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 Rodgers, with 263 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
501	Rodgers	263	0.030%	1.11x
502	Edgar	262	0.030%	1.96x
503	Paxton	262	0.030%	3.78x
504	Knowles	260	0.030%	0.56x
505	Wells	260	0.030%	0.36x
506	Beck	257	0.030%	1.26x
507	Dalton	257	0.030%	1.29x
508	Mather	257	0.030%	1.19x
509	Preston	256	0.030%	0.59x
510	Smurthwaite	256	0.030%	19.78x
511	Wray	256	0.030%	2.19x
512	Tulip	255	0.030%	18.23x
513	Wild	255	0.030%	0.72x
514	Farrow	253	0.030%	1.55x
515	Freeman	253	0.030%	0.46x
516	Willey	252	0.030%	3.22x
517	Hills	251	0.030%	1.04x
518	Riddle	251	0.030%	3.48x
519	Rowntree	250	0.030%	9.76x
520	Skelton	250	0.030%	1.98x
521	Grainger	249	0.030%	1.86x
522	Owen	249	0.030%	0.24x
523	Bond	248	0.030%	0.54x
524	Harle	248	0.030%	12.59x
525	Makepeace	247	0.030%	10.07x
526	Mawson	246	0.030%	3.51x
527	Whitehead	245	0.030%	0.42x
528	Beadle	244	0.030%	4.00x
529	Chisholm	244	0.030%	1.93x
530	May	244	0.030%	0.44x
531	Ball	243	0.030%	0.34x
532	Cummins	243	0.030%	3.28x
533	Finlay	243	0.030%	2.72x
534	Cuthbert	242	0.030%	1.94x
535	Flynn	241	0.030%	1.45x
536	Dean	240	0.030%	0.40x
537	Hayes	240	0.030%	0.44x
538	Barrow	239	0.030%	1.30x
539	Small	239	0.030%	1.08x
540	Stott	238	0.030%	0.88x
541	Franklin	237	0.030%	0.82x
542	Waite	237	0.030%	1.31x
543	Walsh	236	0.030%	0.51x
544	Drummond	235	0.030%	1.36x
545	Hird	235	0.030%	3.50x
546	Maxwell	235	0.030%	1.14x
547	Norman	235	0.030%	0.58x
548	Winship	235	0.030%	13.19x
549	Huntley	234	0.030%	3.82x
550	Swales	234	0.030%	3.85x
551	Baines	233	0.030%	1.40x
552	Herbert	233	0.030%	0.72x
553	Horsley	233	0.030%	2.87x
554	Lane	233	0.030%	0.39x
555	Pigg	233	0.030%	9.09x
556	Warren	233	0.030%	0.40x
557	Abbott	232	0.030%	0.61x
558	Barras	232	0.030%	13.71x
559	Leonard	232	0.030%	1.23x
560	Lindsay	232	0.030%	0.82x
561	Yates	232	0.030%	0.39x
562	Jordan	230	0.030%	0.60x
563	Hagan	229	0.030%	5.27x
564	Page	229	0.030%	0.33x
565	Watts	229	0.030%	0.31x
566	Rowland	228	0.030%	0.92x
567	Scorer	228	0.030%	19.02x
568	Christie	227	0.030%	0.81x
569	Marsh	227	0.030%	0.37x
570	Crooks	226	0.030%	3.37x
571	Dobinson	226	0.030%	9.87x
572	Lockey	226	0.030%	10.95x
573	Carruthers	225	0.030%	1.96x
574	Hurst	225	0.030%	0.73x
575	Carney	224	0.030%	2.85x
576	Kent	224	0.030%	0.61x
577	Stockdale	224	0.030%	3.31x
578	Garthwaite	223	0.030%	13.43x
579	Milner	223	0.030%	1.12x
580	Tomlinson	223	0.030%	0.56x
581	Iley	222	0.030%	22.83x
582	Law	222	0.030%	0.56x
583	Walls	222	0.030%	2.12x
584	Forbes	221	0.030%	0.76x
585	Frost	221	0.030%	0.45x
586	Clasper	220	0.030%	20.94x
587	Eltringham	220	0.030%	24.07x
588	Fitzpatrick	220	0.030%	1.73x
589	Gardener	220	0.030%	1.41x
590	Mitchinson	220	0.030%	9.92x
591	Coleman	219	0.030%	0.51x
592	Guthrie	219	0.030%	2.00x
593	Naylor	219	0.030%	0.67x
594	Savage	219	0.030%	0.66x
595	Wanless	219	0.030%	14.65x
596	Almond	218	0.030%	2.02x
597	Cowen	218	0.030%	4.57x
598	Johnstone	218	0.030%	0.55x
599	Arkless	217	0.030%	26.42x
600	Newman	217	0.030%	0.34x