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 Coleman, with 58 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
901	Coleman	58	0.010%	0.30x
902	Crerar	58	0.010%	7.60x
903	Fair	58	0.010%	4.23x
904	Haddow	58	0.010%	4.86x
905	Loch	58	0.010%	18.97x
906	Obrien	58	0.010%	1.00x
907	Tolmie	58	0.010%	9.09x
908	Baker	57	0.010%	0.07x
909	Ballingall	57	0.010%	10.12x
910	Bonnar	57	0.010%	10.74x
911	Carroll	57	0.010%	0.73x
912	Clerk	57	0.010%	5.63x
913	Connell	57	0.010%	0.84x
914	Gilbertson	57	0.010%	4.98x
915	Gulland	57	0.010%	23.58x
916	Mortimer	57	0.010%	0.70x
917	Sherriff	57	0.010%	4.75x
918	Toole	57	0.010%	2.70x
919	Walkingshaw	57	0.010%	39.65x
920	Bernard	56	0.010%	3.46x
921	Blackley	56	0.010%	5.28x
922	Brannan	56	0.010%	2.12x
923	Buist	56	0.010%	7.25x
924	Carlin	56	0.010%	2.82x
925	Croal	56	0.010%	22.80x
926	Daily	56	0.010%	5.52x
927	Donoghue	56	0.010%	4.32x
928	Gemmell	56	0.010%	2.38x
929	Mearns	56	0.010%	4.44x
930	Odonnell	56	0.010%	2.23x
931	Evans	55	0.010%	0.03x
932	Loftus	55	0.010%	2.58x
933	Meiklejohn	55	0.010%	6.24x
934	Middlemas	55	0.010%	8.92x
935	Mutter	55	0.010%	9.13x
936	Nicoll	55	0.010%	1.55x
937	Nixon	55	0.010%	0.46x
938	Peterson	55	0.010%	2.76x
939	Rice	55	0.010%	0.45x
940	Rooney	55	0.010%	1.58x
941	Rosie	55	0.010%	8.73x
942	Shanley	55	0.010%	13.67x
943	Ayton	54	0.010%	4.43x
944	Eadie	54	0.010%	2.92x
945	Edward	54	0.010%	1.49x
946	Fergusson	54	0.010%	2.73x
947	Foulis	54	0.010%	18.45x
948	Gentle	54	0.010%	4.19x
949	Logie	54	0.010%	4.75x
950	Mark	54	0.010%	2.74x
951	Benson	53	0.010%	0.50x
952	Devine	53	0.010%	1.36x
953	Frater	53	0.010%	7.37x
954	Goodwin	53	0.010%	0.26x
955	Ranken	53	0.010%	21.46x
956	Sandison	53	0.010%	5.39x
957	Shillinglaw	53	0.010%	20.80x
958	Smyth	53	0.010%	1.45x
959	Bogie	52	0.010%	9.75x
960	Caird	52	0.010%	6.53x
961	Carfrae	52	0.010%	39.02x
962	Godfrey	52	0.010%	0.45x
963	Hutcheson	52	0.010%	2.59x
964	Kinloch	52	0.010%	6.00x
965	Kitchen	52	0.010%	0.78x
966	Littlejohn	52	0.010%	2.75x
967	Manderson	52	0.010%	14.74x
968	Michie	52	0.010%	2.71x
969	Riach	52	0.010%	7.62x
970	Spears	52	0.010%	5.58x
971	Stott	52	0.010%	0.43x
972	Yeoman	52	0.010%	2.11x
973	Bethune	51	0.010%	8.45x
974	Cairncross	51	0.010%	17.04x
975	Collier	51	0.010%	0.39x
976	Craw	51	0.010%	19.91x
977	Edmond	51	0.010%	3.86x
978	Frew	51	0.010%	2.59x
979	Gibbons	51	0.010%	0.41x
980	Hewit	51	0.010%	8.20x
981	Howieson	51	0.010%	10.55x
982	Lunn	51	0.010%	1.01x
983	Owens	51	0.010%	0.26x
984	Powell	51	0.010%	0.10x
985	Primrose	51	0.010%	9.98x
986	Sawers	51	0.010%	11.15x
987	Sloan	51	0.010%	1.38x
988	Trayner	51	0.010%	13.65x
989	Bourhill	50	0.010%	65.99x
990	Carnegie	50	0.010%	3.89x
991	Denham	50	0.010%	1.45x
992	Gair	50	0.010%	4.83x
993	Garden	50	0.010%	3.06x
994	Garvie	50	0.010%	7.26x
995	Grainger	50	0.010%	0.83x
996	Healy	50	0.010%	1.93x
997	Irons	50	0.010%	2.35x
998	Jordan	50	0.010%	0.29x
999	Kirkland	50	0.010%	1.44x
1000	Leckie	50	0.010%	4.07x