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 Carlisle, with 6 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
801	Carlisle	6	0.020%	2.94x
802	Carruthers	6	0.020%	1.17x
803	Childs	6	0.020%	0.84x
804	Chrystall	6	0.020%	66.37x
805	Clapham	6	0.020%	1.80x
806	Clyne	6	0.020%	11.47x
807	Colyer	6	0.020%	5.97x
808	Conway	6	0.020%	0.83x
809	Coutts	6	0.020%	1.54x
810	Cox	6	0.020%	0.10x
811	Cregan	6	0.020%	26.85x
812	Crookston	6	0.020%	28.14x
813	Curley	6	0.020%	4.46x
814	Dalgliesh	6	0.020%	11.22x
815	Deer	6	0.020%	9.92x
816	Dennison	6	0.020%	2.01x
817	Feeney	6	0.020%	4.57x
818	Ferry	6	0.020%	4.91x
819	Finlay	6	0.020%	1.51x
820	Flannigan	6	0.020%	6.24x
821	Flinn	6	0.020%	2.57x
822	Frier	6	0.020%	7.71x
823	Garden	6	0.020%	3.71x
824	Garrett	6	0.020%	0.68x
825	Gaukroger	6	0.020%	15.03x
826	Gibbons	6	0.020%	0.48x
827	Gibbs	6	0.020%	0.32x
828	Gilles	6	0.020%	10.34x
829	Gourlay	6	0.020%	2.80x
830	Grafton	6	0.020%	5.62x
831	Greenhalgh	6	0.020%	0.76x
832	Greenlaw	6	0.020%	23.10x
833	Guthrie	6	0.020%	1.23x
834	Hackett	6	0.020%	1.32x
835	Hakes	6	0.020%	33.41x
836	Hannah	6	0.020%	1.19x
837	Harker	6	0.020%	1.47x
838	Harper	6	0.020%	0.24x
839	Harris	6	0.020%	0.06x
840	Hart	6	0.020%	0.18x
841	Harvey	6	0.020%	0.15x
842	Haswell	6	0.020%	4.80x
843	Hawkin	6	0.020%	7.19x
844	Heatley	6	0.020%	6.51x
845	Holliday	6	0.020%	1.18x
846	Houston	6	0.020%	1.22x
847	Howison	6	0.020%	25.80x
848	Jewels	6	0.020%	78.74x
849	Kavanagh	6	0.020%	4.01x
850	Keirnan	6	0.020%	150.00x
851	Keys	6	0.020%	3.12x
852	Landells	6	0.020%	29.03x
853	List	6	0.020%	9.20x
854	Loch	6	0.020%	19.85x
855	Lowe	6	0.020%	0.21x
856	Lyon	6	0.020%	0.74x
857	Macniven	6	0.020%	81.52x
858	Mayne	6	0.020%	2.62x
859	Middlemiss	6	0.020%	6.55x
860	Mossman	6	0.020%	8.65x
861	Neasham	6	0.020%	17.59x
862	Newton	6	0.020%	0.20x
863	Niblock	6	0.020%	30.55x
864	Niel	6	0.020%	27.32x
865	Norie	6	0.020%	41.10x
866	Norman	6	0.020%	0.33x
867	Notman	6	0.020%	9.40x
868	Paden	6	0.020%	46.44x
869	Peddie	6	0.020%	5.81x
870	Perkins	6	0.020%	0.34x
871	Phillip	6	0.020%	3.05x
872	Queen	6	0.020%	3.78x
873	Ralston	6	0.020%	4.61x
874	Riddle	6	0.020%	1.87x
875	Rintoul	6	0.020%	6.79x
876	Roberts	6	0.020%	0.04x
877	Skinner	6	0.020%	0.31x
878	Slater	6	0.020%	0.26x
879	Sloan	6	0.020%	1.65x
880	Sprott	6	0.020%	18.21x
881	Staig	6	0.020%	35.74x
882	Stevens	6	0.020%	0.15x
883	Storrie	6	0.020%	9.63x
884	Suttie	6	0.020%	5.38x
885	Telfer	6	0.020%	2.59x
886	Travers	6	0.020%	3.09x
887	Walsh	6	0.020%	0.29x
888	Walters	6	0.020%	0.33x
889	Alison	5	0.010%	7.14x
890	Balden	5	0.010%	63.45x
891	Belford	5	0.010%	14.60x
892	Blackadder	5	0.010%	18.43x
893	Bowhill	5	0.010%	22.63x
894	Bray	5	0.010%	0.38x
895	Breckenridge	5	0.010%	12.73x
896	Bremner	5	0.010%	1.50x
897	Brook	5	0.010%	0.34x
898	Brooke	5	0.010%	0.87x
899	Bryden	5	0.010%	3.06x
900	Burt	5	0.010%	0.54x