Top surnames from the 1881 census in Teviothead, Roxburghshire

Teviothead 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
SCOTT408.196732.40
MURRAY326.557452.88
COWAN265.3279261.31
ANDERSON183.688518.67
MILLER163.278718.32
MINTO153.07381,111.11
NICHOL153.0738285.71
ARMSTRONG132.663934.85
RIDDELL122.4590293.40
ELLIOTT102.049224.15
WARD102.04929.38
BORTHWICK102.0492364.96
BEATTIE91.844386.12
TAYLOR91.84432.88
BROWN91.84432.80
BELL81.63938.72
DAVIDSON81.639319.50
RUTHERFORD71.434458.77
INGLIS71.434485.89
REW71.4344804.60
PRIDE71.4344583.33
GRAHAM71.434412.49
MARTIN71.43445.82
STEVENSON61.229517.52
DONALDSON61.229543.10
HOPE61.229536.12
PURDON61.2295666.67
LITTLE61.229526.00
ROBERTSON51.02466.11
HOBKIRK51.02461,562.50
JACK51.024648.22
ELLIOT51.024640.16
LOWRIE51.0246299.40
PRINGLE51.024665.02
GRIEVE40.819770.80
WYLIE40.819770.42
ROGERSON40.819766.67
DIXON40.81977.48
SANDERSON40.819719.84
YOUNG40.81973.82
HENDERSON40.81977.54
JACKSON30.61482.20
CAIRNS30.614828.44
HUME30.614843.35
BARTON30.614811.38
HISLOPE30.614830,000.00
MILLIGAN30.614852.26
MUIR20.409810.71
CRAIG20.40989.33
FENWICK20.409831.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HISLOPE0.4948830000.0000
HOBKIRK0.494881562.5000
MINTO0.494881111.1111
REW0.49488804.5977
PURDON0.49488666.6667
PRIDE0.49488583.3333
CAMPBLE0.49488476.1905
BORTHWICK0.49488364.9635
LOWRIE0.49488299.4012
RIDDELL0.49488293.3985
NICHOL0.49488285.7143
COWAN0.49488261.3065
MACQUEEN0.49488175.4386
RIDDEL0.49488135.1351
SOMERS0.49488121.2121
GORDEN0.49488116.2791
BEATTIE0.4948886.1244
INGLIS0.4948885.8896
BYERS0.4948879.0514
GRIEVE0.4948870.7965
WYLIE0.4948870.4225
ROGERSON0.4948866.6667
PRINGLE0.4948865.0195
GOWANS0.4948863.6943
RUTHERFORD0.4948858.7741
MURRAY0.4948852.8838
MILLIGAN0.4948852.2648
JACK0.4948848.2160
HELM0.4948845.8716
DALGLEISH0.4948845.6621
HUME0.4948843.3526
DONALDSON0.4948843.1034
ELLIOT0.4948840.1606
LAUDER0.4948839.0625
EWART0.4948836.4964
HOPE0.4948836.1228
NEWALL0.4948835.7143
HYSLOP0.4948835.5872
ARMSTRONG0.4948834.8525
SCOTT0.4948832.3965
HARDIE0.4948831.4465
FENWICK0.4948831.2989
CAIRNS0.4948828.4360
LITTLE0.4948825.9965
ELLIOTT0.4948824.1488
SANDERSON0.4948819.8413
BEVERIDGE0.4948819.6850
DAVIDSON0.4948819.4979
ANDERSON0.4948818.6741
MILLER0.4948818.3234

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 488 people called HISLOPE in Teviothead 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 30000.0000 in Teviothead means that 30000.0000% of the people in Teviothead on census day were called HISLOPE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HISLOPE 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 HISLOPE 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 HISLOPE 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 HISLOPE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Teviothead means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HISLOPE in Teviothead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Teviothead in 1881

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

ANDISON (2)  ANDERSON (18)  ARMSTRONG (13)  BARTON (3)  BEATTIE (9)  BYERS (2)  BELL (8)  BEVERIDGE (1)  BORTHWICK (10)  BOWER (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BROWN (9)  CAIRNS (3)  CAMPBLE (1)  CAVERS (RODGERSON) (2)  COWAN (26)  CRAIG (2)  CRAWFORD (1)  DALGLEISH (1)  DAVIDSON (8)  DIXON (4)  DONALDSON (6)  DOUGLAS (2)  ELLIOT (5)  ELLIOTT (10)  EWART (1)  FENWICK (2)  GLENDINNING (6)  GORDEN (1)  GOVELOCK (1)  GOVENLOCK (1)  GOWANS (1)  GRAHAM (7)  GRIEVE (4)  HARDIE (2)  HELM (1)  HENDERSON (4)  HISLOPE (3)  HYSLOP (1)  HOBKIRK (5)  HOGG (1)  HOPE (6)  SMITH (HOPE) (2)  HUME (3)  HUNTER (1)  INGLIS (7)  IRVINE (1)  JACK (5)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSTONE (1)  LAUDER (1)  LOWRIE (5)  LITTLE (6)  MANN (1)  MARTIN (7)  MC GLASSON (2)  MACQUEEN (1)  MC VITTIE (5)  MILLER (16)  MILLIAGEN (1)  MILLIGAN (3)  MINTO (15)  MUIR (2)  MURRAY (32)  NEWALL (1)  NICHOL (15)  NIXON (1)  PRIDE (7)  PRINGLE (5)  PURDON (6)  REW (7)  RIDDELL (12)  RIDDEL (1)  ROBERTSON (5)  ROBSON (2)  ROGERSON (4)  RUTHERFORD (7)  RUTHFORD (3)  SANDERSON (4)  SCOTT (40)  SIMPSON (2)  SMEATON (1)  STEVENSON (6)  STUART (1)  STODERT (1)  SOMERS (2)  TAYLOR (9)  THOROLD (4)  TULLIE (7)  TURNBULL (1)  WARD (10)  WILSON (1)  WYLIE (4)  YOUNG (4)