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 Orange, with 20 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
4001	Orange	20	0.000%	1.34x
4002	Peake	20	0.000%	0.24x
4003	Pells	20	0.000%	1.90x
4004	Pendlebury	20	0.000%	0.36x
4005	Penrose	20	0.000%	0.60x
4006	Ponton	20	0.000%	1.81x
4007	Purdie	20	0.000%	0.56x
4008	Randle	20	0.000%	0.27x
4009	Rawson	20	0.000%	0.21x
4010	Reddy	20	0.000%	1.58x
4011	Rendall	20	0.000%	0.43x
4012	Rickard	20	0.000%	0.34x
4013	Rispin	20	0.000%	3.71x
4014	Robbins	20	0.000%	0.15x
4015	Rudge	20	0.000%	0.29x
4016	Rugg	20	0.000%	1.19x
4017	Sagar	20	0.000%	0.57x
4018	Seales	20	0.000%	3.15x
4019	Seton	20	0.000%	2.42x
4020	Sheen	20	0.000%	0.34x
4021	Smails	20	0.000%	8.02x
4022	Southgate	20	0.000%	0.29x
4023	Sparke	20	0.000%	1.37x
4024	Spearman	20	0.000%	1.45x
4025	Stables	20	0.000%	0.60x
4026	Stenhouse	20	0.000%	0.56x
4027	Stock	20	0.000%	0.19x
4028	Stonely	20	0.000%	5.30x
4029	Sturrock	20	0.000%	0.64x
4030	Sulivan	20	0.000%	1.26x
4031	Timlin	20	0.000%	3.27x
4032	Timperley	20	0.000%	1.03x
4033	Tindal	20	0.000%	1.54x
4034	Trusty	20	0.000%	13.26x
4035	Tudor	20	0.000%	0.34x
4036	Turney	20	0.000%	0.65x
4037	Viner	20	0.000%	0.71x
4038	Waldie	20	0.000%	1.07x
4039	Wellburn	20	0.000%	4.75x
4040	Wheatman	20	0.000%	3.94x
4041	Whitney	20	0.000%	0.44x
4042	Whitten	20	0.000%	1.60x
4043	Whitwell	20	0.000%	0.78x
4044	Willie	20	0.000%	2.81x
4045	Abrahams	19	0.000%	0.29x
4046	Allcock	19	0.000%	0.20x
4047	Ambrose	19	0.000%	0.25x
4048	Angles	19	0.000%	4.25x
4049	Arnell	19	0.000%	1.74x
4050	Banfield	19	0.000%	0.48x
4051	Banson	19	0.000%	12.13x
4052	Bayston	19	0.000%	3.92x
4053	Beeson	19	0.000%	0.55x
4054	Berkeley	19	0.000%	2.99x
4055	Bernard	19	0.000%	0.53x
4056	Bigland	19	0.000%	2.77x
4057	Birtle	19	0.000%	3.58x
4058	Bosanko	19	0.000%	4.71x
4059	Bowmer	19	0.000%	1.90x
4060	Bowton	19	0.000%	13.65x
4061	Branston	19	0.000%	1.17x
4062	Brayshaw	19	0.000%	0.60x
4063	Brien	19	0.000%	0.64x
4064	Bryne	19	0.000%	1.38x
4065	Bunter	19	0.000%	4.58x
4066	Cassells	19	0.000%	1.34x
4067	Cawley	19	0.000%	0.41x
4068	Chesterton	19	0.000%	1.39x
4069	Collison	19	0.000%	0.53x
4070	Comer	19	0.000%	0.85x
4071	Connery	19	0.000%	3.60x
4072	Constable	19	0.000%	0.20x
4073	Corcoran	19	0.000%	0.45x
4074	Cossins	19	0.000%	2.36x
4075	Couchman	19	0.000%	0.67x
4076	Cradock	19	0.000%	2.00x
4077	Craigie	19	0.000%	0.70x
4078	Cranstone	19	0.000%	3.48x
4079	Crouch	19	0.000%	0.16x
4080	Cundle	19	0.000%	8.29x
4081	Darbyshire	19	0.000%	0.41x
4082	Daw	19	0.000%	0.32x
4083	Dickens	19	0.000%	0.21x
4084	Donegan	19	0.000%	2.19x
4085	Dudgeon	19	0.000%	1.05x
4086	Eccleston	19	0.000%	0.44x
4087	Edmonson	19	0.000%	2.04x
4088	Elrington	19	0.000%	10.56x
4089	Elsbury	19	0.000%	5.00x
4090	Entwistle	19	0.000%	0.13x
4091	Fieldhouse	19	0.000%	0.46x
4092	Garman	19	0.000%	1.71x
4093	Gettings	19	0.000%	2.21x
4094	Glennie	19	0.000%	0.90x
4095	Grange	19	0.000%	0.38x
4096	Greeves	19	0.000%	1.98x
4097	Hague	19	0.000%	0.14x
4098	Handly	19	0.000%	2.27x
4099	Hargreaves	19	0.000%	0.05x
4100	Harm	19	0.000%	10.23x