1881 census place

Cornsay surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cornsay, 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

114 surnames are listed for Cornsay, Durham, covering 759 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dodds, with 33 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cornsay

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	Dodds	33	1.41%	67.01x
2	Wall	27	1.15%	33.00x
3	Cassidy	18	0.770%	62.92x
4	Galley	17	0.730%	203.59x
5	Suddes	17	0.730%	1954.02x
6	Hull	16	0.680%	32.71x
7	Nattress	15	0.640%	1250.00x
8	Tallentire	14	0.600%	1228.07x
9	Pattinson	13	0.560%	62.08x
10	Forkin	12	0.510%	1666.67x
11	Mullholland	12	0.510%	428.57x
12	Carrick	11	0.470%	65.36x
13	Dufton	11	0.470%	261.28x
14	Golightley	11	0.470%	2391.30x
15	Grayson	11	0.470%	63.00x
16	Latchem	11	0.470%	1028.04x
17	Moralee	11	0.470%	650.89x
18	Brogan	10	0.430%	126.74x
19	Browell	10	0.430%	327.87x
20	Doran	10	0.430%	51.41x
21	Irwin	10	0.430%	50.81x
22	Plews	10	0.430%	178.89x
23	Trotter	10	0.430%	40.77x
24	Vasey	10	0.430%	119.90x
25	Genner	9	0.380%	671.64x
26	Gott	9	0.380%	88.85x
27	Halfpenny	9	0.380%	172.74x
28	Loughran	9	0.380%	376.57x
29	Peart	9	0.380%	67.57x
30	Ganner	8	0.340%	963.86x
31	Gleeson	8	0.340%	111.73x
32	Hockney	8	0.340%	410.26x
33	Humble	8	0.340%	72.07x
34	Jobling	8	0.340%	89.39x
35	Sheedy	8	0.340%	733.95x
36	Smails	8	0.340%	1194.03x
37	Tumilty	8	0.340%	1176.47x
38	Waine	8	0.340%	138.17x
39	Allport	7	0.300%	124.33x
40	Batey	7	0.300%	76.50x
41	Beathe	7	0.300%	2500.00x
42	Cheek	7	0.300%	148.62x
43	Colbert	7	0.300%	180.41x
44	Daglish	7	0.300%	145.83x
45	Hendy	7	0.300%	59.32x
46	Lavell	7	0.300%	264.15x
47	Maude	7	0.300%	78.74x
48	Rain	7	0.300%	168.27x
49	Rowbottom	7	0.300%	50.18x
50	Barren	6	0.260%	722.89x
51	Bestford	6	0.260%	652.17x
52	Bushby	6	0.260%	65.36x
53	Caygill	6	0.260%	199.34x
54	Dobby	6	0.260%	231.66x
55	Dougharty	6	0.260%	923.08x
56	Dowson	6	0.260%	46.91x
57	Gascoigne	6	0.260%	55.71x
58	Handy	6	0.260%	74.44x
59	Leck	6	0.260%	225.56x
60	Lydon	6	0.260%	304.57x
61	Prescod	6	0.260%	4615.38x
62	Puckering	6	0.260%	437.96x
63	Pyne	6	0.260%	67.57x
64	Reiley	6	0.260%	458.02x
65	Scorer	6	0.260%	185.76x
66	Stiff	6	0.260%	73.80x
67	Wilsher	6	0.260%	156.25x
68	Gannon	5	0.210%	49.36x
69	Gilhespy	5	0.210%	467.29x
70	Jobin	5	0.210%	2631.58x
71	Kavanagh	5	0.210%	55.31x
72	Teesdale	5	0.210%	133.69x
73	Burdass	4	0.170%	1333.33x
74	Conally	4	0.170%	563.38x
75	Dane	4	0.170%	77.67x
76	Garroway	4	0.170%	493.83x
77	Harkinson	4	0.170%	1481.48x
78	Heads	4	0.170%	163.27x
79	Henessey	4	0.170%	439.56x
80	Kervin	4	0.170%	2352.94x
81	Kirtley	4	0.170%	86.77x
82	Macnamara	4	0.170%	123.46x
83	Middlemass	4	0.170%	137.46x
84	Pybus	4	0.170%	57.55x
85	Tenwick	4	0.170%	1428.57x
86	Band	3	0.130%	56.18x
87	Brownbridge	3	0.130%	166.67x
88	Carlile	3	0.130%	87.46x
89	Glister	3	0.130%	468.75x
90	Hamill	3	0.130%	75.00x
91	Beadling	2	0.090%	363.64x
92	Brennen	2	0.090%	137.93x
93	Brunell	2	0.090%	952.38x
94	Burne	2	0.090%	55.87x
95	Donohoe	2	0.090%	61.73x
96	Iley	2	0.090%	76.34x
97	Jopling	2	0.090%	48.19x
98	Linskey	2	0.090%	183.49x
99	Nattrass	2	0.090%	73.80x
100	Raisbeck	2	0.090%	90.09x