Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stow, Selkirkshire

Stow 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
GRIEVE123.1332270.27
JOYCE123.1332127.66
HOWDEN123.1332618.56
YOUNG112.872113.37
SHANNON102.6110337.84
KENNEDY92.349938.98
ELLIOT92.349992.12
HALL92.34997.99
BOYD82.088859.57
HUME82.0888147.33
WALDIE82.0888975.61
ROBERTSON82.088812.46
HUCK82.08882,105.26
BEATTIE82.088897.56
FITZPATRICK71.8277125.00
SCOTT71.82777.22
HAMILTON71.827724.36
BROWN71.82772.77
LAWRENCE71.827728.15
THOMSON71.827713.68
LENNAN61.56663,750.00
WILSON61.56663.41
HILL61.56666.15
PRINGLE61.566699.50
FLYNN51.305568.21
KELLY41.04449.54
SHIELS41.0444444.44
WHITEHEAD41.044415.45
DONALDSON41.044436.63
PINKARD41.04442,857.14
FAIRBAIRN41.0444141.34
TEMPLE30.783359.64
BENNET30.783356.71
CRUICKSHANK30.783369.77
MANN30.783314.87
INGLIS30.783346.88
MORTON30.783314.66
DUN30.7833714.29
TURNBULL30.783318.59
CLELAND30.7833297.03
WANLESS30.7833454.55
DOUGLAS30.783316.17
HAWKINS20.52227.21
COWIE20.522243.01
SMITH20.52220.37
BRUNTON20.522266.45
MOFFAT20.522228.82
DONOGHUE20.5222157.48
REITH20.5222298.51
COCHRANE20.522233.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LENNAN0.383833750.0000
PINKARD0.383832857.1429
HUCK0.383832105.2632
WALDIE0.38383975.6098
STRATON0.38383769.2308
DUN0.38383714.2857
HOWDEN0.38383618.5567
WANLESS0.38383454.5455
SHIELS0.38383444.4444
MICKLE0.38383400.0000
SHANNON0.38383337.8378
REITH0.38383298.5075
CLELAND0.38383297.0297
GRIEVE0.38383270.2703
FINIGAN0.38383169.4915
MELLIS0.38383163.9344
DONOGHUE0.38383157.4803
HUME0.38383147.3297
FAIRBAIRN0.38383141.3428
JOYCE0.38383127.6596
FITZPATRICK0.38383125.0000
LOCKIE0.38383114.9425
MACINTYRE0.38383104.1667
PRINGLE0.3838399.5025
BEATTIE0.3838397.5610
ELLIOT0.3838392.1187
GAFFNEY0.3838376.9231
CRUICKSHANK0.3838369.7674
FLYNN0.3838368.2128
BRUNTON0.3838366.4452
CRANSTON0.3838364.5161
TEMPLE0.3838359.6421
BOYD0.3838359.5681
STRUTHERS0.3838358.4795
MUTCH0.3838358.4795
BENNET0.3838356.7108
INGLIS0.3838346.8750
COWIE0.3838343.0108
RENTON0.3838342.5532
KENNEDY0.3838338.9779
DONALDSON0.3838336.6300
COCHRANE0.3838333.7268
MACRAE0.3838333.4448
HENDRY0.3838332.9489
RIDDLE0.3838331.4465
RIDDELL0.3838331.1526
MOFFAT0.3838328.8184
LAWRENCE0.3838328.1464
HAMILTON0.3838324.3648
MATHER0.3838321.0526

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 383 people called LENNAN in Stow 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 3750.0000 in Stow means that 3750.0000% of the people in Stow on census day were called LENNAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LENNAN 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 LENNAN 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 LENNAN 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 LENNAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Stow means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LENNAN in Stow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stow in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  MC ARDLE (2)  ASTELL (1)  BEATTIE (8)  BENNET (3)  BOYD (8)  BROWN (7)  BRUNTON (2)  O BRIEN (1)  BURGESS (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CLAPPERTON (1)  CLARK (1)  CLARKEN (1)  COCHRANE (2)  COWIE (2)  CRANSTON (1)  CRUICKSHANK (3)  DAVIS (1)  DONALDSON (4)  DONOGHUE (2)  DOUGLAS (3)  DUN (3)  ELLIOT (9)  FAIRBAIRN (4)  FINIGAN (1)  FLYNN (5)  FRAUT (1)  GAFFNEY (1)  GITTITE (1)  MC GLYNN (5)  GRIEVE (12)  GROSSART (1)  HALL (9)  HAMILTON (7)  HAWKINS (2)  HENDRY (2)  HILL (6)  HOWDEN (12)  HUME (8)  HUNTER (1)  HUCK (8)  INGLIS (3)  JOHNSTON (1)  JOYCE (12)  KELLY (4)  KENNEDY (9)  LANDELS (2)  LAWRENCE (7)  LAWSON (1)  LENNAN (6)  LITTLE (2)  LOCKIE (1)  LOWE (1)  LYAL (1)  LYNCH (1)  MANN (3)  MARTIN (1)  MATHER (2)  MC DONALD (1)  MC INNES (1)  MACINTYRE (1)  CLELAND (3)  MACRAE (1)  MELLIS (1)  MILLER (1)  MICKLE (1)  MOFFAT (2)  MORRAN (1)  MORRISON (2)  MORTON (3)  MULVIE (7)  MURPHY (1)  MURRAY (2)  MUTCH (1)  OLIVER (1)  FITZPATRICK (7)  PINKARD (4)  PLENDERLEITH (3)  PRINGLE (6)  RATHIE (5)  REDMAN (1)  REID (1)  REITH (2)  RENTON (1)  RIDDELL (1)  RIDDLE (1)  RILEY (1)  ROBERTSON (8)  SANDILANDS (1)  SCOLLAND (11)  SCOTT (7)  SHANNON (10)  SHIELS (4)  SHORTREED (11)  SMITH (2)  SPROT (5)  STEWART (2)  STRATON (1)  STRUTHERS (1)  SUTHERLAND (1)  TEMPLE (3)  THOMSON (7)  TURNBULL (3)  WALDIE (8)  WANLESS (3)  WHITEHEAD (4)  WILSON (6)  YOUNG (11) 

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