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 Marks, with 62 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
1801	Marks	62	0.010%	0.35x
1802	Mckenzie	62	0.010%	2.13x
1803	Newcombe	62	0.010%	1.01x
1804	Noddings	62	0.010%	19.08x
1805	Partridge	62	0.010%	0.27x
1806	Rayne	62	0.010%	8.31x
1807	Rowan	62	0.010%	1.11x
1808	Selkirk	62	0.010%	3.81x
1809	Shell	62	0.010%	3.39x
1810	Sheriff	62	0.010%	2.56x
1811	Siddell	62	0.010%	11.74x
1812	Street	62	0.010%	0.31x
1813	Alcock	61	0.010%	0.49x
1814	Auld	61	0.010%	1.16x
1815	Blanchard	61	0.010%	0.86x
1816	Boys	61	0.010%	1.79x
1817	Connely	61	0.010%	3.81x
1818	Forest	61	0.010%	2.45x
1819	Lydon	61	0.010%	8.34x
1820	Nightingale	61	0.010%	0.42x
1821	Spears	61	0.010%	2.95x
1822	Starling	61	0.010%	0.96x
1823	Swann	61	0.010%	0.64x
1824	Thoburn	61	0.010%	10.56x
1825	Warner	61	0.010%	0.19x
1826	Whale	61	0.010%	1.25x
1827	Whitelock	61	0.010%	2.44x
1828	Woodhall	61	0.010%	1.74x
1829	Brook	60	0.010%	0.18x
1830	Cape	60	0.010%	2.71x
1831	Cornish	60	0.010%	0.48x
1832	Crabb	60	0.010%	0.67x
1833	Craddock	60	0.010%	0.82x
1834	Crossby	60	0.010%	8.20x
1835	Dargue	60	0.010%	7.89x
1836	Gay	60	0.010%	0.52x
1837	Gillis	60	0.010%	3.44x
1838	Gills	60	0.010%	7.23x
1839	Griffith	60	0.010%	0.21x
1840	Hailes	60	0.010%	4.96x
1841	Knotts	60	0.010%	14.56x
1842	Lawther	60	0.010%	14.46x
1843	Leech	60	0.010%	0.42x
1844	Lilly	60	0.010%	1.13x
1845	Lovett	60	0.010%	0.76x
1846	Mitchison	60	0.010%	9.23x
1847	Neesham	60	0.010%	10.94x
1848	Paton	60	0.010%	0.31x
1849	Pease	60	0.010%	1.82x
1850	Perkins	60	0.010%	0.15x
1851	Rickerby	60	0.010%	7.74x
1852	Rivers	60	0.010%	1.11x
1853	Steadman	60	0.010%	1.12x
1854	Yarrow	60	0.010%	3.54x
1855	Atchison	59	0.010%	5.63x
1856	Boiston	59	0.010%	24.21x
1857	Box	59	0.010%	0.84x
1858	Bullen	59	0.010%	0.64x
1859	Casson	59	0.010%	1.14x
1860	Catchpole	59	0.010%	1.05x
1861	Crombie	59	0.010%	1.21x
1862	Delaney	59	0.010%	1.06x
1863	Fairbridge	59	0.010%	14.22x
1864	Fielding	59	0.010%	0.30x
1865	Hawdon	59	0.010%	11.62x
1866	Healy	59	0.010%	1.03x
1867	Home	59	0.010%	2.72x
1868	Mahoney	59	0.010%	0.63x
1869	Milton	59	0.010%	0.49x
1870	Needham	59	0.010%	0.32x
1871	Oliphant	59	0.010%	1.74x
1872	Priestman	59	0.010%	4.17x
1873	Ramsden	59	0.010%	0.37x
1874	Roseberry	59	0.010%	21.86x
1875	Vaux	59	0.010%	4.98x
1876	Wear	59	0.010%	2.17x
1877	Witherspoon	59	0.010%	11.42x
1878	Backhouse	58	0.010%	0.90x
1879	Barkess	58	0.010%	23.80x
1880	Beaumont	58	0.010%	0.23x
1881	Convery	58	0.010%	9.38x
1882	Gedling	58	0.010%	17.23x
1883	Gilbertson	58	0.010%	2.28x
1884	Hodson	58	0.010%	0.32x
1885	Million	58	0.010%	25.96x
1886	Nesham	58	0.010%	17.53x
1887	Nicholl	58	0.010%	1.28x
1888	Parish	58	0.010%	0.43x
1889	Scurfield	58	0.010%	16.94x
1890	Topping	58	0.010%	0.97x
1891	Unsworth	58	0.010%	0.58x
1892	Varty	58	0.010%	4.64x
1893	Weeks	58	0.010%	0.31x
1894	Worth	58	0.010%	0.74x
1895	Aitchison	57	0.010%	0.94x
1896	Beal	57	0.010%	0.70x
1897	Bellas	57	0.010%	6.84x
1898	Cave	57	0.010%	0.46x
1899	Coldwell	57	0.010%	1.50x
1900	Cragg	57	0.010%	1.03x