1881 census place

Elvet surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Elvet, 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

300 surnames are listed for Elvet, Durham, covering 1,800 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Forster, with 51 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Elvet

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	Forster	51	0.810%	24.79x
2	Hopper	45	0.720%	50.21x
3	Stout	32	0.510%	106.45x
4	Turnbull	32	0.510%	12.10x
5	Dodds	29	0.460%	21.96x
6	Herbert	26	0.410%	11.09x
7	Maddison	24	0.380%	39.04x
8	Raine	24	0.380%	45.92x
9	Fenwick	22	0.350%	26.76x
10	Gowland	22	0.350%	106.95x
11	Vasey	22	0.350%	98.43x
12	Cairns	21	0.330%	15.48x
13	Pattison	21	0.330%	21.03x
14	Ainsley	20	0.320%	113.90x
15	Craggs	20	0.320%	61.96x
16	Cummings	20	0.320%	20.70x
17	Liddell	20	0.320%	34.75x
18	Maughan	20	0.320%	57.09x
19	Dryden	19	0.300%	50.25x
20	Jopling	19	0.300%	170.86x
21	Laws	19	0.300%	27.24x
22	Snowdon	19	0.300%	40.63x
23	Thwaites	19	0.300%	50.69x
24	Usher	18	0.290%	26.00x
25	Lumley	17	0.270%	44.47x
26	Peele	17	0.270%	548.39x
27	Newsom	15	0.240%	252.95x
28	Ogilvie	15	0.240%	24.72x
29	Greenwell	14	0.220%	68.06x
30	Marten	14	0.220%	73.53x
31	Swainston	14	0.220%	231.41x
32	Tindale	14	0.220%	77.43x
33	Davy	13	0.210%	16.80x
34	Golightly	13	0.210%	93.32x
35	Hillery	13	0.210%	348.53x
36	Laidler	13	0.210%	52.19x
37	Vest	13	0.210%	539.42x
38	Wandless	13	0.210%	307.33x
39	Cornforth	12	0.190%	83.62x
40	Shotton	12	0.190%	55.30x
41	Coxon	11	0.180%	22.94x
42	Littlefair	11	0.180%	122.91x
43	Loftus	11	0.180%	32.15x
44	Teasdale	11	0.180%	20.69x
45	Atchison	10	0.160%	132.28x
46	Belshaw	10	0.160%	83.61x
47	Crowe	10	0.160%	15.97x
48	Jewitt	10	0.160%	47.60x
49	Lonsdale	10	0.160%	19.22x
50	Reidy	10	0.160%	421.94x
51	Rolling	10	0.160%	165.29x
52	Bewick	9	0.140%	50.79x
53	Bilton	9	0.140%	33.77x
54	Crampton	9	0.140%	29.42x
55	Hansell	9	0.140%	71.37x
56	Hopps	9	0.140%	105.02x
57	Kirton	9	0.140%	31.42x
58	Lowther	9	0.140%	23.49x
59	Mallows	9	0.140%	124.48x
60	Mewes	9	0.140%	330.88x
61	Pattinson	9	0.140%	16.03x
62	Redfearn	9	0.140%	48.44x
63	Reeder	9	0.140%	52.91x
64	Sorby	9	0.140%	144.23x
65	Stoker	9	0.140%	21.14x
66	Tinkler	9	0.140%	33.12x
67	Blenkinsop	8	0.130%	45.15x
68	Copping	8	0.130%	31.99x
69	Embleton	8	0.130%	44.35x
70	Hinchley	8	0.130%	165.29x
71	Macknight	8	0.130%	536.91x
72	Revell	8	0.130%	22.04x
73	Scorer	8	0.130%	92.49x
74	Shield	8	0.130%	28.04x
75	Tilly	8	0.130%	41.78x
76	Blackett	7	0.110%	29.20x
77	Carnes	7	0.110%	218.75x
78	Coldwell	7	0.110%	25.48x
79	Cornwell	7	0.110%	19.36x
80	Dowdall	7	0.110%	134.10x
81	Fallon	7	0.110%	30.19x
82	Hence	7	0.110%	514.71x
83	Howey	7	0.110%	69.31x
84	Humes	7	0.110%	147.99x
85	Kell	7	0.110%	27.89x
86	Killeen	7	0.110%	110.24x
87	Layfield	7	0.110%	61.19x
88	Macklam	7	0.110%	933.33x
89	Mans	7	0.110%	416.67x
90	Sill	7	0.110%	94.34x
91	Tierney	7	0.110%	27.06x
92	Blenkinsopp	6	0.100%	116.96x
93	Burdon	6	0.100%	29.20x
94	Carrol	6	0.100%	21.10x
95	Conolly	6	0.100%	31.61x
96	Daglish	6	0.100%	46.66x
97	Elsbury	6	0.100%	218.98x
98	Elsdon	6	0.100%	52.08x
99	Hartford	6	0.100%	357.14x
100	Hesp	6	0.100%	121.46x