1500 Regency Era Last Names
A few people have expressed interest, so here is a random selection of 1500 surnames taken from the same sample as the names from my Regency first name survey.
These names are taken from marriage records in Westminster, London (a very wealthy area) between 1800 and 1820.
As these names are taken from real people, some of them have cultural (Irish/Scottish/Welsh/etc.) or social (e.g. FitzRoy originally being used for the illegitimate children of royalty) connotations, or associations with extant noble families - so be sure to do a quick google before attaching them to any characters/etc.
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Abbington, Abbott, Abell, Abrahall, Abrahams, Ackerman, Adair, Adams, Adamson, Adderley, Addington, Addison, Adkins, Agard, Ainsworth, Alcott, Alder, Alderson, Aldis, Aldridge, Alexander, Allard, Allcock, Allcorn, Allen, Allingham, Allison, Allwright, Almond, Alsop, Alston, Alsworth, Ambrose, Amery, Ames, Amrose, Annandale, Anderson, Anderton, Andrews, Angel, Annesley, Anson, Anthony, Antill, Appleby, Appleford, Appleton, Appleyard, Archer, Armistead, Armitage, Armstrong, Arnold, Arrowsmith, Arundel, Ash, Ashburne, Ashby, Ashley, Ashmead, Ashmole, Ashmore, Ashton, Ashwell, Aspenwall, Astin, Astley, Atherly, Atkinson, Atwill, Atwood, Audley, Austen, Avery, Aylesbury, Ayre, Ayres
Babbage, Babbington, Bacon, Bailey, Bainbridge, Baird, Baker, Bakewell, Baldwin, Ball, Banks, Bannister, Barker, Barlow, Barnard, Barnes, Barnett, Barrett, Barrowfoot, Bartholomew, Batcheler, Bateman, Baxter, Bayley, Beaumont, Beaverstock, Bedford, Bell, Bellamy Benfield, Benning, Bennington, Bentley, Benton, Berks, Berry, Bingham, Birch, Bishop, Black, Blackburn, Blackmore, Blackwell, Blake, Blanchard, Bliss, Bloomfield, Boatswain, Boston, Boswell, Bottomley, Bourne, Bowen, Bowman, Boxall, Boyd, Bracebridge, Bradford, Bradley, Brady, Bragg, Brideoake, Briggs, Bright, Brinsley, Britton, Broderick, Bromfield, Bromley, Brookman, Brooks, Brothers, Broughton, Brown, Browning, Bruce, Bryan, Bryce, Bullmore, Bullock, Burnett, Burroughs, Burton, Butler, Byers, Byfield, Byrne, Byron
Callighan, Camden, Campbell, Cantrell, Carlisle, Carlton, Carpenter, Carrell, Carter, Cartwright, Castle, Caterer, Cavallier, Cavendish, Chamberlain, Chambers, Champion, Chandler, Chapel, Chaplin, Chapman, Chappell, Charles, Charlton, Chilcott, Child, Chipperton, Chittenden, Christel, Christie, Christopher, Church, Churchill, Clarke, Clarkson, Claxton, Clayton, Cleaver, Clement, Clifford, Clinton, Close, Clover, Codrington, Cole, Coleman, Collet, Collingwood, Collins, Combs, Compton, Condon, Connell, Cook, Cooper, Copeland, Corbett, Costello, Cotterell, Couch, Coulston, Courtenay, Cox, Cozens, Crane, Crawford, Cresswell, Crew, Crocker, Crockett, Crockford, Crompton, Cromwell, Crosby, Cross, Crow, Crowther, Cruikshank, Crump, Cruthfield, Cummings, Cunningham, Curtis, Cuthbertson, Cutler
D’Este, Dabney, Dalby, Dale, Dalton, Dancer, Daniels, Darby, Dark, Darley, Darling, Darwin, Dashwood, Davenport, Davis, Davison, Dawkins, Dawson, Day, Dean, Dearling, Delamott, Delgrass, Dell, Deller, Denby, Dent, Denton, Deschamps, Devaynes, Develin, Deville, Devins, Dew, Dexter, Dickenson, Dickson, Dillon, Dimsey, Ditton, Dixon, Dobbins, Dobson, Dockery, Dodd, Dodge, Dolin, Doran, Douglas, Dowley, Dowling, Downes, Downie, Drake, Draper, Dribble, Drion, Drummond, Drury, Ducket, Dudley, Duff, Duffield, Duke, Dunckley, Duncombe, Dunlop, Dunn, Dunning, Dunstone, Dupuis, Durham, Dusson, Duval, Dyer, Dyson
Each, Eady, Eames, Earle, Early, Easterbrook, Easton, Eastwood, Easy, Eaton, Ebdon, Eccles, Eckley, Edderidge, Eddington, Eden, Edgar, Edge, Edgecumbe, Edgerly, Edgley, Edgworth, Edmonds, Edmonson, Edmondston, Edmunds, Edwards, Egerton, Elburn, Elderson, Elderton, Elias, Elkins, Ellerbeck, Ellerby, Ellery, Ellington, Elliott, Ellis, Ellison, Elmer, Elmes, Elmhurst, Elphinstone, Elsmore, Elson, Elston, Elton, Elwood, Emberlin, Emberson, Emerson, Emery, Englefield, Engleheart, English, Enley, Escott, Estwick, Etheridge, Eubanks, Eustace, Evans, Evendon, Everett, Eyre, Eyres
Fabian, Fairchild, Faircloth, Fairless, Fane, Farley, Farmer, Farrow, Faulkner, Fawcett, Fellingham, Fellowes, Fells, Feltham, Felton, Fenn, Fenner, Fenton, Fenwick, Ferguson, Fiddler, Field, Fielding, Figg, Fillion, Finch, Fincher, Finley, Fish, Fisher, Fisk, Fitch, Fitzgerald, Fitzgibbon, Fitzhenry, Fitzherbert, Fitzroy, Fleetman, Fleetwood, Fletcher, Flint, Flintoff, Flowers, Fogg, Foley, Foot, Forbes, Ford, Fordham, Forester, Fortune, Foss, Fossard, Foster, Fowler, Fox, Foxton, Frail, Framingham, Frampton, France, Francis, Franklin, Frankwell, Fraser, Frederick, Freeland, Freeman, French, Frisby, Frith, Frost, Fry, Fryer, Fulford, Fuller
Gabriel, Gale, Gamble, Gardner, Garland, Garmon, Garner, Garnett, Garrett, Garth, Gay, Geary, Gee, George, Gibbons, Gibbs, Gibson, Giddons, Gilbert, Gilborne, Gilchrist, Gill, Gillam, Gilmore, Gisborne, Glass, Glover, Goddard, Godsby, Goller, Good, Goodchild, Goodall, Goodin, Goodrich, Goodson, Goodwill, Goodwin, Goodyear, Gordon, Gorsuch, Gosling, Goss, Gosselin, Gould, Gower, Graham, Granger, Grant, Graves, Gray, Grayhurst, Grayson, Greaves, Green, Greenfell, Greenfield, Greenwell, Greenwood, Gregory, Gregson, Greville, Grey, Griffiths, Grigg, Grimstone, Grist, Gristock, Grosvenor, Groves, Growing, Gurney
Hadley, Hadwell, Hagan, Halbert, Hall, Hamilton, Hampshire, Hampson, Hancock, Hand, Hankin, Harbour, Hardcastle, Harding, Hardwick, Hardy, Hargrave, Herner, Harriman, Harrington, Harriott, Harris, Harrison, Harrowell, Hart, Hartwell, Harvey, Haswell, Hawkes, Hawkins, Hawkridge, Hayden, Haynes, Hayton, Healy, Heath, Henderson, Henshaw, Hepworth, Herbert, Hermon, Heron, Hewlett, Hewson, Hibbert, Hickman, Hickson, Higgins, Higgs, Hill, Hindman, Hinsley, Hobby, Hobhouse, Hockley, Hodges, Holden, Holland, Hollingshead, Hollis, Holmes, Holtham, Holton, Hooper, Hope, Hopewell, Hopper, Hopson, Hopton, Horley, Horn, House, Howard, Howells, Huddle, Hudson, Hughes, Hull, Humble, Hume,Humphries, Hunt, Hunter, Hutchinson
Ibbert, Ibbertson, Ibbs, Ickler, Idle, Ilfold, Illing, Illingworth, Illsbey, Ince, Inch, Inchley, Indermaur, Infield, Ingall, Ingard, Ingarfield, Ingerfield, Ingles, Inglethorpe, Ingleton, Inglis, Inglish, Ingolsby, Ingram, Inkin, Innes, Inns, Inskip, Insoll, Inston, Inwood, Ipsley, Irby, Iredale, Ireland, Ireson, Irish, Ironmonger, Irons, Irvine, Irving, Irwin, Isaac, Isaacs, Isaacson, Isham, Isle, Ismay, Ivatts, Ivery, Ives, Iveson, Ivory, Ivy, Izatt
Jackman, Jackson, Jacobs, Jacomb, Jacques, Jagger, Jakeman, James, Jameson, Jarman, Jarrat, Jarville, Jarvis, Jasper, Jay, Jayne, Jeans, Jeffries, Jefferson, Jefkins, Jellicoe, Jelly, Jenison, Jenkins, Jenkinson, Jenner, Jennings, Jepson, Jeremy, Jerkins, Jerome, Jessop, Jewell, Jobling, Johns, Johnson, Johnston, Johnstone, Jolliff, Jolly, Jones, Jopling, Jordain, Jordan, Jossett, Joules, Joyce, Judd, Judge, Julian, July
Kane, Kay, Keane, Kearsley, Keates, Keating, Keeler, Keen, Keenan, Keer, Keeton, Keller, Kelly, Kelsey, Kelso, Kemble, Kemp, Kempthorne, Kempton, Kendall, Kendrick, Kenn, Kennedy, Kennett, Kenning, Kenny, Kensington, Kent, Kentick, Kerner, Kerr, Kerridge, Kerrington, Kersey, Ketley, Kettell, Keys, Kidd, Kidder, Kilbee, Killingsmith, Kimber, Kind, Kindred, King, Kingdom, Kingley, Kingsman, Kingsmill, Kingston, Kinton, Kirkby, Kirkland, Kirkley, Kirkwood, Kirton, Kitch, Kitchen, Kite, Kitteridge, Klink, Knapp, Knight, Knightley, Knighton, Knipe, Knollis, Knowles, Knowlton, Knox
Labbett, Lacey, Lack, Ladler, Ladley, Lake, Lamb, Lambert, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lane, Langdon, Langham, Langstaff, Lapworth, Large, Larson, Last, Latham, Lavage, Lavender, Law, Lawless, Lawrence, Lawson, LeRoy, Leavey, Lee, Leech, Leek, Leery, Legg, Leighton, Lennox, Leonard, Lester, Lethbridge, Levy, Lewell, Lewin, Lewis, Light, Lilleyman, Lincoln, Lindley, Linnett, Lippingwell, Litchfield, Little, Littlejohn, Littlewood, Lloyd, Lock, Lockley, Lockwood, Lofthouse, Loftus, London, Long, Longman, Longworth, Lonsdale, Loose, Lord, Lott, Lovell, Lovesy, Lowe, Loxley, Lucas, Luckhurst, Lumley, Luxemore, Lyndon, Lyon
Macintosh, Madden, Maitland, Malcolm, Manley, Mann, Manning, Mansell, Mansfield, Mapleston, Marks, Marsden, Marsh, Marshall, Marston, Martin, Mason, Massey, Masterman, Masters, Masterson, Mather, Matthews, Maxwell, May, Maybank, Mayfield, Mayhew, Maynard, Mayor, McAdam, McCauley, McDonald, McGuiness, McKenzie, Meadows, Meakin, Medhurst, Mellins, Mellish, Merrick, Merrington, Merryweather, Metcalfe, Meyer, Middleship, Middleton, Millbank, Milligan, Mills, Millwood, Milne, Milton, Minn, Mitchell, Mitchin, Moloney, Molyneux, Montagu, Montford, Montgomery, Moody, Moon, Moore, Morgan, Morley, Morris, Morrison, Mortimer, Morton, Moses, Moss, Moulton, Muirhead, Mundy, Murdoch, Murphy, Murray, Muxworthy, Myers
Napier, Nash, Nathan, Naylor, Neale, Needham, Neighbour, Neil, Nelson, Nesbit, Nesler, Nessling, Netherwood, Nettlefield, Nettlefold, Nevill, New, Newberry, Newby, Newcomb, Newell, Newland, Newley, Newman, Newport, Newson, Newstead, Newton, Nibbs, Niblett, Nicholas, Nicholls, Nicholson, Nickson, Nightingale, Nixon, Noble, Nock, Nolan, Norcliffe, Norcott, Norcutt, Norfield, Norgrove, Norman, Norrington, Norris, North, Norton, Norwood, Notley, Nott, Nottingham, Nugent, Nunn, Nuttall, Nye
O’Brien, O’Callaghan, O’Connell, O’Hara, O’Kelly, O’Neill, O’Sullivan, Oakes, Oakley, Oates, Odell, Odwell, Ogden, Ogilvie, Oglesby, Oglethorpe, Oldfield, Oldham, Oldridge, Oliphant, Oliver, Orchard, Orde, Ordway, Orford, Orme, Ormsby, Orpwood, Orrell, Orwin, Osborne, Osgood, Osmond, Oswald, Ottley, Otway, Oughton, Owen, Owens, Oxenham, Oxley
Padfield, Page, Pagett, Palmer, Pankhurst, Parish, Parker, Parkinson, Parnell, Parr, Parris, Parrott, Parry, Parslow, Parsons, Partridge, Patrick, Patterson, Patton, Paul, Payne, Payton, Peach, Peacock, Pearson, Pease, Peck, Peel, Pelham, Pemberton, Penman, Penn, Penny, Pennington, Pennyfeather, Pepper, Perfect, Perkins, Peters, Peyton, Phillimore, Phillips, Phipps, Pickering, Pickford, Pierce, Piper, Pitch, Pitcher, Pitt, Pittman, Place, Platfoot, Plover, Plummer, Pocock, Pollard, Ponsonby, Poole, Porter, Potter, Potts, Powell, Powers, Pratt, Prentice, Preston, Pretty, Price, Priest, Prince, Prior, Pritchard, Proctor, Purchase, Purser, Purvis, Pym
Quail, Quaker, Quarrell, Quarry, Quarterman, Quash, Quay, Quelch, Quentrel, Quest, Quick, Quill, Quilley, Quillian, Quilter, Quin, Quinlan, Quinnell, Quint, Quinton, Quiver
Radcliffe, Radford, Rain, Rainer, Ramsdale, Ramsden, Ramsey, Randall, Rattenbury, Raven, Ravenhill, Ravenscroft, Rawlings, Rawlinson, Ray, Raymond, Reading, Redfern, Reece, Reed, Rees, Reeves, Renner, Reynard, Reynolds, Rhodes, Rice, Rich, Richards, Richardson, Richmond, Rickard, Ricketts, Ridgeway, Ridley, Riggs, Rippon, Ritchie, Roadley, Roberts, Robins, Robinson, Robson, Roe, Rogers, Romer, Rooke, Root, Rosamund, Rose, Rosell, Rosier, Ross, Routh, Rowe, Rowland, Rowntree, Roxbury, Roy, Royle, Rudd, Russell, Rust, Ryan, Ryles
Sainsbury, Salmon, Salisbury, Sanders, Sanderson, Sandford, Sarjeant, Satchell, Saunders, Savage, Saxton, Scarborough, Scarlet, Scofield, Scott, Scrivener, Seaborn, Seabright, Seaton, Seaward, Seddon, Sedgley, Sedgewick, Seeley, Selkirk, Sellers, Sewell, Seymour, Shakespeare, Sharpe, Shaw, Sheldon, Shepherd, Sherbrooke, Sherwood, Shields, Shrimpton, Shuttleworth, Simmons, SImms, Simpson, Singer, Skinner, Slater, Smith, Snell, Snow, Snowden, Sotheby, Southerwood, Sparks, Sparling, Sparrow, Spencer, Spicer, Spooner, Springate, Squire, St. Quintin, Stafford, Stanhope, Steel, Steele, Sterne, Stevens, Stevenson, Stewart, Stirling, Stockford, Stockley, Stokes, Stone, Sullivan, Summers, Sunderland, Sutcliff, Swann, Swift, Symonds, Syndenham
Talbot, Tallent, Tanner, Tapley, Target, Tarleton, Tarr, Tarrant, Tate, Tattersall, Tattersfield, Taylor, Teale, Teasdale, Tempest, Tennant, Terry, Thackery, Thicke, Thomas, Thompson, Thorne, Thornhill, Thornton, Thorpe, Thurlow, Thurston, Thynne, Tibbs, Tidy, Tilbury, Tilby, Tillbrook, Tilson, Timbrell, Timmins, Tippin, Tipping, Tisdale, Todd, Tombs, Tomkins, Tomlinson, Torrance, Towers, Townsend, Townsley, Tracey, Travers, Treadway, Treadwell, Treverton, Trotter, Trowell, Truman, Trumble, Tuck, Tucker, Tuckwell, Tulley, Turnbull, Turner, Tweed, Twigg, Twisleton, Tyler, Tyrrell, Tyson
Underdown, Underhill, Underwood, Undrell, Unite, Unwin, Uphill, Uppington, Upstone, Upton, Urmston, Urquhart, Usher, Usherwood, Utley
Vachell, Vale, Valentine, Valiant, Vanderfall, Vane, Varley, Vaughan, Vavasour, Vawdrey, Vernon, Vice, Vick, Vickers, Vickery, Victor, Vidal, Vincent, Vine, Violett, Vivian, Vyse
Wade, Walker, Wall, Wallis, Walpole, Walsh, Walter, Walton, Ward, Wardell, Warrington, Warwick, Watkins, Watson, Watts, Weatherhead, Weaver, Webb, Weber, Webster, Weeks, Welch, Wells, Welsby, Wentworth, Wescott, Wesson, West, Weston, Wharton, Wheatley, Wheelhouse, Wheelwright, Whitaker, White, Whitehouse, Whitfield, Whitlock, Whitlow, Wickham, Wiggins, Wilden, Wiles, Wilkinson, Williams, Willis, Willoughby, Wilmott, Wilson, Winslow, Winter, Winterton, Withers, Wood, Woodall, Woodberry, Woodcock, Woodford, Woodgate, Woodhouse, Woods, Woodward, Wooldridge, Woolhouse, Woollard, Worrell, Worsley, Worthington, Worthy, Wray, Wright, Wrigley, Wurtley, Wyatt, Wynne
Yallop, Yarborough, Yard, Yarrien, Yarrow, Yarwood, Yateman, Yates, Yeates, Yeomans, Yields, York, Young, Younger, Youngman
Zackeray, Zandell, Zealey, Zimmer, Zouch