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 Hutson, with 42 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
2401	Hutson	42	0.000%	1.23x
2402	Jane	42	0.000%	1.68x
2403	Jeffery	42	0.000%	0.22x
2404	Kaye	42	0.000%	0.32x
2405	Leithead	42	0.000%	5.84x
2406	Marrow	42	0.000%	3.11x
2407	Masters	42	0.000%	0.26x
2408	Morpeth	42	0.000%	6.46x
2409	Mowat	42	0.000%	0.70x
2410	Peace	42	0.000%	0.53x
2411	Platt	42	0.000%	0.18x
2412	Redfearn	42	0.000%	1.63x
2413	Russel	42	0.000%	0.70x
2414	Scully	42	0.000%	1.57x
2415	Smeaton	42	0.000%	1.72x
2416	Solomon	42	0.000%	0.71x
2417	Spinks	42	0.000%	0.72x
2418	Sproates	42	0.000%	21.94x
2419	Tighe	42	0.000%	2.09x
2420	Turton	42	0.000%	0.43x
2421	Wintrip	42	0.000%	9.16x
2422	Witty	42	0.000%	2.43x
2423	Allon	41	0.000%	7.60x
2424	Barkes	41	0.000%	16.43x
2425	Bassett	41	0.000%	0.30x
2426	Beecroft	41	0.000%	1.12x
2427	Boswell	41	0.000%	0.50x
2428	Boulton	41	0.000%	0.26x
2429	Breen	41	0.000%	1.67x
2430	Brigham	41	0.000%	2.24x
2431	Cansfield	41	0.000%	10.95x
2432	Carver	41	0.000%	0.52x
2433	Chater	41	0.000%	1.54x
2434	Clifton	41	0.000%	0.33x
2435	Clint	41	0.000%	6.48x
2436	Davinson	41	0.000%	10.47x
2437	Everson	41	0.000%	1.45x
2438	Garnham	41	0.000%	0.99x
2439	Georgeson	41	0.000%	2.36x
2440	Gibbins	41	0.000%	0.62x
2441	Gooding	41	0.000%	0.56x
2442	Gotts	41	0.000%	2.85x
2443	Grabham	41	0.000%	3.79x
2444	Hawkes	41	0.000%	0.29x
2445	Headlam	41	0.000%	8.67x
2446	Jacobson	41	0.000%	3.18x
2447	Jepson	41	0.000%	0.48x
2448	Kendrick	41	0.000%	0.49x
2449	Kinghorn	41	0.000%	1.63x
2450	Langham	41	0.000%	1.08x
2451	Marriott	41	0.000%	0.21x
2452	Matthewson	41	0.000%	3.29x
2453	Medd	41	0.000%	2.61x
2454	Nicholas	41	0.000%	0.24x
2455	Palliser	41	0.000%	4.03x
2456	Pegg	41	0.000%	0.48x
2457	Plumb	41	0.000%	0.58x
2458	Queen	41	0.000%	1.15x
2459	Redford	41	0.000%	0.88x
2460	Speight	41	0.000%	0.58x
2461	Squires	41	0.000%	0.33x
2462	Tench	41	0.000%	3.26x
2463	Tone	41	0.000%	12.39x
2464	Wadge	41	0.000%	5.12x
2465	Wilkes	41	0.000%	0.27x
2466	Winlow	41	0.000%	20.47x
2467	Winwood	41	0.000%	2.76x
2468	Ballantyne	40	0.000%	0.61x
2469	Blenkiron	40	0.000%	8.01x
2470	Boag	40	0.000%	1.59x
2471	Bourke	40	0.000%	1.89x
2472	Bryce	40	0.000%	0.46x
2473	Case	40	0.000%	0.46x
2474	Corker	40	0.000%	1.88x
2475	Coulton	40	0.000%	1.31x
2476	England	40	0.000%	0.22x
2477	Feetham	40	0.000%	8.11x
2478	Fields	40	0.000%	0.96x
2479	Finlayson	40	0.000%	0.40x
2480	Flintoff	40	0.000%	4.31x
2481	Frain	40	0.000%	3.50x
2482	Garner	40	0.000%	0.15x
2483	Grubb	40	0.000%	0.74x
2484	Hansen	40	0.000%	2.51x
2485	Hasson	40	0.000%	7.07x
2486	Headley	40	0.000%	1.70x
2487	Heavisides	40	0.000%	19.69x
2488	Heddle	40	0.000%	4.55x
2489	Heywood	40	0.000%	0.23x
2490	Keegan	40	0.000%	1.39x
2491	Kirsopp	40	0.000%	8.84x
2492	Lanigan	40	0.000%	6.15x
2493	Laurence	40	0.000%	0.32x
2494	Loy	40	0.000%	5.24x
2495	Maloney	40	0.000%	0.56x
2496	Mansfield	40	0.000%	0.25x
2497	Matthew	40	0.000%	0.61x
2498	Mothersdale	40	0.000%	9.19x
2499	Mullins	40	0.000%	0.48x
2500	Murton	40	0.000%	1.36x