Top surnames from the 1881 census in Roberton, Selkirkshire

Roberton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Selkirkshire

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
SCOTT529.171136.25
RUTHERFORD305.2910216.76
ELLIOT295.1146200.55
WILSON213.70378.06
SMITH172.99822.12
ARMSTRONG162.821936.92
JACKSON152.64559.47
ANDERSON152.645513.39
BEATTIE152.6455123.56
PRINGLE152.6455167.97
BELL142.469113.14
NICHOL132.2928213.11
BALMER122.1164558.14
DOUGLAS122.116443.68
DEANS111.9400285.71
OLIVER91.587322.25
LAWSON91.587326.92
BROWN91.58732.41
EDIE81.41092,500.00
MILLAR81.410938.65
ORR81.410983.77
ALLISON71.234643.45
BRUNTON71.2346157.30
CARRICK71.2346171.57
STODDART71.2346147.99
GRIEVE61.058291.32
PATTERSON50.881825.29
DICKSON50.881823.82
PACE50.8818198.41
ROBSON50.881813.40
PEACOCK50.881824.74
HOWDEN50.8818174.22
BORTHWICK50.8818157.23
SWORD50.8818446.43
HYSLOP40.7055122.70
HAMILTON40.70559.41
MARTIN40.70552.86
JOHNSTON40.70558.74
VINES40.7055211.64
MURRAY40.70555.69
HOPE30.529115.54
MOFFAT30.529129.21
DAVIDSON30.52916.29
RICHARDSON30.52913.11
CLARK30.52911.76
LYON30.529125.25
BURNET30.5291144.23
GRAHAM30.52914.61
WIGHT30.5291102.74
BURT30.529122.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EDIE0.575672500.0000
BALMER0.57567558.1395
KETCHEN0.57567476.1905
SWORD0.57567446.4286
DEANS0.57567285.7143
MARRON0.57567232.5581
STORMONT0.57567232.5581
RUTHERFORD0.57567216.7630
NICHOL0.57567213.1148
VINES0.57567211.6402
ELLIOT0.57567200.5533
PACE0.57567198.4127
HOWDEN0.57567174.2160
CARRICK0.57567171.5686
PRINGLE0.57567167.9731
BRUNTON0.57567157.3034
BORTHWICK0.57567157.2327
STODDART0.57567147.9915
BURNET0.57567144.2308
BIGGAR0.57567128.2051
BEATTIE0.57567123.5585
HYSLOP0.57567122.6994
WIGHT0.57567102.7397
REW0.5756799.0099
GRIEVE0.5756791.3242
ORR0.5756783.7696
GREENHILL0.5756781.6327
GLADSTONE0.5756765.3595
RIDDLE0.5756763.8298
BRYDON0.5756756.1798
BALLANTYNE0.5756746.5116
DOUGLAS0.5756743.6840
ALLISON0.5756743.4513
PEEBLES0.5756742.0168
HARDIE0.5756740.5954
MILLAR0.5756738.6473
ARMSTRONG0.5756736.9174
SCOTT0.5756736.2470
TROTTER0.5756733.6700
TELFER0.5756729.4985
MOFFAT0.5756729.2113
MACPHERSON0.5756727.2480
LAWSON0.5756726.9219
LOCKHART0.5756725.3165
PATTERSON0.5756725.2908
LYON0.5756725.2525
PEACOCK0.5756724.7402
DICKSON0.5756723.8209
BURT0.5756722.2717
OLIVER0.5756722.2497

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 567 people called EDIE in Roberton 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 2500.0000 in Roberton means that 2500.0000% of the people in Roberton on census day were called EDIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EDIE 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 EDIE 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 EDIE 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 EDIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Roberton means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EDIE in Roberton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Roberton in 1881

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

ALLISON (7)  ANDERSON (15)  ANDREW (1)  ARMSTRONG (16)  BALLANTYNE (2)  BALMER (12)  BEATTIE (15)  BELL (14)  BIGGAR (1)  BORTHWICK (5)  BROWN (9)  BRUNTON (7)  BRYDON (1)  BURNET (3)  BURNS (1)  BURT (3)  BUTCHER (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARRICK (7)  CHISHOLME (1)  CLAPPERTON (4)  CLARK (3)  COWAN (2)  CRAIG (1)  DAVIDSON (3)  DAVIES (2)  DEANS (11)  DICKSON (5)  DOD (1)  DOUGLAS (12)  EDIE (8)  ELLIOT (29)  FELL (1)  FOX (2)  GLADSTONE (1)  GLENDINNING (6)  GOODBRAND (3)  GOVENLOCK (2)  GRAHAM (3)  GRANT (1)  GRIEVE (6)  GREENHILL (2)  HALDAM (3)  HAMILTON (4)  HARDIE (3)  HEATTIE (1)  HENRY (2)  HYSLOP (4)  HOPE (3)  HOWDEN (5)  HUDSON (2)  HUGGAN (1)  JACKSON (15)  JOHNSTON (4)  JOHNSTONE (2)  KERR (2)  KETCHEN (1)  LAWRIE (1)  LAWSON (9)  LITTLE (1)  LOCKHART (1)  LOWNER ? (1)  LYON (3)  MAIN (1)  MARTIN (4)  MAXWELL (1)  MC CLUNE (6)  MC GLASSON (1)  MACKAY (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MACKENZIE (1)  MACPHERSON (1)  MILLAR (8)  MOFFAT (3)  MARRON (1)  MURRAY (4)  NICHOL (13)  OLIVER (9)  ORR (8)  PACE (5)  PATTERSON (5)  PEACOCK (5)  PEEBLES (1)  POW (6)  PRINGLE (15)  REW (1)  RICHARDSON (3)  RIDDLE (3)  ROBSON (5)  ROGERSON (1)  RUTHERFORD (30)  SCOTT (52)  SIMPSON (1)  SMYTH (1)  SMITH (17)  STODDART (7)  STORMONT (1)  SUTHERLAND (1)  SWORD (5)  TELFER (1)  THOMPSON (2)  THOMSON (1)  TINLINE (2)  TROTTER (2)  TURNBULL (2)  TYSON (1)  VINES (4)  WELSH (2)  WIGHT (3)  WILSON (21) 

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