1881 census place

Sunderland surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sunderland, 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

815 surnames are listed for Sunderland, Durham, covering 5,256 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thompson, with 250 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sunderland

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	Thompson	250	1.63%	5.44x
2	Davison	89	0.580%	16.22x
3	Fisher	85	0.550%	4.73x
4	Carr	69	0.450%	6.23x
5	Donkin	68	0.440%	119.09x
6	Robson	67	0.440%	6.63x
7	Reay	59	0.380%	44.27x
8	Stafford	53	0.350%	16.23x
9	Patterson	50	0.330%	9.34x
10	Potts	49	0.320%	9.57x
11	Wake	42	0.270%	33.99x
12	Nelson	40	0.260%	5.38x
13	Blenkinsop	38	0.250%	87.64x
14	Parkin	37	0.240%	8.96x
15	Metcalf	35	0.230%	11.26x
16	Pattison	35	0.230%	14.33x
17	Watt	35	0.230%	5.95x
18	Conlin	34	0.220%	119.09x
19	Cullen	32	0.210%	11.90x
20	Welsh	30	0.200%	4.94x
21	Connolly	27	0.180%	15.15x
22	Ridley	26	0.170%	8.76x
23	Usher	26	0.170%	15.35x
24	Nixon	25	0.160%	5.35x
25	Tinmouth	25	0.160%	498.01x
26	Wardropper	25	0.160%	413.22x
27	Close	24	0.160%	17.92x
28	Davie	24	0.160%	16.97x
29	Mordey	24	0.160%	280.37x
30	Coulson	23	0.150%	8.35x
31	Emmerson	23	0.150%	15.18x
32	Carty	22	0.140%	61.06x
33	Iley	22	0.140%	128.13x
34	Prior	22	0.140%	6.19x
35	Rodgers	22	0.140%	5.24x
36	Stubbs	22	0.140%	5.43x
37	Sweeney	22	0.140%	10.70x
38	Boys	21	0.140%	34.81x
39	Gardener	21	0.140%	7.62x
40	Mitchinson	21	0.140%	53.63x
41	Boyle	20	0.130%	5.02x
42	Dodds	20	0.130%	6.19x
43	Henry	20	0.130%	5.15x
44	Elliot	19	0.120%	4.85x
45	Howey	19	0.120%	76.92x
46	Cowan	18	0.120%	5.75x
47	Fenwick	18	0.120%	8.95x
48	Jefferson	18	0.120%	10.80x
49	Moon	18	0.120%	5.56x
50	Swallow	18	0.120%	11.63x
51	Tate	18	0.120%	6.07x
52	Trotter	18	0.120%	11.19x
53	Annison	17	0.110%	121.95x
54	Bulmer	17	0.110%	14.00x
55	Humble	17	0.110%	23.36x
56	Liddle	17	0.110%	9.40x
57	Lincoln	17	0.110%	14.70x
58	Pounder	17	0.110%	33.92x
59	Buttler	16	0.100%	34.46x
60	Conway	16	0.100%	5.56x
61	Corner	16	0.100%	14.34x
62	Coupland	16	0.100%	16.46x
63	Longford	16	0.100%	62.06x
64	Stoker	16	0.100%	15.36x
65	Vine	16	0.100%	11.21x
66	Quinn	15	0.100%	5.11x
67	Snaith	15	0.100%	22.99x
68	Wayman	15	0.100%	37.14x
69	Blackett	14	0.090%	23.88x
70	Burdon	14	0.090%	27.84x
71	Canney	14	0.090%	241.80x
72	Chisholm	14	0.090%	6.28x
73	Collingwood	14	0.090%	16.57x
74	Cranmer	14	0.090%	53.05x
75	Crozier	14	0.090%	19.43x
76	Dolan	14	0.090%	10.49x
77	Dwyer	14	0.090%	16.28x
78	Gaffney	14	0.090%	26.89x
79	Grainger	14	0.090%	5.93x
80	Helm	14	0.090%	20.42x
81	Kelley	14	0.090%	7.85x
82	Laybourn	14	0.090%	105.90x
83	Moor	14	0.090%	6.51x
84	Pigg	14	0.090%	30.94x
85	Rackstraw	14	0.090%	112.90x
86	Spoors	14	0.090%	73.03x
87	Thurlbeck	14	0.090%	364.58x
88	Cooney	13	0.080%	20.41x
89	Haley	13	0.080%	7.11x
90	Hepton	13	0.080%	93.26x
91	Key	13	0.080%	6.14x
92	Swinney	13	0.080%	77.57x
93	Bertram	12	0.080%	16.35x
94	Boxley	12	0.080%	200.00x
95	Crosby	12	0.080%	6.61x
96	Curran	12	0.080%	9.34x
97	Dobbing	12	0.080%	121.95x
98	Farley	12	0.080%	6.22x
99	Hazard	12	0.080%	45.37x
100	Hedley	12	0.080%	7.65x