Top surnames from the 1881 census in Roxburghshire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SCOTT2,2874.321917.08
TURNBULL1,1702.211152.46
WILSON7431.40413.06
ELLIOT6941.311551.42
BROWN6541.23591.87
MURRAY6531.23409.95
THOMSON6131.15848.67
OLIVER6061.145216.05
ANDERSON5491.03755.25
HENDERSON5080.96008.83
BELL5010.94685.04
RUTHERFORD4870.920337.71
DOUGLAS4840.914718.88
SMITH4440.83910.59
DAVIDSON4430.83729.96
HOGG4420.835323.12
ROBSON4320.816412.41
YOUNG4000.75593.52
ROBERTSON3760.71064.24
LAIDLAW3500.661474.63
RICHARDSON3450.65203.83
WOOD3240.61231.92
GRAY3230.61044.28
HALL3210.60662.06
BEATTIE3030.572626.75
TAIT3010.568819.32
DICKSON2940.555615.00
ARMSTRONG2930.55377.24
LITTLE2660.502710.63
CAIRNS2630.497022.98
STEWART2600.49133.14
KERR2590.48958.97
REID2550.48194.59
FAIRBAIRN2510.474364.22
JOHNSTONE2490.470610.41
GRAHAM2470.46684.07
NICHOL2440.461142.83
CLARK2340.44221.47
WATSON2270.42901.85
DODDS2260.427120.29
PATERSON2260.42716.28
TAYLOR2230.42140.66
BALLANTYNE2190.413954.58
MILLER2160.40822.28
HARDIE2160.408231.31
WALKER2140.40441.21
PATTERSON2120.400611.49
HUNTER2110.39873.88
MITCHELL2100.39691.96
TELFER2070.391265.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MABON143.06910.1720
WALDIE127.821450.2740
STORIE114.48710.1342
SHIEL100.13950.1795
SINTON90.56640.1209
ORMISTON79.541210.2287
LAIDLAW74.633500.6614
MINTO70.911040.1965
TELFER65.412070.3912
LOCKIE64.82780.1474
FAIRBAIRN64.222510.4743
SMAIL61.67620.1172
CROZIER60.381500.2835
KER56.23620.1172
BALLANTYNE54.582190.4139
WIGHT53.621460.2759
TURNBULL52.461,1702.2111
ELLIOT51.426941.3115
SWANSTON50.17570.1077
BRYDON49.27820.1550
HAIG48.561010.1909
HISLOP47.741520.2872
MIDDLEMISS45.50570.1077
AINSLIE42.93600.1134
NICHOL42.832440.4611
RIDDELL42.131870.3534
PURVES41.331430.2702
SIMSON40.68560.1058
DALGLEISH40.37960.1814
GLADSTONE39.18560.1058
MELROSE39.00800.1512
CRANSTON38.29820.1550
LAUDER38.111060.2003
RUTHERFORD37.714870.9203
BALMER36.96740.1398
INGLES36.15580.1096
AITCHISON35.051300.2457
RENWICK34.351240.2343
BURNET34.08660.1247
KYLE32.63960.1814
GRIEVE31.641940.3666
HARDIE31.312160.4082
BORTHWICK28.95860.1625
REDPATH28.91710.1342
MICHIE27.80720.1361
GRIERSON27.21800.1512
BEATTIE26.753030.5726
DRYDEN26.65850.1606
CROSBIE26.51720.1361
JARDINE26.161290.2438

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 91 people called MABON in Roxburghshire 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 0.1720 in Roxburghshire means that 0.1720% of the people in Roxburghshire on census day were called MABON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MABON 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 MABON 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 MABON 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 MABON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 143.06 in Roxburghshire means that you are 143.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MABON in Roxburghshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Roxburghshire comprises 32 registration districts

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