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 Parson, with 40 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
2501	Parson	40	0.000%	1.03x
2502	Rolfe	40	0.000%	0.35x
2503	Rouse	40	0.000%	0.32x
2504	Sargent	40	0.000%	0.30x
2505	Simon	40	0.000%	0.70x
2506	Slowther	40	0.000%	34.47x
2507	Softley	40	0.000%	5.03x
2508	Storer	40	0.000%	0.74x
2509	Tracey	40	0.000%	0.73x
2510	Umpleby	40	0.000%	2.47x
2511	Yeats	40	0.000%	1.67x
2512	Aston	39	0.000%	0.27x
2513	Barnwell	39	0.000%	2.22x
2514	Battersby	39	0.000%	0.64x
2515	Belton	39	0.000%	0.83x
2516	Blenkin	39	0.000%	4.38x
2517	Broad	39	0.000%	0.35x
2518	Chalmers	39	0.000%	0.19x
2519	Copland	39	0.000%	0.80x
2520	Craik	39	0.000%	1.47x
2521	Dudley	39	0.000%	0.30x
2522	Eade	39	0.000%	0.93x
2523	Farish	39	0.000%	3.69x
2524	Fidler	39	0.000%	0.70x
2525	Frances	39	0.000%	0.71x
2526	Friedman	39	0.000%	8.96x
2527	Graves	39	0.000%	0.30x
2528	Hanlan	39	0.000%	4.57x
2529	Harman	39	0.000%	0.30x
2530	Horan	39	0.000%	1.53x
2531	Hugall	39	0.000%	17.92x
2532	Mccann	39	0.000%	3.39x
2533	Mcpherson	39	0.000%	3.41x
2534	Mensforth	39	0.000%	19.48x
2535	Meredith	39	0.000%	0.22x
2536	Merritt	39	0.000%	0.64x
2537	Mewes	39	0.000%	10.34x
2538	Minikin	39	0.000%	10.34x
2539	Moorhead	39	0.000%	5.38x
2540	Mosley	39	0.000%	0.48x
2541	Mundell	39	0.000%	3.20x
2542	Neave	39	0.000%	0.96x
2543	Priest	39	0.000%	0.34x
2544	Ramsdale	39	0.000%	1.87x
2545	Rathbone	39	0.000%	0.81x
2546	Roney	39	0.000%	2.25x
2547	Self	39	0.000%	0.63x
2548	Tindall	39	0.000%	0.74x
2549	Tullock	39	0.000%	3.45x
2550	Vardy	39	0.000%	2.23x
2551	Wann	39	0.000%	6.34x
2552	Winspear	39	0.000%	4.46x
2553	Aldridge	38	0.000%	0.23x
2554	Allanson	38	0.000%	2.23x
2555	Barns	38	0.000%	0.68x
2556	Belshaw	38	0.000%	2.29x
2557	Boylan	38	0.000%	2.87x
2558	Burnhope	38	0.000%	20.15x
2559	Christer	38	0.000%	11.00x
2560	Colvin	38	0.000%	1.26x
2561	Corney	38	0.000%	1.31x
2562	Currah	38	0.000%	7.89x
2563	Denny	38	0.000%	0.52x
2564	Donley	38	0.000%	5.28x
2565	Duddy	38	0.000%	4.78x
2566	Early	38	0.000%	1.18x
2567	Edger	38	0.000%	4.24x
2568	Ennis	38	0.000%	1.60x
2569	Findley	38	0.000%	1.66x
2570	Flood	38	0.000%	0.50x
2571	Futers	38	0.000%	18.19x
2572	Gowans	38	0.000%	1.36x
2573	Greenhow	38	0.000%	2.22x
2574	Hylton	38	0.000%	7.48x
2575	Ibbotson	38	0.000%	0.64x
2576	Kershaw	38	0.000%	0.14x
2577	Langhorn	38	0.000%	3.43x
2578	Lawrenson	38	0.000%	1.55x
2579	Madgin	38	0.000%	18.45x
2580	Mattison	38	0.000%	2.73x
2581	Mayes	38	0.000%	0.45x
2582	Paddon	38	0.000%	1.77x
2583	Pawson	38	0.000%	1.09x
2584	Priestly	38	0.000%	1.86x
2585	Rand	38	0.000%	1.12x
2586	Richie	38	0.000%	4.64x
2587	Ringwood	38	0.000%	3.63x
2588	Robison	38	0.000%	1.96x
2589	Ruth	38	0.000%	3.68x
2590	Scanlon	38	0.000%	1.84x
2591	Sutcliffe	38	0.000%	0.11x
2592	Thackeray	38	0.000%	3.00x
2593	Timms	38	0.000%	0.43x
2594	Tye	38	0.000%	0.76x
2595	Wait	38	0.000%	0.87x
2596	Warburton	38	0.000%	0.18x
2597	Wardel	38	0.000%	13.64x
2598	Whitmore	38	0.000%	0.50x
2599	Wiley	38	0.000%	1.79x
2600	Worley	38	0.000%	0.98x