Top surnames from the 1881 census in Roxburgh, Roxburghshire

Roxburgh 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
TURNBULL323.158974.94
WILSON262.56665.59
SCOTT242.36929.36
GRAY212.073114.52
WALDIE201.9743921.66
HENDERSON181.776916.35
THOMSON181.776913.30
KERR161.579528.96
ROBERTSON151.48088.84
HENDRY151.480893.46
SMITH151.48081.05
TURNER141.38204.96
JOHNSTON131.283315.90
LAIDLAW131.2833144.77
DICKSON121.184631.99
BELL121.18466.30
HOPE121.184634.80
HOGARTH121.1846179.64
HUNTER111.085910.57
LOGAN111.085945.80
CAMPBELL111.08596.42
PATTERSON111.085931.14
HAY111.085929.61
YOUNG111.08595.05
LAWRIE111.0859113.40
HISLOP100.9872163.93
MILLER100.98725.52
AFFLECK100.9872427.35
REID100.98729.40
FORSYTH100.987246.27
PIRIE100.9872137.93
BUTLER90.88859.11
HALL90.88853.02
DALGLEISH90.8885197.80
MAXWELL90.888537.39
AITKEN80.789730.10
SPENCE80.789723.87
RAMSAY80.789730.66
TROTTER80.789775.33
ROLLAND80.7897689.66
THOMPSON80.78972.64
LOCKIE70.6910304.35
LIDDELL70.691075.35
LAUDER70.6910131.58
TINLIN70.69101,590.91
ARMSTRONG70.69109.04
SINCLAIR70.691013.40
PRINGLE70.691043.86
HOGG70.691019.13
WALKER70.69102.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KERSS1.011,0132500.0000
TINLIN1.011,0131590.9091
QUEENAN1.011,0131489.3617
LIONS1.011,0131428.5714
WALDIE1.011,013921.6590
TOLAN1.011,013877.1930
ROLLAND1.011,013689.6552
LEYDEN1.011,013519.4805
MEIN1.011,013434.7826
AFFLECK1.011,013427.3504
BIGGAR1.011,013357.1429
LOCKIE1.011,013304.3478
SHIEL1.011,013274.7253
HUMES1.011,013263.1579
STORIE1.011,013252.1008
MIDDLEMISS1.011,013250.0000
MESSER1.011,013235.6902
PONTON1.011,013232.5581
CLEGHORN1.011,013215.8273
LOWRIE1.011,013201.7291
DALGLEISH1.011,013197.8022
HOGARTH1.011,013179.6407
CARRIE1.011,013174.4186
HISLOP1.011,013163.9344
LAIDLAW1.011,013144.7661
PIRIE1.011,013137.9310
LAUDER1.011,013131.5789
DENHOLM1.011,013117.9245
LAWRIE1.011,013113.4021
FAIRBAIRN1.011,01393.5829
HENDRY1.011,01393.4579
FAIR1.011,01384.5070
HOWDEN1.011,01377.9727
LIDDELL1.011,01375.3498
TROTTER1.011,01375.3296
TURNBULL1.011,01374.9415
LOFTUS1.011,01372.4638
ORMISTON1.011,01368.7285
BRYDON1.011,01362.6959
PENDER1.011,01360.7903
TENNANT1.011,01355.5042
BURK1.011,01354.9451
HALLIWELL1.011,01353.3808
BORTHWICK1.011,01352.7241
BRYSON1.011,01351.4801
FORSYTH1.011,01346.2749
LOGAN1.011,01345.7952
HARDIE1.011,01345.4201
PRINGLE1.011,01343.8596
AITCHISON1.011,01342.2535

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,013 people called KERSS in Roxburgh 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 2500.0000 in Roxburgh means that 2500.0000% of the people in Roxburgh on census day were called KERSS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KERSS 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 KERSS 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 KERSS 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 KERSS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.01 in Roxburgh means that you are 1.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KERSS in Roxburgh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Roxburgh in 1881

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

AFFLECK (10)  AIKMAN (1)  ALEXANDER (4)  ALLAN (6)  ANDERSON (1)  ARCHIBALD (3)  ARRIES (2)  ARRES (5)  ARMSTRONG (7)  AITKEN (8)  AITCHISON (3)  BALMER (1)  BAPTIE (1)  BELL (12)  BIGGAR (5)  BURK (2)  BLACK (3)  BOGLE (1)  BOLTON (3)  BOOKLESS (2)  BORTHWICK (3)  BOYD (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BROOKS (4)  BROWN (5)  BRUCE (5)  BRUNTON (2)  BRYSON (4)  BRYDON (2)  BUTLER (9)  CAIRNS (1)  CAMPBELL (11)  CARRIE (3)  CHARTEROUS (1)  CHISHOLM (2)  CLARK (1)  CLEGHORN (6)  CLIVE (1)  COLTHERD (7)  CROIZER (1)  CROSBIE (1)  DALGLIESH (1)  DALGLEISH (9)  DAVIDSON (4)  DENHOLM (5)  DICK (1)  DICKSON (12)  DODDS (7)  DUNCAN (1)  DUNKLEY (2)  DUNN (5)  FADE (1)  FAIR (3)  FAIRBAIRN (7)  FAIRGRIEVE (1)  FORSYTH (10)  FOX (1)  FRAZER (1)  FRASER (2)  GIBB (1)  GIBSON (5)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (21)  GRIEVE (4)  HALL (9)  HALLIWELL (6)  HAMILTON (1)  HANNIGAN (1)  HAPPER (1)  HARDY (3)  HARDIE (6)  HASTIE (1)  HAY (11)  HENDERSON (18)  HENDRY (15)  HENRY (4)  HERMISTON (4)  HISLOP (10)  HEWIT (6)  HOGARTH (12)  HOGG (7)  HOLMES (6)  HOPE (12)  HOWLISTON (4)  HOWDEN (4)  HUGGAN (5)  HUGHES (1)  HUMES (2)  HUNTER (11)  HYNIGAN (1)  JAMIESON (4)  JEFFERY (1)  JOHNSTON (13)  JOHNSTONE (1)  KAY (3)  KERSS (6)  KERR (16)  KING (4)  KYLE (1)  LAUDER (7)  LOWRIE (7)  LAWRIE (11)  LEARMONTH (7)  LEYDEN (4)  LAIDLAW (13)  LIDDELL (7)  LILLICO (6)  LINDORES (2)  LLOYD (1)  LOCKIE (7)  LOFTUS (4)  LOGAN (11)  LYALL (2)  LYIAL (1)  LIONS (2)  MATHIESON (1)  MAXWELL (9)  MC LEAN (3)  CLELLAND (1)  QUEENAN (7)  MEIN (5)  MERCER (3)  MESSER (7)  MIDDELMIST (3)  MIDDLEMISS (6)  MIDDLEMASS (5)  MILLER (10)  MOFFAT (6)  MOODIE (1)  MORRISON (1)  MUNRO (3)  MURRAY (6)  NELSON (1)  NICHOL (2)  NICOLSON (1)  OLIVER (5)  ORR (3)  ORMISTON (2)  PATTERSON (11)  PATERSON (1)  PATTON (1)  PATON (PATTON) (2)  PAUL (6)  PENDER (2)  PIRIE (10)  PONTON (3)  PRINGLE (7)  RAY (1)  RAE (1)  RAMSAY (8)  REID (10)  RICHARDSON (7)  RIDELL (1)  REILLY (3)  ROBERTSON (15)  ROLLAND (8)  RUTHERFORD (5)  SAAWARS (1)  SCOTT (24)  SHIEL (5)  SINCLAIR (7)  SMITH (15)  SPENCE (8)  SPEARS (1)  STENHOUSE (2)  STEWART (1)  STORIE (3)  STORY (2)  SWANSTON (1)  TAIT (3)  TOLAN (5)  TAYLOR (6)  TELFORD (1)  TENNANT (6)  THOMSON (18)  THOMPSON (8)  TINLIN (7)  TROTTER (8)  TULLY (1)  TURNBULL (32)  TURNER (14)  WALDIE (20)  WALKER (7)  WAUGH (1)  WELSH (6)  WHITE (1)  WILKIE (4)  WILSON (26)  WOOD (5)  WYLLIE (1)  YOUNG (11)