Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirkurd, Peeblesshire

Kirkurd 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
BROWN144.94707.50
GAULD113.88691,486.49
SWAN103.5336136.43
WILSON93.18026.92
JACKSON93.180211.38
KILGOUR82.8269769.23
FOREST72.4735864.20
CHURCH62.120197.24
JACK62.120199.83
SMITH62.12011.50
DODDS62.1201100.67
LOTHIAN62.1201937.50
HENDERSON62.120119.51
ADDISON51.7668127.55
HOWAT51.7668574.71
POTTS51.766852.91
HOGG51.766848.92
THOMSON51.766813.22
MOFFAT51.766897.47
WALKER51.76685.28
ANDERSON41.41347.16
THOMPSON41.41344.72
MILNE41.413431.80
CARMICHAEL41.413498.77
TELFER41.4134236.69
MUIR41.413436.93
INGLIS41.413484.57
FISHER41.413412.08
INGLES41.4134465.12
CRAWFORD31.060121.66
RENWICK31.0601155.44
ALEXANDER31.060120.03
GIBSON31.06018.73
DICKSON31.060128.63
NOBLE20.706717.02
BRODIE20.706752.63
JOHNSTONE20.706715.64
CARRUTHERS20.706753.48
MELVILLE20.706766.89
OLIVER20.70679.91
CARRICK20.706798.04
LITTLE10.35347.47
GRIEVE10.353430.49
PATON10.353415.80
KERR10.35346.48
STEADMAN10.353457.47
SHIELDS10.353422.88
FOARD10.3534400.00
FAIR10.3534101.01
MACINTOSH10.353481.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WISON0.282835000.0000
GAULD0.282831486.4865
LOTHIAN0.28283937.5000
FOREST0.28283864.1975
KILGOUR0.28283769.2308
HOWAT0.28283574.7126
INGLES0.28283465.1163
FOARD0.28283400.0000
TELFER0.28283236.6864
DICKMAN0.28283232.5581
RENWICK0.28283155.4404
SWAN0.28283136.4256
FINDLEY0.28283133.3333
ADDISON0.28283127.5510
FAIR0.28283101.0101
DODDS0.28283100.6711
JACK0.2828399.8336
CARMICHAEL0.2828398.7654
CARRICK0.2828398.0392
MOFFAT0.2828397.4659
CHURCH0.2828397.2447
INGLIS0.2828384.5666
MACINTOSH0.2828381.9672
COUPER0.2828378.7402
REDPATH0.2828376.3359
MELVILLE0.2828366.8896
STEADMAN0.2828357.4713
CARRUTHERS0.2828353.4759
POTTS0.2828352.9101
PORTEOUS0.2828352.9101
BRODIE0.2828352.6316
HOGG0.2828348.9237
SHANKS0.2828346.5116
WISHART0.2828345.0450
KIRKLAND0.2828339.6825
MUIR0.2828336.9344
TROTTER0.2828333.6700
MILNE0.2828331.7965
GRIEVE0.2828330.4878
DICKSON0.2828328.6260
SHIELDS0.2828322.8833
CRAWFORD0.2828321.6606
MAIN0.2828321.5983
CULLEN0.2828320.1613
ALEXANDER0.2828320.0267
HENDERSON0.2828319.5059
NOBLE0.2828317.0213
PATON0.2828315.7978
JOHNSTONE0.2828315.6372
FORREST0.2828313.6986

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 283 people called WISON in Kirkurd 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 Kirkurd means that 5000.0000% of the people in Kirkurd on census day were called WISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WISON 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 WISON 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 WISON 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 WISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Kirkurd means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WISON in Kirkurd than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirkurd in 1881

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

ADDISON (5)  ALEXANDER (3)  ANDERSON (4)  AITKEN (1)  BLACK (1)  BONZION (1)  BRODIE (2)  BROWN (14)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARMICHAEL (4)  CARRICK (2)  CARRUTHERS (2)  CHURCH (6)  COUPER (1)  COOPER (1)  CRAWFORD (3)  CULLEN (1)  DAGANEL (1)  DICKMAN (1)  DICKSON (3)  DODDS (6)  FAIR (1)  FINDLEY (1)  FISHER (4)  FOARD (1)  FOREST (7)  FORREST (1)  GAULD (11)  GIBSON (3)  GRANT (1)  GRIEVE (1)  HALL (1)  HARPER (1)  HENDERSON (6)  HOGG (5)  HOWAT (5)  HUTON (1)  INGLES (4)  INGLIS (4)  JACK (6)  JACKSON (9)  JARVET (1)  JOHNSTONE (2)  KERR (1)  KETCHION (9)  KILGOUR (8)  KIRKLAND (1)  LAURIESTON (4)  LITTLE (1)  LOTHIAN (6)  MAIN (1)  MC FARLANE (2)  MC GECHEN (1)  MACINTOSH (1)  MC KINNON (1)  MC LEAN (8)  MC MORRAN (4)  MELVILLE (2)  MILNE (4)  MOFFAT (5)  MUIR (4)  NOBLE (2)  OLIVER (2)  PALUMBO (1)  PATON (1)  PORTEOUS (1)  POTTS (5)  PRETSWELE (6)  REDPATH (1)  REID (1)  RENWICK (3)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHANKS (1)  SHARKY (1)  SHIELDS (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (6)  STEADMAN (1)  SWAN (10)  TELFER (4)  THOMSON (5)  THOMPSON (4)  TROTTER (1)  TUDHOPE (5)  WALKER (5)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (9)  WISHART (1)  WISON (1)