1881 census place

Chester Le Street surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Chester Le Street, 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

274 surnames are listed for Chester Le Street, Durham, covering 2,107 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robson, with 68 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Chester Le Street

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	Robson	68	1.02%	15.48x
2	Curry	55	0.820%	57.54x
3	Laverick	39	0.580%	160.10x
4	Ridley	36	0.540%	27.91x
5	Smiles	36	0.540%	260.12x
6	Kell	33	0.490%	123.60x
7	Davison	32	0.480%	13.41x
8	Jopling	32	0.480%	270.50x
9	Pattison	30	0.450%	28.25x
10	Burnside	27	0.400%	115.38x
11	Halliday	26	0.390%	18.85x
12	Harle	26	0.390%	171.84x
13	Clifford	24	0.360%	17.49x
14	Punshon	24	0.360%	467.84x
15	Coxon	23	0.340%	45.09x
16	Mowbray	22	0.330%	79.22x
17	Pringle	21	0.310%	19.98x
18	Stoddart	21	0.310%	37.70x
19	Bland	20	0.300%	14.45x
20	Minnikin	20	0.300%	943.40x
21	Ainsley	19	0.280%	101.71x
22	Hodgin	19	0.280%	662.02x
23	Fenwick	18	0.270%	20.58x
24	Temple	18	0.270%	20.55x
25	Trotter	18	0.270%	25.72x
26	Witherspoon	18	0.270%	453.40x
27	Greenwell	17	0.250%	77.70x
28	Mole	17	0.250%	32.82x
29	Lynn	16	0.240%	27.47x
30	Wheatley	16	0.240%	11.77x
31	Banson	15	0.220%	1250.00x
32	Beveridge	15	0.220%	21.60x
33	Proud	15	0.220%	43.99x
34	Usher	15	0.220%	20.37x
35	Humes	14	0.210%	277.78x
36	Hurworth	14	0.210%	289.26x
37	Lambton	14	0.210%	325.58x
38	Liddle	14	0.210%	17.81x
39	Littlefair	14	0.210%	147.06x
40	Purvis	14	0.210%	21.69x
41	Shields	14	0.210%	13.57x
42	Clasper	13	0.190%	161.09x
43	Hedley	13	0.190%	19.07x
44	Simm	13	0.190%	50.33x
45	Cowen	12	0.180%	32.78x
46	Jobson	12	0.180%	30.60x
47	Rought	12	0.180%	718.56x
48	Strong	12	0.180%	12.05x
49	Colman	11	0.160%	17.70x
50	Floyd	11	0.160%	17.34x
51	Gladstone	11	0.160%	61.01x
52	Shield	11	0.160%	36.24x
53	Wass	11	0.160%	30.35x
54	Westgarth	11	0.160%	94.75x
55	Balfour	10	0.150%	21.51x
56	Batey	10	0.150%	38.31x
57	Dalkin	10	0.150%	234.74x
58	Harker	10	0.150%	14.23x
59	Leight	10	0.150%	1449.28x
60	Levison	10	0.150%	253.81x
61	Lovatt	10	0.150%	21.60x
62	Lowery	10	0.150%	46.02x
63	Merton	10	0.150%	132.45x
64	Roddam	10	0.150%	188.68x
65	Waggott	10	0.150%	221.24x
66	Watchman	10	0.150%	262.47x
67	Bankhead	9	0.130%	687.02x
68	Beaney	9	0.130%	81.60x
69	Blakey	9	0.130%	16.81x
70	Coker	9	0.130%	28.63x
71	Crichton	9	0.130%	15.81x
72	Hepple	9	0.130%	63.69x
73	Hogarth	9	0.130%	20.44x
74	Kirkbride	9	0.130%	45.73x
75	Layton	9	0.130%	16.85x
76	Maltby	9	0.130%	23.55x
77	Ragg	9	0.130%	120.97x
78	Redhead	9	0.130%	24.82x
79	Redshaw	9	0.130%	45.32x
80	Saunderson	9	0.130%	58.10x
81	Sheraton	9	0.130%	269.46x
82	Spedding	9	0.130%	43.52x
83	Wadge	9	0.130%	146.34x
84	Adey	8	0.120%	37.24x
85	Aitcheson	8	0.120%	124.22x
86	Bewick	8	0.120%	42.44x
87	Brannan	8	0.120%	17.73x
88	Chicken	8	0.120%	85.47x
89	Deighton	8	0.120%	23.93x
90	Dodgson	8	0.120%	24.68x
91	Donnison	8	0.120%	86.67x
92	Faith	8	0.120%	130.51x
93	Howey	8	0.120%	74.49x
94	Leathard	8	0.120%	490.80x
95	Merwood	8	0.120%	454.55x
96	Pack	8	0.120%	25.53x
97	Priestman	8	0.120%	73.53x
98	Rudley	8	0.120%	733.95x
99	Shotton	8	0.120%	34.65x
100	Tinkler	8	0.120%	27.68x