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 Stover, 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
8601	Stover	6	0.000%	2.91x
8602	Straight	6	0.000%	1.97x
8603	Strang	6	0.000%	0.15x
8604	Sumpter	6	0.000%	0.44x
8605	Sumpton	6	0.000%	1.15x
8606	Swaby	6	0.000%	0.38x
8607	Sweeten	6	0.000%	5.04x
8608	Sweetman	6	0.000%	0.19x
8609	Swindles	6	0.000%	0.76x
8610	Swinson	6	0.000%	0.72x
8611	Syme	6	0.000%	0.18x
8612	Tail	6	0.000%	3.76x
8613	Taplin	6	0.000%	0.20x
8614	Tear	6	0.000%	0.49x
8615	Thirkill	6	0.000%	1.62x
8616	Thornes	6	0.000%	0.85x
8617	Tidman	6	0.000%	0.50x
8618	Tiffen	6	0.000%	0.83x
8619	Tingey	6	0.000%	0.45x
8620	Tinsdale	6	0.000%	1.69x
8621	Toal	6	0.000%	1.71x
8622	Toase	6	0.000%	3.83x
8623	Tollett	6	0.000%	1.54x
8624	Tolputt	6	0.000%	3.57x
8625	Tomney	6	0.000%	2.20x
8626	Toohey	6	0.000%	1.83x
8627	Tooke	6	0.000%	0.45x
8628	Toster	6	0.000%	11.49x
8629	Townley	6	0.000%	0.11x
8630	Trapp	6	0.000%	0.62x
8631	Trembath	6	0.000%	0.39x
8632	Tress	6	0.000%	2.69x
8633	Trimnell	6	0.000%	1.93x
8634	Truesdale	6	0.000%	4.92x
8635	Trusler	6	0.000%	0.59x
8636	Tucknott	6	0.000%	1.24x
8637	Tuckwell	6	0.000%	0.40x
8638	Tuite	6	0.000%	3.28x
8639	Tuley	6	0.000%	1.59x
8640	Tunnah	6	0.000%	0.88x
8641	Tuohy	6	0.000%	4.22x
8642	Tuttle	6	0.000%	0.54x
8643	Tween	6	0.000%	1.05x
8644	Twidale	6	0.000%	1.01x
8645	Twiss	6	0.000%	0.50x
8646	Twitty	6	0.000%	2.55x
8647	Upson	6	0.000%	0.32x
8648	Varah	6	0.000%	1.93x
8649	Vizard	6	0.000%	0.73x
8650	Waddingham	6	0.000%	0.45x
8651	Wadlow	6	0.000%	1.01x
8652	Wakely	6	0.000%	0.42x
8653	Walk	6	0.000%	1.77x
8654	Walland	6	0.000%	2.38x
8655	Wallinger	6	0.000%	2.03x
8656	Walmesley	6	0.000%	0.58x
8657	Wastle	6	0.000%	2.72x
8658	Weall	6	0.000%	1.81x
8659	Wealleans	6	0.000%	3.63x
8660	Welley	6	0.000%	4.60x
8661	Westrop	6	0.000%	1.04x
8662	Wharf	6	0.000%	0.93x
8663	Whatley	6	0.000%	0.18x
8664	Whiley	6	0.000%	0.44x
8665	Whitehall	6	0.000%	0.37x
8666	Whitell	6	0.000%	2.11x
8667	Whitling	6	0.000%	2.05x
8668	Whitnell	6	0.000%	1.38x
8669	Whittiker	6	0.000%	4.14x
8670	Wilkens	6	0.000%	2.43x
8671	Wilkey	6	0.000%	1.22x
8672	Willians	6	0.000%	3.13x
8673	Willimson	6	0.000%	4.92x
8674	Willshire	6	0.000%	0.48x
8675	Wimshurst	6	0.000%	3.13x
8676	Wine	6	0.000%	2.20x
8677	Winfield	6	0.000%	0.08x
8678	Wite	6	0.000%	2.55x
8679	Witts	6	0.000%	0.23x
8680	Wolstoncroft	6	0.000%	4.49x
8681	Woodfine	6	0.000%	0.77x
8682	Woodroffe	6	0.000%	0.34x
8683	Woodword	6	0.000%	4.40x
8684	Woody	6	0.000%	2.87x
8685	Woodyard	6	0.000%	1.25x
8686	Wooland	6	0.000%	3.28x
8687	Wooldrige	6	0.000%	5.30x
8688	Woollett	6	0.000%	0.40x
8689	Woolner	6	0.000%	0.65x
8690	Woore	6	0.000%	2.65x
8691	Wressell	6	0.000%	2.38x
8692	Wyllie	6	0.000%	0.10x
8693	Wymer	6	0.000%	0.79x
8694	Yarnell	6	0.000%	1.15x
8695	Yeeles	6	0.000%	2.49x
8696	Yendall	6	0.000%	1.22x
8697	Abba	5	0.000%	2.03x
8698	Abrams	5	0.000%	0.23x
8699	Acaster	5	0.000%	0.80x
8700	Acomb	5	0.000%	1.01x