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Here is a list of the 50 commonest and rarest British Surnames. This list was compiled from an analysis of the Electoral Rolls. The Associated Town column shows the most popular location for particular common name.
50 Commonest Names Numbers in Thousands Associated Town A-Z Rarest Names
Total 6.25 MillionSmih 515 Lerwick Angelo Jones 392 Llandudno Boulstridge Williams 267 Llandudno Bungard Brown 243 Galashiels Bursnell Taylor 236 Oldham Cabrera Davies 203 Swansea Chaisty Wilson 174 Kilmarnok Clayworth Evans 162 Swansea Denial Thomas 145 Swansea Dissanayake Johnson 139 Lerwick Domville Roberts 135 Llandudno Dua Walker 125 Wakefield Edeson Wright 124 Norwich Garrott Robinson 120 Darlington Gaspar Thompson 119 Newcastle Gauge White 117 Dorchester Gelson Hughes 113 Llandudno Happer Edwards 111 Llandudno Hawa Green 110 Wigan Helling Hall 109 Durham Hollingberry Wood 106 Huddersfield Howsham Harris 104 Newport Husher Lewis 103 Llandrindod W. Huth Martin 102 Harris Khambaita Jackson 102 Carlisle Kinlan Clarke 101 Ipswich Le Feuvre Clark 101 Dundee Leatherby Turner 100 Wolverhampton Lowsley Hill 95 Dudley Mardling Scott 94 Galashiels Mc Cart Cooper 94 Walsall McCalman Morris 90 Shrewsbury McKiddie Ward 89 Lincoln McQuillen Moore 88 Norwich Meath King 86 Colchester Mustow Watson 85 Sunderland Nana Baker 83 Taunton Pepall Harrison 83 York Perdue Morgan 81 Llandrindod W. Ravensdale Patel 81 Harrow Rukin Young 80 Galashiels Selvaratnam Allen 78 Leicester Shelsher Mitchell 77 Dundee Silsbury James 76 Swansea Southway Anderson 76 Lerwick Upadhyad Phillips 76 Swansea Valji Lee 74 London (West) Virji Bell 72 Carlisle Wadd Parker 71 Derby Weild Davis 70 Gloucester Witte
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