1881 census county

Durham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Durham in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

14,386 surnames are listed for Durham, covering 770,684 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Patrick, with 143 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Durham

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
901	Patrick	143	0.020%	0.83x
902	Reah	143	0.020%	25.27x
903	Wills	143	0.020%	0.55x
904	Applegarth	142	0.020%	24.59x
905	Buckley	142	0.020%	0.30x
906	Burnside	142	0.020%	4.66x
907	Dalkin	142	0.020%	25.62x
908	Lowdon	142	0.020%	11.59x
909	Moffatt	142	0.020%	2.54x
910	Monkhouse	142	0.020%	7.02x
911	Pace	142	0.020%	3.67x
912	Swinburn	142	0.020%	8.68x
913	Wetherell	142	0.020%	8.47x
914	Bowen	141	0.020%	0.39x
915	Godfrey	141	0.020%	0.55x
916	Hayton	141	0.020%	3.31x
917	Mackay	141	0.020%	0.45x
918	Whittle	141	0.020%	0.74x
919	Bain	140	0.020%	0.65x
920	Brodie	140	0.020%	1.20x
921	Crowther	140	0.020%	0.54x
922	Gibb	140	0.020%	0.91x
923	Wears	140	0.020%	16.24x
924	Birbeck	139	0.020%	10.26x
925	Hails	139	0.020%	12.95x
926	Herdman	139	0.020%	6.35x
927	Kirkley	139	0.020%	13.16x
928	Woodcock	139	0.020%	0.56x
929	Chicken	138	0.020%	11.32x
930	Munro	138	0.020%	0.36x
931	Rooney	138	0.020%	1.78x
932	Salkeld	138	0.020%	7.06x
933	Waggott	138	0.020%	23.43x
934	Bowden	137	0.020%	0.55x
935	Brunton	137	0.020%	2.01x
936	Davey	137	0.020%	0.38x
937	Gilchrist	137	0.020%	1.08x
938	Harkness	137	0.020%	2.81x
939	Heads	137	0.020%	15.04x
940	Hepburn	137	0.020%	1.77x
941	Kellett	137	0.020%	1.81x
942	Kyle	137	0.020%	2.84x
943	Pinder	137	0.020%	1.31x
944	Ryder	137	0.020%	0.91x
945	Tilley	137	0.020%	1.20x
946	Armitage	136	0.020%	0.61x
947	Atkin	136	0.020%	1.17x
948	Carrol	136	0.020%	3.45x
949	Conroy	136	0.020%	2.11x
950	Cranston	136	0.020%	3.87x
951	Dick	136	0.020%	0.70x
952	Emery	136	0.020%	0.72x
953	Spedding	136	0.020%	5.05x
954	Stone	136	0.020%	0.22x
955	Swift	136	0.020%	0.51x
956	Goodwin	135	0.020%	0.29x
957	Rickaby	135	0.020%	14.23x
958	Straughan	135	0.020%	9.34x
959	Terry	135	0.020%	0.61x
960	Wallis	135	0.020%	0.46x
961	Dyer	134	0.020%	0.40x
962	Handley	134	0.020%	0.91x
963	Heaton	134	0.020%	0.64x
964	Lake	134	0.020%	0.70x
965	Ledger	134	0.020%	2.25x
966	Linton	134	0.020%	1.88x
967	Ormston	134	0.020%	8.81x
968	Peat	134	0.020%	1.93x
969	Riddell	134	0.020%	1.84x
970	Salmon	134	0.020%	0.68x
971	Waites	134	0.020%	6.14x
972	Birkett	133	0.020%	1.59x
973	Drake	133	0.020%	0.53x
974	Finley	133	0.020%	5.53x
975	Hilton	133	0.020%	0.45x
976	Humes	133	0.020%	20.28x
977	Jaques	133	0.020%	2.07x
978	Kitchen	133	0.020%	0.90x
979	Mordue	133	0.020%	13.93x
980	Rafferty	133	0.020%	2.97x
981	Wandless	133	0.020%	22.69x
982	Coats	132	0.020%	3.36x
983	Donnison	132	0.020%	10.99x
984	Duggan	132	0.020%	1.98x
985	Gunn	132	0.020%	0.62x
986	Neal	132	0.020%	0.51x
987	Summerson	132	0.020%	17.23x
988	Warwick	132	0.020%	1.10x
989	Brannan	131	0.020%	2.23x
990	Buckle	131	0.020%	1.39x
991	Cherry	131	0.020%	1.47x
992	Coyle	131	0.020%	2.22x
993	Gargett	131	0.020%	20.43x
994	Gladstone	131	0.020%	5.58x
995	Iveson	131	0.020%	5.30x
996	Leach	131	0.020%	0.37x
997	Middlemiss	131	0.020%	6.37x
998	Tully	131	0.020%	2.81x
999	Currey	130	0.020%	7.27x
1000	Dennison	130	0.020%	1.94x