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 Anson, with 37 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
2601	Anson	37	0.000%	1.15x
2602	Anthony	37	0.000%	0.37x
2603	Armin	37	0.000%	20.57x
2604	Balfour	37	0.000%	0.61x
2605	Bateson	37	0.000%	0.68x
2606	Benjamin	37	0.000%	0.81x
2607	Eland	37	0.000%	3.71x
2608	Farbridge	37	0.000%	13.42x
2609	Fowles	37	0.000%	0.87x
2610	Gillender	37	0.000%	17.96x
2611	Gillies	37	0.000%	0.30x
2612	Hepworth	37	0.000%	0.37x
2613	Howden	37	0.000%	0.84x
2614	Ingleby	37	0.000%	2.12x
2615	Joplin	37	0.000%	6.78x
2616	Kavanagh	37	0.000%	1.10x
2617	Menzies	37	0.000%	0.33x
2618	Moffet	37	0.000%	7.33x
2619	Newstead	37	0.000%	1.23x
2620	Pottinger	37	0.000%	1.63x
2621	Revell	37	0.000%	0.74x
2622	Riches	37	0.000%	0.37x
2623	Rix	37	0.000%	0.77x
2624	Saul	37	0.000%	0.83x
2625	Sibbald	37	0.000%	1.60x
2626	Smelt	37	0.000%	4.62x
2627	Snow	37	0.000%	0.31x
2628	Spry	37	0.000%	1.44x
2629	Symonds	37	0.000%	0.35x
2630	Taggart	37	0.000%	1.13x
2631	Tasker	37	0.000%	0.40x
2632	Thirlwall	37	0.000%	6.71x
2633	Tomlin	37	0.000%	0.48x
2634	Valentine	37	0.000%	0.33x
2635	Wedgewood	37	0.000%	4.64x
2636	Weighell	37	0.000%	6.07x
2637	Willins	37	0.000%	8.85x
2638	Wolfe	37	0.000%	0.82x
2639	Abbey	36	0.000%	1.13x
2640	Baillie	36	0.000%	0.40x
2641	Blunt	36	0.000%	0.51x
2642	Boagey	36	0.000%	14.95x
2643	Boston	36	0.000%	0.90x
2644	Boynton	36	0.000%	2.04x
2645	Brand	36	0.000%	0.28x
2646	Cable	36	0.000%	0.82x
2647	Canney	36	0.000%	10.98x
2648	Catterick	36	0.000%	8.93x
2649	Catterson	36	0.000%	8.74x
2650	Christison	36	0.000%	2.53x
2651	Cock	36	0.000%	0.38x
2652	Cornell	36	0.000%	0.62x
2653	Coulter	36	0.000%	0.82x
2654	Crago	36	0.000%	4.32x
2655	Crilly	36	0.000%	7.30x
2656	Garrington	36	0.000%	6.40x
2657	Gash	36	0.000%	2.01x
2658	Glaister	36	0.000%	2.43x
2659	Godley	36	0.000%	1.31x
2660	Goldsmith	36	0.000%	0.27x
2661	Goudie	36	0.000%	1.31x
2662	Gowling	36	0.000%	8.11x
2663	Haines	36	0.000%	0.18x
2664	Hales	36	0.000%	0.29x
2665	Heel	36	0.000%	6.43x
2666	Hoskins	36	0.000%	0.42x
2667	Hunnam	36	0.000%	20.01x
2668	Jeffels	36	0.000%	11.49x
2669	Jolley	36	0.000%	0.79x
2670	Kerry	36	0.000%	0.61x
2671	Laird	36	0.000%	0.37x
2672	Levison	36	0.000%	7.01x
2673	Lockhart	36	0.000%	0.59x
2674	Longmore	36	0.000%	1.69x
2675	Lundy	36	0.000%	2.39x
2676	Maitland	36	0.000%	0.64x
2677	Mallaburn	36	0.000%	23.41x
2678	Mayne	36	0.000%	0.70x
2679	Meeks	36	0.000%	2.41x
2680	Naisby	36	0.000%	17.00x
2681	Niel	36	0.000%	7.30x
2682	Nisbet	36	0.000%	0.39x
2683	Oversby	36	0.000%	7.34x
2684	Pallas	36	0.000%	22.16x
2685	Peck	36	0.000%	0.25x
2686	Purcell	36	0.000%	0.60x
2687	Ramsbottom	36	0.000%	0.61x
2688	Rymer	36	0.000%	1.73x
2689	Samuels	36	0.000%	0.98x
2690	Seaton	36	0.000%	0.49x
2691	Spelman	36	0.000%	4.00x
2692	Starford	36	0.000%	24.82x
2693	Tiffin	36	0.000%	2.33x
2694	Trees	36	0.000%	7.66x
2695	Tyrie	36	0.000%	3.91x
2696	Tyzack	36	0.000%	5.39x
2697	Waggitt	36	0.000%	19.09x
2698	Warrener	36	0.000%	2.41x
2699	Banner	35	0.000%	0.74x
2700	Barratt	35	0.000%	0.20x