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 Bickerton, with 14 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
401	Bickerton	14	0.040%	9.44x
402	Brash	14	0.040%	22.40x
403	Cessford	14	0.040%	100.43x
404	Christie	14	0.040%	1.22x
405	Elder	14	0.040%	3.75x
406	Gardner	14	0.040%	0.58x
407	Goodwin	14	0.040%	0.75x
408	Greenlaw	14	0.040%	58.97x
409	Hewit	14	0.040%	24.90x
410	Jerdan	14	0.040%	211.80x
411	Lang	14	0.040%	1.78x
412	Lyal	14	0.040%	204.38x
413	Mathewson	14	0.040%	16.37x
414	Mattison	14	0.040%	24.74x
415	Ormiston	14	0.040%	13.76x
416	Pike	14	0.040%	1.36x
417	Ponton	14	0.040%	31.10x
418	Sleigh	14	0.040%	17.74x
419	Slight	14	0.040%	15.39x
420	Speirs	14	0.040%	10.12x
421	Wardhaugh	14	0.040%	56.70x
422	Waugh	14	0.040%	2.90x
423	Weatherstone	14	0.040%	60.48x
424	Whillis	14	0.040%	93.33x
425	Bryce	13	0.040%	3.67x
426	Corcoran	13	0.040%	7.63x
427	Cumming	13	0.040%	1.93x
428	Dickman	13	0.040%	24.24x
429	Fergie	13	0.040%	78.03x
430	Hair	13	0.040%	9.42x
431	Harper	13	0.040%	0.57x
432	Hately	13	0.040%	63.26x
433	Holywell	13	0.040%	155.13x
434	Hopper	13	0.040%	2.57x
435	Laidler	13	0.040%	9.26x
436	Lambert	13	0.040%	0.67x
437	Lawson	13	0.040%	0.62x
438	Leith	13	0.040%	7.10x
439	Lillico	13	0.040%	63.98x
440	Milliken	13	0.040%	43.84x
441	Morton	13	0.040%	0.69x
442	Mossman	13	0.040%	20.50x
443	Shillinglaw	13	0.040%	56.45x
444	Tully	13	0.040%	6.86x
445	Weddell	13	0.040%	21.66x
446	Alder	12	0.030%	4.75x
447	Armitage	12	0.030%	1.33x
448	Balmer	12	0.030%	8.97x
449	Boyle	12	0.030%	1.31x
450	Brownlee	12	0.030%	9.82x
451	Buckham	12	0.030%	29.36x
452	Carnegie	12	0.030%	10.33x
453	Carr	12	0.030%	0.47x
454	Combe	12	0.030%	14.96x
455	Coulter	12	0.030%	6.75x
456	Dryden	12	0.030%	5.63x
457	Ferrier	12	0.030%	5.83x
458	Greenfield	12	0.030%	3.05x
459	Heugh	12	0.030%	59.41x
460	Jardine	12	0.030%	3.64x
461	Lidgate	12	0.030%	91.53x
462	Lithgow	12	0.030%	19.20x
463	Mackenzie	12	0.030%	1.21x
464	Moor	12	0.030%	2.42x
465	Nesbit	12	0.030%	11.03x
466	Spark	12	0.030%	7.72x
467	Voy	12	0.030%	154.04x
468	Waddel	12	0.030%	47.47x
469	Whittaker	12	0.030%	0.72x
470	Affleck	11	0.030%	13.48x
471	Aiton	11	0.030%	48.76x
472	Baird	11	0.030%	1.45x
473	Bathgate	11	0.030%	13.42x
474	Best	11	0.030%	1.15x
475	Beveridge	11	0.030%	2.99x
476	Blackadder	11	0.030%	44.34x
477	Carmichael	11	0.030%	2.17x
478	Carter	11	0.030%	0.19x
479	Clarke	11	0.030%	0.15x
480	Cooper	11	0.030%	0.13x
481	Dickinson	11	0.030%	0.73x
482	Duffie	11	0.030%	45.42x
483	Fish	11	0.030%	1.67x
484	Hutton	11	0.030%	1.04x
485	Jeffray	11	0.030%	58.20x
486	Kyle	11	0.030%	5.59x
487	Langley	11	0.030%	1.42x
488	Lewins	11	0.030%	35.82x
489	Mackay	11	0.030%	0.86x
490	Monro	11	0.030%	14.97x
491	Noble	11	0.030%	0.75x
492	Park	11	0.030%	1.00x
493	Rea	11	0.030%	5.53x
494	Rodger	11	0.030%	2.21x
495	Rogerson	11	0.030%	2.53x
496	Service	11	0.030%	12.81x
497	Shearer	11	0.030%	2.42x
498	Skeen	11	0.030%	33.98x
499	Swiney	11	0.030%	66.51x
500	Tocher	11	0.030%	23.94x