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 Batson, with 23 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
3601	Batson	23	0.000%	0.95x
3602	Bonsall	23	0.000%	1.43x
3603	Brain	23	0.000%	0.25x
3604	Brotton	23	0.000%	11.17x
3605	Bryers	23	0.000%	3.40x
3606	Burell	23	0.000%	16.18x
3607	Cail	23	0.000%	9.01x
3608	Camsell	23	0.000%	18.88x
3609	Chaplin	23	0.000%	0.18x
3610	Collie	23	0.000%	0.74x
3611	Condon	23	0.000%	0.95x
3612	Coney	23	0.000%	0.93x
3613	Coombs	23	0.000%	0.16x
3614	Copley	23	0.000%	0.34x
3615	Corbitt	23	0.000%	3.06x
3616	Coulston	23	0.000%	2.58x
3617	Cranny	23	0.000%	10.29x
3618	Cranson	23	0.000%	25.57x
3619	Crighton	23	0.000%	0.67x
3620	Dalziel	23	0.000%	0.60x
3621	Donohue	23	0.000%	1.15x
3622	Dunne	23	0.000%	0.81x
3623	East	23	0.000%	0.17x
3624	Elsy	23	0.000%	12.20x
3625	Elvin	23	0.000%	0.75x
3626	Erwin	23	0.000%	4.17x
3627	Eslick	23	0.000%	5.96x
3628	Fairweather	23	0.000%	0.34x
3629	Farquhar	23	0.000%	0.34x
3630	Furlong	23	0.000%	0.76x
3631	Fyfe	23	0.000%	0.29x
3632	Gamblin	23	0.000%	2.04x
3633	Glew	23	0.000%	1.20x
3634	Glynn	23	0.000%	0.60x
3635	Goodburn	23	0.000%	2.59x
3636	Gowdy	23	0.000%	15.24x
3637	Gowing	23	0.000%	1.08x
3638	Greves	23	0.000%	3.60x
3639	Haggie	23	0.000%	9.55x
3640	Hartill	23	0.000%	1.54x
3641	Haws	23	0.000%	2.37x
3642	Heatley	23	0.000%	1.11x
3643	Hence	23	0.000%	12.20x
3644	Henwood	23	0.000%	0.63x
3645	Highfield	23	0.000%	0.95x
3646	Hillman	23	0.000%	0.31x
3647	Hixon	23	0.000%	3.85x
3648	Ironside	23	0.000%	0.77x
3649	Kempster	23	0.000%	0.76x
3650	Kinnear	23	0.000%	0.55x
3651	Knights	23	0.000%	0.30x
3652	Langhorne	23	0.000%	4.66x
3653	Larkman	23	0.000%	2.56x
3654	Lavin	23	0.000%	1.51x
3655	Lugton	23	0.000%	4.24x
3656	Magson	23	0.000%	1.67x
3657	Marston	23	0.000%	0.28x
3658	Mays	23	0.000%	0.46x
3659	Mcconnell	23	0.000%	4.04x
3660	Mccoy	23	0.000%	3.89x
3661	Meehan	23	0.000%	1.33x
3662	Mellor	23	0.000%	0.08x
3663	Millett	23	0.000%	0.67x
3664	Monday	23	0.000%	1.10x
3665	Murdy	23	0.000%	7.41x
3666	New	23	0.000%	0.30x
3667	Patrickson	23	0.000%	3.69x
3668	Pattie	23	0.000%	3.08x
3669	Penney	23	0.000%	0.48x
3670	Pennington	23	0.000%	0.18x
3671	Phillip	23	0.000%	0.52x
3672	Pitcher	23	0.000%	0.34x
3673	Plumley	23	0.000%	1.85x
3674	Plunkett	23	0.000%	1.00x
3675	Raffell	23	0.000%	7.27x
3676	Relton	23	0.000%	4.06x
3677	Reynard	23	0.000%	1.58x
3678	Rudham	23	0.000%	12.01x
3679	Sams	23	0.000%	1.22x
3680	Sawyers	23	0.000%	1.97x
3681	Seal	23	0.000%	0.37x
3682	Sheffield	23	0.000%	0.50x
3683	Sherriff	23	0.000%	0.86x
3684	Sleep	23	0.000%	1.41x
3685	Smallman	23	0.000%	0.81x
3686	Smitt	23	0.000%	11.32x
3687	South	23	0.000%	0.28x
3688	Spiers	23	0.000%	0.32x
3689	Steer	23	0.000%	0.23x
3690	Summerill	23	0.000%	5.62x
3691	Traynor	23	0.000%	1.12x
3692	Walter	23	0.000%	0.17x
3693	Warnes	23	0.000%	0.80x
3694	Weatherby	23	0.000%	1.86x
3695	Whittington	23	0.000%	0.38x
3696	Wilsher	23	0.000%	1.61x
3697	Winters	23	0.000%	0.62x
3698	Winyard	23	0.000%	7.93x
3699	Woof	23	0.000%	1.64x
3700	Amess	22	0.000%	5.88x