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 Murphy, with 1,117 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
101	Murphy	1,117	0.130%	1.61x
102	Mitchell	1,115	0.130%	0.63x
103	Davis	1,100	0.130%	0.58x
104	Hedley	1,094	0.130%	12.32x
105	Nelson	1,068	0.120%	2.54x
106	Hill	1,066	0.120%	0.48x
107	Allison	1,062	0.120%	4.30x
108	Williamson	1,056	0.120%	1.36x
109	Whitfield	1,023	0.120%	5.89x
110	Hope	1,020	0.120%	3.45x
111	Hopper	1,012	0.120%	8.15x
112	Heslop	1,000	0.120%	13.42x
113	Wallace	981	0.110%	1.65x
114	Bowman	976	0.110%	4.30x
115	Tate	975	0.110%	5.81x
116	Reay	946	0.110%	12.54x
117	Thomas	937	0.110%	0.26x
118	Ferguson	934	0.110%	1.52x
119	Robertson	933	0.110%	0.64x
120	Howe	931	0.110%	2.73x
121	Fletcher	928	0.110%	0.94x
122	Evans	926	0.110%	0.24x
123	Roberts	924	0.110%	0.28x
124	Collins	923	0.110%	0.74x
125	Purvis	918	0.110%	10.92x
126	Bradley	885	0.100%	1.27x
127	Willis	883	0.100%	1.91x
128	Longstaff	866	0.100%	14.12x
129	Parkin	864	0.100%	3.70x
130	Spence	862	0.100%	3.00x
131	Morris	852	0.100%	0.44x
132	Metcalf	839	0.100%	4.77x
133	Kennedy	837	0.100%	1.60x
134	Burn	827	0.100%	7.07x
135	Dent	826	0.100%	4.99x
136	Gardner	826	0.100%	1.40x
137	Welsh	826	0.100%	2.40x
138	Harris	818	0.090%	0.37x
139	Milburn	818	0.090%	10.54x
140	Pickering	801	0.090%	2.55x
141	Baker	800	0.090%	0.42x
142	Thornton	791	0.090%	1.81x
143	Ross	789	0.090%	0.83x
144	Lowes	787	0.090%	15.59x
145	Appleby	778	0.090%	5.48x
146	Chambers	770	0.090%	1.56x
147	Noble	766	0.090%	2.12x
148	Emmerson	752	0.090%	8.76x
149	Clarke	740	0.090%	0.42x
150	Ord	738	0.080%	12.89x
151	Gill	736	0.080%	1.20x
152	Cummings	732	0.080%	5.47x
153	Little	732	0.080%	1.78x
154	Nixon	729	0.080%	2.75x
155	Urwin	729	0.080%	18.43x
156	Sharp	726	0.080%	1.00x
157	English	724	0.080%	4.43x
158	Snowdon	724	0.080%	11.18x
159	Craggs	722	0.080%	16.14x
160	Allan	717	0.080%	1.31x
161	Metcalfe	711	0.080%	3.58x
162	Errington	710	0.080%	14.66x
163	Grey	709	0.080%	3.76x
164	Teasdale	707	0.080%	9.60x
165	Proud	706	0.080%	15.90x
166	Edwards	705	0.080%	0.29x
167	Rutter	696	0.080%	5.26x
168	Maughan	695	0.080%	14.32x
169	Stoker	695	0.080%	11.79x
170	Douglas	694	0.080%	1.65x
171	Lewis	692	0.080%	0.30x
172	Hart	689	0.080%	0.93x
173	Winter	687	0.080%	2.23x
174	Bennett	684	0.080%	0.48x
175	Dickinson	684	0.080%	1.84x
176	Black	682	0.080%	1.21x
177	Price	682	0.080%	0.45x
178	Crawford	679	0.080%	1.60x
179	Bailey	675	0.080%	0.52x
180	Morton	672	0.080%	1.45x
181	Russell	669	0.080%	0.63x
182	Mills	665	0.080%	0.59x
183	Parkinson	661	0.080%	1.59x
184	Hamilton	659	0.080%	1.01x
185	Gordon	656	0.080%	1.20x
186	Palmer	655	0.080%	0.64x
187	Short	645	0.070%	1.90x
188	Cairns	635	0.070%	3.38x
189	Greenwell	632	0.070%	22.18x
190	Johnston	632	0.070%	0.90x
191	Wardle	631	0.070%	3.75x
192	Lambert	630	0.070%	1.33x
193	Welch	630	0.070%	2.06x
194	Fox	619	0.070%	0.77x
195	Moor	613	0.070%	5.03x
196	Burton	609	0.070%	0.82x
197	Gibbon	607	0.070%	6.90x
198	Adams	598	0.070%	0.47x
199	Pratt	598	0.070%	1.20x
200	Knox	595	0.070%	3.99x