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 Cattle, with 6 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
8101	Cattle	6	0.000%	0.28x
8102	Caughey	6	0.000%	2.22x
8103	Cavender	6	0.000%	2.35x
8104	Caveney	6	0.000%	1.29x
8105	Caward	6	0.000%	5.74x
8106	Caws	6	0.000%	0.89x
8107	Cayley	6	0.000%	0.87x
8108	Chapham	6	0.000%	5.17x
8109	Chaplow	6	0.000%	2.72x
8110	Chatten	6	0.000%	0.84x
8111	Cheese	6	0.000%	0.46x
8112	Chesser	6	0.000%	1.88x
8113	Chinn	6	0.000%	0.20x
8114	Chrystall	6	0.000%	2.95x
8115	Clausen	6	0.000%	6.67x
8116	Clemenson	6	0.000%	1.95x
8117	Clouston	6	0.000%	0.52x
8118	Cluderay	6	0.000%	1.62x
8119	Cluer	6	0.000%	1.48x
8120	Coal	6	0.000%	1.90x
8121	Coaley	6	0.000%	4.22x
8122	Coble	6	0.000%	2.15x
8123	Cockerton	6	0.000%	0.41x
8124	Colbeck	6	0.000%	0.31x
8125	Collidge	6	0.000%	2.91x
8126	Collishaw	6	0.000%	0.97x
8127	Comiskey	6	0.000%	6.08x
8128	Conly	6	0.000%	2.01x
8129	Connar	6	0.000%	1.27x
8130	Connelley	6	0.000%	2.62x
8131	Cooley	6	0.000%	0.27x
8132	Cooling	6	0.000%	0.20x
8133	Copper	6	0.000%	0.42x
8134	Corley	6	0.000%	0.45x
8135	Cort	6	0.000%	0.59x
8136	Cose	6	0.000%	0.90x
8137	Coston	6	0.000%	1.22x
8138	Coutts	6	0.000%	0.07x
8139	Cowl	6	0.000%	1.14x
8140	Coy	6	0.000%	0.22x
8141	Craige	6	0.000%	2.46x
8142	Craighead	6	0.000%	0.77x
8143	Crammer	6	0.000%	2.79x
8144	Craske	6	0.000%	0.42x
8145	Cristian	6	0.000%	14.78x
8146	Croke	6	0.000%	2.87x
8147	Cromarty	6	0.000%	0.60x
8148	Cropley	6	0.000%	0.43x
8149	Crowford	6	0.000%	2.79x
8150	Curd	6	0.000%	0.29x
8151	Curwen	6	0.000%	0.33x
8152	Cusick	6	0.000%	0.60x
8153	Dabell	6	0.000%	0.99x
8154	Daines	6	0.000%	0.29x
8155	Danials	6	0.000%	12.18x
8156	Darcey	6	0.000%	0.98x
8157	Dary	6	0.000%	6.08x
8158	Dason	6	0.000%	15.91x
8159	Daughty	6	0.000%	1.67x
8160	Dauglas	6	0.000%	34.52x
8161	Daveson	6	0.000%	3.90x
8162	Days	6	0.000%	2.76x
8163	Deakin	6	0.000%	0.05x
8164	Dealy	6	0.000%	2.49x
8165	Debbage	6	0.000%	1.48x
8166	Dedman	6	0.000%	0.36x
8167	Dewing	6	0.000%	0.65x
8168	Diack	6	0.000%	0.65x
8169	Diggins	6	0.000%	0.43x
8170	Dignam	6	0.000%	1.21x
8171	Dods	6	0.000%	0.41x
8172	Domoney	6	0.000%	1.55x
8173	Dorothy	6	0.000%	4.92x
8174	Dorrington	6	0.000%	0.22x
8175	Dougill	6	0.000%	1.34x
8176	Dowden	6	0.000%	0.32x
8177	Dowthwaite	6	0.000%	0.78x
8178	Drape	6	0.000%	3.63x
8179	Drennan	6	0.000%	0.51x
8180	Drewry	6	0.000%	0.46x
8181	Drinkall	6	0.000%	0.65x
8182	Dukes	6	0.000%	0.19x
8183	Dulton	6	0.000%	2.25x
8184	Duman	6	0.000%	13.81x
8185	Dunigan	6	0.000%	3.50x
8186	Dunkerton	6	0.000%	1.40x
8187	Dunlavey	6	0.000%	2.58x
8188	Duns	6	0.000%	2.52x
8189	Dutch	6	0.000%	0.60x
8190	Dyball	6	0.000%	0.37x
8191	Eardley	6	0.000%	0.18x
8192	Easy	6	0.000%	0.64x
8193	Edge	6	0.000%	0.04x
8194	Egginton	6	0.000%	0.50x
8195	Eglinton	6	0.000%	0.90x
8196	Elleray	6	0.000%	1.50x
8197	Elms	6	0.000%	0.18x
8198	Emily	6	0.000%	4.49x
8199	Ennew	6	0.000%	4.22x
8200	Epps	6	0.000%	0.25x