1881 census place

Ouston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ouston, 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

42 surnames are listed for Ouston, Durham, covering 307 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Cockburn, with 28 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ouston

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	Cockburn	28	2.21%	173.05x
2	Maddison	27	2.13%	217.39x
3	Heel	16	1.26%	1951.22x
4	Pallister	14	1.10%	436.14x
5	Colman	13	1.03%	110.08x
6	Soulsby	13	1.03%	349.46x
7	Urwin	13	1.03%	225.30x
8	Pigford	11	0.870%	6111.11x
9	Eddy	10	0.790%	131.58x
10	Hindmarsh	10	0.790%	196.46x
11	Winn	10	0.790%	81.17x
12	Coltman	9	0.710%	252.81x
13	Glenwright	9	0.710%	1636.36x
14	Ruddy	9	0.710%	434.78x
15	Deare	8	0.630%	1600.00x
16	Dermott	8	0.630%	1111.11x
17	Fawkes	8	0.630%	249.22x
18	Haswell	7	0.550%	170.73x
19	How	7	0.550%	84.54x
20	Nesbitt	7	0.550%	201.15x
21	Pointing	7	0.550%	630.63x
22	Burkitt	6	0.470%	240.00x
23	Chrisp	6	0.470%	444.44x
24	Hays	6	0.470%	110.70x
25	Heppell	6	0.470%	298.51x
26	Nesham	6	0.470%	1250.00x
27	Punton	5	0.390%	467.29x
28	Flannigan	3	0.240%	95.24x
29	Harle	3	0.240%	104.53x
30	Honour	3	0.240%	148.51x
31	Longridge	3	0.240%	526.32x
32	Cowdry	2	0.160%	161.29x
33	Fairs	2	0.160%	119.76x
34	Kirkaldy	2	0.160%	277.78x
35	Nickles	2	0.160%	298.51x
36	Swinney	2	0.160%	144.93x
37	Beston	1	0.080%	178.57x
38	Cowdrey	1	0.080%	90.09x
39	Featonby	1	0.080%	384.62x
40	Neasham	1	0.080%	89.29x
41	Nee	1	0.080%	232.56x
42	Richey	1	0.080%	192.31x