1881 census place

Lamesley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lamesley, 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

204 surnames are listed for Lamesley, Durham, covering 1,627 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robson, with 75 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lamesley

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	75	1.60%	24.36x
2	Charlton	46	0.980%	34.32x
3	Reay	33	0.710%	81.26x
4	Potts	30	0.640%	19.21x
5	Forster	28	0.600%	18.25x
6	Emmerson	27	0.580%	58.45x
7	Fenwick	27	0.580%	44.05x
8	Dodds	25	0.530%	25.39x
9	Eltringham	25	0.530%	508.13x
10	Grundy	24	0.510%	25.06x
11	Askew	23	0.490%	43.54x
12	Jefferson	23	0.490%	45.27x
13	Lowery	23	0.490%	151.02x
14	Rowell	23	0.490%	56.30x
15	Liddle	22	0.470%	39.92x
16	English	21	0.450%	23.87x
17	Fenton	19	0.410%	20.35x
18	Proudlock	19	0.410%	288.32x
19	Cowell	18	0.380%	26.87x
20	Frazer	18	0.380%	49.67x
21	Tindale	18	0.380%	133.53x
22	Golden	17	0.360%	86.29x
23	Makepeace	17	0.360%	128.79x
24	Riddle	16	0.340%	41.22x
25	Allinson	15	0.320%	73.93x
26	Lowrey	15	0.320%	168.73x
27	Mitcheson	15	0.320%	202.98x
28	Place	14	0.300%	57.10x
29	Auld	13	0.280%	46.12x
30	Brayson	13	0.280%	1857.14x
31	Hedley	13	0.280%	27.21x
32	Southern	13	0.280%	30.13x
33	Tiplady	13	0.280%	114.04x
34	Tully	13	0.280%	51.88x
35	Wharton	13	0.280%	19.84x
36	Sunderland	12	0.260%	22.35x
37	Aisbitt	11	0.240%	982.14x
38	Boucher	11	0.240%	44.62x
39	Dennison	11	0.240%	30.42x
40	Heron	11	0.240%	24.52x
41	Lockey	11	0.240%	99.01x
42	Nesbitt	11	0.240%	85.54x
43	Shorten	11	0.240%	211.95x
44	Stoker	11	0.240%	34.66x
45	Usher	11	0.240%	21.31x
46	Doran	10	0.210%	25.72x
47	Duggan	10	0.210%	27.93x
48	Finlay	10	0.210%	20.82x
49	Maddison	10	0.210%	21.82x
50	Mitchinson	10	0.210%	83.82x
51	Stoneman	10	0.210%	52.38x
52	Farish	9	0.190%	158.17x
53	Hannen	9	0.190%	243.90x
54	Harle	9	0.190%	84.83x
55	Livingston	9	0.190%	21.42x
56	Minto	9	0.190%	69.39x
57	Penman	9	0.190%	29.41x
58	Pyle	9	0.190%	47.15x
59	Slaven	9	0.190%	132.16x
60	Trueman	9	0.190%	27.97x
61	Waggot	9	0.190%	420.56x
62	Wales	9	0.190%	23.75x
63	Wind	9	0.190%	420.56x
64	Clues	8	0.170%	384.62x
65	Crossman	8	0.170%	51.88x
66	Glenn	8	0.170%	54.50x
67	Gowland	8	0.170%	52.15x
68	Heppell	8	0.170%	108.11x
69	Huntley	8	0.170%	24.26x
70	Vickery	8	0.170%	23.57x
71	Winship	8	0.170%	83.42x
72	Batey	7	0.150%	38.27x
73	Boggan	7	0.150%	833.33x
74	Coats	7	0.150%	33.13x
75	Connolley	7	0.150%	283.40x
76	Cranney	7	0.150%	569.11x
77	Cray	7	0.150%	77.69x
78	Edgell	7	0.150%	96.02x
79	Hewitson	7	0.150%	25.32x
80	Humphery	7	0.150%	155.21x
81	Ismay	7	0.150%	144.03x
82	Kehoe	7	0.150%	100.86x
83	Pallister	7	0.150%	59.22x
84	Rodgerson	7	0.150%	121.11x
85	Sherington	7	0.150%	625.00x
86	Shotton	7	0.150%	43.26x
87	Thew	7	0.150%	112.54x
88	Thynne	7	0.150%	249.11x
89	Arnell	6	0.130%	101.87x
90	Cawson	6	0.130%	248.96x
91	Crone	6	0.130%	70.26x
92	Easy	6	0.130%	119.28x
93	Elsdon	6	0.130%	69.85x
94	Ironside	6	0.130%	37.22x
95	Kirsopp	6	0.130%	245.90x
96	Kirtley	6	0.130%	65.08x
97	Laverick	6	0.130%	35.15x
98	Lenox	6	0.130%	535.71x
99	Marriner	6	0.130%	77.92x
100	Mossop	6	0.130%	47.36x