Top surnames from the 1881 census in Berwickshire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SCOTT5911.67066.60
WILSON5431.53493.34
BROWN5431.53492.33
JOHNSTON5401.526418.92
ANDERSON4971.40497.11
PURVES4861.3738210.13
AITCHISON4331.2240174.63
ROBERTSON4001.13076.75
YOUNG3440.97244.53
PATTERSON3420.966727.73
WOOD3390.95823.01
HENDERSON2970.83957.72
COCKBURN2940.831065.14
SMITH2880.81410.58
PATERSON2850.805611.84
FAIRBAIRN2760.7802105.63
KERR2640.746213.68
RENTON2620.7406120.74
DICKSON2490.703819.01
ALLAN2480.701011.17
GRAY2460.69544.87
BELL2150.60773.23
WATSON2100.59362.56
WHITE2040.57661.79
NISBET2040.576654.62
RAE2030.573825.19
PRINGLE2030.573836.43
HUNTER1990.56255.48
DAVIDSON1980.55976.66
CRAIG1960.554012.62
SIMPSON1930.54563.12
THOMSON1890.53424.00
DOUGAL1870.5286289.92
COLLIN1870.5286101.48
MARTIN1850.52292.12
GIBSON1830.51734.26
MILLER1790.50602.83
TAIT1730.489016.61
TURNBULL1660.469211.13
TROTTER1570.443842.33
STEWART1560.44102.82
HAY1550.438111.95
RUTHERFORD1410.398616.33
MURRAY1400.39573.19
BLACK1370.38735.98
CHISHOLM1370.387326.67
WALKER1360.38441.15
SWANSTON1360.3844179.07
HARDIE1340.378829.06
THOMPSON1320.37311.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLIE323.741170.3307
DOUGAL289.921870.5286
PURVES210.134861.3738
SWANSTON179.071360.3844
AITCHISON174.634331.2240
RENTON120.742620.7406
LOTHIAN119.51960.2714
SHIEL113.51720.2035
LOUGH109.18690.1950
MIDDLEMISS106.27890.2516
FAIRBAIRN105.632760.7802
COLLIN101.481870.5286
KINGHORN85.14870.2459
AIKMAN82.06600.1696
REDPATH78.561290.3646
HOME69.04610.1724
COMMON66.29520.1470
COCKBURN65.142940.8310
BLACKIE64.11930.2629
CLEGHORN61.79600.1696
LAUDER60.241120.3166
NISBET54.622040.5766
YULE50.79900.2544
HASTIE49.561110.3138
HAIG43.15600.1696
TROTTER42.331570.4438
FORTUNE41.11760.2148
CROMBIE40.31800.2261
LAIDLAW40.191260.3562
DENHOLM39.83590.1668
PRINGLE36.432030.5738
DARLING36.311230.3477
THORBURN36.23740.2092
WIGHTMAN35.25820.2318
VEITCH35.16820.2318
PAXTON32.97930.2629
WIGHT30.21550.1555
HARDIE29.061340.3788
PATTERSON27.733420.9667
CHISHOLM26.671370.3873
BRUNTON25.90720.2035
HOGARTH25.70600.1696
RAE25.192030.5738
BROOMFIELD23.55560.1583
WADDELL22.93720.2035
LYALL21.97530.1498
RENWICK21.96530.1498
LAWRIE21.55730.2063
HUME21.521080.3053
GALBRAITH20.71670.1894

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 117 people called GILLIE in Berwickshire at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 0.3307 in Berwickshire means that 0.3307% of the people in Berwickshire on census day were called GILLIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLIE in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called GILLIE as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called GILLIE here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called GILLIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 323.74 in Berwickshire means that you are 323.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLIE in Berwickshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Berwickshire comprises 32 registration districts

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