Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cranston, Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

Cranston is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

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
REID323.206430.53
WILSON323.20646.98
JOHNSTON262.605232.28
BROWN262.60523.95
COCKBURN191.9038149.25
PRYDE191.9038688.41
MOFFAT191.9038105.09
SMITH181.80361.28
MEEK181.8036155.17
RUTHERFORD171.703469.82
STEWART161.603210.25
LOTHIAN151.5030660.79
WATSON121.20245.18
TURNER121.20244.32
DRYSDALE121.2024142.18
WOOD121.20243.77
PEARSON121.202410.35
DICKSON111.102229.77
SHELDON101.002065.88
JAMIESON101.002035.98
CARDLE101.00206,250.00
BARNES101.00208.32
LIVINGSTON101.0020111.61
BAXTER101.002016.82
MORRISON90.901811.47
HOGG90.901824.97
GOOD90.901872.52
BEECROFT90.9018214.29
MAGUIRE90.901888.24
JEFFREY90.901848.78
HAINEY90.90181,875.00
LEITCH80.801684.03
FLEMING80.801619.29
NELSON80.801616.55
BAILLIE80.801677.22
REDPATH80.8016172.79
BAIN80.801632.31
HENDERSON80.80167.37
HUME70.701449.44
MERCER70.701426.73
OLIVER70.70149.83
SIMPSON70.70144.01
THOMSON70.70145.25
RANKIN70.701447.20
KAY70.701413.50
HANTON60.6012344.83
WHITE60.60121.87
RODGER60.601242.77
AITKEN60.601222.91
CASSIDY60.601249.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CARDLE1.009986250.0000
HAINEY1.009981875.0000
PRYDE1.00998688.4058
LOTHIAN1.00998660.7930
HANTON1.00998344.8276
HENNESSY1.00998253.8071
BEECROFT1.00998214.2857
GLASGOW1.00998182.6484
VACHER1.00998175.4386
KINGHORN1.00998173.6111
REDPATH1.00998172.7862
GLANCY1.00998170.9402
MEEK1.00998155.1724
COCKBURN1.00998149.2537
DRYSDALE1.00998142.1801
BINNIE1.00998120.1923
BRIEN1.00998117.3021
LIVINGSTON1.00998111.6071
MOFFAT1.00998105.0885
DUDGEON1.0099896.1538
DALRYMPLE1.0099891.9540
MAGUIRE1.0099888.2353
LEITCH1.0099884.0336
WIGHT1.0099877.8210
BAILLIE1.0099877.2201
AINSLIE1.0099875.7576
GOOD1.0099872.5222
SOMERVILLE1.0099872.2022
RUTHERFORD1.0099869.8152
TORRANCE1.0099868.1818
SNEDDON1.0099867.3401
SHELDON1.0099865.8762
HEALY1.0099860.6061
BRODERICK1.0099860.6061
ROONEY1.0099856.1798
BORTHWICK1.0099853.5714
TOD1.0099851.4139
PAXTON1.0099850.2513
HUME1.0099849.4350
CASSIDY1.0099849.1803
BLACKIE1.0099848.8998
JEFFREY1.0099848.7805
RANKIN1.0099847.2016
PENMAN1.0099845.9418
THOM1.0099844.8430
RODGER1.0099842.7655
DARLING1.0099841.8410
GOW1.0099838.0711
MONTEITH1.0099837.7358
HUTCHISON1.0099836.5631

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 998 people called CARDLE in Cranston 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 6250.0000 in Cranston means that 6250.0000% of the people in Cranston on census day were called CARDLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CARDLE 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 CARDLE 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 CARDLE 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 CARDLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.00 in Cranston means that you are 1.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CARDLE in Cranston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cranston in 1881

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

AINSLIE (2)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALLAN (3)  ANDERSON (2)  ATHIE (6)  AITKEN (6)  BAILLIE (8)  BAIN (8)  BALMAIN (1)  BARCLAY (1)  BARNES (10)  BATHGATE (5)  BAXTER (10)  BEECROFT (9)  BINNIE (5)  BERTRAM (1)  BLAIR (2)  BLACKIE (2)  BLAIKIE (1)  BORTHWICK (3)  BRADY (1)  BRODERICK (2)  BRAMLEY (1)  BROTHERSTON (7)  BROUGH (1)  BROWN (26)  BRUCE (2)  O'BRIEN (3)  BRIEN (4)  BURNS (5)  CAMPBELL (1)  CASSIDY (6)  CESSFORD (10)  COCKBURN (19)  COLQUHOUN (1)  COMPTON (1)  CONNELL (1)  O'CONNOR (7)  CARDLE (10)  MC CORMACK (6)  COLTART (2)  COWAN (3)  CROOKS (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DALRYMPLE (4)  DARLING (4)  DICKSON (11)  DIXON (3)  DOBSON (1)  DOCHERTY (2)  DODDS (2)  DOUGLAS (2)  DRYSDALE (12)  DUDGEON (2)  DUGUID (2)  DUNCAN (4)  ELDERSHAW (4)  IMRIE (1)  FAIRGRIEVE (2)  FERGUSSON (1)  FINLAYSON (1)  FISHER (1)  FLEMING (8)  FORSTER (6)  FOSTER (1)  FRASER (1)  GIBSON (4)  GILLIES (2)  GILMORE (1)  GILROY (1)  GLANCY (2)  GLASGOW (4)  GOOD (9)  GODWIN (1)  GOUDIE (1)  GOW (3)  GRANT (2)  GRAY (2)  GRIEVE (1)  GREIG (2)  HAMBLE (6)  HAMILTON (5)  HAINEY (9)  HANTON (6)  HARKESS (1)  HARRIES (4)  HEALY (4)  HENDERSON (8)  HENNESSY (5)  HOGG (9)  HOOD (4)  HUME (7)  HUNTER (3)  HUTCHISON (6)  INVERARITY (1)  JAMIESON (10)  JEFFREY (9)  JOHNSTON (26)  KAY (7)  KEMP (2)  KEPPIE (2)  KETCHIN (3)  KETTLE (1)  KIDD (1)  KINGHORN (5)  LANTS (1)  LEITCH (8)  LESLIE (3)  LIDGATE (4)  LIVINGSTON (10)  LOTHIAN (15)  LOVELL (1)  LYALL (1)  MAGUIRE (9)  MAIN (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (2)  MAXWELL (3)  MC ALPINE (4)  MC CRACKEN (2)  MC DONALD (15)  MC EWAN (1)  MC HARDIE (2)  MC HATTIE (1)  MACKAY (1)  MC KECHNIE (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC KINLAY (4)  MC KINNON (1)  MC LAREN (1)  MC MANUS (11)  MC NAMARA (9)  MC PHAIL (1)  MEEK (18)  MERCER (7)  METCALF (1)  MILLAR (1)  MILNE (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOFFAT (19)  MONTEITH (1)  MORRISON (9)  MURRAY (1)  MC NEILL (4)  O NEIL (1)  NELSON (8)  NISBET (1)  OLIVER (7)  PALMER (1)  PATERSON (6)  PATON (1)  PAXTON (4)  PEARSON (12)  PENMAN (3)  PERRY (1)  PHILIPS (1)  PINKMAN (6)  PLENDERLEITH (4)  PORTEOUS (2)  POW (2)  PRYDE (19)  PRINGLE (1)  RAMAGE (1)  RANKIN (7)  RANKEN (1)  REDPATH (8)  REID (32)  RENWICK (1)  RODGER (6)  ROONEY (5)  RUTHERFORD (17)  SCOUGALL (2)  SHAW (3)  SHILLINGLAW (5)  SIMPSON (7)  SINCLAIR (1)  SKED (4)  SHELDON (10)  SKIRVING (1)  SMART (1)  SMITH (18)  SNEDDON (4)  SOMERVILLE (6)  STAFFORD (1)  STEWART (16)  STIRLING (3)  STORRIE (5)  SUTTIE (1)  TAIG (9)  MC TAGUE (1)  THOM (4)  THOMSON (7)  TOD (2)  TORRANCE (3)  TOWNLEY (1)  TRAQUAIR (1)  TURNER (12)  UNDERHILL (1)  VACHER (1)  WATSON (12)  WATT (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITSTONE (1)  WHITE (6)  WIGHT (4)  WHITHEAD (1)  WILSON (32)  WISHART (1)  WOOD (12)  WRIGHT (1)