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 Button, with 93 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
1301	Button	93	0.010%	0.90x
1302	Cant	93	0.010%	1.72x
1303	Hoy	93	0.010%	1.86x
1304	Leslie	93	0.010%	0.65x
1305	Lyall	93	0.010%	1.57x
1306	Neil	93	0.010%	0.81x
1307	Readman	93	0.010%	4.44x
1308	Stainthorpe	93	0.010%	8.85x
1309	Swalwell	93	0.010%	14.77x
1310	Aynsley	92	0.010%	8.19x
1311	Bage	92	0.010%	15.10x
1312	Bloomfield	92	0.010%	0.83x
1313	Carlin	92	0.010%	2.08x
1314	Crofton	92	0.010%	9.32x
1315	Golden	92	0.010%	2.51x
1316	Hands	92	0.010%	1.06x
1317	Hillary	92	0.010%	6.43x
1318	Hines	92	0.010%	1.24x
1319	Howie	92	0.010%	1.08x
1320	Hughs	92	0.010%	2.92x
1321	Jenkinson	92	0.010%	0.60x
1322	Lisle	92	0.010%	4.23x
1323	Mack	92	0.010%	1.05x
1324	Sweeting	92	0.010%	2.64x
1325	Bartram	91	0.010%	2.11x
1326	Blades	91	0.010%	1.84x
1327	Blench	91	0.010%	21.48x
1328	Bryant	91	0.010%	0.25x
1329	Common	91	0.010%	4.72x
1330	Connell	91	0.010%	0.60x
1331	Houghton	91	0.010%	0.30x
1332	Lavery	91	0.010%	3.81x
1333	Lennon	91	0.010%	2.97x
1334	Pentland	91	0.010%	8.71x
1335	Rayner	91	0.010%	0.42x
1336	Reeve	91	0.010%	0.45x
1337	Suddes	91	0.010%	28.25x
1338	Tweddell	91	0.010%	12.75x
1339	Waterson	91	0.010%	2.50x
1340	Willoughby	91	0.010%	1.20x
1341	Cowans	90	0.010%	9.46x
1342	Gamble	90	0.010%	0.72x
1343	Hinds	90	0.010%	1.50x
1344	Horton	90	0.010%	0.28x
1345	Legg	90	0.010%	0.63x
1346	Ogle	90	0.010%	3.24x
1347	Parsons	90	0.010%	0.14x
1348	Stanley	90	0.010%	0.27x
1349	Waggot	90	0.010%	22.64x
1350	Wise	90	0.010%	0.50x
1351	Arnott	89	0.010%	1.22x
1352	Conlin	89	0.010%	5.51x
1353	Dee	89	0.010%	3.00x
1354	Dillon	89	0.010%	1.04x
1355	Doughty	89	0.010%	0.81x
1356	Jack	89	0.010%	0.48x
1357	Mitchel	89	0.010%	1.05x
1358	Rush	89	0.010%	0.95x
1359	Sterling	89	0.010%	4.88x
1360	Taylorson	89	0.010%	21.45x
1361	Chandler	88	0.010%	0.32x
1362	Clapham	88	0.010%	1.17x
1363	Loughran	88	0.010%	9.91x
1364	Muncaster	88	0.010%	7.70x
1365	Naisbett	88	0.010%	32.61x
1366	Wylam	88	0.010%	24.46x
1367	Carlisle	87	0.010%	1.90x
1368	Collings	87	0.010%	0.84x
1369	Geldart	87	0.010%	6.35x
1370	Houston	87	0.010%	0.79x
1371	Keen	87	0.010%	0.50x
1372	Lowrey	87	0.010%	5.27x
1373	Lowrie	87	0.010%	2.92x
1374	Massey	87	0.010%	0.39x
1375	Melvin	87	0.010%	2.08x
1376	Nattress	87	0.010%	19.47x
1377	Oakley	87	0.010%	0.47x
1378	Sidney	87	0.010%	5.09x
1379	Stokell	87	0.010%	17.33x
1380	Brack	86	0.010%	10.55x
1381	Cousins	86	0.010%	0.55x
1382	Donnely	86	0.010%	6.39x
1383	Handyside	86	0.010%	7.02x
1384	Harbron	86	0.010%	18.41x
1385	Kirkwood	86	0.010%	1.09x
1386	Pemberton	86	0.010%	0.78x
1387	Percy	86	0.010%	1.06x
1388	Sloan	86	0.010%	1.05x
1389	Spraggon	86	0.010%	14.74x
1390	Thorp	86	0.010%	0.73x
1391	Atkins	85	0.010%	0.26x
1392	Cowling	85	0.010%	1.11x
1393	Elder	85	0.010%	0.93x
1394	Howarth	85	0.010%	0.20x
1395	Lang	85	0.010%	0.44x
1396	Laycock	85	0.010%	0.71x
1397	Leeming	85	0.010%	1.58x
1398	Thorpe	85	0.010%	0.25x
1399	Weatherall	85	0.010%	5.04x
1400	Balls	84	0.010%	0.75x