1881 census county

East Lothian surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in East Lothian 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

1,784 surnames are listed for East Lothian, covering 33,434 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Raeburn, with 73 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in East Lothian

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	Raeburn	73	0.190%	84.96x
102	Bald	71	0.180%	115.20x
103	Taylor	71	0.180%	0.29x
104	Dudgeon	70	0.180%	86.83x
105	Grant	70	0.180%	1.82x
106	Main	70	0.180%	11.05x
107	Pringle	70	0.180%	11.49x
108	Sutherland	70	0.180%	3.59x
109	Whitecross	70	0.180%	147.62x
110	Inglis	69	0.180%	10.68x
111	Marshall	69	0.180%	1.06x
112	Bertram	68	0.180%	36.75x
113	Graham	68	0.180%	1.53x
114	Peffers	68	0.180%	302.49x
115	Hood	67	0.170%	6.26x
116	Sibbald	67	0.170%	65.06x
117	Nelson	66	0.170%	3.52x
118	Blackie	65	0.170%	40.97x
119	Hutchison	65	0.170%	10.22x
120	Bryson	64	0.170%	21.57x
121	Dalgleish	64	0.170%	36.80x
122	Fairgrieve	64	0.170%	107.67x
123	Lees	64	0.170%	3.73x
124	Shaw	64	0.170%	0.90x
125	Bain	62	0.160%	6.46x
126	Dodds	62	0.160%	7.61x
127	Martin	62	0.160%	0.65x
128	Montgomery	62	0.160%	10.10x
129	Swan	62	0.160%	6.19x
130	Barrie	61	0.160%	21.85x
131	Hall	61	0.160%	0.54x
132	Millar	61	0.160%	4.32x
133	Renton	60	0.160%	25.28x
134	Dods	59	0.150%	91.15x
135	Lindsay	59	0.150%	4.68x
136	Skeldon	59	0.150%	150.20x
137	Cairns	58	0.150%	6.93x
138	Currie	58	0.150%	5.33x
139	Fortune	58	0.150%	28.68x
140	Hope	58	0.150%	4.40x
141	Morton	58	0.150%	2.80x
142	Stenhouse	58	0.150%	36.26x
143	Thompson	58	0.150%	0.50x
144	Whitelaw	58	0.150%	25.15x
145	Forbes	57	0.150%	4.40x
146	Lockhart	57	0.150%	21.15x
147	Souness	57	0.150%	519.13x
148	Cameron	56	0.140%	1.86x
149	Drummond	56	0.140%	7.28x
150	Ferguson	56	0.140%	2.04x
151	Learmonth	56	0.140%	89.19x
152	Spence	56	0.140%	4.38x
153	Bruce	55	0.140%	3.03x
154	Hepburn	55	0.140%	15.98x
155	Kelly	55	0.140%	1.30x
156	Drysdale	54	0.140%	16.51x
157	Greig	54	0.140%	8.82x
158	Hastie	53	0.140%	21.63x
159	Herriot	53	0.140%	121.36x
160	Muir	53	0.140%	3.58x
161	Haig	52	0.130%	34.19x
162	Kirkwood	52	0.130%	14.87x
163	Melrose	52	0.130%	34.66x
164	Morrison	52	0.130%	1.71x
165	Russell	52	0.130%	1.10x
166	Adams	51	0.130%	0.89x
167	Brodie	51	0.130%	9.82x
168	Flynn	51	0.130%	6.89x
169	Johnstone	51	0.130%	2.92x
170	Mathieson	51	0.130%	12.51x
171	Edington	50	0.130%	72.46x
172	Henry	49	0.130%	5.01x
173	Moffat	49	0.130%	6.99x
174	Reynolds	49	0.130%	1.46x
175	Barber	48	0.120%	2.06x
176	Horsburgh	48	0.120%	50.27x
177	Nicholson	48	0.120%	1.75x
178	Brotherston	47	0.120%	116.97x
179	Horn	47	0.120%	5.35x
180	Lyall	47	0.120%	17.81x
181	Murphy	47	0.120%	1.52x
182	Neilson	47	0.120%	8.62x
183	Baird	46	0.120%	5.56x
184	Crombie	46	0.120%	21.19x
185	Jeffrey	46	0.120%	6.43x
186	Law	46	0.120%	2.63x
187	Webster	46	0.120%	1.37x
188	Welsh	46	0.120%	3.00x
189	Innes	45	0.120%	7.51x
190	Livingston	45	0.120%	12.95x
191	Whitehead	45	0.120%	1.72x
192	Williamson	45	0.120%	1.30x
193	Foggo	44	0.110%	108.80x
194	Forsyth	44	0.110%	5.33x
195	Munro	44	0.110%	2.55x
196	Hadden	43	0.110%	25.02x
197	Alexander	42	0.110%	2.05x
198	Chalmers	42	0.110%	4.56x
199	Dobson	42	0.110%	2.46x
200	Galbraith	42	0.110%	11.87x