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 Cruddace, with 57 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
1901	Cruddace	57	0.010%	31.68x
1902	Curley	57	0.010%	1.88x
1903	Dinsley	57	0.010%	15.97x
1904	Durkin	57	0.010%	1.50x
1905	Felton	57	0.010%	0.95x
1906	Gustard	57	0.010%	13.83x
1907	Hackett	57	0.010%	0.56x
1908	Hickman	57	0.010%	0.39x
1909	Hodges	57	0.010%	0.22x
1910	Jowsey	57	0.010%	10.07x
1911	Kenney	57	0.010%	1.19x
1912	Loyd	57	0.010%	1.67x
1913	Luck	57	0.010%	0.79x
1914	Marron	57	0.010%	8.61x
1915	Meldrum	57	0.010%	1.04x
1916	Mountain	57	0.010%	0.92x
1917	Raffle	57	0.010%	14.23x
1918	Royal	57	0.010%	2.32x
1919	Skipsey	57	0.010%	12.59x
1920	Trewhitt	57	0.010%	22.32x
1921	Turpin	57	0.010%	1.22x
1922	Abbot	56	0.010%	1.36x
1923	Arnison	56	0.010%	10.55x
1924	Bagnall	56	0.010%	0.75x
1925	Brewer	56	0.010%	0.24x
1926	Churchill	56	0.010%	0.54x
1927	Cree	56	0.010%	2.16x
1928	Cruddas	56	0.010%	15.69x
1929	Durham	56	0.010%	0.75x
1930	Finney	56	0.010%	0.74x
1931	Hawes	56	0.010%	0.52x
1932	Helm	56	0.010%	1.44x
1933	High	56	0.010%	1.43x
1934	Ivison	56	0.010%	4.75x
1935	Joseph	56	0.010%	0.79x
1936	Kirsop	56	0.010%	13.79x
1937	Laverty	56	0.010%	4.38x
1938	Loraine	56	0.010%	11.77x
1939	Lowry	56	0.010%	1.60x
1940	Mark	56	0.010%	1.28x
1941	Mcnally	56	0.010%	4.96x
1942	Ohare	56	0.010%	2.63x
1943	Pipe	56	0.010%	1.45x
1944	Postle	56	0.010%	5.50x
1945	Prentice	56	0.010%	0.55x
1946	Rawling	56	0.010%	1.77x
1947	Readshaw	56	0.010%	15.44x
1948	Ridsdale	56	0.010%	2.46x
1949	Sexton	56	0.010%	0.75x
1950	Shephard	56	0.010%	0.67x
1951	Smales	56	0.010%	2.44x
1952	Spain	56	0.010%	2.55x
1953	Tallentire	56	0.010%	13.22x
1954	Woodman	56	0.010%	0.58x
1955	Bilton	55	0.010%	1.49x
1956	Brownlee	55	0.010%	1.83x
1957	Bryden	55	0.010%	1.50x
1958	Burlison	55	0.010%	19.34x
1959	Buttler	55	0.010%	2.09x
1960	Chalder	55	0.010%	19.95x
1961	Donaghy	55	0.010%	6.09x
1962	Dow	55	0.010%	0.53x
1963	Downing	55	0.010%	0.36x
1964	Duck	55	0.010%	1.18x
1965	Duckworth	55	0.010%	0.33x
1966	Dunlop	55	0.010%	0.39x
1967	Dutton	55	0.010%	0.28x
1968	Earnshaw	55	0.010%	0.51x
1969	Edmondson	55	0.010%	0.55x
1970	Ewbank	55	0.010%	5.07x
1971	Featonby	55	0.010%	31.08x
1972	Howes	55	0.010%	0.36x
1973	Humphries	55	0.010%	0.28x
1974	Lockwood	55	0.010%	0.29x
1975	Mallabar	55	0.010%	27.88x
1976	Mallon	55	0.010%	3.84x
1977	Munroe	55	0.010%	2.34x
1978	North	55	0.010%	0.19x
1979	Rackstraw	55	0.010%	7.83x
1980	Randall	55	0.010%	0.20x
1981	Regan	55	0.010%	0.62x
1982	Rock	55	0.010%	1.11x
1983	Ruddock	55	0.010%	2.04x
1984	Singleton	55	0.010%	0.32x
1985	Skipper	55	0.010%	1.68x
1986	Thorn	55	0.010%	0.42x
1987	Thurlbeck	55	0.010%	25.27x
1988	Basham	54	0.010%	2.51x
1989	Bowers	54	0.010%	0.34x
1990	Bowmaker	54	0.010%	10.69x
1991	Bradbury	54	0.010%	0.22x
1992	Browning	54	0.010%	0.31x
1993	Cleasby	54	0.010%	5.66x
1994	Cotterill	54	0.010%	0.71x
1995	Crowder	54	0.010%	1.56x
1996	Dowling	54	0.010%	0.56x
1997	Gilligan	54	0.010%	2.44x
1998	Hillery	54	0.010%	10.45x
1999	Malloy	54	0.010%	3.57x
2000	Millican	54	0.010%	3.29x