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

Bolton 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
ANDERSON113.254416.48
ALLAN113.254451.84
COWAN102.9586145.14
KING92.662712.22
BROWN92.66274.04
WILSON92.66275.80
PORTEOUS92.6627400.00
AITKEN92.6627101.47
REDPATH92.6627573.25
HARKNESS82.3669423.28
FORRESTER82.3669176.21
YOUNG72.07109.64
KIRKWOOD72.0710228.76
PAXTON72.0710259.26
DODDS61.775184.39
HOLLIDAY61.7751135.44
GOODALL61.775182.87
DOUGLAS61.775136.65
CUNNINGHAM51.479331.41
MURRAY51.479311.93
LINDSAY51.479345.37
TROTTER51.4793141.24
SIRES51.479316,666.67
FERGUSON51.479320.87
HELLEY41.18348,000.00
THOMSON41.18348.86
PRINGLE41.183475.19
CAMPBELL41.18346.99
KIDD41.183458.14
SMITH41.18340.84
WYLLIE41.1834168.78
DRUMMOND41.183459.52
WEBSTER41.183413.61
HORSBURGH41.1834481.93
EDINGTON30.8876500.00
MUIRHEAD30.8876114.94
FURY30.88761,000.00
BAILLIE30.887685.47
DICKSON30.887623.96
CAIRNS30.887641.04
SPENCE20.591717.89
HOOD20.591721.37
RICHARDSON20.59173.48
MURPHY20.59177.41
ROURKE20.5917119.76
STEEL20.591714.51
JOHNSTON20.59177.33
MULHEARN20.59171,428.57
BLACKWOOD20.5917101.52
LIVINGSTON10.295932.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SIRES0.3433816666.6667
HELLEY0.343388000.0000
BALDEN0.343381428.5714
MULHEARN0.343381428.5714
FURY0.343381000.0000
GILHOOLY0.34338714.2857
REDPATH0.34338573.2484
EDINGTON0.34338500.0000
HORSBURGH0.34338481.9277
HARKNESS0.34338423.2804
PORTEOUS0.34338400.0000
SCHULTZ0.34338344.8276
PAXTON0.34338259.2593
KIRKWOOD0.34338228.7582
FORRESTER0.34338176.2115
WYLLIE0.34338168.7764
COWAN0.34338145.1379
TROTTER0.34338141.2429
HOLLIDAY0.34338135.4402
LINN0.34338129.8701
TROUP0.34338128.2051
ROURKE0.34338119.7605
MUIRHEAD0.34338114.9425
KINGHORN0.34338102.0408
BLACKWOOD0.34338101.5228
AITKEN0.34338101.4656
WINSOR0.3433898.0392
BAILLIE0.3433885.4701
DODDS0.3433884.3882
GOODALL0.3433882.8729
PRINGLE0.3433875.1880
DRUMMOND0.3433859.5238
KIDD0.3433858.1395
ALLAN0.3433851.8379
LINDSAY0.3433845.3721
TULLOCH0.3433844.6429
CAIRNS0.3433841.0397
DOUGLAS0.3433836.6524
SEATON0.3433834.9650
LIVINGSTON0.3433832.8947
CUNNINGHAM0.3433831.4070
DICKSON0.3433823.9617
BRODIE0.3433822.0264
HOOD0.3433821.3675
FERGUSON0.3433820.8681
CARMICHAEL0.3433820.6612
CHISHOLM0.3433820.3666
FITZPATRICK0.3433820.2020
SPENCE0.3433817.8891
KNOX0.3433817.2414

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 338 people called SIRES in Bolton 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 16666.6667 in Bolton means that 16666.6667% of the people in Bolton on census day were called SIRES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SIRES 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 SIRES 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 SIRES 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 SIRES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Bolton means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SIRES in Bolton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bolton in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLAN (11)  ANDERSON (11)  AITKEN (9)  BAILLIE (3)  BALDEN (1)  BEGBIE (1)  BLACKWOOD (2)  BRODIE (1)  BROTHERSTON (6)  BROWN (9)  CAIRNS (3)  CAMPBELL (4)  CARMICHAEL (1)  CATLEUGH (14)  CHISHOLM (1)  COWAN (10)  CUNNINGHAM (5)  DIPPIE (4)  DICKSON (3)  DODDS (6)  DOUGLAS (6)  DRUMMOND (4)  EDINGTON (3)  FERGUSON (5)  FORBES (1)  FORRESTER (8)  FURY (3)  GILHOOLY (1)  GOODALL (6)  HOLLIDAY (6)  HARKNESS (8)  HELLEY (4)  HOOD (2)  HORSBURGH (4)  IRVINE (1)  JENKINSON (1)  JOHNSTON (2)  KIDD (4)  KING (9)  KINGHORN (1)  KIRKWOOD (7)  KNOX (1)  LINDSAY (5)  LIVINGSTON (1)  LINN (1)  MAC DONALD (1)  MC DONALD (7)  MC INTOSH (6)  MAC KENZIE (3)  MILLER (1)  MUIRHEAD (3)  MULHEARN (2)  MURPHY (2)  MURRAY (5)  FITZPATRICK (1)  PAXTON (7)  PORTEOUS (9)  PRINGLE (4)  REDPATH (9)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROSS (1)  ROURKE (2)  SAMMUEL (10)  SANDILANDS (6)  SCHULTZ (1)  SEATON (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SINCLAIR (1)  SIRES (5)  SMITH (4)  SPENCE (2)  STEEL (2)  STENHOUSE (3)  STEWART (1)  THOMSON (4)  TROTTER (5)  TROUP (1)  TULLOCH (1)  WEBSTER (4)  WILSON (9)  WINSOR (1)  WYLLIE (4)  YOUNG (7)