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

Whittinghame 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
WILSON274.21229.17
SCOTT223.432113.56
COCKBURN162.4961195.60
WATT152.340161.03
MITCHELL142.184110.77
WHITE132.02816.31
ROSS91.404112.85
REDPATH91.4041302.01
SPENCE91.404142.45
PATERSON91.404120.63
BISSET91.4041179.28
MARTIN91.40415.70
LAUDER81.2480237.39
KILDAY81.24801,777.78
MERCER81.248047.56
SAMUEL81.2480104.58
ALLAN71.092017.40
LOGAN71.092046.05
ELDER71.0920103.40
CONBOY71.09203,333.33
BROWN71.09201.66
DUDGEON71.0920522.39
LEES71.092024.63
WINTON71.0920291.67
SMITH71.09200.77
INGLIS71.092065.36
MONTGOMERY71.092068.83
HUNTER60.93609.11
HOPE60.936027.51
SHIELS60.9360397.35
JENKINSON60.936053.48
GOODALL60.936043.70
KIRKWOOD60.9360103.63
JOHNSTONE60.936020.71
GREEN60.93603.32
AITCHISON60.9360133.63
DARLING50.780081.43
MURDOCH50.780045.91
FORTUNE50.7800149.25
CREAMER50.7800476.19
BURNETT50.780028.20
CHRISTIE50.780024.06
GRIEVE50.780067.29
DONNELLY50.780061.96
FOREST50.7800271.74
DOCHERTY50.780052.47
GARRETT50.780034.36
FENDER50.7800510.20
CONNLEY50.78002,083.33
WEBSTER50.78008.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
QUINNIE0.6464110000.0000
CONBOY0.646413333.3333
CONNLEY0.646412083.3333
KILDAY0.646411777.7778
CATHIE0.646411176.4706
DUDGEON0.64641522.3881
FENDER0.64641510.2041
CREAMER0.64641476.1905
SHIELS0.64641397.3510
REDPATH0.64641302.0134
WINTON0.64641291.6667
FOREST0.64641271.7391
HORSBURGH0.64641253.1646
LAUDER0.64641237.3887
WALDIE0.64641218.9781
BRYDON0.64641198.0198
BALD0.64641196.0784
COCKBURN0.64641195.5990
BISSET0.64641179.2829
AIKMAN0.64641151.5152
FORTUNE0.64641149.2537
AITCHISON0.64641133.6303
STOBIE0.64641106.3830
SAMUEL0.64641104.5752
KIRKWOOD0.64641103.6269
ELDER0.64641103.3973
BESTWICK0.6464191.7431
AITKIN0.6464190.9091
NOON0.6464186.7679
BEATSON0.6464183.3333
SMAIL0.6464181.9672
DARLING0.6464181.4332
DUGAN0.6464180.0000
WARNOCK0.6464171.9424
MONTGOMERY0.6464168.8299
GRIEVE0.6464167.2948
MIDDLEMISS0.6464165.7895
INGLIS0.6464165.3595
SERVICE0.6464164.1026
DONNELLY0.6464161.9579
WATT0.6464161.0252
PRYDE0.6464156.4972
LAURIE0.6464154.4465
JENKINSON0.6464153.4759
DOCHERTY0.6464152.4659
BALLANTINE0.6464151.0204
MERCER0.6464147.5624
MACK0.6464146.5839
LOGAN0.6464146.0526
MURDOCH0.6464145.9137

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 641 people called QUINNIE in Whittinghame 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 10000.0000 in Whittinghame means that 10000.0000% of the people in Whittinghame on census day were called QUINNIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called QUINNIE 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 QUINNIE 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 QUINNIE 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 QUINNIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Whittinghame means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of QUINNIE in Whittinghame than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whittinghame in 1881

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

AIKMAN (2)  ALLAN (7)  AMOS (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ANGUS (1)  ARCHIBALD (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASHCROFT (1)  AITKIN (1)  AITCHISON (6)  BALD (2)  BALLANTINE (1)  BEATSON (1)  BATHGATE (4)  BEATTIE (1)  BESTWICK (1)  BISSET (9)  BLACK (1)  BLAIR (3)  BORTHWICK (1)  BRAIDWOOD (1)  BROWN (7)  BRUCE (1)  BRYDON (4)  BURNETT (5)  BURNS (1)  BURTON (1)  CALDWELLS (4)  CALDWELL (1)  CALLAGHAN (2)  CAMPBELL (2)  CARLYSLE (2)  CATHIE (4)  CHISHOLM (1)  CHRISTIE (5)  CLARK (4)  COCKBURN (16)  CONBOY (7)  CONNLEY (5)  COMB (2)  COWAIN (5)  CRAISE (1)  CRAWFORD (1)  CREAMER (5)  MC DERMOTT (CREAMER) (2)  CUMMING (2)  DALZIEL (1)  DARLING (5)  DARIE (2)  DEVLON (1)  DOCHERTY (5)  DODS (2)  DONNELLY (5)  DOUGLAS (1)  DRUMMOND (1)  DUDGEON (7)  DUGAN (1)  DUNCAN (3)  ELDER (7)  FARQUARSON (1)  FENDER (5)  FOGGO (5)  FOREST (5)  FORTUNE (5)  GARRETT (5)  GEVIN (3)  GILIAIN (1)  GOODALL (6)  GRANT (1)  GRIEVE (5)  GREEN (6)  GUY (1)  HAMILTON (2)  HARDIE (1)  HARVEY (3)  HASTIE (1)  HAY (3)  HENDERSON (1)  HENRY (4)  HOPE (6)  HORSBURGH (4)  HOWDEN (1)  HUNTER (6)  MC CUTCHEON (4)  INGLIS (7)  JENKINSON (6)  JOHNSTONE (6)  JOHNSTON (1)  KILDAY (8)  KILLIE (8)  KIRK (1)  KIRKWOOD (6)  LAUDER (8)  LAURIE (3)  LEES (7)  LOGAN (7)  LYALL (1)  MARTIN (9)  MATHIESON (1)  MACK (3)  MC ADAM (1)  MC CASKILL (1)  MC DONALD (10)  MC GEARY (1)  MC GUCHRANE (5)  MC IVER (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MAC LAREN (1)  MAC LENAN (1)  MERCER (8)  MIDDLEMISS (1)  MILLAR (1)  MINGAY (2)  MITCHELL (14)  MONTGOMERY (7)  MUIR (2)  MURDOCH (5)  O'NEIL (1)  NISBET (1)  NOON (4)  ORR (1)  PATERSON (9)  PATON (1)  PAXTON (2)  PETRIE (1)  PUNTON (3)  PRYDE (1)  PRINGLE (2)  QUINNIE (1)  WINTON (7)  RAEBURN (5)  REDPATH (9)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROBERTSON (3)  ROSS (9)  SAMUEL (8)  SCOTT (22)  SERVICE (1)  SHAW (1)  SHIELS (6)  SIVES (2)  SKED (14)  SMAIL (1)  SMEATON (3)  SMITH (7)  SPENSE (1)  SPENCE (9)  STENHOUSE (4)  STEVENSON (1)  STOBIE (1)  MC SWAN (1)  SYDSERFF (5)  TAIT (3)  O'TOOL (5)  USHER (3)  WALDIE (3)  WARNOCK (1)  WATERS (1)  WATT (15)  WEBSTER (5)  WHITE (13)  WILKIE (1)  WILSON (27)  WOOD (3)  YOUNG (3)