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 Tulley, with 30 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
3101	Tulley	30	0.000%	1.68x
3102	Turbitt	30	0.000%	19.14x
3103	Tutin	30	0.000%	5.74x
3104	Walburn	30	0.000%	11.24x
3105	Walmsley	30	0.000%	0.17x
3106	Wanley	30	0.000%	20.68x
3107	Whinn	30	0.000%	14.36x
3108	Whiteman	30	0.000%	0.54x
3109	Wrighton	30	0.000%	1.44x
3110	Wyatt	30	0.000%	0.12x
3111	Aird	29	0.000%	0.64x
3112	Banning	29	0.000%	2.30x
3113	Batley	29	0.000%	0.77x
3114	Battle	29	0.000%	1.09x
3115	Boad	29	0.000%	22.22x
3116	Boynes	29	0.000%	7.57x
3117	Brownley	29	0.000%	5.23x
3118	Butters	29	0.000%	0.68x
3119	Cavanah	29	0.000%	5.71x
3120	Charleton	29	0.000%	5.84x
3121	Colquhoun	29	0.000%	0.56x
3122	Conlan	29	0.000%	1.84x
3123	Dawe	29	0.000%	0.38x
3124	Dobbins	29	0.000%	1.85x
3125	Downie	29	0.000%	0.28x
3126	Dykes	29	0.000%	0.49x
3127	Elcoate	29	0.000%	26.31x
3128	Elston	29	0.000%	0.69x
3129	Faith	29	0.000%	3.63x
3130	Fawcus	29	0.000%	7.35x
3131	Fay	29	0.000%	0.80x
3132	Fearon	29	0.000%	1.33x
3133	Fenn	29	0.000%	0.33x
3134	Foot	29	0.000%	0.34x
3135	Fordham	29	0.000%	0.42x
3136	Foxall	29	0.000%	1.18x
3137	Fry	29	0.000%	0.10x
3138	Gaines	29	0.000%	1.85x
3139	Garside	29	0.000%	0.23x
3140	Glancey	29	0.000%	4.95x
3141	Haile	29	0.000%	3.28x
3142	Hanratty	29	0.000%	6.06x
3143	Hawks	29	0.000%	1.28x
3144	Heaney	29	0.000%	1.94x
3145	Hildrew	29	0.000%	24.99x
3146	Innis	29	0.000%	3.73x
3147	Kirkhouse	29	0.000%	12.04x
3148	Lakey	29	0.000%	3.28x
3149	Lauderdale	29	0.000%	8.12x
3150	Lawler	29	0.000%	0.74x
3151	Leadbetter	29	0.000%	0.64x
3152	Michael	29	0.000%	0.62x
3153	Midleton	29	0.000%	9.25x
3154	Mullan	29	0.000%	1.84x
3155	Parton	29	0.000%	0.61x
3156	Peary	29	0.000%	10.20x
3157	Pierce	29	0.000%	0.23x
3158	Powel	29	0.000%	1.31x
3159	Rook	29	0.000%	0.49x
3160	Sanson	29	0.000%	2.65x
3161	Scarff	29	0.000%	2.78x
3162	Skillings	29	0.000%	8.77x
3163	Slade	29	0.000%	0.17x
3164	Sweet	29	0.000%	0.37x
3165	Tyerman	29	0.000%	3.89x
3166	Vickery	29	0.000%	0.46x
3167	Waiton	29	0.000%	22.71x
3168	Watling	29	0.000%	0.64x
3169	Widdowfield	29	0.000%	18.17x
3170	Yeaman	29	0.000%	2.90x
3171	Yule	29	0.000%	0.67x
3172	Ayres	28	0.000%	0.23x
3173	Bayes	28	0.000%	1.08x
3174	Beamson	28	0.000%	22.45x
3175	Blacket	28	0.000%	16.08x
3176	Blues	28	0.000%	7.15x
3177	Borlace	28	0.000%	12.37x
3178	Borrowdale	28	0.000%	4.12x
3179	Bourn	28	0.000%	1.47x
3180	Bowery	28	0.000%	6.11x
3181	Burley	28	0.000%	0.34x
3182	Cleary	28	0.000%	0.78x
3183	Clemitson	28	0.000%	11.09x
3184	Coley	28	0.000%	0.54x
3185	Cranmer	28	0.000%	1.87x
3186	Crick	28	0.000%	0.54x
3187	Dalrymple	28	0.000%	0.74x
3188	Dawes	28	0.000%	0.24x
3189	Dodson	28	0.000%	0.42x
3190	Edmond	28	0.000%	0.95x
3191	Fahey	28	0.000%	2.74x
3192	Falcus	28	0.000%	9.19x
3193	Farnworth	28	0.000%	0.63x
3194	Felstead	28	0.000%	1.37x
3195	Flower	28	0.000%	0.33x
3196	Fort	28	0.000%	1.37x
3197	Goss	28	0.000%	0.37x
3198	Hammell	28	0.000%	6.99x
3199	Harriman	28	0.000%	1.25x
3200	Heal	28	0.000%	0.61x