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 Joel, with 17 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
4401	Joel	17	0.000%	0.87x
4402	Kaufmann	17	0.000%	11.06x
4403	Kean	17	0.000%	0.29x
4404	Kirkaldy	17	0.000%	3.47x
4405	Kitts	17	0.000%	2.11x
4406	Lavelle	17	0.000%	2.51x
4407	Layburn	17	0.000%	6.98x
4408	Leatham	17	0.000%	1.49x
4409	Loan	17	0.000%	3.37x
4410	Longmire	17	0.000%	2.58x
4411	Lowcock	17	0.000%	1.52x
4412	Mahaffey	17	0.000%	24.42x
4413	Makin	17	0.000%	0.23x
4414	Malthouse	17	0.000%	1.79x
4415	Manley	17	0.000%	0.17x
4416	Marshal	17	0.000%	0.93x
4417	Mathew	17	0.000%	0.52x
4418	Mayfield	17	0.000%	0.76x
4419	Mcdermott	17	0.000%	1.09x
4420	Mcevoy	17	0.000%	2.20x
4421	Mcguiness	17	0.000%	3.00x
4422	Mchugh	17	0.000%	2.38x
4423	Meegan	17	0.000%	7.06x
4424	Merton	17	0.000%	1.73x
4425	Mew	17	0.000%	0.92x
4426	Mothersill	17	0.000%	6.81x
4427	Mulvaney	17	0.000%	3.47x
4428	Newsom	17	0.000%	2.07x
4429	Nielson	17	0.000%	3.49x
4430	Nix	17	0.000%	0.76x
4431	Northcott	17	0.000%	0.43x
4432	Openshaw	17	0.000%	0.40x
4433	Pain	17	0.000%	0.22x
4434	Paine	17	0.000%	0.14x
4435	Pendlington	17	0.000%	14.65x
4436	Perris	17	0.000%	1.50x
4437	Pippett	17	0.000%	7.06x
4438	Poulson	17	0.000%	0.82x
4439	Pow	17	0.000%	0.83x
4440	Pyne	17	0.000%	0.52x
4441	Radley	17	0.000%	0.34x
4442	Rainey	17	0.000%	1.24x
4443	Rainford	17	0.000%	0.67x
4444	Renforth	17	0.000%	18.90x
4445	Renison	17	0.000%	5.63x
4446	Ripon	17	0.000%	8.88x
4447	Robley	17	0.000%	3.66x
4448	Roche	17	0.000%	0.46x
4449	Rome	17	0.000%	0.99x
4450	Rostron	17	0.000%	0.33x
4451	Rumble	17	0.000%	0.52x
4452	Rye	17	0.000%	0.50x
4453	Sage	17	0.000%	0.22x
4454	Sains	17	0.000%	4.21x
4455	Scarborough	17	0.000%	0.69x
4456	Schultz	17	0.000%	2.29x
4457	Scrimshaw	17	0.000%	1.10x
4458	Seary	17	0.000%	3.71x
4459	Shevels	17	0.000%	34.50x
4460	Shires	17	0.000%	0.70x
4461	Shuttleworth	17	0.000%	0.16x
4462	Silvester	17	0.000%	0.25x
4463	Stewert	17	0.000%	4.31x
4464	Summerscales	17	0.000%	1.63x
4465	Tarbet	17	0.000%	2.01x
4466	Tennent	17	0.000%	1.20x
4467	Tod	17	0.000%	0.50x
4468	Tompkins	17	0.000%	0.23x
4469	Trowsdale	17	0.000%	3.71x
4470	Turp	17	0.000%	4.21x
4471	Ure	17	0.000%	0.63x
4472	Vokes	17	0.000%	1.10x
4473	Walch	17	0.000%	1.28x
4474	Wardale	17	0.000%	2.49x
4475	Warrior	17	0.000%	3.99x
4476	Westall	17	0.000%	0.87x
4477	Westwater	17	0.000%	1.50x
4478	Yellow	17	0.000%	8.14x
4479	Yorke	17	0.000%	0.61x
4480	Addie	16	0.000%	1.66x
4481	Algar	16	0.000%	0.72x
4482	Alsopp	16	0.000%	2.68x
4483	Ankers	16	0.000%	0.74x
4484	Armer	16	0.000%	1.49x
4485	Aves	16	0.000%	1.09x
4486	Badcock	16	0.000%	0.32x
4487	Bannon	16	0.000%	1.68x
4488	Baptist	16	0.000%	3.15x
4489	Barley	16	0.000%	0.33x
4490	Barugh	16	0.000%	6.34x
4491	Bastow	16	0.000%	0.56x
4492	Batten	16	0.000%	0.20x
4493	Bayne	16	0.000%	0.50x
4494	Bays	16	0.000%	1.57x
4495	Beilby	16	0.000%	1.65x
4496	Biddlestone	16	0.000%	5.80x
4497	Birchall	16	0.000%	0.19x
4498	Blagdon	16	0.000%	3.49x
4499	Blenkhorn	16	0.000%	3.34x
4500	Bott	16	0.000%	0.23x