1881 census place

Sherburn surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sherburn, 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

118 surnames are listed for Sherburn, Durham, covering 776 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lowery, with 30 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sherburn

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	Lowery	30	1.13%	348.43x
2	Hepburn	20	0.760%	85.00x
3	Lawton	20	0.760%	29.34x
4	Kell	19	0.720%	179.58x
5	Liddle	19	0.720%	60.98x
6	Fenwick	17	0.640%	49.05x
7	Harker	17	0.640%	61.04x
8	Alderson	15	0.570%	40.87x
9	Errington	15	0.570%	101.76x
10	Fort	15	0.570%	241.16x
11	Hanley	15	0.570%	68.84x
12	Sample	14	0.530%	337.35x
13	Barrass	13	0.490%	199.39x
14	Hewitson	12	0.450%	76.78x
15	Ryans	12	0.450%	662.98x
16	Golightly	11	0.420%	187.39x
17	Laverick	11	0.420%	113.99x
18	Luke	11	0.420%	42.72x
19	Scorer	11	0.420%	301.37x
20	Westgarth	11	0.420%	239.13x
21	Lynn	10	0.380%	43.31x
22	Percy	10	0.380%	40.54x
23	Stoker	10	0.380%	55.71x
24	Wignall	10	0.380%	74.07x
25	Forth	9	0.340%	138.46x
26	Halpin	9	0.340%	190.27x
27	Humes	9	0.340%	450.00x
28	Purvis	9	0.340%	35.17x
29	Bushby	8	0.300%	77.07x
30	Ditchburn	8	0.300%	160.32x
31	Embleton	8	0.300%	105.26x
32	Fail	8	0.300%	365.30x
33	Glasper	8	0.300%	919.54x
34	Gradon	8	0.300%	898.88x
35	Grady	8	0.300%	45.90x
36	Kyle	8	0.300%	54.38x
37	Lumley	8	0.300%	49.63x
38	Ord	8	0.300%	45.90x
39	Purves	8	0.300%	46.27x
40	Spark	8	0.300%	68.85x
41	Akenhead	7	0.260%	786.52x
42	Burdon	7	0.260%	80.83x
43	Crozier	7	0.260%	56.36x
44	Eade	7	0.260%	54.95x
45	Grieves	7	0.260%	105.74x
46	Hauxwell	7	0.260%	448.72x
47	Hudspeth	7	0.260%	283.40x
48	Langan	7	0.260%	171.99x
49	Satterley	7	0.260%	707.07x
50	Spedding	7	0.260%	85.37x
51	Sterling	7	0.260%	125.90x
52	Suggett	7	0.260%	262.17x
53	Vasey	7	0.260%	74.31x
54	Crone	6	0.230%	124.22x
55	Ganner	6	0.230%	638.30x
56	Harle	6	0.230%	100.00x
57	Hindson	6	0.230%	127.93x
58	Scully	6	0.230%	73.53x
59	Tanson	6	0.230%	2307.69x
60	Ankers	5	0.190%	75.76x
61	Billinghurst	5	0.190%	152.44x
62	Corps	5	0.190%	167.22x
63	Curnow	5	0.190%	54.95x
64	Greenwell	5	0.190%	57.67x
65	Hailes	5	0.190%	135.87x
66	Hore	5	0.190%	54.95x
67	Kirkup	5	0.190%	78.37x
68	Knaggs	5	0.190%	73.21x
69	Lowden	5	0.190%	57.67x
70	Ramshaw	5	0.190%	76.57x
71	Riddy	5	0.190%	595.24x
72	Turnball	5	0.190%	617.28x
73	Coltman	4	0.150%	53.91x
74	Dyas	4	0.150%	128.21x
75	Greathead	4	0.150%	100.76x
76	Grieveson	4	0.150%	272.11x
77	Jopling	4	0.150%	85.29x
78	Kerwick	4	0.150%	1000.00x
79	Layfield	4	0.150%	82.99x
80	Richey	4	0.150%	370.37x
81	Spraggon	4	0.150%	224.72x
82	Whalen	4	0.150%	168.07x
83	Barnfather	3	0.110%	78.13x
84	Crossby	3	0.110%	134.53x
85	Harmston	3	0.110%	136.99x
86	Linsley	3	0.110%	74.44x
87	Lisgo	3	0.110%	909.09x
88	Roome	3	0.110%	58.82x
89	Sheehan	3	0.110%	46.30x
90	Stoves	3	0.110%	214.29x
91	Barras	2	0.080%	38.84x
92	Daglish	2	0.080%	36.90x
93	Dickman	2	0.080%	49.88x
94	Flannaghan	2	0.080%	196.08x
95	Hepton	2	0.080%	83.33x
96	Kirkley	2	0.080%	62.31x
97	Oughton	2	0.080%	38.39x
98	Ovington	2	0.080%	104.71x
99	Punshon	2	0.080%	98.52x
100	Scarff	2	0.080%	63.09x