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 Henshaw, with 28 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
3201	Henshaw	28	0.000%	0.38x
3202	How	28	0.000%	0.49x
3203	Hughff	28	0.000%	22.98x
3204	Jeff	28	0.000%	2.92x
3205	Jeffreys	28	0.000%	0.54x
3206	Keedy	28	0.000%	14.40x
3207	Kendrew	28	0.000%	2.64x
3208	Kidson	28	0.000%	2.68x
3209	Landers	28	0.000%	2.03x
3210	Large	28	0.000%	0.31x
3211	Lay	28	0.000%	0.43x
3212	Leck	28	0.000%	2.84x
3213	Leitch	28	0.000%	0.34x
3214	Ling	28	0.000%	0.34x
3215	Littlewood	28	0.000%	0.25x
3216	Lovely	28	0.000%	6.80x
3217	Maltby	28	0.000%	0.56x
3218	Marton	28	0.000%	1.75x
3219	Merchant	28	0.000%	0.48x
3220	Montague	28	0.000%	0.64x
3221	Mossom	28	0.000%	16.35x
3222	Mullholland	28	0.000%	2.70x
3223	Pickford	28	0.000%	0.40x
3224	Plunket	28	0.000%	5.13x
3225	Raeburn	28	0.000%	1.45x
3226	Rickinson	28	0.000%	13.79x
3227	Roxburgh	28	0.000%	1.04x
3228	Scarlett	28	0.000%	0.95x
3229	Shaftoe	28	0.000%	14.19x
3230	Shelly	28	0.000%	1.38x
3231	Simons	28	0.000%	0.24x
3232	Sims	28	0.000%	0.11x
3233	Slevin	28	0.000%	10.97x
3234	Smedley	28	0.000%	0.39x
3235	Sparkes	28	0.000%	0.44x
3236	Squire	28	0.000%	0.27x
3237	Stockley	28	0.000%	0.75x
3238	Suttie	28	0.000%	1.12x
3239	Tanner	28	0.000%	0.14x
3240	Taylerson	28	0.000%	14.19x
3241	Theakstone	28	0.000%	8.77x
3242	Tipling	28	0.000%	5.96x
3243	Townson	28	0.000%	0.77x
3244	Vitty	28	0.000%	8.39x
3245	Wale	28	0.000%	0.67x
3246	Warriner	28	0.000%	1.10x
3247	Wickens	28	0.000%	0.51x
3248	Wiles	28	0.000%	0.37x
3249	Yeates	28	0.000%	0.58x
3250	Ashbridge	27	0.000%	3.94x
3251	Askwith	27	0.000%	3.65x
3252	Atherton	27	0.000%	0.17x
3253	Ayer	27	0.000%	7.44x
3254	Baimbridge	27	0.000%	9.40x
3255	Beetham	27	0.000%	1.87x
3256	Berkley	27	0.000%	2.29x
3257	Bickerton	27	0.000%	0.74x
3258	Binning	27	0.000%	2.20x
3259	Borrow	27	0.000%	3.37x
3260	Bostock	27	0.000%	0.33x
3261	Bowerbank	27	0.000%	3.55x
3262	Bunell	27	0.000%	10.11x
3263	Burrow	27	0.000%	0.45x
3264	Caisley	27	0.000%	4.35x
3265	Coker	27	0.000%	0.66x
3266	Crookston	27	0.000%	5.64x
3267	Crumbie	27	0.000%	6.20x
3268	Dand	27	0.000%	3.75x
3269	Dugan	27	0.000%	1.60x
3270	Eaton	27	0.000%	0.11x
3271	Edminson	27	0.000%	10.11x
3272	Farndale	27	0.000%	5.54x
3273	Faulkner	27	0.000%	0.11x
3274	Freer	27	0.000%	0.56x
3275	Garth	27	0.000%	1.40x
3276	Geary	27	0.000%	0.40x
3277	Gelson	27	0.000%	11.35x
3278	Glancy	27	0.000%	2.65x
3279	Hannington	27	0.000%	3.35x
3280	Harkes	27	0.000%	5.06x
3281	Hemingway	27	0.000%	0.46x
3282	Hethrington	27	0.000%	12.41x
3283	Hewit	27	0.000%	1.95x
3284	Hinton	27	0.000%	0.23x
3285	Hodder	27	0.000%	0.64x
3286	Hoffman	27	0.000%	1.46x
3287	Holborn	27	0.000%	3.02x
3288	Jenkens	27	0.000%	10.01x
3289	Keeler	27	0.000%	1.05x
3290	Kilty	27	0.000%	7.38x
3291	Langdale	27	0.000%	1.78x
3292	Lathan	27	0.000%	7.82x
3293	Lear	27	0.000%	0.53x
3294	Lockie	27	0.000%	1.37x
3295	Lows	27	0.000%	10.82x
3296	Maley	27	0.000%	1.60x
3297	Markwell	27	0.000%	1.69x
3298	Martain	27	0.000%	5.71x
3299	Mayhew	27	0.000%	0.38x
3300	Mcclelland	27	0.000%	9.12x