Top surnames from the 1881 census in Linton, Roxburghshire

Linton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Roxburghshire

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
TURNBULL305.4446129.20
CAIRNS193.4483159.40
HOGG183.266890.41
THOMSON173.085323.09
COCKBURN162.9038227.60
SCOTT152.722310.76
CHISHOLM132.3593162.50
AITCHISON111.9964284.97
WILSON111.99644.35
SPRATT101.8149325.73
BRANNAN101.8149268.10
QUEENAN101.81493,846.15
FAIRBAIRN101.8149245.70
JACK91.633476.86
SMITH91.63341.16
AIKMAN81.4519701.75
HARDIE81.4519111.42
CRAIG81.451933.06
YOUNG81.45196.76
TAYLOR81.45192.27
RENWICK71.2704186.17
PATERSON71.270418.67
YOUNGER71.2704234.90
HOPE71.270437.33
RENTON71.2704207.10
SWANSTON71.2704593.22
PAXTON71.2704159.45
HUME61.088976.73
JOHNSTON61.088913.50
RIDDELL61.0889129.87
LILLIE61.0889447.76
LAMB61.088920.64
PENDER61.0889335.20
JENKINSON61.088962.18
TAIT50.907430.83
RAMSAY50.907435.24
BLAKE50.907418.73
CRAWFORD50.907418.55
MANDERSON50.90741,000.00
WELSH50.907422.93
CROZIER50.9074193.05
SMAIL50.9074476.19
COOK50.90744.57
MOORE40.72603.63
DAVIDSON40.72608.63
SINCLAIR40.726014.07
ELLIOT40.726028.47
BELL40.72603.86
QUEEN40.7260176.99
KAY40.726013.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CULBERSON0.555516666.6667
QUEENAN0.555513846.1538
MANDERSON0.555511000.0000
AIKMAN0.55551701.7544
SWANSTON0.55551593.2203
ROBERTON0.55551576.9231
DICKISON0.55551526.3158
SMAIL0.55551476.1905
LILLIE0.55551447.7612
TINLIN0.55551416.6667
PENDER0.55551335.1955
SPRATT0.55551325.7329
AITCHISON0.55551284.9741
BRANNAN0.55551268.0965
FAIRBAIRN0.55551245.7002
YOUNGER0.55551234.8993
COCKBURN0.55551227.5960
ACE0.55551212.7660
RENTON0.55551207.1006
CROZIER0.55551193.0502
RENWICK0.55551186.1702
QUEEN0.55551176.9912
CHISHOLM0.55551162.5000
PAXTON0.55551159.4533
CAIRNS0.55551159.3960
MATHEWSON0.55551150.3759
RIDDELL0.55551129.8701
TURNBULL0.55551129.1990
HARDIE0.55551111.4206
LEISHMAN0.55551106.9519
TULLY0.55551101.6949
BURNET0.5555199.0099
HOGG0.5555190.4068
JACK0.5555176.8574
HUME0.5555176.7263
ADLAM0.5555170.4225
JENKINSON0.5555162.1762
GOODFELLOW0.5555141.0678
HELM0.5555140.6504
HOPE0.5555137.3333
RAMSAY0.5555135.2361
CRAIG0.5555133.0579
ORR0.5555132.3276
WYLIE0.5555131.2012
TAIT0.5555130.8261
TELFER0.5555130.3030
ELLIOT0.5555128.4698
PURVES0.5555127.7778
DICKIE0.5555123.1481
THOMSON0.5555123.0916

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 551 people called CULBERSON in Linton 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 6666.6667 in Linton means that 6666.6667% of the people in Linton on census day were called CULBERSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CULBERSON 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 CULBERSON 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 CULBERSON 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 CULBERSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Linton means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CULBERSON in Linton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Linton in 1881

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

ACE (1)  ADLAM (1)  AIKMAN (8)  ANDERSON (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  AITCHISON (11)  BARNES (3)  BELL (4)  BLAKE (5)  SUDDEN OR BLAKE (2)  BLYTH (1)  BRANNAN (10)  BRODELY ((BRANNAN)) (2)  BROWN (2)  BURNET (2)  BURNS (1)  CAIRNS (19)  CANT (1)  CHISHOLM (13)  COCKBURN (16)  O'CONNELL (1)  COOK (5)  CRAIG (8)  CRAWFORD (5)  CROZIER (5)  CULBERTSON (CULBERSON) (8)  CULBERSON (2)  DALGLEISH OR LAMB (2)  DAVIDSON (4)  DICKIE (1)  DICKISON (1)  DOUGLAS (3)  ELDRIDGE (1)  ELLIOT (4)  ELLIOTT (2)  FAIRBAIRN (10)  FORSYTH (1)  FOX (3)  GOODFELLOW (2)  GRAY (1)  HAMILTON (2)  HARDIE (8)  HELM (1)  HOGG (18)  HOPE (7)  HUME (6)  INGLIS (1)  JACK (9)  JEFFREY (1)  JENKINSON (6)  JOHNSTON (6)  KAY (4)  MC KAY (1)  LAMB (6)  SINKLAR (LAMB) (2)  LEARMONTH (9)  LEISHMAN (2)  LIDDLE (1)  LILLIE (6)  LILLICO (4)  LUKE (1)  MANDERSON (5)  MATHEWSON (2)  MC KENZIE (2)  MC KERROW (4)  QUEENAN (10)  QUEEN (4)  MIDDLEMIST (6)  MC MILAN (7)  MOORE (4)  NORROY (1)  ORR (3)  PATERSON (7)  PAXTON (7)  PENDER (6)  PURVES (1)  RAMSAY (5)  REID (3)  RENTON (7)  RENWICK (7)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDDELL (6)  ROBERTON (3)  SCOTT (15)  SINCLAIR (4)  SMAIL (5)  SMITH (9)  SPRATT (10)  STAVERT (8)  STENHOUSE (6)  STODART (1)  SUTHERLAND (1)  SWANSTON (7)  TAIT (5)  TAYLOR (8)  TELFER (1)  THOMSON (17)  THOMPSON (1)  TINLIN (1)  TODD (4)  TULLY (3)  TURNBULL (30)  WALKER (2)  WALLACE (3)  WATSON (1)  WELSH (5)  WIFFIN (1)  WILSON (11)  WYLIE (2)  YOUNG (8)  YOUNGER (7)