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

Salton 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
SCOTT386.585826.03
WATSON172.946312.70
THOMSON142.426318.16
RICHARDSON132.253013.24
RITCHIE132.253065.20
ROBERTSON122.079712.41
COWAN122.0797101.95
KING122.07979.54
JEFFREY111.9064103.09
MONTEITH101.7331653.59
HALLIDAY101.733183.89
SIMPSON91.55988.92
FINDLAY91.559875.25
CLARK81.38654.61
HOGG81.386538.39
GORDON71.213219.25
FLETCHER71.213210.63
SMITH71.21320.86
WRIGHT71.21323.78
ARCHIBALD71.2132140.56
LESLIE61.039962.83
STEWART61.03996.65
DOW61.039986.33
BRODIE61.039977.42
WALKER61.03993.11
CAMERON61.039913.38
HAY61.039928.36
MORTON61.039919.46
BLAIR61.039940.11
BARRIE61.0399144.23
HALL50.86662.95
ARNOT50.8666280.90
LAUDER50.8666165.02
MALCOLM50.866665.88
BROWN50.86661.31
GIBSON50.86667.14
HENDERSON50.86667.97
GALLACHER40.693280.32
HUTCHISON40.693242.15
LAWRIE40.693272.33
SLOAN40.693273.66
ANDERSON30.51992.63
MURRAY30.51994.19
HILL30.51992.04
HAYMAN30.519968.18
MELROSE30.5199133.93
HAGAN30.5199104.17
HENDRIE30.5199212.77
MONAGHAN30.519971.77
CAMPBELL30.51993.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BYRN0.585771666.6667
MACDIARMID0.58577833.3333
MONTEITH0.58577653.5948
FRYE0.58577434.7826
SKELDON0.58577338.9831
PEFFERS0.58577294.1176
ARNOT0.58577280.8989
HENDRIE0.58577212.7660
LAUDER0.58577165.0165
SHIELS0.58577147.0588
BARRIE0.58577144.2308
ARCHIBALD0.58577140.5622
MELROSE0.58577133.9286
BARROWMAN0.58577126.5823
HAGAN0.58577104.1667
JEFFREY0.58577103.0928
COWAN0.58577101.9541
DOW0.5857786.3309
BLACKIE0.5857784.3882
HALLIDAY0.5857783.8926
GALLACHER0.5857780.3213
BRODIE0.5857777.4194
SHIELD0.5857776.3359
FINDLAY0.5857775.2508
POLSON0.5857774.6269
SLOAN0.5857773.6648
LAWRIE0.5857772.3327
MONAGHAN0.5857771.7703
HAYMAN0.5857768.1818
SLIGHT0.5857767.5676
MALCOLM0.5857765.8762
RITCHIE0.5857765.1956
GLADSTONE0.5857764.1026
LESLIE0.5857762.8272
PRYDE0.5857762.5000
HASTIE0.5857754.7945
CALLAN0.5857753.7634
PURVES0.5857753.0504
HUTCHISON0.5857742.1496
BLAIR0.5857740.1070
TORRANCE0.5857739.3701
HOGG0.5857738.3877
REDPATH0.5857737.3134
MYLES0.5857737.0370
HOWDEN0.5857734.2466
RAMAGE0.5857730.8642
BORTHWICK0.5857730.8642
KIRKBY0.5857730.5810
HYSLOP0.5857730.1205
HAY0.5857728.3554

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 577 people called BYRN in Salton 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 1666.6667 in Salton means that 1666.6667% of the people in Salton on census day were called BYRN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BYRN 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 BYRN 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 BYRN 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 BYRN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Salton means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BYRN in Salton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Salton in 1881

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

ADAMSON (2)  AMOS (2)  ANDERSON (3)  ARCHIBALD (7)  ARNOT (5)  AITKEN (1)  BAESHAM (1)  BARROWMAN (1)  BATHGATE (11)  BEGBIE (2)  BARRIE (6)  BLAIR (6)  BLACKIE (2)  BORTHWICK (1)  BRODIE (6)  BROWN (5)  WATSON ((BRUCE)) (2)  BRUCE (1)  BIRN (8)  BYRN (2)  CAMERON (6)  CAMPBELL (3)  CARES (5)  CARSTAIRS (2)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (8)  COE (1)  COOPER (1)  COWAN (12)  COWE (10)  CUMMING (2)  DISHINGTON (14)  DICKSON (1)  DODS (1)  MC DONOUGH (1)  DOW (6)  DRUMMOND (2)  DUFF (1)  DUFFY (1)  ELLIOT (1)  ELLIS (1)  ESIAS (1)  FARILIE (1)  FINDLAY (9)  FLETCHER (7)  FLUCKER (1)  FORSYTH (2)  FRYE (1)  GALLACHER (4)  GIBSON (5)  GLADSTONE (1)  GORDON (7)  MC GOWAN (6)  GRAY (1)  MC GURRIN (1)  GUTNVILLE (1)  HAGAN (3)  HALL (5)  HALLIDAY (10)  HAMILTON (1)  HAYMAN (3)  HERKES (3)  HASTIE (2)  HAY (6)  HENDERSON (5)  HENDRIE (3)  HERIOT (3)  HYSLOP (1)  HILL (3)  HODGSON (1)  HOGG (8)  HOWDEN (1)  HUTCHISON (4)  ENGLISH (1)  JEFFREY (11)  JOHNSTON (1)  KELLY (1)  KENREY (9)  KERR (2)  KING (12)  KIRBY (1)  KIRKBY (1)  LAUDER (5)  LAWRIE (4)  LAURIE (1)  LAW OR WHITE (2)  LEARNING (2)  LEES (1)  LESLIE (6)  LOGAN (1)  MALCOLM (5)  CALLAN (1)  MACDIARMID (1)  MC INTOSH (11)  MC INTYRE (1)  MACKENZIE (1)  MC LEAN (2)  MC LEOD (2)  MC NAB (1)  MC PHERSON (2)  MELROSE (3)  MYLES (1)  MONAGHAN (3)  MONTEITH (10)  MUIR (2)  MORRISON (1)  MORTON (6)  MURRAY (3)  MC NISH (9)  PEFFERS (1)  POLSON (1)  PRYDE (1)  PURVES (2)  RAMAGE (1)  REDPATH (1)  REID (1)  RENNIE (1)  RENTON (1)  RICHARDSON (13)  RIDDELL (1)  RITCHIE (13)  ROBERTSON (12)  ROY (1)  RYLLIE (3)  SCOTT (38)  SHIELD (2)  SHIELS (2)  SIMPSON (9)  SINCLAIR (1)  SKELDON (2)  SLIGHT (1)  SLOAN (4)  SMITH (7)  SOUNESS (2)  STAIG (6)  STENHOUSE (2)  STEWART (6)  TAIT (2)  THOMSON (14)  TODD (1)  TORRANCE (1)  WALKER (6)  WATSON (17)  WEBSTER (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (7)  YOUNG (1)