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 Oneill, with 54 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
2001	Oneill	54	0.010%	0.98x
2002	Priestley	54	0.010%	0.37x
2003	Prosser	54	0.010%	0.40x
2004	Row	54	0.010%	1.21x
2005	Sherrington	54	0.010%	2.97x
2006	Stanger	54	0.010%	2.47x
2007	Vest	54	0.010%	16.18x
2008	Vinton	54	0.010%	7.82x
2009	Wardhaugh	54	0.010%	8.90x
2010	Webber	54	0.010%	0.20x
2011	Weedy	54	0.010%	16.77x
2012	Wheldon	54	0.010%	3.71x
2013	Whiting	54	0.010%	0.32x
2014	Akers	53	0.010%	1.26x
2015	Bartley	53	0.010%	1.27x
2016	Battensby	53	0.010%	17.39x
2017	Beckett	53	0.010%	0.31x
2018	Bellamy	53	0.010%	0.42x
2019	Bowles	53	0.010%	0.37x
2020	Brownbridge	53	0.010%	7.91x
2021	Burden	53	0.010%	0.48x
2022	Cutler	53	0.010%	0.49x
2023	Dance	53	0.010%	0.76x
2024	Dockerty	53	0.010%	6.09x
2025	Drury	53	0.010%	0.38x
2026	Elcoat	53	0.010%	17.39x
2027	Grafton	53	0.010%	2.21x
2028	Holdsworth	53	0.010%	0.36x
2029	Jardine	53	0.010%	0.65x
2030	Judson	53	0.010%	1.34x
2031	Masterman	53	0.010%	2.43x
2032	Oram	53	0.010%	0.78x
2033	Petch	53	0.010%	1.38x
2034	Pletts	53	0.010%	17.23x
2035	Robb	53	0.010%	0.35x
2036	Rooke	53	0.010%	0.83x
2037	Rourke	53	0.010%	1.24x
2038	Tilly	53	0.010%	2.00x
2039	Wilton	53	0.010%	0.63x
2040	Winskill	53	0.010%	7.61x
2041	Alton	52	0.010%	2.20x
2042	Beaston	52	0.010%	14.94x
2043	Bellis	52	0.010%	1.05x
2044	Beresford	52	0.010%	0.81x
2045	Boal	52	0.010%	15.06x
2046	Bottoms	52	0.010%	3.40x
2047	Bourne	52	0.010%	0.31x
2048	Brian	52	0.010%	1.28x
2049	Brumwell	52	0.010%	7.44x
2050	Bullerwell	52	0.010%	18.86x
2051	Cane	52	0.010%	0.88x
2052	Cheesman	52	0.010%	1.17x
2053	Cope	52	0.010%	0.26x
2054	Cowper	52	0.010%	1.37x
2055	Crute	52	0.010%	8.45x
2056	Ellerton	52	0.010%	3.31x
2057	Floyd	52	0.010%	0.63x
2058	Goddard	52	0.010%	0.15x
2059	Golightley	52	0.010%	30.37x
2060	Hoey	52	0.010%	3.50x
2061	Horsman	52	0.010%	1.71x
2062	Hyde	52	0.010%	0.19x
2063	John	52	0.010%	0.17x
2064	Keith	52	0.010%	0.56x
2065	Kellet	52	0.010%	2.78x
2066	Kirkham	52	0.010%	0.43x
2067	Livingstone	52	0.010%	0.64x
2068	Longford	52	0.010%	3.56x
2069	Machin	52	0.010%	0.60x
2070	Mackenzie	52	0.010%	0.21x
2071	Mallam	52	0.010%	7.37x
2072	Mclean	52	0.010%	2.35x
2073	Merryweather	52	0.010%	2.66x
2074	Ness	52	0.010%	1.32x
2075	Obrian	52	0.010%	1.82x
2076	Pickles	52	0.010%	0.29x
2077	Pilkington	52	0.010%	0.33x
2078	Pine	52	0.010%	2.01x
2079	Ratcliff	52	0.010%	0.93x
2080	Simms	52	0.010%	0.53x
2081	Sisterson	52	0.010%	10.73x
2082	Skidmore	52	0.010%	0.81x
2083	Speed	52	0.010%	0.74x
2084	Ternent	52	0.010%	8.96x
2085	Tolson	52	0.010%	2.10x
2086	Topham	52	0.010%	0.82x
2087	Whelan	52	0.010%	0.88x
2088	Worthington	52	0.010%	0.30x
2089	Ainslie	51	0.010%	2.22x
2090	Annison	51	0.010%	6.46x
2091	Barnard	51	0.010%	0.24x
2092	Boland	51	0.010%	2.99x
2093	Bragg	51	0.010%	0.72x
2094	Broadbent	51	0.010%	0.27x
2095	Broom	51	0.010%	0.48x
2096	Caffrey	51	0.010%	4.90x
2097	Carpenter	51	0.010%	0.17x
2098	Cliff	51	0.010%	0.67x
2099	Fawell	51	0.010%	13.21x
2100	Finegan	51	0.010%	6.89x