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 Garbutt, with 419 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
301	Garbutt	419	0.050%	6.67x
302	Stokoe	418	0.050%	14.25x
303	Sewell	415	0.050%	2.26x
304	Corner	414	0.050%	6.55x
305	Close	413	0.050%	5.45x
306	Richards	413	0.050%	0.31x
307	Kirby	411	0.050%	1.25x
308	Lumley	411	0.050%	7.76x
309	Snowball	411	0.050%	14.54x
310	Laing	408	0.050%	2.34x
311	Pinkney	408	0.050%	11.96x
312	Wade	408	0.050%	1.17x
313	Spencer	403	0.050%	0.51x
314	Bewick	402	0.050%	16.37x
315	Powell	402	0.050%	0.37x
316	Emerson	401	0.050%	6.66x
317	Burnett	400	0.050%	1.66x
318	Stobbs	400	0.050%	15.92x
319	Boyd	399	0.050%	1.31x
320	Rogers	399	0.050%	0.35x
321	Reid	398	0.050%	0.44x
322	Ramshaw	396	0.050%	18.46x
323	Potter	392	0.050%	0.70x
324	Blenkinsop	391	0.050%	15.93x
325	Greener	391	0.050%	15.45x
326	Tinkler	390	0.040%	10.36x
327	Mann	389	0.040%	0.85x
328	Gardiner	387	0.040%	1.55x
329	Harding	387	0.040%	0.62x
330	Stevenson	387	0.040%	0.63x
331	Ramsay	386	0.040%	1.72x
332	Vasey	386	0.040%	12.47x
333	Pounder	385	0.040%	13.56x
334	Lonsdale	384	0.040%	5.33x
335	Brady	382	0.040%	2.48x
336	Joyce	382	0.040%	1.79x
337	Oxley	382	0.040%	3.14x
338	Ellison	378	0.040%	2.06x
339	Heron	378	0.040%	4.54x
340	Hindmarch	378	0.040%	22.53x
341	Moses	378	0.040%	4.25x
342	Mullen	378	0.040%	4.55x
343	Shield	378	0.040%	9.56x
344	Golightly	377	0.040%	19.53x
345	Clarkson	375	0.040%	1.63x
346	Bolam	374	0.040%	15.81x
347	Allinson	373	0.040%	9.89x
348	Bolton	373	0.040%	1.00x
349	Boyle	372	0.040%	1.65x
350	Hutton	372	0.040%	1.43x
351	Owens	372	0.040%	0.86x
352	Collinson	371	0.040%	3.64x
353	Hewitt	370	0.040%	0.87x
354	Fairless	367	0.040%	21.33x
355	Hartley	364	0.040%	0.67x
356	Howard	363	0.040%	0.43x
357	Irwin	363	0.040%	4.97x
358	Horn	362	0.040%	1.83x
359	Summers	362	0.040%	1.49x
360	Addison	361	0.040%	3.00x
361	Banks	361	0.040%	0.81x
362	Cameron	361	0.040%	0.53x
363	Routledge	361	0.040%	4.88x
364	Angus	360	0.040%	2.89x
365	Griffiths	360	0.040%	0.25x
366	Stoddart	360	0.040%	4.96x
367	Wall	360	0.040%	1.18x
368	Butler	357	0.040%	0.42x
369	Dryden	357	0.040%	6.82x
370	Hull	357	0.040%	1.97x
371	Webster	357	0.040%	0.47x
372	Wharton	356	0.040%	2.92x
373	Donkin	355	0.040%	10.98x
374	Clough	354	0.040%	1.82x
375	Quin	354	0.040%	3.80x
376	Jopling	352	0.040%	22.84x
377	Long	352	0.040%	0.62x
378	Hindmarsh	351	0.040%	10.05x
379	Sowerby	349	0.040%	7.45x
380	Appleton	348	0.040%	2.55x
381	Mowbray	348	0.040%	9.62x
382	Pallister	347	0.040%	15.80x
383	Logan	345	0.040%	1.67x
384	Hind	344	0.040%	3.14x
385	Tindale	344	0.040%	13.74x
386	Ainsley	342	0.040%	14.06x
387	Connor	341	0.040%	1.33x
388	Blair	340	0.040%	1.51x
389	Doyle	340	0.040%	1.61x
390	Jobson	339	0.040%	6.64x
391	Kidd	339	0.040%	1.92x
392	Carroll	337	0.040%	1.93x
393	Guy	336	0.040%	1.77x
394	Cassidy	334	0.040%	3.14x
395	Dale	334	0.040%	0.91x
396	Fleming	334	0.040%	0.92x
397	Gallagher	334	0.040%	2.53x
398	Tweddle	332	0.040%	11.10x
399	Smart	331	0.040%	0.84x
400	Burke	329	0.040%	1.29x