Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lyne, Peeblesshire

Lyne is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Peeblesshire

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
MURRAY108.771970.72
DICKSON108.7719236.97
BROWN108.771913.31
HOGG108.7719242.72
WATSON76.140426.48
ROBERTSON76.140436.65
STEWART76.140439.24
DUNCAN65.263276.92
SMITH54.38603.11
SWANSTON54.38602,083.33
CRAIG43.508879.84
RITCHIE32.631676.14
VEITCH32.6316400.00
THOMSON32.631619.70
CAMPBELL21.754410.37
FAIRBAIRN21.7544238.10
PURDIE21.7544425.53
BERTRAM10.8772181.82
GALLAGHER10.877257.80
TAIT10.877229.76
RENWICK10.8772128.21
HUNTER10.87728.54
DAVIDSON10.877210.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SWANSTON0.111142083.3333
PURDIE0.11114425.5319
VEITCH0.11114400.0000
HOGG0.11114242.7184
FAIRBAIRN0.11114238.0952
DICKSON0.11114236.9668
BERTRAM0.11114181.8182
RENWICK0.11114128.2051
CRAIG0.1111479.8403
DUNCAN0.1111476.9231
RITCHIE0.1111476.1421
MURRAY0.1111470.7214
GALLAGHER0.1111457.8035
STEWART0.1111439.2377
ROBERTSON0.1111436.6492
TAIT0.1111429.7619
WATSON0.1111426.4750
THOMSON0.1111419.6980
BROWN0.1111413.3067
DAVIDSON0.1111410.4384
CAMPBELL0.1111410.3681
HUNTER0.111148.5397
SMITH0.111143.1064

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 114 people called SWANSTON in Lyne 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 2083.3333 in Lyne means that 2083.3333% of the people in Lyne on census day were called SWANSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SWANSTON 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 SWANSTON 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 SWANSTON 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 SWANSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Lyne means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SWANSTON in Lyne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lyne in 1881

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

BERTRAM (1)  BROWN (10)  CAMPBELL (2)  CRAIG (4)  DAVIDSON (1)  DICKSON (10)  DUNCAN (6)  FAIRBAIRN (2)  GALLAGHER (1)  HOGG (10)  HOWIT (1)  HUNTER (1)  KETCHIN (1)  LORRIMER (1)  MC LELLAN (4)  MURRAY (10)  PURDIE (2)  RENWICK (1)  RITCHIE (3)  ROBERTSON (7)  ROTHNIE (1)  SAIDLER (4)  SMITH (5)  STEWART (7)  SWANSTON (5)  TAIT (1)  THOMSON (3)  VEITCH (3)  WATSON (7) 

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