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 Elliot, with 592 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
201	Elliot	592	0.070%	2.67x
202	Bruce	588	0.070%	1.44x
203	Fawcett	588	0.070%	3.50x
204	Duffy	586	0.070%	3.09x
205	Booth	585	0.070%	0.68x
206	Grant	585	0.070%	0.68x
207	Dowson	584	0.070%	12.29x
208	Race	583	0.070%	12.31x
209	Harper	581	0.070%	1.04x
210	Snaith	581	0.070%	15.73x
211	Briggs	579	0.070%	1.23x
212	Best	577	0.070%	2.46x
213	Wheatley	577	0.070%	3.26x
214	Davies	576	0.070%	0.13x
215	Dodd	569	0.070%	1.61x
216	Moody	568	0.070%	2.50x
217	Laidler	565	0.070%	16.37x
218	Gowland	563	0.060%	19.76x
219	Trotter	562	0.060%	6.17x
220	Phillips	561	0.060%	0.36x
221	Laverick	560	0.060%	17.65x
222	Pringle	560	0.060%	4.09x
223	Jefferson	558	0.060%	5.91x
224	Vickers	553	0.060%	2.48x
225	Bulmer	552	0.060%	8.03x
226	Ramsey	552	0.060%	5.85x
227	Coxon	550	0.060%	8.28x
228	Henry	550	0.060%	2.50x
229	Peart	550	0.060%	11.12x
230	Calvert	548	0.060%	3.09x
231	Morrison	547	0.060%	0.80x
232	Barron	545	0.060%	4.05x
233	Waugh	542	0.060%	4.58x
234	Hood	535	0.060%	2.22x
235	Laws	535	0.060%	5.54x
236	Humble	534	0.060%	12.96x
237	Riley	529	0.060%	0.77x
238	Park	528	0.060%	1.96x
239	French	524	0.060%	1.23x
240	Rowell	523	0.060%	6.89x
241	Temple	523	0.060%	4.58x
242	Jameson	521	0.060%	5.42x
243	Shields	521	0.060%	3.88x
244	Tait	521	0.060%	2.04x
245	Barnes	518	0.060%	0.50x
246	Bates	516	0.060%	0.93x
247	Baxter	514	0.060%	0.99x
248	Ford	514	0.060%	0.61x
249	Watt	514	0.060%	1.54x
250	Lynn	513	0.060%	6.76x
251	Porter	510	0.060%	0.78x
252	Slater	508	0.060%	0.97x
253	Coulthard	507	0.060%	10.45x
254	Kay	507	0.060%	1.12x
255	Nichol	507	0.060%	5.42x
256	Marley	503	0.060%	9.97x
257	Cockburn	501	0.060%	4.52x
258	Matthews	498	0.060%	0.66x
259	Usher	495	0.060%	5.16x
260	Harvey	492	0.060%	0.53x
261	Kirtley	492	0.060%	28.73x
262	Hetherington	488	0.060%	4.45x
263	Shepherd	483	0.060%	0.76x
264	Harker	482	0.060%	5.27x
265	Cox	481	0.060%	0.37x
266	Bowes	479	0.060%	6.00x
267	Kell	479	0.060%	13.78x
268	Blackburn	477	0.050%	1.46x
269	Ellis	475	0.050%	0.38x
270	Batey	474	0.050%	13.95x
271	Telford	473	0.050%	6.18x
272	Myers	472	0.050%	2.08x
273	Jobling	471	0.050%	14.17x
274	Surtees	470	0.050%	17.99x
275	Bird	467	0.050%	0.70x
276	Swan	465	0.050%	2.07x
277	Douglass	461	0.050%	8.35x
278	Liddell	461	0.050%	5.78x
279	Pattinson	457	0.050%	5.88x
280	Lowe	453	0.050%	0.70x
281	Halliday	452	0.050%	2.52x
282	Wake	452	0.050%	6.46x
283	Hewitson	451	0.050%	8.78x
284	Soulsby	450	0.050%	17.64x
285	Bland	447	0.050%	2.48x
286	Cole	445	0.050%	0.56x
287	Archer	444	0.050%	1.24x
288	Lister	442	0.050%	1.78x
289	West	442	0.050%	0.53x
290	Burdon	441	0.050%	15.49x
291	Ayre	439	0.050%	9.04x
292	Lowery	438	0.050%	15.48x
293	Fisher	437	0.050%	0.43x
294	Shotton	434	0.050%	14.44x
295	Stubbs	430	0.050%	1.87x
296	Blakey	427	0.050%	6.13x
297	Cain	422	0.050%	2.34x
298	Waters	421	0.050%	1.21x
299	Blackett	420	0.050%	12.65x
300	Etherington	420	0.050%	6.41x