Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langton, Berwickshire

Langton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Berwickshire

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
WILSON203.95268.61
RAE163.1621138.77
STOBIE163.16212,162.16
SPIERS163.1621384.62
LAUDER152.9644563.91
LAWRIE132.5692268.04
ANDERSON122.371512.01
COCKBURN122.3715185.76
SCOTT112.17398.59
MIDDLEMISS112.1739916.67
THOMSON112.173916.27
PATTERSON112.173962.36
FERGUSON101.976327.88
HILL91.77876.98
TURNBULL91.778742.19
JAMIESON81.581056.78
HAMILTON71.383418.44
JOHNSTON71.383417.14
LILLIE71.3834564.52
SPEIRS71.3834353.54
GRANT71.383413.94
TAYLOR61.18581.85
CRANSTON61.1858292.68
ALLAN61.185818.89
WIGHTMAN61.1858180.18
RUSSELL61.18589.71
GREENLAW50.98811,470.59
CUNNINGHAM50.988120.98
BARCLAY50.988148.03
SIMPSON50.98815.65
RENTON50.9881161.29
HENDERSON50.98819.09
BRASH40.7905449.44
GOW40.7905100.00
BOLTON40.790518.36
PENNY40.790544.44
LEITCH40.790582.82
COWPER40.7905180.18
AITCHISON40.7905112.68
STEWART40.79055.05
HOGG40.790521.88
WHITELAW40.7905132.45
BELL30.59293.16
HALLIDAY30.592928.68
SANDERSON30.592914.35
RENWICK30.592986.96
HENRY30.592923.46
DOUGLAS30.592912.24
DENHOLM30.5929141.51
THOMPSON30.59291.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SOMER0.515062857.1429
LEGAN0.515062500.0000
STOBIE0.515062162.1622
PHERSON0.515062000.0000
GREENLAW0.515061470.5882
FLIN0.515061052.6316
MIDDLEMISS0.51506916.6667
LILLIE0.51506564.5161
LAUDER0.51506563.9098
BRASH0.51506449.4382
SPIERS0.51506384.6154
SPEIRS0.51506353.5354
STACKHOUSE0.51506322.5806
CRANSTON0.51506292.6829
LAWRIE0.51506268.0412
LOTHIAN0.51506260.8696
CASSEY0.51506208.3333
AITCHESON0.51506204.0816
TULLEY0.51506192.3077
COCKBURN0.51506185.7585
COWPER0.51506180.1802
WIGHTMAN0.51506180.1802
RENTON0.51506161.2903
DENHOLM0.51506141.5094
RAE0.51506138.7684
WHITELAW0.51506132.4503
AITCHISON0.51506112.6761
COMBS0.51506101.0101
GOW0.51506100.0000
BLACKIE0.5150696.6184
RENWICK0.5150686.9565
LEITCH0.5150682.8157
WADDELL0.5150666.8151
PATTERSON0.5150662.3583
JAMIESON0.5150656.7779
BARCLAY0.5150648.0307
PENNY0.5150644.4444
LYLE0.5150642.1941
TURNBULL0.5150642.1941
CROZIER0.5150642.0168
PURVES0.5150630.2115
CORNELL0.5150629.5858
LYALL0.5150628.9855
HALLIDAY0.5150628.6807
FERGUSON0.5150627.8784
FAIRBAIRN0.5150626.7380
COCHRANE0.5150625.5102
HENRY0.5150623.4558
LAURIE0.5150622.9885
BOWIE0.5150622.6757

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 506 people called SOMER in Langton 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 2857.1429 in Langton means that 2857.1429% of the people in Langton on census day were called SOMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SOMER 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 SOMER 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 SOMER 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 SOMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Langton means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SOMER in Langton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Langton in 1881

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

ALLAN (6)  ANDERSON (12)  AITCHISON (4)  AITCHESON (1)  BARCLAY (5)  BELL (3)  BLAKE (1)  BLACKIE (2)  BOLTON (4)  BOOKLESS (1)  BOWIE (1)  BOYD (1)  BRASH (4)  BROWN (1)  BURTON (1)  CARSON (1)  CASSEY (1)  CLINKSDALE (9)  COCHRANE (2)  COCKBURN (12)  COOKE (1)  COMBS (1)  COWPER (4)  CORNELL (1)  CRANSTON (6)  CROZIER (1)  CUNNINGHAM (5)  DAVIES (1)  DENHOLM (3)  DEVINE (1)  DODS (6)  DONALDSON (1)  DOUGLAS (3)  DRAKE (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FERGUSON (10)  FLIN (2)  FORREST (1)  FIFFE (1)  GOW (4)  GRANT (7)  GREIG (1)  GREENLAW (5)  RAEBURN (GREENLAW) (2)  GULLAN (1)  HALL (1)  HALLIDAY (3)  HAMILTON (7)  HARDY (2)  HEAP (1)  HENDERSON (5)  HENRY (3)  HERMISTON (4)  HEWIT (2)  HILL (9)  HOGG (4)  HORNE (1)  HORTON (1)  JAMIESON (8)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSTON (7)  KERR (2)  LANDLES (4)  LATHEAD (5)  LAUDER (15)  LAURIE (1)  LAWRIE (13)  LAWSON (1)  LEARMOUTH (1)  LEGAN (1)  LEITCH (4)  LEITHEAD (3)  LYLE (1)  LILLIE (7)  LOTHIAN (3)  LYALL (1)  MC DONALD (2)  MC NAUGHTON (1)  PHERSON (1)  MC CRAW (18)  MC MENIN (6)  MERCER (2)  MIDDLEMISS (11)  MOFFAT (2)  PATTERSON (11)  PENNY (4)  PILGRIME (1)  POLWORTH (1)  PURVES (1)  PUTSWELL (1)  RAE (16)  RAEBURN (4)  REDDON (1)  RENTON (5)  RENWICK (3)  RODGERS (1)  RUSSELL (6)  SANDERSON (3)  SCOTT (11)  SIMPSON (5)  SMITH (1)  SPENCE (1)  SPIERS (16)  SPEIRS (7)  STACKHOUSE (2)  STEELE (1)  STENNET (1)  STEWART (4)  STOBIE (16)  SOMER (2)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMSON (11)  THOMPSON (3)  TODD (2)  TULLEY (2)  TURNBULL (9)  WALKER (1)  WADDELL (3)  WATSON (1)  WHITELAW (4)  WIGHTMAN (6)  WILLINS (6)  WILSON (20)