1881 census county

Berwickshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Berwickshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

1,482 surnames are listed for Berwickshire, covering 32,204 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Dow, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Berwickshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
901	Dow	3	0.010%	0.70x
902	Edmond	3	0.010%	2.51x
903	Faichney	3	0.010%	11.81x
904	Fairnington	3	0.010%	70.59x
905	Fell	3	0.010%	0.60x
906	Fenton	3	0.010%	0.42x
907	Fergus	3	0.010%	4.69x
908	Friar	3	0.010%	5.56x
909	Garraway	3	0.010%	6.45x
910	Glasgow	3	0.010%	3.87x
911	Gradon	3	0.010%	25.15x
912	Grahame	3	0.010%	3.24x
913	Griffin	3	0.010%	0.18x
914	Hait	3	0.010%	57.69x
915	Haldane	3	0.010%	3.36x
916	Harris	3	0.010%	0.03x
917	Haswell	3	0.010%	2.62x
918	Hatley	3	0.010%	6.26x
919	Headley	3	0.010%	3.14x
920	Hepburn	3	0.010%	0.95x
921	Hewitson	3	0.010%	1.43x
922	Hinks	3	0.010%	2.08x
923	Hopkirk	3	0.010%	14.68x
924	Hoy	3	0.010%	1.47x
925	Hughson	3	0.010%	4.63x
926	Hutcheson	3	0.010%	1.65x
927	Imrie	3	0.010%	2.17x
928	Jameson	3	0.010%	0.77x
929	Jamison	3	0.010%	4.25x
930	Jenkinson	3	0.010%	0.48x
931	Kenny	3	0.010%	0.71x
932	Lamont	3	0.010%	0.95x
933	Lilley	3	0.010%	0.61x
934	Livingston	3	0.010%	0.94x
935	Lowes	3	0.010%	1.46x
936	Lynch	3	0.010%	0.32x
937	Malcolm	3	0.010%	0.64x
938	Marjoribanks	3	0.010%	33.86x
939	Mathieson	3	0.010%	0.80x
940	Matthewson	3	0.010%	5.91x
941	Maxwell	3	0.010%	0.36x
942	Mickle	3	0.010%	13.16x
943	Ness	3	0.010%	1.87x
944	Noon	3	0.010%	1.18x
945	Ord	3	0.010%	1.29x
946	Payne	3	0.010%	0.09x
947	Peach	3	0.010%	0.78x
948	Peden	3	0.010%	4.20x
949	Phillip	3	0.010%	1.67x
950	Quinn	3	0.010%	0.44x
951	Ralph	3	0.010%	0.56x
952	Rankine	3	0.010%	1.67x
953	Rosie	3	0.010%	5.27x
954	Sandison	3	0.010%	3.37x
955	Scot	3	0.010%	7.70x
956	Sparks	3	0.010%	0.56x
957	Starling	3	0.010%	1.15x
958	Stodart	3	0.010%	8.52x
959	Story	3	0.010%	1.37x
960	Strathearn	3	0.010%	12.96x
961	Straughan	3	0.010%	5.10x
962	Swainson	3	0.010%	4.49x
963	Tennant	3	0.010%	0.79x
964	Twaddle	3	0.010%	8.14x
965	Unthank	3	0.010%	10.24x
966	Whitson	3	0.010%	5.89x
967	Whitton	3	0.010%	1.38x
968	Wicks	3	0.010%	0.60x
969	Willis	3	0.010%	0.16x
970	Adamson	2	0.010%	0.21x
971	Alison	2	0.010%	3.12x
972	Arnot	2	0.010%	1.83x
973	Aylmer	2	0.010%	8.64x
974	Bailey	2	0.010%	0.04x
975	Balfour	2	0.010%	0.81x
976	Baptist	2	0.010%	9.68x
977	Binnie	2	0.010%	1.36x
978	Bond	2	0.010%	0.11x
979	Bowes	2	0.010%	0.62x
980	Brady	2	0.010%	0.32x
981	Brennan	2	0.010%	0.54x
982	Browne	2	0.010%	0.31x
983	Cairnie	2	0.010%	9.41x
984	Carle	2	0.010%	5.19x
985	Carswell	2	0.010%	1.55x
986	Cassels	2	0.010%	3.12x
987	Cassey	2	0.010%	6.00x
988	Cavanah	2	0.010%	9.68x
989	Charlton	2	0.010%	0.20x
990	Chartres	2	0.010%	20.41x
991	Clayton	2	0.010%	0.10x
992	Cleland	2	0.010%	2.14x
993	Clements	2	0.010%	0.17x
994	Coburn	2	0.010%	2.99x
995	Cochran	2	0.010%	1.48x
996	Conway	2	0.010%	0.30x
997	Copeland	2	0.010%	0.60x
998	Craib	2	0.010%	4.59x
999	Daud	2	0.010%	73.53x
1000	Dent	2	0.010%	0.30x