1881 census place

Tunstall surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Tunstall, 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

170 surnames are listed for Tunstall, Durham, covering 1,155 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Davison, with 29 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Tunstall

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	Davison	29	0.670%	18.75x
2	Cowey	23	0.530%	626.70x
3	Donnelly	22	0.510%	40.40x
4	Laverick	22	0.510%	139.33x
5	Arkley	21	0.490%	459.52x
6	Cowley	19	0.440%	23.88x
7	Etherington	18	0.420%	55.15x
8	Hopper	18	0.420%	29.12x
9	Kirtley	18	0.420%	211.27x
10	Mould	17	0.390%	45.86x
11	Reay	16	0.370%	42.59x
12	Pigg	15	0.350%	117.55x
13	Snaith	15	0.350%	81.57x
14	Rundle	14	0.320%	54.20x
15	Soulsby	14	0.320%	110.24x
16	Curry	13	0.300%	20.98x
17	Leadbitter	13	0.300%	310.26x
18	Oxley	13	0.300%	21.45x
19	Stobbs	13	0.300%	103.92x
20	Story	13	0.300%	48.45x
21	Beaney	12	0.280%	167.83x
22	Gilley	12	0.280%	379.75x
23	Hedley	12	0.280%	27.15x
24	Bailes	11	0.250%	134.97x
25	Chilton	11	0.250%	31.65x
26	Duddin	11	0.250%	1692.31x
27	Fairs	11	0.250%	193.32x
28	Fenwick	11	0.250%	19.40x
29	Lowery	11	0.250%	78.07x
30	Prater	11	0.250%	222.67x
31	Smithson	11	0.250%	26.52x
32	Toll	11	0.250%	144.55x
33	Conley	10	0.230%	63.86x
34	Corner	10	0.230%	31.80x
35	Mordue	10	0.230%	210.53x
36	Naisbett	10	0.230%	746.27x
37	Nutter	10	0.230%	30.33x
38	Purvis	10	0.230%	23.89x
39	Raine	10	0.230%	27.74x
40	Tindle	10	0.230%	149.25x
41	Cowle	9	0.210%	178.93x
42	Dicken	9	0.210%	73.89x
43	Easter	9	0.210%	51.58x
44	Frazer	9	0.210%	26.85x
45	Gallager	9	0.210%	247.25x
46	Templeton	9	0.210%	28.16x
47	Wigham	9	0.210%	120.00x
48	Wiley	9	0.210%	84.99x
49	Auld	8	0.180%	30.67x
50	Blacklock	8	0.180%	43.53x
51	Bryne	8	0.180%	116.79x
52	Carty	8	0.180%	78.74x
53	Clennell	8	0.180%	677.97x
54	Cutter	8	0.180%	65.74x
55	Dobinson	8	0.180%	70.18x
56	Lukes	8	0.180%	229.89x
57	Mulligan	8	0.180%	33.06x
58	Napier	8	0.180%	23.00x
59	Skews	8	0.180%	526.32x
60	Snowdon	8	0.180%	24.81x
61	Word	8	0.180%	265.78x
62	Carlin	7	0.160%	31.83x
63	Common	7	0.160%	72.99x
64	Craggs	7	0.160%	31.43x
65	Flemming	7	0.160%	40.21x
66	Hannan	7	0.160%	50.91x
67	Lowes	7	0.160%	27.86x
68	Soulby	7	0.160%	469.80x
69	Stokoe	7	0.160%	47.91x
70	Bambrough	6	0.140%	288.46x
71	Barkess	6	0.140%	495.87x
72	Batey	6	0.140%	35.46x
73	Bissett	6	0.140%	58.31x
74	Elston	6	0.140%	28.63x
75	Fellon	6	0.140%	845.07x
76	Handy	6	0.140%	40.24x
77	Hord	6	0.140%	392.16x
78	Kell	6	0.140%	34.66x
79	Laidler	6	0.140%	34.92x
80	Lambton	6	0.140%	215.05x
81	Lennon	6	0.140%	39.32x
82	Nesbit	6	0.140%	45.08x
83	Proudlock	6	0.140%	98.36x
84	Rumford	6	0.140%	352.94x
85	Sample	6	0.140%	88.37x
86	Smailes	6	0.140%	95.09x
87	Stobie	6	0.140%	94.34x
88	Adlam	5	0.120%	44.76x
89	Chesney	5	0.120%	91.07x
90	Clelland	5	0.120%	41.84x
91	Colwell	5	0.120%	35.56x
92	Dee	5	0.120%	33.83x
93	Dum	5	0.120%	1086.96x
94	Embleton	5	0.120%	40.19x
95	Glaister	5	0.120%	67.75x
96	Hays	5	0.120%	27.06x
97	Icke	5	0.120%	189.39x
98	Linskey	5	0.120%	248.76x
99	Morphy	5	0.120%	515.46x
100	Saunderson	5	0.120%	49.80x