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 Henry, with 72 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
101	Henry	72	0.200%	8.05x
102	Shiel	72	0.200%	113.51x
103	Waddell	72	0.200%	22.93x
104	Jamieson	71	0.200%	7.21x
105	Blair	70	0.200%	7.63x
106	Bolton	70	0.200%	4.60x
107	Dods	70	0.200%	118.28x
108	Shearlaw	70	0.200%	623.89x
109	Lough	69	0.200%	109.18x
110	Turner	69	0.200%	0.70x
111	Galbraith	67	0.190%	20.71x
112	Grant	67	0.190%	1.91x
113	Whitehead	67	0.190%	2.80x
114	Wilkinson	64	0.180%	1.19x
115	Mack	63	0.180%	17.71x
116	Wright	63	0.180%	0.56x
117	Forsyth	62	0.180%	8.21x
118	Mason	62	0.180%	1.30x
119	Home	61	0.170%	69.04x
120	Inglis	61	0.170%	10.32x
121	Aikman	60	0.170%	82.06x
122	Angus	60	0.170%	11.85x
123	Burns	60	0.170%	2.53x
124	Cleghorn	60	0.170%	61.79x
125	Haig	60	0.170%	43.15x
126	Halliday	60	0.170%	8.21x
127	Hill	60	0.170%	0.67x
128	Hogarth	60	0.170%	25.70x
129	Denholm	59	0.170%	39.83x
130	Hood	59	0.170%	6.02x
131	Hall	58	0.160%	0.56x
132	Leitch	58	0.160%	17.19x
133	Stenhouse	58	0.160%	39.66x
134	Knox	57	0.160%	9.39x
135	Broomfield	56	0.160%	23.55x
136	Smart	56	0.160%	3.48x
137	Buglass	55	0.160%	109.80x
138	Fraser	55	0.160%	1.75x
139	Laurie	55	0.160%	18.10x
140	Wallace	55	0.160%	2.27x
141	Wight	55	0.160%	30.21x
142	Boyd	54	0.150%	4.35x
143	Maltman	54	0.150%	118.14x
144	Waite	54	0.150%	7.35x
145	Gibb	53	0.150%	8.48x
146	Lyall	53	0.150%	21.97x
147	Renwick	53	0.150%	21.96x
148	Stuart	53	0.150%	6.28x
149	Common	52	0.150%	66.29x
150	Brodie	51	0.140%	10.74x
151	Fleming	51	0.140%	3.47x
152	Laing	51	0.140%	7.18x
153	Preston	51	0.140%	2.89x
154	Bain	50	0.140%	5.70x
155	Cormack	50	0.140%	18.70x
156	Donaldson	50	0.140%	4.96x
157	Falconer	50	0.140%	11.85x
158	Cochrane	49	0.140%	8.94x
159	Elliott	49	0.140%	1.63x
160	Foster	49	0.140%	1.04x
161	Johnstone	49	0.140%	3.06x
162	Ramsay	49	0.140%	5.38x
163	Virtue	48	0.140%	125.82x
164	Colven	47	0.130%	340.09x
165	Fulton	47	0.130%	10.53x
166	Lillie	47	0.130%	54.43x
167	Lindores	46	0.130%	246.52x
168	Lockie	46	0.130%	57.19x
169	Brack	45	0.130%	135.58x
170	Deans	45	0.130%	18.76x
171	Hendry	45	0.130%	8.03x
172	Weatherston	45	0.130%	130.47x
173	Skeldon	44	0.120%	122.53x
174	Swan	44	0.120%	4.80x
175	Chapman	43	0.120%	0.86x
176	Ross	43	0.120%	1.11x
177	Russell	43	0.120%	1.00x
178	Stobie	43	0.120%	82.72x
179	Bertram	42	0.120%	24.83x
180	Dalgleish	42	0.120%	26.42x
181	Fairley	42	0.120%	24.25x
182	Mills	42	0.120%	0.92x
183	Rodgers	42	0.120%	4.34x
184	Aitken	41	0.120%	4.42x
185	Chalmers	41	0.120%	4.87x
186	Forbes	41	0.120%	3.46x
187	Gordon	41	0.120%	1.84x
188	Luke	41	0.120%	11.91x
189	Todd	41	0.120%	2.28x
190	Ainslie	40	0.110%	42.81x
191	Blaikie	40	0.110%	93.81x
192	Darrie	40	0.110%	498.13x
193	Hutchison	40	0.110%	6.88x
194	Whitelaw	40	0.110%	18.97x
195	Nelson	39	0.110%	2.28x
196	Sanderson	39	0.110%	2.67x
197	Armstrong	38	0.110%	1.41x
198	Shiell	38	0.110%	136.30x
199	Wilkie	38	0.110%	7.53x
200	Dunn	37	0.100%	1.26x