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 Snell, with 78 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
1501	Snell	78	0.010%	0.47x
1502	Watkin	78	0.010%	1.03x
1503	Charles	77	0.010%	0.43x
1504	Childs	77	0.010%	0.48x
1505	Chrisp	77	0.010%	8.29x
1506	Cleghorn	77	0.010%	3.23x
1507	Clish	77	0.010%	33.17x
1508	Cockerill	77	0.010%	1.84x
1509	Coward	77	0.010%	0.77x
1510	Finch	77	0.010%	0.27x
1511	Friend	77	0.010%	0.78x
1512	Grievson	77	0.010%	28.84x
1513	Howells	77	0.010%	0.35x
1514	Leask	77	0.010%	2.16x
1515	Lidster	77	0.010%	8.16x
1516	Longstaffe	77	0.010%	15.43x
1517	Lyth	77	0.010%	6.36x
1518	Rowley	77	0.010%	0.34x
1519	Scurr	77	0.010%	7.31x
1520	Toole	77	0.010%	1.64x
1521	Wainwright	77	0.010%	0.42x
1522	Wetherall	77	0.010%	3.72x
1523	Wheeler	77	0.010%	0.15x
1524	Wind	77	0.010%	19.37x
1525	Arkle	76	0.010%	6.40x
1526	Carty	76	0.010%	3.73x
1527	Cooney	76	0.010%	2.11x
1528	Dougherty	76	0.010%	2.26x
1529	Featherston	76	0.010%	9.22x
1530	Heatherington	76	0.010%	9.77x
1531	Holder	76	0.010%	0.65x
1532	Mullin	76	0.010%	1.95x
1533	Rawlings	76	0.010%	0.60x
1534	Ruddy	76	0.010%	5.36x
1535	Sedgewick	76	0.010%	6.56x
1536	Sheppard	76	0.010%	0.25x
1537	Swinhoe	76	0.010%	12.53x
1538	Armour	75	0.010%	1.38x
1539	Bagley	75	0.010%	1.17x
1540	Bambrough	75	0.010%	17.95x
1541	Bedlington	75	0.010%	14.94x
1542	Bennison	75	0.010%	3.07x
1543	Chaytor	75	0.010%	21.19x
1544	Christopher	75	0.010%	1.47x
1545	Colley	75	0.010%	0.68x
1546	Drew	75	0.010%	0.33x
1547	Earle	75	0.010%	1.39x
1548	Howdon	75	0.010%	19.58x
1549	Howlett	75	0.010%	0.64x
1550	Kelsey	75	0.010%	1.17x
1551	Lunn	75	0.010%	0.67x
1552	Minns	75	0.010%	1.96x
1553	Stead	75	0.010%	0.42x
1554	Trueman	75	0.010%	1.25x
1555	Bacon	74	0.010%	0.34x
1556	Beaney	74	0.010%	5.15x
1557	Bussey	74	0.010%	2.51x
1558	Cannon	74	0.010%	0.47x
1559	Daniel	74	0.010%	0.39x
1560	Deacon	74	0.010%	0.50x
1561	Fell	74	0.010%	0.61x
1562	Firbank	74	0.010%	12.69x
1563	Flint	74	0.010%	0.47x
1564	Halfpenny	74	0.010%	3.82x
1565	Hampton	74	0.010%	0.54x
1566	Head	74	0.010%	0.35x
1567	Mulholland	74	0.010%	2.29x
1568	Pickersgill	74	0.010%	1.62x
1569	Scarth	74	0.010%	4.85x
1570	Scotson	74	0.010%	7.94x
1571	Wass	74	0.010%	1.57x
1572	Yeoman	74	0.010%	1.35x
1573	Beach	73	0.010%	0.88x
1574	Bowey	73	0.010%	7.96x
1575	Broughton	73	0.010%	0.45x
1576	Fagan	73	0.010%	1.76x
1577	Hair	73	0.010%	2.15x
1578	Hardcastle	73	0.010%	0.95x
1579	Heward	73	0.010%	4.37x
1580	Hindle	73	0.010%	0.60x
1581	Noon	73	0.010%	1.17x
1582	Ragg	73	0.010%	7.53x
1583	Rodgerson	73	0.010%	6.80x
1584	Samuel	73	0.010%	0.70x
1585	Smyth	73	0.010%	0.90x
1586	Tuck	73	0.010%	0.65x
1587	Whaley	73	0.010%	2.50x
1588	Bean	72	0.010%	0.64x
1589	Berryman	72	0.010%	1.49x
1590	Bowe	72	0.010%	3.68x
1591	Boyce	72	0.010%	0.55x
1592	Bradly	72	0.010%	3.69x
1593	Chamberlain	72	0.010%	0.30x
1594	Colledge	72	0.010%	3.25x
1595	Daniels	72	0.010%	0.26x
1596	Feeney	72	0.010%	2.44x
1597	Fife	72	0.010%	3.11x
1598	Gaffney	72	0.010%	2.44x
1599	Good	72	0.010%	0.67x
1600	Gradon	72	0.010%	24.57x