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 Hauxwell, with 72 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
1601	Hauxwell	72	0.010%	14.02x
1602	Hymers	72	0.010%	10.56x
1603	Keers	72	0.010%	23.86x
1604	Loftus	72	0.010%	1.52x
1605	Ogilvie	72	0.010%	0.86x
1606	Ohara	72	0.010%	1.44x
1607	Rennie	72	0.010%	0.47x
1608	Straker	72	0.010%	4.56x
1609	Bee	71	0.010%	1.45x
1610	Brannen	71	0.010%	6.97x
1611	Brice	71	0.010%	0.99x
1612	Costello	71	0.010%	1.34x
1613	Cowie	71	0.010%	0.67x
1614	Dempsey	71	0.010%	1.30x
1615	Dorman	71	0.010%	2.54x
1616	Doxford	71	0.010%	24.72x
1617	Fellows	71	0.010%	0.60x
1618	Judge	71	0.010%	0.76x
1619	Lillie	71	0.010%	3.35x
1620	Reece	71	0.010%	0.94x
1621	Weatherburn	71	0.010%	7.17x
1622	Whitaker	71	0.010%	0.29x
1623	Barnfather	70	0.010%	5.54x
1624	Biggs	70	0.010%	0.43x
1625	Bradwell	70	0.010%	3.92x
1626	Bunting	70	0.010%	0.72x
1627	Busby	70	0.010%	0.76x
1628	Callan	70	0.010%	2.50x
1629	Clements	70	0.010%	0.24x
1630	Cowens	70	0.010%	9.39x
1631	Doherty	70	0.010%	0.99x
1632	Dwyer	70	0.010%	1.44x
1633	Farrer	70	0.010%	1.22x
1634	Halpin	70	0.010%	4.50x
1635	Hebron	70	0.010%	9.10x
1636	Mortimer	70	0.010%	0.39x
1637	Norris	70	0.010%	0.19x
1638	Norwood	70	0.010%	1.99x
1639	Pyburn	70	0.010%	24.87x
1640	Trenholm	70	0.010%	21.54x
1641	Woodruff	70	0.010%	1.71x
1642	Ambler	69	0.010%	0.90x
1643	Ashmore	69	0.010%	1.06x
1644	Bannister	69	0.010%	0.46x
1645	Blanch	69	0.010%	4.13x
1646	Burnham	69	0.010%	1.29x
1647	Chesney	69	0.010%	6.26x
1648	Edmundson	69	0.010%	2.80x
1649	Fairlamb	69	0.010%	15.44x
1650	Fullerton	69	0.010%	1.88x
1651	Goodchild	69	0.010%	0.82x
1652	Gott	69	0.010%	1.83x
1653	Graydon	69	0.010%	8.77x
1654	Hastings	69	0.010%	0.62x
1655	Hobbs	69	0.010%	0.22x
1656	Jacobs	69	0.010%	0.33x
1657	Mallaby	69	0.010%	13.66x
1658	Morson	69	0.010%	8.01x
1659	Nugent	69	0.010%	1.50x
1660	Porritt	69	0.010%	2.82x
1661	Purves	69	0.010%	1.21x
1662	Rumney	69	0.010%	5.07x
1663	Sawyer	69	0.010%	0.43x
1664	Seed	69	0.010%	1.10x
1665	Vine	69	0.010%	0.85x
1666	Waddington	69	0.010%	0.49x
1667	Ainsworth	68	0.010%	0.40x
1668	Bartle	68	0.010%	1.33x
1669	Craven	68	0.010%	0.41x
1670	Dagg	68	0.010%	6.40x
1671	Driver	68	0.010%	0.42x
1672	Lindsey	68	0.010%	1.54x
1673	Markham	68	0.010%	0.66x
1674	Mckenna	68	0.010%	5.76x
1675	Parkes	68	0.010%	0.38x
1676	Ragan	68	0.010%	4.78x
1677	Wilks	68	0.010%	0.50x
1678	Willan	68	0.010%	2.82x
1679	Auton	67	0.010%	7.24x
1680	Davy	67	0.010%	0.63x
1681	Downes	67	0.010%	0.62x
1682	Everett	67	0.010%	0.43x
1683	Falconer	67	0.010%	0.65x
1684	Farrar	67	0.010%	0.58x
1685	Fleetham	67	0.010%	17.90x
1686	Flinn	67	0.010%	1.28x
1687	Gould	67	0.010%	0.21x
1688	Grady	67	0.010%	1.17x
1689	Haddon	67	0.010%	1.15x
1690	Heath	67	0.010%	0.16x
1691	Macdonald	67	0.010%	0.19x
1692	Mcgurk	67	0.010%	23.32x
1693	Moffett	67	0.010%	9.31x
1694	Redman	67	0.010%	0.59x
1695	Renney	67	0.010%	13.74x
1696	Stelling	67	0.010%	10.08x
1697	Thew	67	0.010%	5.80x
1698	Thurlow	67	0.010%	1.60x
1699	Weldon	67	0.010%	1.93x
1700	Wilde	67	0.010%	0.53x