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 Sloane, with 48 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
2201	Sloane	48	0.010%	2.39x
2202	Tinn	48	0.010%	13.45x
2203	Turley	48	0.010%	1.02x
2204	Abraham	47	0.010%	0.55x
2205	Agnew	47	0.010%	0.96x
2206	Bonner	47	0.010%	0.62x
2207	Branch	47	0.010%	1.06x
2208	Crabtree	47	0.010%	0.27x
2209	Crampton	47	0.010%	1.11x
2210	Elgey	47	0.010%	11.17x
2211	Farrel	47	0.010%	2.38x
2212	Finigan	47	0.010%	3.48x
2213	Forth	47	0.010%	2.20x
2214	Gannon	47	0.010%	1.25x
2215	Gilhespie	47	0.010%	12.27x
2216	Glasper	47	0.010%	16.53x
2217	Golding	47	0.010%	0.31x
2218	Hackworth	47	0.010%	12.09x
2219	Harrop	47	0.010%	0.48x
2220	Hastie	47	0.010%	0.85x
2221	Hawthorn	47	0.010%	0.93x
2222	Heseltine	47	0.010%	2.47x
2223	Higgs	47	0.010%	0.30x
2224	Hobday	47	0.010%	1.34x
2225	Illingworth	47	0.010%	0.48x
2226	Longley	47	0.010%	0.80x
2227	Maloy	47	0.010%	3.51x
2228	Marquis	47	0.010%	3.12x
2229	Mead	47	0.010%	0.23x
2230	Muirhead	47	0.010%	0.70x
2231	Nevin	47	0.010%	2.69x
2232	Nicol	47	0.010%	0.26x
2233	Oconnor	47	0.010%	0.95x
2234	Odonnell	47	0.010%	0.84x
2235	Oldfield	47	0.010%	0.33x
2236	Pearse	47	0.010%	0.51x
2237	Pye	47	0.010%	0.36x
2238	Round	47	0.010%	0.59x
2239	Stratford	47	0.010%	0.79x
2240	Varley	47	0.010%	0.39x
2241	Vaughan	47	0.010%	0.16x
2242	Venus	47	0.010%	4.81x
2243	Waddell	47	0.010%	0.61x
2244	Weatherill	47	0.010%	2.36x
2245	Woodall	47	0.010%	0.67x
2246	Allsop	46	0.010%	0.52x
2247	Baggott	46	0.010%	1.82x
2248	Baily	46	0.010%	0.84x
2249	Bibby	46	0.010%	0.49x
2250	Boggon	46	0.010%	21.14x
2251	Bolt	46	0.010%	0.73x
2252	Bunton	46	0.010%	3.77x
2253	Burney	46	0.010%	3.94x
2254	Cockfield	46	0.010%	11.24x
2255	Hamill	46	0.010%	3.10x
2256	Hayward	46	0.010%	0.12x
2257	Hush	46	0.010%	6.92x
2258	Landreth	46	0.010%	11.32x
2259	Lawless	46	0.010%	1.47x
2260	Mellon	46	0.010%	2.55x
2261	Platts	46	0.010%	0.79x
2262	Robins	46	0.010%	0.25x
2263	Soppitt	46	0.010%	18.88x
2264	Storm	46	0.010%	4.14x
2265	Sunderland	46	0.010%	0.46x
2266	Thorne	46	0.010%	0.25x
2267	Tuff	46	0.010%	4.28x
2268	Adam	45	0.010%	0.30x
2269	Bower	45	0.010%	0.28x
2270	Breeze	45	0.010%	0.84x
2271	Cheeseman	45	0.010%	0.66x
2272	College	45	0.010%	13.60x
2273	Copping	45	0.010%	1.30x
2274	Cork	45	0.010%	0.70x
2275	Crass	45	0.010%	10.01x
2276	Crossling	45	0.010%	19.38x
2277	Dew	45	0.010%	0.89x
2278	Eccles	45	0.010%	0.32x
2279	Flemming	45	0.010%	1.29x
2280	Foggin	45	0.010%	6.92x
2281	Frame	45	0.010%	0.82x
2282	Gavin	45	0.010%	1.05x
2283	Gladwin	45	0.010%	1.38x
2284	Guest	45	0.010%	0.24x
2285	Harley	45	0.010%	0.40x
2286	Heald	45	0.010%	0.83x
2287	Hibbert	45	0.010%	0.35x
2288	Inman	45	0.010%	0.76x
2289	Livingston	45	0.010%	0.58x
2290	Maw	45	0.010%	1.42x
2291	Maynard	45	0.010%	0.34x
2292	Mcguire	45	0.010%	3.66x
2293	Newell	45	0.010%	0.33x
2294	Oldham	45	0.010%	0.29x
2295	Poulton	45	0.010%	0.65x
2296	Saville	45	0.010%	0.57x
2297	Stephinson	45	0.010%	14.91x
2298	Suggitt	45	0.010%	6.43x
2299	Tansey	45	0.010%	3.39x
2300	Telfer	45	0.010%	0.87x