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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 Hurley, with 1 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.

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1301Hurley10.24x
1302Hutchinson10.05x
1303Irving10.13x
1304Jacobs10.12x
1305Jennings10.06x
1306Jessiman14.19x
1307Johns10.11x
1308Jonston110.99x
1309Jordan10.06x
1310Keill128.25x
1311Kelso11.20x
1312Kenedy12.15x
1313Kent10.07x
1314Kenyon10.14x
1315Ketteridge17.00x
1316Kinnear10.58x
1317Kinnell13.53x
1318Kirkpatrick10.33x
1319Klein12.35x
1320Kruse19.73x
1321Lafferty11.24x
1322Lamond10.83x
1323Lane10.04x
1324Lannan117.27x
1325Lea10.14x
1326Leach10.07x
1327Lead15.88x
1328Leask10.69x
1329Leckie10.90x
1330Legan136.76x
1331Levy10.22x
1332Light10.31x
1333Lile18.38x
1334Livingstone10.30x
1335Longhurst10.43x
1336Lovell10.14x
1337Lunan13.40x
1338Luton14.17x
1339Lyons10.13x
1340Maben16.41x
1341Macintosh10.65x
1342Macqueen12.44x
1343Macrae10.36x
1344Madon135.34x
1345Malloch11.99x
1346Mangan12.85x
1347Manson10.24x
1348Manuel10.94x
1349Maxton14.19x
1350Mckinnon110.20x
1351Mclachlan16.61x
1352Mclaughlan116.95x
1353Mcrae16.37x
1354Mearns10.88x
1355Meikleham113.23x
1356Mennie12.04x
1357Menon1833.33x
1358Merrylees110.58x
1359Mitchel10.29x
1360Moncrieff11.12x
1361Monks10.35x
1362Moodie10.60x
1363Morn18.06x
1364Morning17.77x
1365Morran12.27x
1366Morris10.01x
1367Morrisson110.58x
1368Mortensen1106.38x
1369Mullins10.30x
1370Mulvey11.66x
1371Murdoch10.17x
1372Murry10.53x
1373Myhill11.31x
1374Myles10.60x
1375Napier10.35x
1376Neal10.10x
1377Nicoll10.31x
1378Normington11.12x
1379Oliphant10.73x
1380Omalley12.91x
1381Orkney16.78x
1382Ormston11.62x
1383Page10.04x
1384Paris10.89x
1385Pear14.17x
1386Peel10.16x
1387Peffers14.87x
1388Pegg10.29x
1389Perrie12.47x
1390Peters10.08x
1391Phin13.78x
1392Piercy10.79x
1393Pillans14.73x
1394Pink10.43x
1395Pollock10.19x
1396Poots142.37x
1397Pope10.08x
1398Priestly11.20x
1399Proctor10.12x
1400Proven15.76x