Top surnames from the 1881 census in Drumelzier, Peeblesshire

Drumelzier is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Peeblesshire

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
VEITCH199.13461,386.86
DALGLEISH115.28851,182.80
BROWN115.28858.02
FALCONER104.8077403.23
SCOTT94.326917.10
MILLAR94.3269118.58
JOHNSTONE83.846285.11
MITCHELL83.846218.96
WHITE73.365410.47
MILLER73.365418.81
HORSBURGH73.36541,372.55
COOK52.403812.10
HUNTER52.403823.41
MURRAY41.923115.51
INGRAM41.923162.99
LOCKIE41.9231851.06
AMOS41.9231116.96
LAWSON41.923132.63
MILNE31.442332.43
SMITH31.44231.02
FLEMING20.961523.15
DICKSON20.961525.97
GLASGOW20.9615434.78
LINDSAY20.961529.50
TELFER10.480880.65
BARROWMAN10.4808344.83
LITTLE10.480810.16
ABBOTT10.480810.91
LAIDLAW10.480854.35
HOGG10.480813.32
THOMSON10.48083.60
BOYLE10.480818.52
MELROSE10.4808123.46
BALLANTYNE10.480863.29
PORTEOUS10.480871.94
KILGOUR10.4808129.87
MURDOCH10.480828.33
WATT10.480812.53
COCKBURN10.480837.74
HISLOP10.480880.00
TENNANT10.480845.05
BLACKIE10.4808117.65
FORREST10.480818.66
SHIEL10.4808270.27
EWING10.480852.08
NICOL10.480823.09
WRIGHT10.48081.50
COULTHARD10.480886.21
HARRIET10.48085,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARRIET0.212085000.0000
VEITCH0.212081386.8613
HORSBURGH0.212081372.5490
DALGLEISH0.212081182.7957
LOCKIE0.21208851.0638
GLASGOW0.21208434.7826
FALCONER0.21208403.2258
BARROWMAN0.21208344.8276
SHIEL0.21208270.2703
KILGOUR0.21208129.8701
MELROSE0.21208123.4568
MILLAR0.21208118.5771
BLACKIE0.21208117.6471
AMOS0.21208116.9591
COULTHARD0.2120886.2069
JOHNSTONE0.2120885.1064
TELFER0.2120880.6452
HISLOP0.2120880.0000
PORTEOUS0.2120871.9424
BALLANTYNE0.2120863.2911
INGRAM0.2120862.9921
LAIDLAW0.2120854.3478
EWING0.2120852.0833
TENNANT0.2120845.0450
COCKBURN0.2120837.7358
LAWSON0.2120832.6264
MILNE0.2120832.4324
LINDSAY0.2120829.4985
MURDOCH0.2120828.3286
DICKSON0.2120825.9740
HUNTER0.2120823.4082
FLEMING0.2120823.1481
NICOL0.2120823.0947
MITCHELL0.2120818.9618
MILLER0.2120818.8071
FORREST0.2120818.6567
BOYLE0.2120818.5185
SCOTT0.2120817.1005
MURRAY0.2120815.5099
HOGG0.2120813.3156
WATT0.2120812.5313
COOK0.2120812.1007
ABBOTT0.2120810.9051
WHITE0.2120810.4696
LITTLE0.2120810.1626
BROWN0.212088.0228
THOMSON0.212083.5984
WRIGHT0.212081.4986
SMITH0.212081.0215

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 208 people called HARRIET in Drumelzier 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 5000.0000 in Drumelzier means that 5000.0000% of the people in Drumelzier on census day were called HARRIET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARRIET 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 HARRIET 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 HARRIET 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 HARRIET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Drumelzier means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARRIET in Drumelzier than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Drumelzier in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  AMOS (4)  BALLANTYNE (1)  BARROWMAN (1)  BLACKSTOCKS (9)  BLACKIE (1)  BOYLE (1)  BROWN (11)  COCKBURN (1)  COOK (5)  COULTHARD (1)  DALGLEISH (11)  DICKSON (2)  DOOLANS (1)  EWING (1)  FALCONER (10)  FLEMING (2)  FOD (1)  FORREST (1)  GIRDWOOD (7)  GLASGOW (2)  HARRIET (1)  HISLOP (1)  HOGG (1)  HORSBURGH (7)  HUNTER (5)  INGRAM (4)  JOHNSTONE (8)  KILGOUR (1)  LAWSON (4)  LAIDLAW (1)  LINDSAY (2)  LITTLE (1)  LOCKIE (4)  LITHGOW (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MELROSE (1)  MIDDLEMAS (3)  MILLER (7)  MILLAR (9)  MILNE (3)  MITCHELL (8)  MURDOCH (1)  MURRAY (4)  NICOL (1)  PORTEOUS (1)  PRETSELL (3)  SANDILANDS (7)  SCOTT (9)  SHIEL (1)  SMITH (3)  TELFER (1)  TENNANT (1)  THOMSON (1)  VEITCH (19)  WATT (1)  WHITE (7)  WRIGHT (1)