1881 census place
Witton Le Wear surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Witton Le Wear, 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
131 surnames are listed for Witton Le Wear, Durham, covering 793 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Longstaff, with 25 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Witton Le Wear
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Longstaff | 25 | 143.76x |
| 2 | Storey | 21 | 33.52x |
| 3 | Oddy | 18 | 118.81x |
| 4 | Proud | 18 | 142.97x |
| 5 | Harker | 16 | 61.66x |
| 6 | Laverick | 16 | 177.78x |
| 7 | Pallister | 15 | 240.77x |
| 8 | Buston | 12 | 588.24x |
| 9 | Heslop | 12 | 56.76x |
| 10 | Jefferson | 12 | 44.81x |
| 11 | Moses | 12 | 47.60x |
| 12 | Race | 12 | 89.35x |
| 13 | Tyreman | 12 | 816.33x |
| 14 | Braddick | 11 | 474.14x |
| 15 | Hailey | 11 | 272.28x |
| 16 | Plumpton | 11 | 246.09x |
| 17 | Raine | 11 | 53.55x |
| 18 | Wanless | 11 | 259.43x |
| 19 | Allanson | 10 | 207.04x |
| 20 | Bowery | 10 | 769.23x |
| 21 | Carling | 10 | 161.81x |
| 22 | Collingwood | 10 | 73.69x |
| 23 | Langstaff | 10 | 324.68x |
| 24 | Leithead | 10 | 490.20x |
| 25 | Morson | 10 | 409.84x |
| 26 | Snaith | 10 | 95.42x |
| 27 | Willey | 10 | 45.02x |
| 28 | Domville | 9 | 1666.67x |
| 29 | Gorden | 9 | 208.33x |
| 30 | Hird | 9 | 47.32x |
| 31 | Peart | 9 | 64.15x |
| 32 | Pescod | 9 | 432.69x |
| 33 | Ramshaw | 9 | 148.03x |
| 34 | Clennell | 8 | 1194.03x |
| 35 | Darbyshire | 8 | 61.12x |
| 36 | Garthwaite | 8 | 169.85x |
| 37 | Hanlon | 8 | 70.30x |
| 38 | Jewitt | 8 | 96.85x |
| 39 | Mole | 8 | 41.82x |
| 40 | Readman | 8 | 134.68x |
| 41 | Waggett | 8 | 390.24x |
| 42 | Whitton | 8 | 52.91x |
| 43 | Burness | 7 | 148.31x |
| 44 | Cusworth | 7 | 193.37x |
| 45 | Hindmarsh | 7 | 70.71x |
| 46 | Jopling | 7 | 160.18x |
| 47 | Mealey | 7 | 419.16x |
| 48 | Newsham | 7 | 90.79x |
| 49 | Spencely | 7 | 546.88x |
| 50 | Tweddle | 7 | 82.45x |
| 51 | Widdas | 7 | 1794.87x |
| 52 | Bulman | 6 | 66.82x |
| 53 | Dowden | 6 | 111.32x |
| 54 | Gargett | 6 | 329.67x |
| 55 | Horwood | 6 | 51.33x |
| 56 | Levett | 6 | 55.40x |
| 57 | Pentland | 6 | 202.70x |
| 58 | Pepperdine | 6 | 368.10x |
| 59 | Postgate | 6 | 740.74x |
| 60 | 6 | 400.00x | |
| 61 | Scarr | 6 | 128.48x |
| 62 | Yare | 6 | 461.54x |
| 63 | Younghusband | 6 | 202.02x |
| 64 | Brownbridge | 5 | 263.16x |
| 65 | Dallas | 5 | 53.71x |
| 66 | Finley | 5 | 73.31x |
| 67 | Firbank | 5 | 303.03x |
| 68 | Gillott | 5 | 56.69x |
| 69 | Golightly | 5 | 91.41x |
| 70 | Hiles | 5 | 89.61x |
| 71 | Horsford | 5 | 195.31x |
| 72 | Margrett | 5 | 617.28x |
| 73 | Mcmahon | 5 | 124.38x |
| 74 | Priestman | 5 | 124.38x |
| 75 | Sisman | 5 | 454.55x |
| 76 | Stelling | 5 | 265.96x |
| 77 | Vipond | 5 | 142.45x |
| 78 | Vitty | 5 | 526.32x |
| 79 | Chalton | 4 | 392.16x |
| 80 | Fearon | 4 | 64.72x |
| 81 | Haine | 4 | 114.29x |
| 82 | Hillery | 4 | 273.97x |
| 83 | Lishman | 4 | 79.21x |
| 84 | Mcmanus | 4 | 185.19x |
| 85 | Noddings | 4 | 434.78x |
| 86 | Tindal | 4 | 108.40x |
| 87 | Ballan | 3 | 526.32x |
| 88 | Beagle | 3 | 375.00x |
| 89 | Cockerton | 3 | 72.82x |
| 90 | Harton | 3 | 174.42x |
| 91 | Mallaby | 3 | 209.79x |
| 92 | Oversby | 3 | 215.83x |
| 93 | Sedgewick | 3 | 91.46x |
| 94 | Swalwell | 3 | 167.60x |
| 95 | Walburn | 3 | 394.74x |
| 96 | Ainsbury | 2 | 317.46x |
| 97 | Bowser | 2 | 54.79x |
| 98 | Brownless | 2 | 86.58x |
| 99 | Caroll | 2 | 277.78x |
| 100 | Corser | 2 | 117.65x |