Top surnames from the 1881 census in Oxnam, Roxburghshire

Oxnam 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
ELLIOT416.0029235.36
SCOTT263.806715.05
DOUGLAS253.660375.55
THOMSON223.221124.11
HALL162.34267.96
WYLLIE162.3426334.73
DAVIDSON152.196226.12
LITTLE142.049843.34
HISLOP121.7570291.97
SIMSON121.7570674.16
RUTHERFORD121.757071.99
BROWN121.75702.67
PATTISON111.6105101.20
YOUNG101.46416.82
MIDDLEMISS101.4641617.28
DICKSON101.464139.54
TURNBULL101.464134.73
MOORE91.31776.59
ARMSTRONG91.317717.24
HAMILTON91.317717.56
SINTON91.3177989.01
BARRIE91.3177182.56
RENTON81.1713190.93
PATTERSON81.171333.60
JACK81.171355.13
PAXTON81.1713146.79
KERR81.171321.48
STEWART71.02496.55
BALLANTYNE71.0249135.14
HASTIE71.0249162.04
CUNNINGHAM71.024921.77
BEST71.024938.04
COCKBURN71.024980.37
WALDIE71.0249479.45
BRADLEY71.024912.76
OLIVER71.024914.37
TINLIN71.02492,413.79
DALRYMPLE60.8785202.02
WATSON60.87853.79
SWAN60.878533.92
BUCKHAM60.8785759.49
IRVINE60.878539.87
TELFER60.8785147.06
MELROSE60.8785226.42
FRATER60.8785480.00
CULBERTSON60.87853,333.33
HOPE60.878525.82
WOOD50.73212.30
AITCHISON50.7321104.38
GILLIES50.732151.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CULBERTSON0.686833333.3333
TINLIN0.686832413.7931
SINTON0.68683989.0110
BUCKHAM0.68683759.4937
SIMSON0.68683674.1573
MIDDLEMISS0.68683617.2840
FRATER0.68683480.0000
WALDIE0.68683479.4521
HOBKIRK0.68683444.4444
STORIE0.68683375.0000
DAGG0.68683361.4458
WYLLIE0.68683334.7280
HISLOP0.68683291.9708
GILLIN0.68683285.7143
MINTO0.68683264.5503
ELLIOT0.68683235.3617
MELROSE0.68683226.4151
DALRYMPLE0.68683202.0202
RENTON0.68683190.9308
BARRIE0.68683182.5558
SHIEL0.68683163.9344
HASTIE0.68683162.0370
CROZIER0.68683155.7632
TELFER0.68683147.0588
PAXTON0.68683146.7890
BALLANTYNE0.68683135.1351
PACE0.68683131.5789
BROCKIE0.68683121.9512
AITCHISON0.68683104.3841
PATTISON0.68683101.1960
FAIRBAIRN0.6868399.2063
RIDDELL0.6868387.2600
BYWATER0.6868387.2093
FAIR0.6868383.6820
COCKBURN0.6868380.3674
DOUGLAS0.6868375.5515
RUTHERFORD0.6868371.9856
VEITCH0.6868366.6667
JACK0.6868355.1344
HOLMS0.6868352.0833
GILLIES0.6868351.1771
LITTLE0.6868343.3437
IRVINE0.6868339.8671
DICKSON0.6868339.5413
BEST0.6868338.0435
TURNBULL0.6868334.7343
DRYSDALE0.6868334.6620
SWAN0.6868333.9175
PATTERSON0.6868333.5993
LAIDLAW0.6868333.0579

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 683 people called CULBERTSON in Oxnam 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 3333.3333 in Oxnam means that 3333.3333% of the people in Oxnam on census day were called CULBERTSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CULBERTSON 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 CULBERTSON 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 CULBERTSON 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 CULBERTSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Oxnam means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CULBERTSON in Oxnam than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Oxnam in 1881

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

AMOS (2)  ANDERSON (2)  ARRES (4)  ARMSTRONG (9)  AITKEN (1)  AITCHISON (5)  BALLANTYNE (7)  BARRIE (9)  BEST (7)  BLACK (1)  BRADLEY (7)  BRAMEAN (1)  BRIGGS (4)  BROCKIE (1)  BROTHERSTON (1)  BROWN (12)  BUCKHAM (6)  BURNE (6)  BYRES (3)  BYWATER (3)  KEADIE (1)  KEDDIE (4)  COCKBURN (7)  COOK (5)  CRAIG (1)  CROZIER (5)  CRUICKSHANK (2)  CUNNINGHAM (7)  CURRIE (2)  CULBERTSON (6)  CUTHBERTSON (1)  DAGG (3)  DALRYMPLE (6)  DAVIDSON (15)  DICKSON (10)  DOUGLAS (25)  DOLLAN (2)  DRINNAN (7)  DRIMAN (4)  DRYSDALE (2)  DUFF (1)  ELLIOT (41)  ESKDALE (1)  FAIR (2)  FAIRBAIRN (5)  FRATER (6)  GIBSON (1)  GILLIES (5)  GILLIN (1)  GRAY (4)  HALIDY (1)  HALL (16)  HAMILTON (9)  HASTIE (7)  HISLOP (12)  HOBKIRK (2)  HOLMS (1)  HOPE (6)  HORTIR (1)  HUGGAN (1)  IRVINE (6)  JACK (8)  KERR (8)  LAWSON (1)  LERMITH (1)  LAIDLAW (2)  LILLICO (4)  LITTLE (14)  MARSHALL (4)  MARTIN (4)  MELROSE (6)  MIDDLEMISS (10)  MINTO (5)  MITCHELLHILL (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MOORE (9)  MURDIE (4)  OLIVER (7)  PACE (4)  PATTISON (11)  PATTERSON (8)  PAXTON (8)  PHAUSS (7)  RENTON (8)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDDELL (5)  RIDDLE (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBSON (4)  ROSS (2)  RUTHERFORD (12)  SCOTT (26)  SHIEL (2)  SHORT (2)  SIMSON (12)  SINTON (9)  SMITH (4)  STEWART (7)  STORIE (3)  SWAN (6)  TAYLOR (1)  TELFER (6)  THOMSON (22)  TINLINE (4)  TINLIN (7)  TURNBULL (10)  VEITCH (3)  WALDIE (7)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (6)  WAUGH (2)  WHILLANS (8)  WHILANS (1)  WILSON (4)  WOOD (5)  WYLLIE (16)  YOUNGER (1)  YOUNG (10)  YULE (1) 

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