 23,570 JONES WORTHING