Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bedrule, Roxburghshire

Bedrule is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Roxburghshire

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
BROWN217.806711.84
SCOTT176.319724.98
HENDERSON145.204547.88
RICHARDSON114.089224.02
SPROTT103.71754,347.83
DAVIDSON103.717544.21
ORMISTON93.34571,168.83
SMITH93.34572.37
VEITCH82.9740451.98
LOFTUS82.9740544.22
SHORT72.602266.60
OLIVER72.602236.48
MURPHY72.602232.57
TURNBULL72.602261.73
COWAN72.6022127.50
TAIT72.602288.38
SIMSON72.60221,000.00
PATTISON62.2305140.19
HALL51.85876.32
HAY51.858750.66
DOUGLAS51.858738.37
BYERS41.4870287.77
POTT41.4870655.74
JEFFREY41.487080.48
FAIRBAIRN41.4870201.01
ARMSTRONG41.487019.46
WOOD41.48704.67
REID41.487014.16
AITCHISON31.1152158.73
BUIST31.1152566.04
MACNEILL31.11523,750.00
WILSON20.74351.62
NICHOL20.743568.97
RUTHERFORD20.743530.49
LOCH20.7435952.38
TELFER20.7435124.22
STORIE10.3717312.50
HOGG10.371710.29
MURRAY10.37173.00
MACINTYRE10.3717149.25
RUSSELL10.37173.05
LANG10.371716.67
TAYLOR10.37170.58
STODDART10.371744.44
BOYLE10.371714.33
YOUNG10.37171.73
WALKER10.37171.11
KELLY10.37173.39
HYSLOP10.371764.52
STEVENSON10.37175.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPROTT0.272694347.8261
MACNEILL0.272693750.0000
ORMISTON0.272691168.8312
SIMSON0.272691000.0000
LOCH0.27269952.3810
POTT0.27269655.7377
BUIST0.27269566.0377
LOFTUS0.27269544.2177
VEITCH0.27269451.9774
STORIE0.27269312.5000
BYERS0.27269287.7698
FAIRBAIRN0.27269201.0050
WALDIE0.27269172.4138
AITCHISON0.27269158.7302
MACINTYRE0.27269149.2537
PATTISON0.27269140.1869
COWAN0.27269127.5046
TELFER0.27269124.2236
TAIT0.2726988.3838
JEFFREY0.2726980.4829
CORCORAN0.2726976.9231
NICHOL0.2726968.9655
SHORT0.2726966.6032
HYSLOP0.2726964.5161
TURNBULL0.2726961.7284
HAY0.2726950.6586
HENDERSON0.2726947.8796
STODDART0.2726944.4444
DAVIDSON0.2726944.2087
DOUGLAS0.2726938.3730
OLIVER0.2726936.4773
MURPHY0.2726932.5733
RUTHERFORD0.2726930.4878
SCOTT0.2726924.9780
RICHARDSON0.2726924.0227
ARMSTRONG0.2726919.4553
LANG0.2726916.6667
BOYLE0.2726914.3266
REID0.2726914.1593
BROWN0.2726911.8430
HOGG0.2726910.2881
HALL0.272696.3179
STEVENSON0.272695.2966
WOOD0.272694.6669
JOHNSTON0.272694.6062
KELLY0.272693.3944
RUSSELL0.272693.0451
MURRAY0.272692.9976
SMITH0.272692.3696
YOUNG0.272691.7304

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 269 people called SPROTT in Bedrule 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 4347.8261 in Bedrule means that 4347.8261% of the people in Bedrule on census day were called SPROTT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPROTT 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 SPROTT 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 SPROTT 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 SPROTT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Bedrule means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPROTT in Bedrule than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bedrule in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (4)  AITCHISON (3)  BYERS (4)  BOYLE (1)  BROWN (21)  BUIST (3)  CORCORAN (1)  COWAN (7)  DAVIDSON (10)  DOUGLAS (5)  FAIRBAIRN (4)  FAIRBARN (1)  HALL (5)  HAY (5)  HENDERSON (14)  HYSLOP (1)  HINNIGAN (11)  HOGG (1)  JEFFREY (4)  JOHNSTON (1)  KELLY (1)  LANG (1)  LOCH (2)  LOFTUS (8)  MACINTYRE (1)  MIDDLEMAS (1)  MURPHY (7)  MURRAY (1)  MACNEILL (3)  NICHOL (2)  OLIVER (7)  O MALLEY (3)  ORMISTON (9)  PATTISON (6)  POTT (4)  REID (4)  RICHARDSON (11)  RUSSELL (1)  RUTHERFORD (2)  SADLAR (1)  SCOTT (17)  SHORT (7)  SIMSON (7)  SMITH (9)  SPROTT (10)  STEVENSON (1)  STODDART (1)  STORIE (1)  TAIT (7)  TAYLOR (1)  TELFER (2)  TOFTS (1)  TURNBULL (7)  VEITCH (8)  WALDIE (1)  WALKER (1)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (4)  YOUNG (1) 

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