Top surnames from the 1881 census in Covington, Lanarkshire

Covington is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lanarkshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
ANDERSON173.828819.38
BROWN163.60365.47
PURDIE163.6036869.57
SMITH153.37842.39
WILSON143.15326.87
LINDSAY132.927989.84
GALLOWAY122.7027156.86
VASSIE102.25236,250.00
BELL102.252311.99
SOMMERVILLE92.0270514.29
FINLAYSON92.0270176.13
CRAWFORD92.027041.42
MOFFAT92.0270111.94
FORREST92.027078.60
BROWNLIE92.0270463.92
RITCHIE81.801852.15
AFFLECK71.5766686.27
FRENCH61.351427.68
BALLANTYNE61.3514178.04
BUCHANAN61.351452.26
ROBERTSON61.35148.06
CRICHTON61.3514158.31
GREEN61.35144.80
GARTH51.1261510.20
WEIR51.126143.29
LITTLE51.126123.81
STEWART51.12617.20
CALDWELL51.126171.94
SANDERSON51.126127.26
HENDERSON51.126110.36
ELDER51.1261106.61
MITCHEL51.1261115.21
DAVIDSON40.900910.72
BLAKELY40.9009526.32
JACKSON40.90093.22
WAUGH40.900966.12
PATERSON40.900913.24
TWEDDLE40.9009261.44
HUNTER30.67576.58
MACQUARRIE30.67573,000.00
MORE30.675786.96
IRVINE30.675730.67
BULLOCH20.4505224.72
HASTIE20.450571.17
JOHNSTON20.45055.58
GILBERT20.45057.91
PAUL20.450518.00
GARDINER20.450515.67
HOGGAN20.4505312.50
CROCKETT20.450595.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VASSIE0.444446250.0000
MACQUARRIE0.444443000.0000
PURDIE0.44444869.5652
AFFLECK0.44444686.2745
BLAKELY0.44444526.3158
SOMMERVILLE0.44444514.2857
GARTH0.44444510.2041
BROWNLIE0.44444463.9175
HOGGAN0.44444312.5000
HUSTON0.44444294.1176
TWEDDLE0.44444261.4379
BULLOCH0.44444224.7191
ADDIE0.44444204.0816
BALLANTYNE0.44444178.0415
FINLAYSON0.44444176.1252
CORE0.44444158.7302
CRICHTON0.44444158.3113
GALLOWAY0.44444156.8627
TINDAL0.44444151.5152
VANCE0.44444117.6471
GILFILLAN0.44444116.2791
MITCHEL0.44444115.2074
MOFFAT0.44444111.9403
ELDER0.44444106.6098
CROCKETT0.4444495.6938
LINDSAY0.4444489.8411
MORE0.4444486.9565
FORREST0.4444478.6026
CALDWELL0.4444471.9424
HASTIE0.4444471.1744
TOWNS0.4444470.4225
CALLAN0.4444469.9301
WAUGH0.4444466.1157
COLVILLE0.4444465.7895
TWEEDIE0.4444458.4795
DENHOLM0.4444453.7634
BUCHANAN0.4444452.2648
RITCHIE0.4444452.1512
DALZIEL0.4444451.0204
DALGLEISH0.4444450.0000
DARLING0.4444447.0588
WEIR0.4444443.2900
LAUDER0.4444442.9185
CRAWFORD0.4444441.4174
HARKNESS0.4444440.1606
PENMAN0.4444434.4828
VEITCH0.4444434.1297
IRVINE0.4444430.6748
CUTHBERTSON0.4444429.1545
PAXTON0.4444428.2486

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 444 people called VASSIE in Covington 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 6250.0000 in Covington means that 6250.0000% of the people in Covington on census day were called VASSIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VASSIE 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 VASSIE 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 VASSIE 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 VASSIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Covington means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VASSIE in Covington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Covington in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

AFFLECK (7)  ANDERSON (17)  AITKEN (2)  BALLANTYNE (6)  BELL (10)  BLAKELY (4)  BRAIDWOOD (4)  BROWN (16)  BROWNLIE (9)  BUCHANAN (6)  BULLOCH (2)  CALDWELL (5)  CAMPBELL (1)  CORE (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLEMENT (1)  COLVILLE (1)  CRAWFORD (9)  CRICHTON (6)  CROCKETT (2)  CURRIE (1)  CUTHBERTSON (1)  DALGLEISH (1)  DALZIEL (1)  DARLING (2)  DAVIDSON (4)  DENHOLM (1)  DOLLAN (2)  DUFFY (1)  EASTON (1)  ADDIE (1)  ELDER (5)  EWING (1)  FINLAYSON (9)  FLEMING (2)  FORREST (9)  FRENCH (6)  GALLOWAY (12)  GARDINER (2)  GARTH (5)  GIBSON (1)  GILBERT (2)  GILFILLAN (1)  GILLESPIE (1)  GIRDWOOD (1)  GOLDING (1)  GREEN (6)  GREENSHIELDS (1)  HARKNESS (1)  HASTIE (2)  HEGGISON (1)  HENDERSON (5)  HOGGAN (2)  HUSTON (1)  HUNTER (3)  IRELAND (1)  IRVINE (3)  JACKSON (4)  JOHNSTON (2)  KERR (1)  LAING (1)  LAUDER (1)  LINDSAY (13)  LITTLE (5)  LITHGOW (4)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (1)  MAXWELL (1)  MC ALPINE (1)  CALLAN (1)  MC CONKEY (1)  MACFARLINE (1)  MC KINNON (1)  MACLEAN (1)  MC NAY (7)  MIDDLEMAS (1)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MITCHEL (5)  MOFFAT (9)  MORE (3)  MUIR (1)  NEILSON (1)  NEWLANDS (4)  NICHOL (1)  NISBET (1)  ORR (1)  PAIRMAN (1)  PATERSON (4)  PAUL (2)  PAXTON (1)  PENMAN (1)  PLENDERLEITH (3)  PURDIE (16)  MACQUARRIE (3)  RAE (1)  REID (2)  RITCHIE (8)  ROBB (1)  ROBERTSON (6)  RUSSELL (1)  SANDERSON (5)  SANDILANDS (6)  SCOULAR (2)  SMITH (15)  SOMMERVILLE (9)  STARK (1)  STEEL (1)  STEELE (1)  STEWART (5)  STODART (13)  TENNANT (1)  THOMSON (1)  TINDAL (1)  TOWNS (1)  TERVIT (2)  TWEDDLE (4)  TWEEDIE (1)  VANCE (1)  VASSIE (10)  VEITCH (1)  WALKER (1)  WAUGH (4)  WEIR (5)  WHITE (1)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILSON (14) 

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