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 Forrest, with 329 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
401	Forrest	329	0.040%	1.47x
402	Brooks	328	0.040%	0.39x
403	Carrick	328	0.040%	5.25x
404	Berry	325	0.040%	0.47x
405	Cowley	324	0.040%	2.03x
406	Harwood	324	0.040%	1.39x
407	Wearmouth	324	0.040%	27.30x
408	Reynolds	323	0.040%	0.43x
409	Stafford	323	0.040%	1.75x
410	Daglish	322	0.040%	18.07x
411	Gibbons	322	0.040%	1.15x
412	Hay	322	0.040%	1.01x
413	Featherstone	321	0.040%	4.11x
414	Harland	321	0.040%	4.43x
415	Hepple	320	0.040%	17.39x
416	Cuthbertson	319	0.040%	4.75x
417	Renwick	319	0.040%	5.38x
418	Jennings	318	0.040%	0.72x
419	Benson	317	0.040%	1.35x
420	Colling	317	0.040%	14.33x
421	Herron	317	0.040%	10.19x
422	Copeland	315	0.040%	3.83x
423	Kerr	314	0.040%	0.66x
424	Ritson	314	0.040%	8.99x
425	Brewis	312	0.040%	12.34x
426	Collingwood	312	0.040%	6.52x
427	Lynch	312	0.040%	1.36x
428	Donnelly	311	0.040%	2.84x
429	Quinn	311	0.040%	1.87x
430	Haswell	310	0.040%	11.03x
431	Kirton	310	0.040%	7.81x
432	Leighton	310	0.040%	3.32x
433	Peel	310	0.040%	1.99x
434	Hunt	309	0.040%	0.27x
435	Crosby	307	0.040%	2.98x
436	Barber	304	0.040%	0.58x
437	Woods	304	0.040%	0.55x
438	Humphrey	302	0.030%	1.30x
439	Seymour	301	0.030%	1.69x
440	Keenan	300	0.030%	4.07x
441	Farrell	299	0.030%	1.81x
442	Hobson	298	0.030%	1.32x
443	Wigham	298	0.030%	19.78x
444	Cooke	297	0.030%	0.62x
445	Horner	297	0.030%	1.80x
446	Ranson	297	0.030%	6.91x
447	Fraser	296	0.030%	0.38x
448	Kirkup	296	0.030%	14.13x
449	Westgarth	295	0.030%	19.51x
450	Hornsby	294	0.030%	5.20x
451	Stonehouse	294	0.030%	7.74x
452	Strong	293	0.030%	2.26x
453	Newby	291	0.030%	3.35x
454	Burrell	290	0.030%	2.56x
455	Cowell	290	0.030%	2.33x
456	Barrass	289	0.030%	13.49x
457	Hume	289	0.030%	2.34x
458	Ritchie	289	0.030%	0.96x
459	Waller	289	0.030%	1.32x
460	Hanson	288	0.030%	1.03x
461	Blacklock	287	0.030%	7.77x
462	Irving	287	0.030%	1.48x
463	Embleton	285	0.030%	11.41x
464	Lowther	285	0.030%	5.37x
465	Bone	284	0.030%	1.76x
466	Richmond	284	0.030%	1.49x
467	Alexander	281	0.030%	0.61x
468	Curtis	281	0.030%	0.57x
469	Frazer	281	0.030%	4.17x
470	Kelley	281	0.030%	2.78x
471	Minto	278	0.030%	11.54x
472	Conway	277	0.030%	1.70x
473	Higgins	277	0.030%	0.63x
474	Sutton	277	0.030%	0.50x
475	Moran	276	0.030%	1.73x
476	Nesbitt	276	0.030%	11.56x
477	Shipley	276	0.030%	3.59x
478	Holland	275	0.030%	0.44x
479	Jenkins	275	0.030%	0.27x
480	Sutherland	275	0.030%	0.63x
481	Andrews	274	0.030%	0.33x
482	Day	274	0.030%	0.33x
483	Grieves	274	0.030%	12.59x
484	Hogarth	274	0.030%	4.78x
485	Woodward	274	0.030%	0.64x
486	Hammond	271	0.030%	0.55x
487	Luke	271	0.030%	3.20x
488	Morley	271	0.030%	0.78x
489	Story	271	0.030%	5.03x
490	Clayton	269	0.030%	0.57x
491	Place	269	0.030%	5.90x
492	Proctor	269	0.030%	1.26x
493	Ryan	269	0.030%	1.00x
494	March	268	0.030%	2.86x
495	Casey	267	0.030%	2.08x
496	Donaldson	267	0.030%	1.08x
497	Smiles	267	0.030%	14.82x
498	Spark	267	0.030%	6.99x
499	Rose	266	0.030%	0.41x
500	Knight	265	0.030%	0.25x