1881 census place

Castle Eden surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Castle Eden, Durham in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

44 surnames are listed for Castle Eden, Durham, covering 248 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Keen, with 26 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Castle Eden

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Keen	26	2.95%	147.31x
2	Emerson	16	1.82%	262.30x
3	Corner	12	1.36%	187.50x
4	Glass	11	1.25%	120.61x
5	Dunnington	10	1.14%	1315.79x
6	Nimmo	10	1.14%	255.10x
7	Butts	9	1.02%	873.79x
8	Cramond	9	1.02%	1250.00x
9	Disley	9	1.02%	508.47x
10	Bransby	8	0.910%	1428.57x
11	Carling	8	0.910%	361.99x
12	Delaney	8	0.910%	141.09x
13	Kerby	8	0.910%	496.89x
14	Magee	8	0.910%	206.72x
15	Tinniswood	8	0.910%	2500.00x
16	Whale	8	0.910%	161.62x
17	Scaife	7	0.790%	179.03x
18	Grocott	6	0.680%	238.10x
19	Tones	6	0.680%	2400.00x
20	Walmesley	6	0.680%	576.92x
21	Burdon	5	0.570%	173.01x
22	Kavanagh	5	0.570%	147.06x
23	Relton	5	0.570%	877.19x
24	Caplin	4	0.450%	404.04x
25	Hiles	4	0.450%	201.01x
26	Sword	4	0.450%	229.89x
27	Boydell	3	0.340%	217.39x
28	Spensley	3	0.340%	483.87x
29	Straughan	3	0.340%	204.08x
30	Whaston	3	0.340%	15000.00x
31	Elstob	2	0.230%	344.83x
32	Neasham	2	0.230%	256.41x
33	Bedlington	1	0.110%	196.08x
34	Bourk	1	0.110%	666.67x
35	Gaven	1	0.110%	217.39x
36	Heads	1	0.110%	108.70x
37	Kear	1	0.110%	67.11x
38	Litster	1	0.110%	126.58x
39	Sclater	1	0.110%	111.11x
40	Shoulder	1	0.110%	625.00x
41	Sickling	1	0.110%	500.00x
42	Spoor	1	0.110%	104.17x
43	Stern	1	0.110%	119.05x
44	Stirk	1	0.110%	60.24x