1881 census place

Wolsingham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wolsingham, 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

346 surnames are listed for Wolsingham, Durham, covering 3,050 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robson, with 83 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wolsingham

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	Robson	83	1.05%	15.92x
2	Hodgson	71	0.900%	12.93x
3	Coates	54	0.680%	18.29x
4	Armstrong	52	0.660%	8.59x
5	Lambert	49	0.620%	11.33x
6	Teasdale	42	0.530%	62.57x
7	Dowson	41	0.520%	94.69x
8	Whitfield	41	0.520%	25.92x
9	Rutter	39	0.490%	32.32x
10	Peart	36	0.450%	79.82x
11	Bainbridge	34	0.430%	30.54x
12	Proud	33	0.420%	81.54x
13	Collinson	32	0.400%	34.42x
14	Moses	32	0.400%	39.50x
15	Collingwood	30	0.380%	68.79x
16	Ridley	30	0.380%	19.60x
17	Iley	29	0.370%	327.31x
18	Vickers	29	0.370%	14.26x
19	Egglestone	28	0.350%	420.42x
20	Hopper	26	0.330%	22.98x
21	Allison	25	0.320%	11.11x
22	Snowdon	25	0.320%	42.34x
23	Ayton	24	0.300%	97.24x
24	Craggs	24	0.300%	58.88x
25	Angus	23	0.290%	20.29x
26	Bowes	23	0.290%	31.63x
27	Coulson	23	0.290%	16.19x
28	Galley	23	0.290%	81.36x
29	Donnelly	22	0.280%	22.07x
30	Maughan	22	0.280%	49.75x
31	Stobbs	22	0.280%	96.03x
32	Dodds	21	0.270%	12.60x
33	Hindmarch	21	0.270%	137.34x
34	Moor	21	0.270%	18.92x
35	Corrigan	20	0.250%	56.35x
36	Emerson	20	0.250%	36.44x
37	Westgarth	20	0.250%	145.14x
38	Coulthard	19	0.240%	42.97x
39	Hildreth	19	0.240%	224.59x
40	Hindmoor	19	0.240%	922.33x
41	Muse	19	0.240%	395.01x
42	Pentland	19	0.240%	199.58x
43	Bradwell	17	0.210%	104.49x
44	Liddle	17	0.210%	18.22x
45	Lowes	17	0.210%	36.96x
46	Marley	17	0.210%	36.98x
47	Conn	16	0.200%	73.60x
48	Pattinson	16	0.200%	22.57x
49	Barron	15	0.190%	12.23x
50	Braithwaite	15	0.190%	16.32x
51	Milburn	15	0.190%	21.22x
52	Moralee	15	0.190%	262.70x
53	Ayre	14	0.180%	31.64x
54	Heseltine	14	0.180%	80.83x
55	Hillary	14	0.180%	107.36x
56	Humble	14	0.180%	37.27x
57	Irvin	14	0.180%	60.22x
58	Lightfoot	14	0.180%	12.71x
59	Shield	14	0.180%	38.87x
60	Turp	14	0.180%	380.43x
61	Waugh	14	0.180%	12.97x
62	Wharton	14	0.180%	12.62x
63	Curry	13	0.160%	11.46x
64	Emmerson	13	0.160%	16.62x
65	Pybus	13	0.160%	55.23x
66	Raine	13	0.160%	19.70x
67	Tweddle	13	0.160%	47.67x
68	Vasey	13	0.160%	46.07x
69	Batey	12	0.150%	38.75x
70	Golightly	12	0.150%	68.22x
71	Hind	12	0.150%	12.00x
72	Maddison	12	0.150%	15.46x
73	Minikin	12	0.150%	348.84x
74	Nicolson	12	0.150%	13.11x
75	Rawes	12	0.150%	201.68x
76	Rogerson	12	0.150%	12.31x
77	Temperley	12	0.150%	169.97x
78	Tinkler	12	0.150%	34.99x
79	Willey	12	0.150%	16.82x
80	Askew	11	0.140%	12.30x
81	Batten	11	0.140%	15.05x
82	Cheesman	11	0.140%	27.18x
83	Coltman	11	0.140%	49.51x
84	Copley	11	0.140%	17.93x
85	Etherington	11	0.140%	18.41x
86	Kipling	11	0.140%	58.26x
87	Thomason	11	0.140%	23.79x
88	Trainor	11	0.140%	112.36x
89	Urwin	11	0.140%	30.51x
90	Wailes	11	0.140%	143.42x
91	Buckham	10	0.130%	109.29x
92	Buddle	10	0.130%	106.50x
93	Conroy	10	0.130%	17.02x
94	Glendening	10	0.130%	250.63x
95	Mordue	10	0.130%	114.94x
96	Spark	10	0.130%	28.73x
97	Spedding	10	0.130%	40.75x
98	Suddes	10	0.130%	340.14x
99	Colling	9	0.110%	44.67x
100	Garraway	9	0.110%	86.37x