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 Haddock, with 161 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
801	Haddock	161	0.020%	2.88x
802	Collin	160	0.020%	3.53x
803	Redhead	160	0.020%	3.39x
804	Simmons	160	0.020%	0.45x
805	Whittaker	160	0.020%	0.39x
806	Innes	159	0.020%	1.18x
807	Malcolm	159	0.020%	1.39x
808	Moffat	159	0.020%	1.01x
809	Monaghan	159	0.020%	2.52x
810	Proudlock	159	0.020%	12.98x
811	Spooner	159	0.020%	1.27x
812	Eddy	158	0.020%	3.03x
813	Fothergill	158	0.020%	3.17x
814	Glover	158	0.020%	0.43x
815	Pearce	158	0.020%	0.20x
816	Thirkell	158	0.020%	13.64x
817	Weightman	158	0.020%	4.65x
818	Colman	157	0.020%	1.94x
819	Elsdon	157	0.020%	9.84x
820	Lawton	157	0.020%	0.70x
821	Lloyd	157	0.020%	0.15x
822	Weston	157	0.020%	0.44x
823	Blyth	156	0.020%	1.14x
824	Britton	156	0.020%	1.01x
825	Hindson	156	0.020%	10.12x
826	Scaife	156	0.020%	4.05x
827	Burlinson	155	0.020%	23.95x
828	Paterson	155	0.020%	0.26x
829	Raw	155	0.020%	4.94x
830	Sayer	155	0.020%	1.36x
831	Towns	155	0.020%	5.56x
832	Avery	154	0.020%	1.06x
833	Cowey	154	0.020%	20.89x
834	Mooney	154	0.020%	1.53x
835	Roper	154	0.020%	0.85x
836	Stamp	154	0.020%	2.41x
837	Swainston	154	0.020%	18.36x
838	Wardell	154	0.020%	4.46x
839	Archbold	153	0.020%	7.44x
840	Darling	153	0.020%	1.84x
841	Devine	153	0.020%	1.77x
842	Foley	153	0.020%	1.40x
843	Garrett	153	0.020%	0.78x
844	Kane	153	0.020%	2.19x
845	Rain	153	0.020%	9.89x
846	Collier	152	0.020%	0.52x
847	Greig	152	0.020%	1.11x
848	Tiplady	152	0.020%	7.17x
849	Connelly	151	0.020%	1.87x
850	Field	151	0.020%	0.35x
851	Hawkins	151	0.020%	0.24x
852	Layton	151	0.020%	2.17x
853	Nesbit	151	0.020%	5.65x
854	Roddam	151	0.020%	21.86x
855	Scrafton	151	0.020%	23.98x
856	Carling	150	0.020%	6.88x
857	Cochrane	150	0.020%	1.11x
858	Morrell	150	0.020%	1.84x
859	Penman	150	0.020%	2.64x
860	Stabler	150	0.020%	10.00x
861	Alder	149	0.020%	2.40x
862	Bramley	149	0.020%	1.88x
863	Buck	149	0.020%	0.80x
864	Hewison	149	0.020%	7.15x
865	Irvin	149	0.020%	5.84x
866	Jacques	149	0.020%	2.02x
867	Maugham	149	0.020%	11.78x
868	Norton	149	0.020%	0.52x
869	Purdy	149	0.020%	3.01x
870	Summerbell	149	0.020%	23.23x
871	Balmer	148	0.020%	4.50x
872	Morland	148	0.020%	6.06x
873	Wakefield	148	0.020%	0.95x
874	Bennet	147	0.020%	1.23x
875	Howey	147	0.020%	10.51x
876	Skinner	147	0.020%	0.33x
877	Spoor	147	0.020%	15.44x
878	Wiseman	147	0.020%	1.23x
879	Blenkinsopp	146	0.020%	20.54x
880	Franks	146	0.020%	1.35x
881	Groves	146	0.020%	0.60x
882	Hays	146	0.020%	3.93x
883	Lilley	146	0.020%	1.21x
884	Parnaby	146	0.020%	14.63x
885	Thomson	146	0.020%	0.13x
886	Denton	145	0.020%	0.91x
887	Hopps	145	0.020%	12.22x
888	Jamieson	145	0.020%	0.60x
889	Lyons	145	0.020%	0.75x
890	Millar	145	0.020%	0.46x
891	Mudd	145	0.020%	3.95x
892	Brunskill	144	0.020%	7.14x
893	Conlon	144	0.020%	7.58x
894	Dover	144	0.020%	3.68x
895	Hogan	144	0.020%	1.65x
896	Naisbitt	144	0.020%	28.20x
897	Rice	144	0.020%	0.53x
898	Bradford	143	0.020%	0.84x
899	Dove	143	0.020%	1.44x
900	Galloway	143	0.020%	0.96x