Top surnames from the 1881 census in Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire

Caerlaverock is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Dumfriesshire

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
THOMAS120.000048.54
ELLIS120.0000136.99
SCOTT120.000078.74
JONES120.000017.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELLIS0.015136.9863
SCOTT0.01578.7402
THOMAS0.01548.5437
JONES0.01517.6678

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called ELLIS in Caerlaverock 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 136.9863 in Caerlaverock means that 136.9863% of the people in Caerlaverock on census day were called ELLIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELLIS 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 ELLIS 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 ELLIS 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 ELLIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.01 in Caerlaverock means that you are 0.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELLIS in Caerlaverock than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Caerlaverock in 1881

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

ELLIS (1)  JONES (1)  PHOLSSON (1)  SCOTT (1)  THOMAS (1)