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 Newall, with 31 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
3001	Newall	31	0.000%	0.62x
3002	Newcomb	31	0.000%	1.51x
3003	Ormiston	31	0.000%	1.24x
3004	Pape	31	0.000%	1.19x
3005	Peak	31	0.000%	0.85x
3006	Pile	31	0.000%	0.77x
3007	Pool	31	0.000%	0.31x
3008	Ransome	31	0.000%	1.13x
3009	Readhead	31	0.000%	5.90x
3010	Reardon	31	0.000%	0.81x
3011	Rhymer	31	0.000%	8.98x
3012	Rilley	31	0.000%	3.07x
3013	Rossiter	31	0.000%	0.57x
3014	Rudkin	31	0.000%	0.90x
3015	Rutledge	31	0.000%	2.35x
3016	Shorten	31	0.000%	3.22x
3017	Stansfield	31	0.000%	0.23x
3018	Stockton	31	0.000%	0.59x
3019	Swailes	31	0.000%	3.21x
3020	Toft	31	0.000%	0.91x
3021	Tose	31	0.000%	7.37x
3022	Waldron	31	0.000%	0.40x
3023	Ware	31	0.000%	0.22x
3024	Waring	31	0.000%	0.28x
3025	Welton	31	0.000%	0.99x
3026	Whinham	31	0.000%	7.37x
3027	Windle	31	0.000%	0.63x
3028	Wyld	31	0.000%	1.86x
3029	Belt	30	0.000%	2.96x
3030	Benn	30	0.000%	0.61x
3031	Blaylock	30	0.000%	1.98x
3032	Bonsfield	30	0.000%	6.05x
3033	Buttery	30	0.000%	0.90x
3034	Byron	30	0.000%	0.94x
3035	Carnes	30	0.000%	6.76x
3036	Carrell	30	0.000%	3.72x
3037	Carrigan	30	0.000%	1.77x
3038	Cay	30	0.000%	6.05x
3039	Cheetham	30	0.000%	0.22x
3040	Chivers	30	0.000%	0.39x
3041	Coburn	30	0.000%	1.82x
3042	Connoly	30	0.000%	2.58x
3043	Coxen	30	0.000%	5.12x
3044	Cracknell	30	0.000%	0.50x
3045	Crompton	30	0.000%	0.21x
3046	Evens	30	0.000%	1.32x
3047	Everitt	30	0.000%	0.41x
3048	Faid	30	0.000%	17.23x
3049	Farrington	30	0.000%	0.40x
3050	Fisk	30	0.000%	0.65x
3051	Gallaher	30	0.000%	5.25x
3052	Gibbin	30	0.000%	4.46x
3053	Gleeson	30	0.000%	1.13x
3054	Glendening	30	0.000%	6.85x
3055	Gofton	30	0.000%	6.12x
3056	Goodwill	30	0.000%	1.95x
3057	Gorden	30	0.000%	1.97x
3058	Grimshaw	30	0.000%	0.21x
3059	Grimwood	30	0.000%	0.84x
3060	Haig	30	0.000%	0.88x
3061	Hansom	30	0.000%	6.08x
3062	Harty	30	0.000%	4.01x
3063	Hately	30	0.000%	5.94x
3064	Haughan	30	0.000%	12.02x
3065	Hawley	30	0.000%	0.35x
3066	Hough	30	0.000%	0.20x
3067	Huston	30	0.000%	4.51x
3068	Ibbitson	30	0.000%	4.19x
3069	Jewett	30	0.000%	5.50x
3070	Lander	30	0.000%	0.50x
3071	Lascelles	30	0.000%	3.12x
3072	Levett	30	0.000%	0.79x
3073	Liddel	30	0.000%	4.79x
3074	Longridge	30	0.000%	7.66x
3075	Loughton	30	0.000%	2.43x
3076	Mackintosh	30	0.000%	0.52x
3077	Macklam	30	0.000%	28.72x
3078	Malley	30	0.000%	1.19x
3079	Mankin	30	0.000%	8.84x
3080	Mannion	30	0.000%	1.33x
3081	Marten	30	0.000%	1.14x
3082	Mathewson	30	0.000%	1.43x
3083	Mcallister	30	0.000%	5.44x
3084	Mearns	30	0.000%	1.07x
3085	Meggison	30	0.000%	7.77x
3086	Mutton	30	0.000%	0.93x
3087	Newbegin	30	0.000%	7.60x
3088	Newbold	30	0.000%	0.47x
3089	Rayson	30	0.000%	1.20x
3090	Riseborough	30	0.000%	4.64x
3091	Rushton	30	0.000%	0.17x
3092	Savill	30	0.000%	0.73x
3093	Scarfe	30	0.000%	1.77x
3094	Shore	30	0.000%	0.32x
3095	Sleeth	30	0.000%	11.75x
3096	Stairmand	30	0.000%	22.47x
3097	Stannard	30	0.000%	0.49x
3098	Staples	30	0.000%	0.36x
3099	Tearney	30	0.000%	4.53x
3100	Tonks	30	0.000%	0.66x