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 Payne, with 217 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
601	Payne	217	0.030%	0.28x
602	Downey	216	0.020%	3.52x
603	Kemp	216	0.020%	0.45x
604	Lax	216	0.020%	12.99x
605	Meek	216	0.020%	2.14x
606	Talbot	216	0.020%	1.00x
607	Webb	216	0.020%	0.18x
608	Barrett	215	0.020%	0.37x
609	Jeffrey	215	0.020%	1.34x
610	Saunders	215	0.020%	0.27x
611	Cullen	214	0.020%	1.41x
612	Dinning	214	0.020%	11.04x
613	Oates	214	0.020%	1.58x
614	Winn	213	0.020%	2.52x
615	Wrightson	213	0.020%	8.48x
616	Denham	212	0.020%	2.77x
617	Askew	211	0.020%	2.15x
618	Chilton	211	0.020%	3.02x
619	Cowan	211	0.020%	1.19x
620	Kipling	211	0.020%	10.18x
621	Sayers	211	0.020%	2.20x
622	Spoors	211	0.020%	19.44x
623	Daley	210	0.020%	2.05x
624	Lightfoot	210	0.020%	1.74x
625	Moon	210	0.020%	1.15x
626	Greenwood	209	0.020%	0.31x
627	Stephens	208	0.020%	0.43x
628	Dinsdale	207	0.020%	4.63x
629	Pollard	207	0.020%	0.65x
630	Musgrave	206	0.020%	3.92x
631	Burgess	205	0.020%	0.34x
632	Byers	205	0.020%	4.55x
633	Coverdale	205	0.020%	8.61x
634	Crow	205	0.020%	1.56x
635	Ferry	205	0.020%	7.47x
636	Pears	205	0.020%	5.13x
637	Stevens	205	0.020%	0.23x
638	Burnip	204	0.020%	26.93x
639	Heppell	204	0.020%	14.83x
640	Lishman	204	0.020%	11.47x
641	Lodge	204	0.020%	1.29x
642	Forsyth	203	0.020%	1.09x
643	Mitcheson	203	0.020%	14.79x
644	Moss	203	0.020%	0.38x
645	Main	202	0.020%	1.42x
646	Beckwith	201	0.020%	3.93x
647	Croft	201	0.020%	0.98x
648	Gent	201	0.020%	2.69x
649	Oneil	201	0.020%	2.30x
650	Beattie	200	0.020%	1.08x
651	Crozier	200	0.020%	4.90x
652	Eden	200	0.020%	2.27x
653	Holliday	200	0.020%	1.75x
654	Rudd	200	0.020%	1.46x
655	Stainsby	200	0.020%	14.01x
656	Nattrass	199	0.020%	19.76x
657	Southern	199	0.020%	2.48x
658	Austin	198	0.020%	0.47x
659	Rogerson	198	0.020%	1.85x
660	Siddle	198	0.020%	10.66x
661	Thwaites	198	0.020%	3.81x
662	Walters	198	0.020%	0.48x
663	Langley	197	0.020%	1.03x
664	Philips	197	0.020%	1.22x
665	Sedgwick	197	0.020%	3.12x
666	Smithson	196	0.020%	2.35x
667	Conley	195	0.020%	6.20x
668	Greaves	195	0.020%	0.77x
669	Lumsden	195	0.020%	2.69x
670	Marr	194	0.020%	1.96x
671	Barlow	193	0.020%	0.41x
672	Dodsworth	193	0.020%	5.32x
673	Gorman	193	0.020%	1.84x
674	Linsley	193	0.020%	14.58x
675	Pybus	193	0.020%	7.47x
676	Ray	193	0.020%	1.12x
677	Bailes	192	0.020%	11.73x
678	Coltman	192	0.020%	7.88x
679	Foreman	192	0.020%	1.69x
680	Glass	192	0.020%	2.13x
681	Sweeney	192	0.020%	1.65x
682	Swinburne	192	0.020%	16.96x
683	Lancaster	191	0.020%	0.88x
684	Bateman	190	0.020%	0.85x
685	Neasham	190	0.020%	24.80x
686	Stark	190	0.020%	1.60x
687	Weir	190	0.020%	0.84x
688	Oswald	189	0.020%	4.73x
689	Veitch	189	0.020%	3.30x
690	Fairley	188	0.020%	4.42x
691	Lawrence	188	0.020%	0.33x
692	Morrow	188	0.020%	5.31x
693	Slack	188	0.020%	1.37x
694	Finn	187	0.020%	2.36x
695	Rochester	187	0.020%	8.22x
696	Bulman	186	0.020%	5.87x
697	Littlefair	186	0.020%	15.01x
698	Barton	185	0.020%	0.39x
699	Boddy	185	0.020%	3.84x
700	Connolly	185	0.020%	1.83x