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 Giles, with 185 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
701	Giles	185	0.020%	0.56x
702	Kenny	185	0.020%	1.78x
703	Eggleston	184	0.020%	9.02x
704	Gallon	184	0.020%	8.59x
705	Corbett	183	0.020%	1.07x
706	Gillespie	183	0.020%	1.33x
707	Dolan	182	0.020%	2.41x
708	Braithwaite	181	0.020%	1.79x
709	Curran	181	0.020%	2.49x
710	Hepplewhite	181	0.020%	28.22x
711	Holt	181	0.020%	0.31x
712	Joice	181	0.020%	10.31x
713	Mould	181	0.020%	2.43x
714	Redshaw	181	0.020%	7.00x
715	Griffin	180	0.020%	0.44x
716	Herring	180	0.020%	2.02x
717	Ingram	180	0.020%	0.68x
718	Stobart	180	0.020%	10.98x
719	Airey	179	0.020%	2.71x
720	Brass	179	0.020%	10.88x
721	Duff	179	0.020%	1.16x
722	Tucker	179	0.020%	0.37x
723	Brownless	178	0.020%	21.83x
724	Lumsdon	178	0.020%	18.59x
725	Manners	178	0.020%	4.14x
726	Musgrove	178	0.020%	4.24x
727	Wynn	178	0.020%	2.36x
728	Binks	177	0.020%	3.45x
729	Mackey	177	0.020%	5.35x
730	Stothard	177	0.020%	9.20x
731	Crowe	176	0.020%	2.03x
732	George	176	0.020%	0.35x
733	Younger	176	0.020%	3.74x
734	Browell	175	0.020%	15.46x
735	Chipchase	175	0.020%	14.60x
736	Galley	175	0.020%	5.64x
737	Vincent	175	0.020%	0.65x
738	Dickson	174	0.020%	0.54x
739	Goundry	174	0.020%	26.65x
740	Towers	174	0.020%	1.73x
741	Baty	173	0.020%	8.22x
742	Kitching	173	0.020%	3.43x
743	Steele	173	0.020%	0.74x
744	Thirlwell	173	0.020%	14.76x
745	Nichols	172	0.020%	0.61x
746	Stones	172	0.020%	1.66x
747	Arthur	171	0.020%	0.90x
748	Bryan	171	0.020%	0.79x
749	Gilroy	171	0.020%	4.85x
750	Hanley	171	0.020%	2.39x
751	Prior	171	0.020%	0.85x
752	Shanks	171	0.020%	2.59x
753	Barnett	170	0.020%	0.43x
754	Callaghan	170	0.020%	1.73x
755	Coyne	170	0.020%	3.70x
756	Gilmore	170	0.020%	3.34x
757	Harbottle	170	0.020%	10.07x
758	Rippon	170	0.020%	5.62x
759	Tyson	170	0.020%	1.50x
760	Finnigan	169	0.020%	4.98x
761	Plews	169	0.020%	8.13x
762	Selby	169	0.020%	1.63x
763	Stobbart	169	0.020%	15.61x
764	Tindle	169	0.020%	12.55x
765	Clifford	168	0.020%	0.94x
766	Devlin	168	0.020%	2.36x
767	Ditchburn	168	0.020%	10.25x
768	Lewins	168	0.020%	22.27x
769	Mole	167	0.020%	2.48x
770	Tarn	167	0.020%	20.63x
771	Barry	166	0.020%	1.06x
772	Butterfield	166	0.020%	1.43x
773	Deighton	166	0.020%	3.81x
774	Fairbairn	166	0.020%	2.59x
775	Jewitt	166	0.020%	5.70x
776	Pyle	166	0.020%	4.68x
777	Stout	166	0.020%	3.99x
778	Stuart	166	0.020%	0.80x
779	Leng	165	0.020%	6.80x
780	Smailes	165	0.020%	13.01x
781	Wales	165	0.020%	2.34x
782	Arrowsmith	164	0.020%	2.43x
783	Dennis	164	0.020%	0.64x
784	Dickenson	164	0.020%	1.24x
785	Fryer	164	0.020%	1.02x
786	Woodhouse	164	0.020%	0.80x
787	Clement	163	0.020%	1.86x
788	Glendinning	163	0.020%	4.91x
789	Mathews	163	0.020%	0.51x
790	Patton	163	0.020%	5.27x
791	Punshon	163	0.020%	24.42x
792	Sherwood	163	0.020%	1.47x
793	Bullock	162	0.020%	0.57x
794	Conner	162	0.020%	2.41x
795	Grundy	162	0.020%	0.91x
796	Martindale	162	0.020%	3.25x
797	Worthy	162	0.020%	7.66x
798	Arnold	161	0.020%	0.34x
799	Butcher	161	0.020%	0.44x
800	Fenton	161	0.020%	0.93x