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 Willson, with 67 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
1701	Willson	67	0.010%	0.69x
1702	Adey	66	0.010%	2.36x
1703	Bevan	66	0.010%	0.31x
1704	Bray	66	0.010%	0.23x
1705	Claxton	66	0.010%	1.20x
1706	Clinton	66	0.010%	1.98x
1707	Crinson	66	0.010%	32.04x
1708	Dix	66	0.010%	0.77x
1709	Dobing	66	0.010%	24.72x
1710	Ewart	66	0.010%	1.35x
1711	Fairs	66	0.010%	5.77x
1712	Inness	66	0.010%	9.93x
1713	Key	66	0.010%	0.55x
1714	Levy	66	0.010%	0.60x
1715	Lough	66	0.010%	4.25x
1716	Markey	66	0.010%	4.25x
1717	Mckay	66	0.010%	3.17x
1718	Middlemass	66	0.010%	6.11x
1719	Molloy	66	0.010%	1.39x
1720	Neville	66	0.010%	0.64x
1721	Rea	66	0.010%	1.35x
1722	Rigby	66	0.010%	0.26x
1723	Teesdale	66	0.010%	4.75x
1724	Bartlett	65	0.010%	0.17x
1725	Biggins	65	0.010%	3.10x
1726	Binns	65	0.010%	0.45x
1727	Brock	65	0.010%	0.64x
1728	Bushby	65	0.010%	1.91x
1729	Dolphin	65	0.010%	2.01x
1730	Dresser	65	0.010%	6.15x
1731	Haywood	65	0.010%	0.36x
1732	Llewellyn	65	0.010%	0.51x
1733	Lupton	65	0.010%	1.03x
1734	Marriner	65	0.010%	4.54x
1735	Meynell	65	0.010%	7.30x
1736	Moyle	65	0.010%	1.55x
1737	Pascoe	65	0.010%	0.66x
1738	Pike	65	0.010%	0.26x
1739	Plumpton	65	0.010%	4.12x
1740	Ramage	65	0.010%	1.33x
1741	Shutt	65	0.010%	2.07x
1742	Sturdy	65	0.010%	2.36x
1743	Suddick	65	0.010%	21.75x
1744	Wightman	65	0.010%	1.14x
1745	Wilcox	65	0.010%	0.40x
1746	Youll	65	0.010%	12.73x
1747	Candlish	64	0.010%	6.30x
1748	Crake	64	0.010%	7.58x
1749	Crane	64	0.010%	0.35x
1750	Foxton	64	0.010%	4.36x
1751	Gilhespy	64	0.010%	16.10x
1752	Kendall	64	0.010%	0.34x
1753	Lacey	64	0.010%	0.40x
1754	Laybourne	64	0.010%	12.67x
1755	Murphey	64	0.010%	3.53x
1756	Ryle	64	0.010%	7.93x
1757	Sigsworth	64	0.010%	5.99x
1758	Slee	64	0.010%	1.89x
1759	Spink	64	0.010%	0.91x
1760	Sugden	64	0.010%	0.64x
1761	Suggett	64	0.010%	7.30x
1762	Ashman	63	0.010%	1.12x
1763	Blackwood	63	0.010%	1.24x
1764	Cawthorne	63	0.010%	2.64x
1765	Clennell	63	0.010%	26.47x
1766	Crossley	63	0.010%	0.26x
1767	Gee	63	0.010%	0.28x
1768	Gough	63	0.010%	0.25x
1769	Grieve	63	0.010%	0.63x
1770	Hansell	63	0.010%	3.61x
1771	Howson	63	0.010%	1.16x
1772	Humphreys	63	0.010%	0.21x
1773	Janson	63	0.010%	4.45x
1774	Midgley	63	0.010%	0.54x
1775	Mounsey	63	0.010%	2.53x
1776	Neilson	63	0.010%	0.51x
1777	Overton	63	0.010%	0.75x
1778	Parkins	63	0.010%	1.35x
1779	Peverley	63	0.010%	20.29x
1780	Rae	63	0.010%	0.32x
1781	Render	63	0.010%	4.65x
1782	Rundle	63	0.010%	1.21x
1783	Ryans	63	0.010%	10.59x
1784	Stacey	63	0.010%	0.32x
1785	Bedford	62	0.010%	0.30x
1786	Birkbeck	62	0.010%	4.87x
1787	Bridge	62	0.010%	0.35x
1788	Chadwick	62	0.010%	0.16x
1789	Clementson	62	0.010%	5.44x
1790	Cosgrove	62	0.010%	1.46x
1791	Fortune	62	0.010%	1.37x
1792	Gallager	62	0.010%	8.48x
1793	Gladders	62	0.010%	20.55x
1794	Hadley	62	0.010%	0.52x
1795	Healey	62	0.010%	0.44x
1796	Hedworth	62	0.010%	17.37x
1797	Hoyle	62	0.010%	0.31x
1798	Jarrett	62	0.010%	0.78x
1799	Johns	62	0.010%	0.28x
1800	Mains	62	0.010%	4.35x