Top surnames from the 1881 census in Legerwood, Berwickshire

Legerwood 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
SCOTT295.197120.54
BROWN193.40505.17
FAIRLEY173.0466622.71
HAIG152.6882684.93
RENWICK142.5090367.45
ROBERTSON132.329713.90
AITCHISON122.1505306.91
YULE122.1505430.11
BELL111.971310.49
LEES111.971344.46
BLAKE111.971340.70
HENRY111.971378.01
HALLIDAY101.792186.73
KIRK91.612937.25
RUTHERFORD91.612966.08
CHISHOLM91.6129111.11
GALBRAITH91.6129176.47
PRINGLE81.433791.01
MILL81.4337237.39
LOGAN81.433760.47
HOPE81.433742.13
RUSSEL81.4337207.79
YOUNG81.43376.67
LAURIE71.2545146.14
BOYD71.254535.77
PURVES71.2545191.78
LOCKIE71.2545551.18
LAW71.254527.73
NICOL71.254560.24
MERCER61.075340.98
VEITCH61.0753163.04
CURRIE61.075338.22
JOHNSTON61.075313.32
LAUDER61.0753204.78
KINGHORN61.0753372.67
JAMIESON61.075338.61
CHAPMAN61.07537.57
WILKINSON61.07537.05
CAMPBELL50.89615.29
WILSON50.89611.95
WHITE50.89612.79
MEIN50.8961781.25
CROOKS50.8961116.28
DAWSON40.71686.50
KERR40.716813.14
RAE40.716831.47
REID40.71686.82
SWINTON40.7168347.83
PATERSON40.716810.53
GILL40.716810.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HALIBURTON0.565581111.1111
MEIN0.56558781.2500
HAIG0.56558684.9315
FAIRLEY0.56558622.7106
LOCKIE0.56558551.1811
YULE0.56558430.1075
KINGHORN0.56558372.6708
RENWICK0.56558367.4541
SWINTON0.56558347.8261
AITCHISON0.56558306.9054
MILL0.56558237.3887
RUSSEL0.56558207.7922
LAUDER0.56558204.7782
PURVES0.56558191.7808
FORSYTHE0.56558185.1852
ECKFORD0.56558178.5714
GALBRAITH0.56558176.4706
VEITCH0.56558163.0435
LAURIE0.56558146.1378
TORRANCE0.56558121.9512
CROOKS0.56558116.2791
CHISHOLM0.56558111.1111
HASWELL0.56558111.1111
SHIEL0.56558100.0000
PRINGLE0.5655891.0125
ARUNDEL0.5655890.9091
HALLIDAY0.5655886.7303
DUDGEON0.5655886.2069
HASTIE0.5655884.9858
HENRY0.5655878.0142
MIDDLEMISS0.5655875.7576
WIGHT0.5655869.6864
SIMSON0.5655868.9655
RUTHERFORD0.5655866.0793
LOGAN0.5655860.4686
NICOL0.5655860.2410
RENTON0.5655858.4795
LEES0.5655844.4624
HOPE0.5655842.1274
PROUDFOOT0.5655841.1523
MERCER0.5655840.9836
BLAKE0.5655840.6955
REDPATH0.5655838.6100
JAMIESON0.5655838.6100
CURRIE0.5655838.2166
KIRK0.5655837.2517
KINNEAR0.5655836.9004
BOYD0.5655835.7690
RAE0.5655831.4713
COCKBURN0.5655828.0899

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 558 people called HALIBURTON in Legerwood 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 1111.1111 in Legerwood means that 1111.1111% of the people in Legerwood on census day were called HALIBURTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HALIBURTON 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 HALIBURTON 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 HALIBURTON 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 HALIBURTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.56 in Legerwood means that you are 0.56 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HALIBURTON in Legerwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Legerwood in 1881

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

ARUNDEL (1)  AITCHISON (12)  MC BEAN (1)  BEARHOP (1)  BELL (11)  BARRIE (1)  BLAKE (11)  BOTWRIGHT (1)  BOYD (7)  BROWN (19)  BURRELL (1)  CAMPBELL (5)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHISHOLM (9)  CLAPPERTON (1)  COCKBURN (2)  COWE (1)  CROOKS (5)  CURRIE (6)  DAWSON (4)  DICKMAN ((DICKSON)) (2)  DOBBIE (8)  DODDS (1)  DUDGEON (1)  DUNN (2)  ECKFORD (1)  FAIRGRIEVE (10)  FAIRLEY (17)  FALCONER (JOHNSTON) (2)  FORSYTHE (1)  FRISKIN (1)  GALBRAITH (9)  GAVON (3)  SHIRRA GIBB (14)  GIBSON (1)  GILL (4)  GRAY (2)  HALYBURTON (1)  HALIBURTON (1)  HALL (1)  HALLIDAY (10)  HARDIE (1)  HARPER (1)  HASTIE (3)  HASWELL (2)  HAIG (15)  HENDERSON (2)  HENRY (11)  HOPE (8)  HUNTER (2)  JAMIESON (6)  JOHNSTON (6)  KERR (4)  KINGHORN (6)  KINNEAR (1)  KIRK (9)  LAUDER (6)  LAURIE (7)  LAW (7)  LEARMONTH (2)  LEES (11)  LEITCH (1)  LOCKIE (7)  LOGAN (8)  MARTIN (1)  MC BAIN (7)  MC DONALD (2)  MC DOUGALL (6)  MEIN (5)  MENZIES (2)  MERCER (6)  MIDDLEMISS (1)  MIDDLEMASS (1)  MILL (8)  MULVAY (7)  NICOL (7)  PATERSON (4)  PRINGLE (8)  PROUDFOOT (1)  PURVES (7)  RAE (4)  REDPATH (1)  REID (4)  RENTON (2)  RENWICK (14)  ROBERTSON (13)  ROBSON (2)  ROUGHHEAD (1)  RUSSEL (8)  RUTHERFORD (9)  SCOTT (29)  SHIEL (1)  SIMSON (1)  SPENCE (2)  STENHOUSE (10)  SWINTON (4)  TENNANT (1)  THOMSON (2)  TORRANCE (3)  VEITCH (6)  WEATHERSTONE (6)  WIGHT (2)  WHITE (5)  WILKINSON (6)  WILSON (5)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (8)  YULE (12)