Common Surnames in England, Wales and the Isle of Man 1991

Information from Philip Dance.
Rank Name Pct.
311.
chart
Abbott
0.04%
69.
chart
Adams
0.13%
103.
chart
Ahmed
0.10%
248.
chart
Akhtar
0.05%
295.
chart
Alexander
0.04%
80.
chart
Ali
0.12%
444.
chart
Allan
0.03%
40.
chart
Allen
0.19%
66.
chart
Anderson
0.13%
109.
chart
Andrews
0.09%
357.
chart
Archer
0.04%
138.
chart
Armstrong
0.07%
233.
chart
Arnold
0.05%
317.
chart
Ashton
0.04%
363.
chart
Atkins
0.04%
123.
chart
Atkinson
0.08%
240.
chart
Austin
0.05%
56.
chart
Bailey
0.15%
37.
chart
Baker
0.20%
303.
chart
Baldwin
0.04%
128.
chart
Ball
0.08%
276.
chart
Banks
0.04%
237.
chart
Barber
0.05%
94.
chart
Barker
0.10%
287.
chart
Barlow
0.04%
89.
chart
Barnes
0.11%
256.
chart
Barnett
0.05%
145.
chart
Barrett
0.07%
473.
chart
Barry
0.03%
326.
chart
Bartlett
0.04%
251.
chart
Barton
0.05%
176.
chart
Bates
0.06%
257.
chart
Baxter
0.05%
71.
chart
Begum
0.13%
58.
chart
Bell
0.15%
48.
chart
Bennett
0.16%
471.
chart
Benson
0.03%
366.
chart
Bentley
0.04%
157.
chart
Berry
0.07%
480.
chart
Bevan
0.03%
258.
chart
Bibi
0.05%
331.
chart
Birch
0.04%
170.
chart
Bird
0.06%
180.
chart
Bishop
0.06%
310.
chart
Black
0.04%
438.
chart
Blackburn
0.03%
247.
chart
Blake
0.05%
378.
chart
Bolton
0.03%
267.
chart
Bond
0.05%
133.
chart
Booth
0.08%
343.
chart
Bowen
0.04%
447.
chart
Boyle
0.03%
124.
chart
Bradley
0.08%
355.
chart
Bradshaw
0.04%
456.
chart
Brady
0.03%
466.
chart
Bray
0.03%
340.
chart
Brennan
0.04%
305.
chart
Briggs
0.04%
362.
chart
Brookes
0.04%
119.
chart
Brooks
0.09%
5.
chart
Brown
0.51%
416.
chart
Browne
0.03%
484.
chart
Bruce
0.03%
439.
chart
Bryan
0.03%
321.
chart
Bryant
0.04%
234.
chart
Buckley
0.05%
345.
chart
Bull
0.04%
179.
chart
Burgess
0.06%
222.
chart
Burke
0.05%
182.
chart
Burns
0.06%
304.
chart
Burrows
0.04%
129.
chart
Burton
0.08%
373.
chart
Butcher
0.03%
92.
chart
Butler
0.11%
192.
chart
Byrne
0.06%
442.
chart
Cameron
0.03%
83.
chart
Campbell
0.11%
497.
chart
Carey
0.03%
414.
chart
Carpenter
0.03%
149.
chart
Carr
0.07%
283.
chart
Carroll
0.04%
54.
chart
Carter
0.15%
336.
chart
Cartwright
0.04%
422.
chart
Chadwick
0.03%
457.
chart
Chamberlain
0.03%
206.
chart
Chambers
0.06%
394.
chart
Chan
0.03%
423.
chart
Chandler
0.03%
74.
chart
Chapman
0.12%
470.
chart
Charlton
0.03%
34.
chart
Clark
0.20%
23.
chart
Clarke
0.24%
259.
chart
Clayton
0.05%
391.
chart
Clements
0.03%
379.
chart
Coates
0.03%
122.
chart
Cole
0.08%
202.
chart
Coleman
0.06%
400.
chart
Coles
0.03%
428.
chart
Collier
0.03%
57.
chart
Collins
0.15%
396.
chart
Connolly
0.03%
478.
chart
Connor
0.03%
440.
chart
Conway
0.03%
53.
chart
Cook
0.15%
175.
chart
Cooke
0.06%
29.
chart
Cooper
0.22%
62.
chart
Cox
0.14%
492.
chart
Craig
0.03%
376.
chart
Crawford
0.03%
186.
chart
Cross
0.06%
254.
chart
Cunningham
0.05%
198.
chart
Curtis
0.06%
323.
chart
Dale
0.04%
443.
chart
Daly
0.03%
333.
chart
Daniels
0.04%
324.
chart
Davey
0.04%
270.
chart
Davidson
0.05%
6.
chart
Davies
0.48%
45.
chart
Davis
0.17%
328.
chart
Davison
0.04%
127.
chart
Dawson
0.08%
118.
chart
Day
0.09%
173.
chart
Dean
0.06%
420.
chart
Dennis
0.03%
285.
chart
Dickinson
0.04%
99.
chart
Dixon
0.10%
347.
chart
Dobson
0.04%
365.
chart
Dodd
0.04%
395.
chart
Doherty
0.03%
468.
chart
Donnelly
0.03%
284.
chart
Douglas
0.04%
216.
chart
Doyle
0.05%
352.
chart
Duffy
0.04%
407.
chart
Duncan
0.03%
154.
chart
Dunn
0.07%
389.
chart
Dyer
0.03%
17.
chart
Edwards
0.27%
111.
chart
Elliott
0.09%
68.
chart
Ellis
0.13%
7.
chart
Evans
0.39%
460.
chart
Farmer
0.03%
361.
chart
Farrell
0.04%
431.
chart
Faulkner
0.03%
281.
chart
Ferguson
0.04%
296.
chart
Field
0.04%
411.
chart
Finch
0.03%
95.
chart
Fisher
0.10%
412.
chart
Fitzgerald
0.03%
409.
chart
Fleming
0.03%
104.
chart
Fletcher
0.10%
367.
chart
Flynn
0.04%
116.
chart
Ford
0.09%
493.
chart
Forster
0.03%
73.
chart
Foster
0.13%
271.
chart
Fowler
0.04%
115.
chart
Fox
0.09%
139.
chart
Francis
0.07%
398.
chart
Franklin
0.03%
351.
chart
Fraser
0.04%
188.
chart
Freeman
0.06%
277.
chart
French
0.04%
244.
chart
Frost
0.05%
489.
chart
Fry
0.03%
319.
chart
Fuller
0.04%
266.
chart
Gallagher
0.05%
446.
chart
Gardiner
0.03%
171.
chart
Gardner
0.06%
417.
chart
Garner
0.03%
218.
chart
George
0.05%
383.
chart
Gibbons
0.03%
280.
chart
Gibbs
0.04%
107.
chart
Gibson
0.09%
225.
chart
Gilbert
0.05%
380.
chart
Giles
0.03%
126.
chart
Gill
0.08%
334.
chart
Glover
0.04%
339.
chart
Goddard
0.04%
463.
chart
Godfrey
0.03%
250.
chart
Goodwin
0.05%
215.
chart
Gordon
0.05%
436.
chart
Gough
0.03%
381.
chart
Gould
0.03%
101.
chart
Graham
0.10%
136.
chart
Grant
0.07%
78.
chart
Gray
0.12%
19.
chart
Green
0.25%
261.
chart
Greenwood
0.05%
148.
chart
Gregory
0.07%
208.
chart
Griffin
0.05%
50.
chart
Griffiths
0.16%
419.
chart
Hale
0.03%
20.
chart
Hall
0.25%
191.
chart
Hamilton
0.06%
232.
chart
Hammond
0.05%
301.
chart
Hancock
0.04%
445.
chart
Hanson
0.03%
162.
chart
Harding
0.07%
210.
chart
Hardy
0.05%
481.
chart
Hargreaves
0.03%
201.
chart
Harper
0.06%
22.
chart
Harris
0.25%
38.
chart
Harrison
0.20%
142.
chart
Hart
0.07%
291.
chart
Hartley
0.04%
100.
chart
Harvey
0.10%
161.
chart
Hawkins
0.07%
141.
chart
Hayes
0.07%
371.
chart
Haynes
0.04%
282.
chart
Hayward
0.04%
272.
chart
Heath
0.04%
177.
chart
Henderson
0.06%
374.
chart
Henry
0.03%
401.
chart
Herbert
0.03%
236.
chart
Hewitt
0.05%
353.
chart
Hicks
0.04%
227.
chart
Higgins
0.05%
30.
chart
Hill
0.22%
462.
chart
Hilton
0.03%
399.
chart
Hobbs
0.03%
196.
chart
Hodgson
0.06%
314.
chart
Holden
0.04%
160.
chart
Holland
0.07%
464.
chart
Holloway
0.03%
87.
chart
Holmes
0.11%
263.
chart
Holt
0.05%
387.
chart
Hooper
0.03%
474.
chart
Hope
0.03%
199.
chart
Hopkins
0.06%
410.
chart
Horton
0.03%
382.
chart
Houghton
0.03%
108.
chart
Howard
0.09%
430.
chart
Howarth
0.03%
320.
chart
Howe
0.04%
335.
chart
Howell
0.04%
485.
chart
Howells
0.03%
143.
chart
Hudson
0.07%
18.
chart
Hughes
0.26%
338.
chart
Humphreys
0.04%
495.
chart
Humphries
0.03%
81.
chart
Hunt
0.12%
147.
chart
Hunter
0.07%
427.
chart
Hurst
0.03%
82.
chart
Hussain
0.11%
220.
chart
Hutchinson
0.05%
486.
chart
Hyde
0.03%
498.
chart
Ingram
0.03%
454.
chart
Iqbal
0.03%
25.
chart
Jackson
0.24%
41.
chart
James
0.19%
279.
chart
Jarvis
0.04%
97.
chart
Jenkins
0.10%
262.
chart
Jennings
0.05%
368.
chart
John
0.04%
10.
chart
Johnson
0.34%
214.
chart
Johnston
0.05%
2.
chart
Jones
0.94%
219.
chart
Jordan
0.05%
397.
chart
Joyce
0.03%
106.
chart
Kaur
0.09%
364.
chart
Kay
0.04%
52.
chart
Kelly
0.16%
264.
chart
Kemp
0.05%
168.
chart
Kennedy
0.06%
329.
chart
Kent
0.04%
403.
chart
Kerr
0.03%
64.
chart
Khan
0.14%
36.
chart
King
0.20%
342.
chart
Kirby
0.04%
350.
chart
Kirk
0.04%
90.
chart
Knight
0.11%
290.
chart
Knowles
0.04%
309.
chart
Lamb
0.04%
245.
chart
Lambert
0.05%
174.
chart
Lane
0.06%
386.
chart
Law
0.03%
121.
chart
Lawrence
0.09%
275.
chart
Lawson
0.04%
404.
chart
Leach
0.03%
35.
chart
Lee
0.20%
490.
chart
Lees
0.03%
500.
chart
Leonard
0.03%
21.
chart
Lewis
0.25%
356.
chart
Little
0.04%
91.
chart
Lloyd
0.11%
187.
chart
Long
0.06%
475.
chart
Lord
0.03%
150.
chart
Lowe
0.07%
289.
chart
Lucas
0.04%
249.
chart
Lynch
0.05%
426.
chart
Lyons
0.03%
308.
chart
MacDonald
0.04%
451.
chart
Mahmood
0.03%
243.
chart
Mann
0.05%
385.
chart
Manning
0.03%
415.
chart
Marsden
0.03%
152.
chart
Marsh
0.07%
65.
chart
Marshall
0.14%
28.
chart
Martin
0.23%
79.
chart
Mason
0.12%
84.
chart
Matthews
0.11%
223.
chart
May
0.05%
205.
chart
McCarthy
0.06%
194.
chart
McDonald
0.06%
494.
chart
McKenzie
0.03%
482.
chart
McLean
0.03%
496.
chart
Mellor
0.03%
461.
chart
Metcalfe
0.03%
292.
chart
Miah
0.04%
274.
chart
Middleton
0.04%
229.
chart
Miles
0.05%
61.
chart
Miller
0.14%
88.
chart
Mills
0.11%
483.
chart
Mistry
0.03%
51.
chart
Mitchell
0.16%
33.
chart
Moore
0.21%
392.
chart
Moran
0.03%
39.
chart
Morgan
0.19%
332.
chart
Morley
0.04%
32.
chart
Morris
0.21%
297.
chart
Morrison
0.04%
294.
chart
Morton
0.04%
204.
chart
Moss
0.06%
60.
chart
Murphy
0.14%
98.
chart
Murray
0.10%
448.
chart
Myers
0.03%
260.
chart
Nash
0.05%
408.
chart
Naylor
0.03%
238.
chart
Nelson
0.05%
144.
chart
Newman
0.07%
165.
chart
Newton
0.07%
190.
chart
Nicholls
0.06%
183.
chart
Nicholson
0.06%
469.
chart
Nixon
0.03%
388.
chart
Noble
0.03%
425.
chart
Nolan
0.03%
273.
chart
Norman
0.04%
298.
chart
Norris
0.04%
476.
chart
North
0.03%
435.
chart
Norton
0.03%
130.
chart
O'Brien
0.08%
200.
chart
O'Connor
0.06%
491.
chart
O'Donnell
0.03%
166.
chart
Oliver
0.07%
207.
chart
O'Neill
0.06%
213.
chart
Osborne
0.05%
360.
chart
O'Sullivan
0.04%
85.
chart
Owen
0.11%
406.
chart
Owens
0.03%
151.
chart
Page
0.07%
86.
chart
Palmer
0.11%
46.
chart
Parker
0.17%
487.
chart
Parkes
0.03%
465.
chart
Parkin
0.03%
306.
chart
Parkinson
0.04%
178.
chart
Parry
0.06%
156.
chart
Parsons
0.07%
24.
chart
Patel
0.24%
354.
chart
Patterson
0.04%
114.
chart
Payne
0.09%
429.
chart
Peacock
0.03%
117.
chart
Pearce
0.09%
102.
chart
Pearson
0.10%
316.
chart
Perkins
0.04%
134.
chart
Perry
0.08%
288.
chart
Peters
0.04%
43.
chart
Phillips
0.18%
418.
chart
Pickering
0.03%
433.
chart
Pollard
0.03%
265.
chart
Poole
0.05%
455.
chart
Pope
0.03%
163.
chart
Porter
0.07%
212.
chart
Potter
0.05%
479.
chart
Potts
0.03%
75.
chart
Powell
0.12%
441.
chart
Power
0.03%
384.
chart
Pratt
0.03%
300.
chart
Preston
0.04%
47.
chart
Price
0.17%
224.
chart
Pritchard
0.05%
337.
chart
Pugh
0.04%
255.
chart
Quinn
0.05%
390.
chart
Rahman
0.03%
413.
chart
Randall
0.03%
228.
chart
Read
0.05%
167.
chart
Reed
0.07%
140.
chart
Rees
0.07%
307.
chart
Reeves
0.04%
159.
chart
Reid
0.07%
112.
chart
Reynolds
0.09%
318.
chart
Rhodes
0.04%
432.
chart
Rice
0.03%
63.
chart
Richards
0.14%
55.
chart
Richardson
0.15%
153.
chart
Riley
0.07%
11.
chart
Roberts
0.33%
164.
chart
Robertson
0.07%
12.
chart
Robinson
0.29%
197.
chart
Robson
0.06%
77.
chart
Rogers
0.12%
132.
chart
Rose
0.08%
185.
chart
Ross
0.06%
221.
chart
Rowe
0.05%
458.
chart
Rowley
0.03%
93.
chart
Russell
0.10%
135.
chart
Ryan
0.08%
312.
chart
Sanders
0.04%
375.
chart
Sanderson
0.03%
113.
chart
Saunders
0.09%
344.
chart
Savage
0.04%
369.
chart
Schofield
0.04%
42.
chart
Scott
0.18%
172.
chart
Shah
0.06%
209.
chart
Sharp
0.05%
424.
chart
Sharpe
0.03%
59.
chart
Shaw
0.15%
184.
chart
Shepherd
0.06%
377.
chart
Sheppard
0.03%
370.
chart
Short
0.04%
293.
chart
Simmons
0.04%
67.
chart
Simpson
0.13%
452.
chart
Sims
0.03%
437.
chart
Sinclair
0.03%
70.
chart
Singh
0.13%
330.
chart
Skinner
0.04%
239.
chart
Slater
0.05%
348.
chart
Smart
0.04%
1.
chart
Smith
1.15%
125.
chart
Spencer
0.08%
278.
chart
Stanley
0.04%
402.
chart
Steele
0.03%
246.
chart
Stephens
0.05%
231.
chart
Stephenson
0.05%
96.
chart
Stevens
0.10%
230.
chart
Stevenson
0.05%
110.
chart
Stewart
0.09%
268.
chart
Stokes
0.05%
158.
chart
Stone
0.07%
477.
chart
Storey
0.03%
241.
chart
Sullivan
0.05%
499.
chart
Summers
0.03%
193.
chart
Sutton
0.06%
453.
chart
Swift
0.03%
393.
chart
Sykes
0.03%
467.
chart
Talbot
0.03%
4.
chart
Taylor
0.53%
9.
chart
Thomas
0.35%
13.
chart
Thompson
0.28%
253.
chart
Thomson
0.05%
302.
chart
Thornton
0.04%
313.
chart
Thorpe
0.04%
286.
chart
Todd
0.04%
315.
chart
Tomlinson
0.04%
299.
chart
Townsend
0.04%
269.
chart
Tucker
0.05%
449.
chart
Turnbull
0.03%
27.
chart
Turner
0.23%
459.
chart
Tyler
0.03%
322.
chart
Vaughan
0.04%
421.
chart
Vincent
0.03%
372.
chart
Wade
0.04%
15.
chart
Walker
0.27%
341.
chart
Wall
0.04%
217.
chart
Wallace
0.05%
450.
chart
Wallis
0.03%
105.
chart
Walsh
0.09%
235.
chart
Walters
0.05%
181.
chart
Walton
0.06%
31.
chart
Ward
0.21%
358.
chart
Warner
0.04%
189.
chart
Warren
0.06%
359.
chart
Waters
0.04%
203.
chart
Watkins
0.06%
44.
chart
Watson
0.17%
131.
chart
Watts
0.08%
76.
chart
Webb
0.12%
146.
chart
Webster
0.07%
434.
chart
Welch
0.03%
137.
chart
Wells
0.07%
120.
chart
West
0.09%
325.
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Weston
0.04%
211.
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Wheeler
0.05%
16.
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White
0.27%
242.
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Whitehead
0.05%
472.
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Whitehouse
0.03%
327.
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Whittaker
0.04%
349.
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Wilkins
0.04%
72.
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Wilkinson
0.13%
3.
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Williams
0.66%
169.
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Williamson
0.06%
226.
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Willis
0.05%
8.
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Wilson
0.35%
405.
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Winter
0.03%
346.
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Wong
0.04%
26.
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Wood
0.24%
155.
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Woods
0.07%
252.
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Woodward
0.05%
14.
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Wright
0.28%
488.
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Wyatt
0.03%
195.
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Yates
0.06%
49.
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Young
0.16%