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 Prentice, with 23 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
301	Prentice	23	0.070%	5.52x
302	Sligh	23	0.070%	442.31x
303	Ternent	23	0.070%	97.38x
304	Webster	23	0.070%	0.75x
305	Barclay	22	0.060%	3.02x
306	Foreman	22	0.060%	4.76x
307	Jones	22	0.060%	0.05x
308	Landels	22	0.060%	125.86x
309	Mill	22	0.060%	10.31x
310	Nichol	22	0.060%	5.78x
311	Steele	22	0.060%	2.32x
312	Williamson	22	0.060%	0.69x
313	Archibald	21	0.060%	6.88x
314	Craw	21	0.060%	90.71x
315	Crosbie	21	0.060%	11.57x
316	Glass	21	0.060%	5.74x
317	Graham	21	0.060%	0.52x
318	Hewitt	21	0.060%	1.22x
319	Innes	21	0.060%	3.83x
320	Messer	21	0.060%	20.25x
321	Purvis	21	0.060%	6.14x
322	Riddell	21	0.060%	7.08x
323	Rose	21	0.060%	0.80x
324	Slater	21	0.060%	0.98x
325	Tweedie	21	0.060%	15.39x
326	Allison	20	0.060%	1.99x
327	Brydon	20	0.060%	17.97x
328	Burrell	20	0.060%	4.34x
329	Chirnside	20	0.060%	86.84x
330	Dawson	20	0.060%	0.51x
331	Dunbar	20	0.060%	4.92x
332	Fox	20	0.060%	0.61x
333	Gill	20	0.060%	0.80x
334	Glen	20	0.060%	5.71x
335	Haggarty	20	0.060%	29.34x
336	Houliston	20	0.060%	144.72x
337	Jack	20	0.060%	2.66x
338	Learmonth	20	0.060%	34.84x
339	Pitt	20	0.060%	2.65x
340	Playfair	20	0.060%	73.61x
341	Redden	20	0.060%	69.98x
342	Colvin	19	0.050%	15.50x
343	Cuthbert	19	0.050%	3.74x
344	Keddie	19	0.050%	17.95x
345	Montgomery	19	0.050%	3.38x
346	Newbigging	19	0.050%	63.57x
347	Telfer	19	0.050%	8.98x
348	Tofts	19	0.050%	47.58x
349	Wait	19	0.050%	10.64x
350	Doughty	18	0.050%	4.00x
351	Fender	18	0.050%	33.35x
352	Gilchrist	18	0.050%	3.47x
353	Herriot	18	0.050%	45.08x
354	Middlemas	18	0.050%	32.29x
355	Utterson	18	0.050%	262.77x
356	Bennet	17	0.050%	3.48x
357	Crozier	17	0.050%	10.24x
358	Denham	17	0.050%	5.45x
359	Dewar	17	0.050%	3.68x
360	Duns	17	0.050%	175.44x
361	Gunn	17	0.050%	1.96x
362	Kennedy	17	0.050%	0.80x
363	Lisle	17	0.050%	19.21x
364	Mann	17	0.050%	0.91x
365	Menzies	17	0.050%	3.70x
366	Nicholson	17	0.050%	0.68x
367	Ovens	17	0.050%	18.84x
368	Parker	17	0.050%	0.25x
369	Pilmer	17	0.050%	194.51x
370	Simson	17	0.050%	18.47x
371	Blyth	16	0.050%	2.87x
372	Brogan	16	0.050%	13.41x
373	Burnside	16	0.050%	12.90x
374	Chrystal	16	0.050%	32.80x
375	Crooks	16	0.050%	5.87x
376	Forman	16	0.050%	8.78x
377	Halliburton	16	0.050%	77.41x
378	Horsburgh	16	0.050%	18.33x
379	Ledgerwood	16	0.050%	98.16x
380	Middlemass	16	0.050%	36.41x
381	Moore	16	0.050%	0.23x
382	Pattison	16	0.050%	2.84x
383	Plenderleith	16	0.050%	42.60x
384	Porteous	16	0.050%	6.78x
385	Ritchie	16	0.050%	1.31x
386	Weir	16	0.050%	1.74x
387	Baxter	15	0.040%	0.71x
388	Carson	15	0.040%	3.85x
389	Cox	15	0.040%	0.28x
390	Cranston	15	0.040%	10.48x
391	Duff	15	0.040%	2.38x
392	Hush	15	0.040%	55.45x
393	Kearney	15	0.040%	9.14x
394	Lewis	15	0.040%	0.16x
395	Lowrie	15	0.040%	12.38x
396	Mallen	15	0.040%	28.80x
397	Smeaton	15	0.040%	15.08x
398	Spratt	15	0.040%	7.62x
399	Torrie	15	0.040%	59.90x
400	Tulley	15	0.040%	20.58x