1881 census place

Tanfield surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Tanfield, 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

437 surnames are listed for Tanfield, Durham, covering 4,213 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Armstrong, with 146 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Tanfield

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	Armstrong	146	1.41%	18.48x
2	Ridley	112	1.08%	56.07x
3	Nicholson	99	0.960%	13.48x
4	Hunter	86	0.830%	8.10x
5	Robson	75	0.730%	11.03x
6	Turnbull	69	0.670%	15.84x
7	Charlton	57	0.550%	19.25x
8	Carr	56	0.540%	7.51x
9	Davison	55	0.530%	14.89x
10	Curry	53	0.510%	35.81x
11	Reay	51	0.490%	56.84x
12	Whitfield	51	0.490%	24.71x
13	Forster	50	0.480%	14.75x
14	Fenwick	44	0.430%	32.49x
15	Smailes	35	0.340%	232.10x
16	Irwin	34	0.330%	39.11x
17	Strong	34	0.330%	22.04x
18	Fawcett	33	0.320%	16.51x
19	Greener	32	0.310%	106.35x
20	Sanderson	32	0.310%	7.49x
21	Pringle	31	0.300%	19.04x
22	Beck	29	0.280%	12.00x
23	Teasdale	29	0.280%	33.11x
24	Coxon	28	0.270%	35.45x
25	Gladders	28	0.270%	779.94x
26	Shield	27	0.260%	57.45x
27	Dodds	26	0.250%	11.95x
28	Storey	26	0.250%	9.90x
29	Pyle	25	0.240%	59.28x
30	Bainbridge	23	0.220%	15.83x
31	Errington	23	0.220%	39.93x
32	Ramsey	23	0.220%	20.48x
33	Rodham	23	0.220%	285.01x
34	Rowell	23	0.220%	25.49x
35	Batey	22	0.210%	54.44x
36	Riddell	21	0.200%	24.22x
37	Spinks	21	0.200%	30.11x
38	Wylam	21	0.200%	490.65x
39	Knotts	20	0.190%	408.16x
40	Liddle	20	0.190%	16.43x
41	Iley	19	0.180%	164.36x
42	Milburn	19	0.180%	20.60x
43	Rust	19	0.180%	34.84x
44	Watkin	19	0.180%	21.01x
45	Athey	18	0.170%	148.64x
46	Knox	18	0.170%	10.15x
47	Swinburn	18	0.170%	92.50x
48	Weedy	18	0.170%	469.97x
49	Minto	17	0.160%	59.36x
50	Oswald	17	0.160%	35.80x
51	Purvis	17	0.160%	17.00x
52	Surtees	17	0.160%	54.73x
53	Weightman	17	0.160%	42.04x
54	Appleby	16	0.150%	9.48x
55	Handcock	16	0.150%	66.72x
56	Leighton	16	0.150%	14.39x
57	Lowery	16	0.150%	47.55x
58	Lown	16	0.150%	202.53x
59	Lumley	16	0.150%	25.40x
60	Pattinson	16	0.150%	17.30x
61	Clasper	15	0.150%	120.10x
62	Hogarth	15	0.150%	22.00x
63	Humble	15	0.150%	30.61x
64	Laverick	15	0.150%	39.77x
65	Lawless	15	0.150%	40.32x
66	Stokoe	15	0.150%	42.99x
67	Story	15	0.150%	23.40x
68	Arkless	14	0.140%	143.30x
69	Bewick	14	0.140%	47.95x
70	Blyth	14	0.140%	8.59x
71	Farrar	14	0.140%	10.16x
72	Heslop	14	0.140%	15.80x
73	Summerbell	14	0.140%	183.49x
74	Bulmer	13	0.130%	15.89x
75	Close	13	0.130%	14.42x
76	Huggins	13	0.130%	14.95x
77	Jobson	13	0.130%	21.40x
78	Maddison	13	0.130%	12.84x
79	Raine	13	0.130%	15.10x
80	York	13	0.130%	9.52x
81	Benfold	12	0.120%	645.16x
82	Coyle	12	0.120%	17.10x
83	Gedling	12	0.120%	300.00x
84	Glendinning	12	0.120%	30.40x
85	Haughan	12	0.120%	404.04x
86	Hennessey	12	0.120%	66.48x
87	Leadbitter	12	0.120%	119.88x
88	Mosley	12	0.120%	12.33x
89	Ord	12	0.120%	17.62x
90	Proud	12	0.120%	22.73x
91	Tiplady	12	0.120%	47.64x
92	Walls	12	0.120%	9.65x
93	Winship	12	0.120%	56.63x
94	Beresford	11	0.110%	14.45x
95	Carney	11	0.110%	11.77x
96	Fewster	11	0.110%	60.14x
97	Herron	11	0.110%	29.74x
98	Kyle	11	0.110%	19.14x
99	Layton	11	0.110%	13.30x
100	Morpeth	11	0.110%	142.30x