1881 census county

Midlothian surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Midlothian 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

7,675 surnames are listed for Midlothian, covering 334,302 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Brown, with 5,302 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Midlothian

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
1	Brown	5,302	1.35%	2.06x
2	Smith	5,225	1.34%	0.95x
3	Robertson	4,849	1.24%	7.39x
4	Thomson	4,462	1.14%	8.53x
5	Wilson	4,453	1.14%	2.48x
6	Anderson	3,824	0.980%	4.95x
7	Scott	3,545	0.910%	3.58x
8	Stewart	2,926	0.750%	4.78x
9	Henderson	2,904	0.740%	6.83x
10	Campbell	2,648	0.680%	4.00x
11	Young	2,509	0.640%	2.98x
12	Reid	2,326	0.590%	5.66x
13	Murray	2,262	0.580%	4.66x
14	Watson	2,253	0.580%	2.48x
15	Ross	2,252	0.580%	5.27x
16	Fraser	2,004	0.510%	5.75x
17	Johnston	1,998	0.510%	6.33x
18	Walker	1,936	0.490%	1.48x
19	Paterson	1,926	0.490%	7.23x
20	Taylor	1,825	0.470%	0.73x
21	Hunter	1,809	0.460%	4.50x
22	Dickson	1,786	0.460%	12.32x
23	Gray	1,776	0.450%	3.18x
24	Sutherland	1,761	0.450%	8.93x
25	Mitchell	1,755	0.450%	2.21x
26	Clark	1,664	0.430%	1.41x
27	Simpson	1,586	0.410%	2.32x
28	Davidson	1,513	0.390%	4.60x
29	Miller	1,504	0.380%	2.15x
30	Kerr	1,421	0.360%	6.66x
31	White	1,394	0.360%	1.11x
32	Bell	1,381	0.350%	1.88x
33	Allan	1,346	0.340%	5.48x
34	Black	1,309	0.330%	5.17x
35	Wood	1,291	0.330%	1.04x
36	Cameron	1,242	0.320%	4.08x
37	Millar	1,239	0.320%	8.67x
38	Grant	1,223	0.310%	3.15x
39	Munro	1,206	0.310%	6.90x
40	Ferguson	1,201	0.310%	4.33x
41	Tait	1,199	0.310%	10.41x
42	Morrison	1,183	0.300%	3.85x
43	Hamilton	1,162	0.300%	3.96x
44	Graham	1,146	0.290%	2.55x
45	Gibson	1,144	0.290%	2.41x
46	Ritchie	1,139	0.290%	8.42x
47	Martin	1,088	0.280%	1.13x
48	Williamson	1,078	0.280%	3.07x
49	Wallace	1,068	0.270%	3.98x
50	Hay	1,062	0.270%	7.40x
51	Gordon	1,020	0.260%	4.14x
52	Alexander	1,009	0.260%	4.87x
53	Muir	1,001	0.260%	6.68x
54	Wright	1,000	0.260%	0.80x
55	Douglas	985	0.250%	5.20x
56	Mackay	967	0.250%	6.83x
57	Russell	964	0.250%	2.02x
58	Marshall	957	0.240%	1.46x
59	Johnstone	931	0.240%	5.26x
60	Aitken	930	0.240%	9.06x
61	Watt	922	0.240%	6.14x
62	Bruce	883	0.230%	4.82x
63	Lawson	857	0.220%	3.71x
64	Inglis	854	0.220%	13.06x
65	Stevenson	848	0.220%	3.09x
66	Moffat	836	0.210%	11.79x
67	King	824	0.210%	0.97x
68	Bain	813	0.210%	8.37x
69	Donaldson	789	0.200%	7.07x
70	Lindsay	770	0.200%	6.04x
71	Dick	758	0.190%	8.68x
72	Cairns	757	0.190%	8.94x
73	Ramsay	742	0.190%	7.36x
74	Rutherford	723	0.180%	7.57x
75	Kelly	719	0.180%	1.68x
76	Turnbull	715	0.180%	4.33x
77	Crawford	708	0.180%	3.70x
78	Weir	672	0.170%	6.60x
79	Laing	660	0.170%	8.39x
80	Hutchison	655	0.170%	10.18x
81	Christie	652	0.170%	5.14x
82	Richardson	652	0.170%	0.98x
83	Forbes	651	0.170%	4.96x
84	Hall	647	0.170%	0.56x
85	Macdonald	645	0.160%	4.15x
86	Pringle	645	0.160%	10.46x
87	Currie	644	0.160%	5.85x
88	Lawrie	643	0.160%	17.16x
89	Jack	632	0.160%	7.60x
90	Burns	630	0.160%	2.40x
91	Greig	630	0.160%	10.17x
92	Mackenzie	620	0.160%	5.66x
93	Grieve	604	0.150%	13.32x
94	Forrest	601	0.150%	5.96x
95	Jamieson	599	0.150%	5.50x
96	Shaw	595	0.150%	0.83x
97	Archibald	580	0.150%	17.17x
98	Nicol	580	0.150%	7.12x
99	Adams	569	0.150%	0.99x
100	Baxter	567	0.140%	2.43x