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 Doran, with 130 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
1001	Doran	130	0.020%	1.80x
1002	Lennox	130	0.020%	2.52x
1003	Orton	130	0.020%	1.59x
1004	Osborne	130	0.020%	0.31x
1005	Parry	130	0.020%	0.20x
1006	Burdis	129	0.010%	17.50x
1007	Gale	129	0.010%	0.50x
1008	Handy	129	0.010%	4.31x
1009	Maguire	129	0.010%	1.45x
1010	Paul	129	0.010%	0.59x
1011	Toward	129	0.010%	16.84x
1012	Hopkins	128	0.010%	0.24x
1013	Pescod	128	0.010%	17.43x
1014	Philipson	128	0.010%	5.28x
1015	Batty	127	0.010%	0.96x
1016	Cleminson	127	0.010%	9.95x
1017	Gascoigne	127	0.010%	3.18x
1018	Goodman	127	0.010%	0.50x
1019	Hanlon	127	0.010%	3.16x
1020	Kirkbride	127	0.010%	4.96x
1021	Porteous	127	0.010%	2.19x
1022	Brough	126	0.010%	1.19x
1023	Manson	126	0.010%	1.24x
1024	Muir	126	0.010%	0.38x
1025	Procter	126	0.010%	1.12x
1026	Prudhoe	126	0.010%	21.18x
1027	Agar	125	0.010%	3.74x
1028	Birtley	125	0.010%	28.16x
1029	Hornby	125	0.010%	1.26x
1030	Kilburn	125	0.010%	2.79x
1031	Lackenby	125	0.010%	19.58x
1032	Leadbitter	125	0.010%	14.85x
1033	Oyston	125	0.010%	17.44x
1034	Earl	124	0.010%	1.09x
1035	Gibbs	124	0.010%	0.29x
1036	Malone	124	0.010%	1.78x
1037	Watkins	124	0.010%	0.24x
1038	Bellerby	123	0.010%	8.41x
1039	Haw	123	0.010%	4.28x
1040	Lowson	123	0.010%	6.20x
1041	Madden	123	0.010%	1.64x
1042	Plant	123	0.010%	0.64x
1043	Poole	123	0.010%	0.29x
1044	Sample	123	0.010%	9.02x
1045	Snowden	123	0.010%	1.59x
1046	Steward	123	0.010%	1.10x
1047	Swinbank	123	0.010%	16.89x
1048	Cornforth	122	0.010%	6.14x
1049	Currie	122	0.010%	0.50x
1050	Dobbing	122	0.010%	21.90x
1051	Dunning	122	0.010%	1.65x
1052	Hodge	122	0.010%	0.56x
1053	Moffitt	122	0.010%	8.69x
1054	Outhwaite	122	0.010%	6.25x
1055	Temperley	122	0.010%	15.75x
1056	Caygill	121	0.010%	10.83x
1057	Fish	121	0.010%	0.75x
1058	Larkin	121	0.010%	1.55x
1059	Lincoln	121	0.010%	1.85x
1060	Raper	121	0.010%	3.32x
1061	Simm	121	0.010%	3.60x
1062	Bryson	120	0.010%	1.80x
1063	Carey	120	0.010%	0.73x
1064	Carson	120	0.010%	1.25x
1065	Ellwood	120	0.010%	2.49x
1066	Goldsbrough	120	0.010%	10.66x
1067	Jordon	120	0.010%	3.07x
1068	Laybourn	120	0.010%	16.03x
1069	Lord	120	0.010%	0.30x
1070	Love	120	0.010%	0.58x
1071	Rule	120	0.010%	2.01x
1072	Thubron	120	0.010%	29.54x
1073	Wren	120	0.010%	1.28x
1074	Bentley	119	0.010%	0.32x
1075	Firth	119	0.010%	0.41x
1076	Fishburn	119	0.010%	11.33x
1077	Fitzgerald	119	0.010%	0.78x
1078	Phillipson	119	0.010%	3.69x
1079	Buglass	118	0.010%	9.59x
1080	Cutter	118	0.010%	4.83x
1081	Easton	118	0.010%	0.90x
1082	Gilbert	118	0.010%	0.24x
1083	Gregson	118	0.010%	0.98x
1084	Rennison	118	0.010%	5.66x
1085	Swinney	118	0.010%	12.43x
1086	Coatsworth	117	0.010%	15.75x
1087	Hann	117	0.010%	2.95x
1088	Hooper	117	0.010%	0.32x
1089	Laidlaw	117	0.010%	1.52x
1090	Mackie	117	0.010%	0.63x
1091	Mulligan	117	0.010%	2.41x
1092	Nevison	117	0.010%	11.72x
1093	Rowlands	117	0.010%	0.54x
1094	Calder	116	0.010%	0.95x
1095	Cavanagh	116	0.010%	1.77x
1096	Duke	116	0.010%	1.15x
1097	Dyson	116	0.010%	0.41x
1098	Fuller	116	0.010%	0.33x
1099	Lazenby	116	0.010%	2.82x
1100	Quigley	116	0.010%	2.61x