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 Canning, with 18 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
4201	Canning	18	0.000%	0.29x
4202	Carnaby	18	0.000%	4.08x
4203	Cartledge	18	0.000%	0.41x
4204	Caswell	18	0.000%	0.43x
4205	Christelow	18	0.000%	10.51x
4206	Clamp	18	0.000%	0.68x
4207	Coan	18	0.000%	3.45x
4208	Coffer	18	0.000%	9.40x
4209	Colville	18	0.000%	0.61x
4210	Connel	18	0.000%	1.13x
4211	Coombe	18	0.000%	0.38x
4212	Cornwell	18	0.000%	0.36x
4213	Danskin	18	0.000%	3.85x
4214	Deane	18	0.000%	0.25x
4215	Denyer	18	0.000%	0.51x
4216	Doolan	18	0.000%	1.06x
4217	Dooly	18	0.000%	5.04x
4218	Dowdle	18	0.000%	3.98x
4219	Dowse	18	0.000%	0.60x
4220	Duddin	18	0.000%	13.79x
4221	Duell	18	0.000%	3.32x
4222	Ellender	18	0.000%	3.16x
4223	Etheridge	18	0.000%	0.35x
4224	Farey	18	0.000%	1.66x
4225	Fawbert	18	0.000%	2.86x
4226	Firman	18	0.000%	0.81x
4227	Fogerty	18	0.000%	3.78x
4228	Freeland	18	0.000%	0.78x
4229	Fuge	18	0.000%	1.77x
4230	Fury	18	0.000%	2.30x
4231	Gall	18	0.000%	0.32x
4232	Garlick	18	0.000%	0.24x
4233	Gaskell	18	0.000%	0.20x
4234	Gault	18	0.000%	1.55x
4235	Gaunt	18	0.000%	0.21x
4236	Glister	18	0.000%	7.56x
4237	Grave	18	0.000%	1.44x
4238	Greenbank	18	0.000%	1.88x
4239	Greensitt	18	0.000%	13.48x
4240	Gurney	18	0.000%	0.20x
4241	Halder	18	0.000%	3.61x
4242	Hamil	18	0.000%	4.37x
4243	Hampson	18	0.000%	0.11x
4244	Hannon	18	0.000%	1.34x
4245	Hardacre	18	0.000%	0.87x
4246	Harden	18	0.000%	0.53x
4247	Harrow	18	0.000%	0.86x
4248	Herald	18	0.000%	2.46x
4249	Hide	18	0.000%	0.54x
4250	Higginbottom	18	0.000%	0.32x
4251	Hoare	18	0.000%	0.11x
4252	Hockin	18	0.000%	1.00x
4253	Holcroft	18	0.000%	0.96x
4254	Iredale	18	0.000%	0.63x
4255	Jerry	18	0.000%	5.44x
4256	Keogan	18	0.000%	8.16x
4257	Kinley	18	0.000%	1.79x
4258	Lafferty	18	0.000%	0.91x
4259	Layden	18	0.000%	3.37x
4260	Leather	18	0.000%	0.30x
4261	Leight	18	0.000%	20.01x
4262	Lillies	18	0.000%	8.99x
4263	Lithgow	18	0.000%	1.17x
4264	Loades	18	0.000%	3.69x
4265	Lothian	18	0.000%	0.91x
4266	Louther	18	0.000%	5.69x
4267	Lowthian	18	0.000%	2.51x
4268	Manion	18	0.000%	1.46x
4269	Massam	18	0.000%	2.67x
4270	Mcintosh	18	0.000%	2.04x
4271	Mckie	18	0.000%	3.90x
4272	Mcloughlin	18	0.000%	2.14x
4273	Mcshane	18	0.000%	8.38x
4274	Megginson	18	0.000%	4.56x
4275	Milford	18	0.000%	0.74x
4276	Mitton	18	0.000%	0.71x
4277	Moan	18	0.000%	4.19x
4278	Mulvany	18	0.000%	4.96x
4279	Neale	18	0.000%	0.09x
4280	Newlands	18	0.000%	0.51x
4281	Nipper	18	0.000%	5.21x
4282	Passmore	18	0.000%	0.35x
4283	Patteson	18	0.000%	3.34x
4284	Paylor	18	0.000%	4.63x
4285	Pendleton	18	0.000%	0.56x
4286	Peterkin	18	0.000%	1.34x
4287	Pick	18	0.000%	0.32x
4288	Pillar	18	0.000%	2.50x
4289	Poad	18	0.000%	2.76x
4290	Powley	18	0.000%	0.67x
4291	Pyke	18	0.000%	0.60x
4292	Raymond	18	0.000%	0.36x
4293	Reidy	18	0.000%	5.49x
4294	Ridgway	18	0.000%	0.23x
4295	Rowling	18	0.000%	1.05x
4296	Rushford	18	0.000%	9.12x
4297	Sarsfield	18	0.000%	4.60x
4298	Scotland	18	0.000%	0.73x
4299	Seedhouse	18	0.000%	3.45x
4300	Shipman	18	0.000%	0.56x