Top surnames from the 1881 census in Athelstaneford, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

Athelstaneford is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

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
BROWN293.80085.77
WATT172.228058.10
DICKSON172.228060.18
GIBSON141.834915.12
WILSON131.70383.71
BLACK121.572724.29
REID111.441713.73
ALLAN111.441722.96
GRIERSON111.4417259.43
CLARK111.44174.80
PATERSON101.310619.26
CUNNINGHAM101.310627.83
TAIT101.310644.52
BERTRAM91.1796246.58
CAMPBELL91.17966.97
COLSTON91.1796647.48
BRUNTON91.1796150.25
DRUMMOND91.179659.37
MURPHY91.179614.77
TURNER81.04853.77
YOUNG81.04854.88
HUNTER81.048510.21
STIRLING81.048580.73
MACK81.0485104.30
WINCHESTER81.0485274.91
MELROSE81.0485270.27
JACK81.048549.35
KNOX70.917453.44
ROURK70.91742,916.67
RICHARDSON70.91745.39
HUME70.917464.70
WHITELAW70.9174153.85
BINNIE70.9174220.13
DILLON70.917492.84
COWAN60.786438.56
HOGG60.786421.77
THOMSON60.78645.89
KEIRNAN60.78647,500.00
RIDDELL60.786493.75
MALCOLM60.786459.82
HENDERSON60.78647.24
TAYLOR60.78641.23
MILLER60.78644.40
KAVANAGH60.7864203.39
HANNAN60.7864246.91
GLASGOW60.7864359.28
ROBERTSON60.78644.69
CUMMING60.786441.21
NESS50.6553144.51
BRECKENRIDGE50.6553649.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KEIRNAN0.767637500.0000
ROURK0.767632916.6667
BORG0.767631818.1818
BRECKENRIDGE0.76763649.3506
COLSTON0.76763647.4820
FOWLEY0.76763384.6154
GLASGOW0.76763359.2814
STORIE0.76763337.0787
WINCHESTER0.76763274.9141
MELROSE0.76763270.2703
GRIERSON0.76763259.4340
HANNAN0.76763246.9136
BERTRAM0.76763246.5753
MOFFET0.76763227.2727
BINNIE0.76763220.1258
ALISON0.76763217.3913
HORSBURGH0.76763212.7660
SMAIL0.76763206.8966
KAVANAGH0.76763203.3898
WHITELAW0.76763153.8462
BRUNTON0.76763150.2504
MANDERSON0.76763144.9275
NESS0.76763144.5087
SKELDON0.76763129.8701
CLAUGHTON0.76763126.5823
MACK0.76763104.3025
HAIG0.76763100.0000
RIDDELL0.7676393.7500
DILLON0.7676392.8382
DALGLEISH0.7676387.4636
REDPATH0.7676384.7458
STIRLING0.7676380.7265
WIGHTMAN0.7676379.6813
BRYSON0.7676368.3761
HUME0.7676364.6950
DICKSON0.7676360.1770
MALCOLM0.7676359.8205
DRUMMOND0.7676359.3668
WATT0.7676358.0998
HERON0.7676354.6448
HENDRIE0.7676353.4759
KNOX0.7676353.4351
HOWDEN0.7676351.6796
CROOKS0.7676351.0204
STEEDMAN0.7676350.7614
JACK0.7676349.3523
EWART0.7676346.6200
TAIT0.7676344.5236
BRYDON0.7676341.6667
CUMMING0.7676341.2088

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 763 people called KEIRNAN in Athelstaneford 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 7500.0000 in Athelstaneford means that 7500.0000% of the people in Athelstaneford on census day were called KEIRNAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KEIRNAN 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 KEIRNAN 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 KEIRNAN 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 KEIRNAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Athelstaneford means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KEIRNAN in Athelstaneford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Athelstaneford in 1881

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

ALLAN (11)  ALISON (3)  AMOS (3)  ANDERSON (3)  ARCHUARD (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  AITKEN (4)  AUSLIE (1)  BARBER (2)  BARCLAY (2)  BARRON (2)  BATHGATE (11)  BEATON (1)  BELL (3)  BINNIE (7)  BERTRAM (9)  BIGGAN (7)  BLACK (12)  BOLTON (3)  BORG (2)  BRECKENRIDGE (5)  BROWN (29)  BRUNTON (9)  BRYSON (4)  BRYDON (1)  BURNETT (1)  CAMPBELL (9)  CARRICK (2)  KAVANAGH (6)  CLARK (11)  DISHINGTON (CLARK) (2)  CLAUGHTON (1)  COCKBURN (1)  COLQUHOUN (1)  COLSTON (9)  COMB (5)  COWAN (6)  COWE (3)  CRAIG (3)  CROOKS (3)  CUMMING (6)  CUNNINGHAM (10)  CUNNINGHAME (9)  DALGLEISH (3)  DARGE (10)  DARLING (2)  DEANS (1)  DILLON (7)  DIPPIE (3)  DICKSON (17)  DIXON (3)  DOBBIE (3)  DOUGLAS (4)  DRUMMOND (9)  DUFFY (3)  DUDGEN (2)  EWART (2)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FAIRGRIEVE (1)  MC FEE (1)  FINLAY (1)  FOWLEY (1)  GARLICK (1)  GIBSON (14)  GILHOLM (16)  GLASGOW (6)  GOODALL (2)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIERSON (11)  GUNN (1)  HALL (1)  HAMILTON (4)  HANNAN (6)  HARDIE (1)  HASTIE (1)  HAIG (3)  HENDERSON (6)  HENDRIE (1)  HERON (4)  HEWITSON (1)  HILL (3)  HOGG (6)  HOPE (1)  HORSBURGH (4)  HOWDEN (2)  HUME (7)  HUNTER (8)  JACK (8)  KENNEDY (1)  KEIRNAN (6)  KING (4)  KNOX (7)  LAWRIE (1)  LAW (5)  LEARMONTH (7)  LYALL (1)  MALCOLM (6)  MALTHUS (1)  MANDERSON (1)  MATHIESON (2)  MANNERS (1)  MACK (8)  MC CASKILL (1)  MC DONALD (7)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC LAUCHLAN (4)  MC LEAN (2)  MC LEOD (2)  MC PHERSON (1)  MELROSE (8)  MERRYLEES (1)  MILLER (6)  MITCHELL (1)  MOFFET (1)  MONTGOMERY (2)  MUNRO (4)  MURPHY (9)  MURRAY (3)  NESS (5)  NEALE (2)  NEILSTON (1)  NEILSON (4)  NICHOLSON (1)  OVERTON (1)  PATERSON (10)  PAXTON (1)  PEARSON (2)  PENDRACH (1)  PENSTON (1)  POTTER (1)  POW (2)  PRINGLE (4)  PURVIS (1)  RAMSAY (1)  REDPATH (3)  REID (11)  RENNIE (3)  RICHARDSON (7)  RIDDELL (6)  ROBERTSON (6)  RODGER (1)  ROMANES (3)  RONALDSON (4)  ROURK (7)  SANDERSON (1)  SHIRREFF (3)  SHIELLS (6)  SINCLAIR (2)  SKELDON (1)  SMAIL (3)  SMART (1)  SMITH (3)  SPRATT (1)  STEEDMAN (1)  STENHOUSE (9)  STEWART (3)  STIRLING (8)  STORIE (3)  TAIT (10)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMSON (6)  TROTTER (1)  TURNBULL (1)  TURNER (8)  URQUHART (1)  WALKER (3)  WATT (17)  WIGHT (1)  WHITECROSS (6)  WHITELAW (7)  WIGHTMAN (4)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (13)  WINCHESTER (8)  WOOD (4)  YOUNG (8)