Surnames in Durham and Northumberland, 1521-1615

Most Widespread Surnames

by Julie Kahan (jstamp@netvision.net.il)

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This page lists the most widespread surnames- those that appeared in three or more parishes. Each name is followed by the number of parishes in which it appeared (not the total number of occurrences). For more details about a name, look for its full entry in the alphabetic listings

A
Adamson (9) Addison (5) Allan (5) Allanson (4) Allen (6) Allenson (4) Allison (9) Anderson (21) Andrew (7) Applebie (7) Appleby (6) Applebye (4) Archer (12) Armestronge (6) Armstrong (13) Armstronge (7) Arrowsmith (5) Atcheson (6) Atchison (5) Atkinson (22) Ayre (8)

B
Bainbridge (6) Bankes (5) Barker (9) Barnes (12) Barton (4) Baxter (7) Bee (7) Bell (26) Best (5) Betson (6) Bird (4) Blackett (4) Blackwell (4) Blaxton (8) Blunt (5) Bowes (6) Bowman (4) Bowmer (6) Boyes (7) Brantingham (4) Brass (4) Brasse (10) Briggs (4) Brough (5) Broughe (4) Brown (12) Browne (28) Buck (4) Bullman (4) Bullock (4) Bullocke (8) Bulman (6) Bulmer (5) Burden (5) Burdon (7) Burne (8) Burrell (7) Burton (4) Byers (4)

C
Car (5) Carr (12) Carre (12) Carter (6) Caward (5) Chamber (6) Chambers (9) Chapman (12) Charleton (4) Chilton (15) Chipchase (5) Clark (6) Clarke (18) Clarkson (4) Claxton (8) Clerke (9) Cliffe (4) Clifton (4) Cock (5) Cockson (6) Collingwood (4) Colson (14) Coltman (6) Conyers (8) Cooke (18) Cooper (6) Corner (4) Coulson (6) Cowper (4) Cragges (5) Craggs (6) Crawe (4) Crawforth (5) Croft (4) Cuthbert (8)

D
Dalton (4) Davison (15) Davyson (6) Dawson (23) Dawsonne (4) Day (4) Dent (11) Denton (5) Dickeson (5) Dickinson (7) Dickson (8) Dixon (19) Dixson (8) Dobson (15) Dod (5) Dodd (4) Doddes (4) Dodds (4) Donne (4) Dowe (4) Downes (4) Dowson (4) Dun (6) Dune (6) Dunne (6) Durham (5)

E ~ F
Earle (4) Eden (7) Elder (5) Ellison (7) Elwood (5) Emerson (14) Emmerson (7) Errington (8) Farley (4) Farrow (10) Farrowe (4) Fawdon (10) Fawell (5) Fell (5) Fenwicke (4) Fetherston (6) Fisher (4) Fletcher (10) Foreman (5) Forest (5) Forrest (5) Forster (9) Foster (24) French (5)

G
Garnett (4) Gastell (5) Gelson (6) Gibson (24) Glover (6) Golightly (4) Goodchild (4) Gowland (9) Grainger (4) Grame (7) Granger (6) Gray (19) Graye (18) Green (4) Greene (7) Greenwell (4) Gregson (7) Grene (10) Grenwell (4) Grevson (4) Grinwell (6) Grynwell (4) Gybson (11)

H
Hall (29) Halle (6) Harbottle (6) Harison (5) Harle (6) Harper (8) Harrison (26) Harryson (8) Haryson (4) Haswell (8) Hawden (4) Hawdon (6) Hay (4) Hearon (4) Hedley (12) Hedworth (4) Heighington (5) Henderson (5) Herison (5) Heron (5) Herrison (14) Heryson (4) Heslop (5) Heslope (4) Hewetson (4) Hewitson (4) Hickson (5) Hill (9) Hilton (5) Hind (5) Hobson (14) Hodgeson (5) Hodgson (16) Hodshon (6) Hogg (4) Hogge (7) Hopper (14) Horne (8) Horner (4) Horsley (5) Hubbock (4) Hucheson (13) Hudson (11) Hudspeth (6) Huetson (7) Hull (5) Humble (12) Hunter (14) Huntley (6) Hutcheson (13) Hutchinson (14) Hutton (9)

J ~ K
Jackson (28) Jacson (6) Jefferson (5) Joblin (4) Johnson (30) Kay (8) Kaye (5) Kent (5) King (5) Kirkley (5)

L
Ladler (4) Lamb (4) Lambe (10) Lambert (7) Lange (6) Langstaff (4) Langstaffe (4) Lawes (6) Lawson (20) Lax (4) Laxe (4) Layton (4) Lee (10) Liddell (8) Liddle (5) Lighton (7) Litster (8) Little (6) Lodge (7) Lowson (6) Lumley (5)

M
Maddeson (5) Maddison (8) Marley (13) Marshall (24) Martin (6) Martine (6) Mason (7) Mathew (4) Matthew (5) Maugham (7) Mawer (7) Mayson (5) Meborne (5) Megson (4) Micheson (5) Middleton (14) Midleton (5) Milburne (4) Miller (7) Moore (6) More (8) Morland (6) Morley (5) Morton (8) Myddleton (6)

N ~ O
Nattresse (4) Nelson (10) Newton (17) Nicholson (13) Nicolson (9) Nixon (5) Noble (9) Norton (6) Nycolson (5) Ogle (6) Oliver (9) Olyver (4) Ourd (4)

P
Page (4) Palmer (4) Parker (10) Parkin (7) Patteson (7) Pattinson (6) Pattison (16) Paxton (5) Peacock (4) Pearson (18) Pearsonne (4) Peirson (4) Pereson (6) Person (5) Pigge (4) Pilkington (4) Place (6) Porter (7) Potter (14) Potts (11) Preston (14) Proctor (5) Pryerman (4)

R
Raine (7) Rand (4) Ranson (5) Ratcliffe (4) Raw (8) Rawe (8) Rawlin (4) Read (9) Reade (6) Readhead (8) Reed (10) Reede (8) Richardson (25) Richeson (13) Ridley (12) Rippon (9) Robeson (4) Robinson (31) Robison (5) Robson (22) Robynson (4) Rogerson (7) Rose (5) Roule (4) Rowell (6) Rowle (6) Ruter (6) Rutter (7) Rychardson (4) Rycheson (4) Rydley (4)

S
Sadler (7) Sander (8) Sanders (7) Sanderson (12) Scott (8) Scurfield (5) Selbye (5) Shafto (4) Sharp (7) Sharpe (10) Shaw (5) Shawe (9) Silvertop (4) Simpson (20) Simson (11) Slater (5) Smart (7) Smith (25) Smithe (7) Smyth (15) Smythe (10) Snaith (5) Snawball (4) Snawdon (8) Sparke (9) Spence (8) Steavenson (4) Steele (5) Stelling (7) Stellinge (5) Stephenson (6) Stevenson (18) Steward (4) Stobbert (7) Stobbes (6) Stobes (7) Stoddert (6) Stokell (6) Storie (8) Story (11) Storye (10) Stott (6) Stout (4) Stoute (6) Stowte (4) Swainston (5) Swalwell (8) Swan (4) Swinburne (6) Sympson (11)

T ~ U
Tailer (5) Tailor (5) Tayler (12) Taylor (18) Temple (4) Thompson (25) Thomson (16) Thorpe (5) Tod (10) Todd (19) Todde (5) Tompson (15) Tomson (13) Trotter (10) Trumble (5) Tunstall (5) Turner (14) Turpin (7) Unthanke (4)

W ~ Y
Walker (24) Wall (8) Wallas (4) Walton (17) Ward (8) Warde (11) Wastell (5) Wat (4) Watson (31) Watsonne (4) Watt (4) Watter (4) Waugh (4) Waughe (6) West (8) Westwood (5) Wetherell (6) Wheatley (9) Wheatlye (4) Wheldon (4) White (22) Whitfield (10) Whyte (4) Wilkinson (28) Wilkinsonne (5) Willey (5) Williamson (6) Willson (12) Wilson (31) Winter (8) Wood (15) Woode (6) Woodman (4) Wrangham (9) Wren (5) Wright (17) Wrighte (7) Wryght (4) Wylde (5) Yong (5) Yonge (8) Yonger (5) Young (7) Younge (19) Younger (10)

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