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 Agnew, with 42 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
1101	Agnew	42	0.010%	1.91x
1102	Barnet	42	0.010%	2.24x
1103	Bennie	42	0.010%	3.88x
1104	Buchannan	42	0.010%	7.62x
1105	Callender	42	0.010%	5.29x
1106	Coghill	42	0.010%	5.42x
1107	Dalgliesh	42	0.010%	7.76x
1108	Eddington	42	0.010%	10.71x
1109	Fairlie	42	0.010%	4.41x
1110	Field	42	0.010%	0.22x
1111	Gay	42	0.010%	0.81x
1112	Guild	42	0.010%	4.91x
1113	Hewitt	42	0.010%	0.22x
1114	Malone	42	0.010%	1.34x
1115	Boag	41	0.010%	3.62x
1116	Bonar	41	0.010%	6.54x
1117	Broadfoot	41	0.010%	4.39x
1118	Fee	41	0.010%	6.16x
1119	Fullarton	41	0.010%	4.98x
1120	Gerrard	41	0.010%	0.82x
1121	Goudie	41	0.010%	3.31x
1122	Gowan	41	0.010%	6.88x
1123	Greenfield	41	0.010%	0.94x
1124	Home	41	0.010%	4.19x
1125	Kirkhope	41	0.010%	18.79x
1126	Lugton	41	0.010%	16.78x
1127	Mein	41	0.010%	9.20x
1128	Phillip	41	0.010%	2.06x
1129	Reekie	41	0.010%	4.35x
1130	Simson	41	0.010%	4.03x
1131	Spowart	41	0.010%	9.57x
1132	Watts	41	0.010%	0.12x
1133	Bower	40	0.010%	0.56x
1134	Calderwood	40	0.010%	2.85x
1135	Clement	40	0.010%	1.01x
1136	Common	40	0.010%	4.61x
1137	Curle	40	0.010%	8.85x
1138	Duncanson	40	0.010%	5.30x
1139	Durham	40	0.010%	1.19x
1140	Hewat	40	0.010%	23.37x
1141	Melvin	40	0.010%	2.12x
1142	Morham	40	0.010%	53.71x
1143	Philbin	40	0.010%	15.15x
1144	Queen	40	0.010%	2.49x
1145	Rowan	40	0.010%	1.59x
1146	Cargill	39	0.010%	2.52x
1147	Clifford	39	0.010%	0.48x
1148	Cooke	39	0.010%	0.18x
1149	Dykes	39	0.010%	1.45x
1150	Foreman	39	0.010%	0.76x
1151	Gardener	39	0.010%	0.56x
1152	Govan	39	0.010%	5.47x
1153	Greenshields	39	0.010%	5.58x
1154	Jarvie	39	0.010%	3.80x
1155	Joyce	39	0.010%	0.41x
1156	Peace	39	0.010%	1.10x
1157	Rafferty	39	0.010%	1.93x
1158	Reith	39	0.010%	5.67x
1159	Sherry	39	0.010%	2.84x
1160	Sked	39	0.010%	19.90x
1161	Soutter	39	0.010%	10.05x
1162	Traquair	39	0.010%	43.90x
1163	Walsh	39	0.010%	0.19x
1164	Will	39	0.010%	2.44x
1165	Bradley	38	0.010%	0.12x
1166	Brechin	38	0.010%	10.73x
1167	Cattanach	38	0.010%	7.67x
1168	Cownie	38	0.010%	39.31x
1169	Dennison	38	0.010%	1.26x
1170	Duguid	38	0.010%	2.88x
1171	Fairnie	38	0.010%	46.17x
1172	Fife	38	0.010%	3.65x
1173	Halkett	38	0.010%	16.16x
1174	Hammond	38	0.010%	0.17x
1175	Heath	38	0.010%	0.20x
1176	Keppie	38	0.010%	25.97x
1177	Morran	38	0.010%	7.80x
1178	Ogg	38	0.010%	3.04x
1179	Oman	38	0.010%	8.15x
1180	Pettie	38	0.010%	33.05x
1181	Semple	38	0.010%	2.04x
1182	Symons	38	0.010%	0.71x
1183	Adair	37	0.010%	3.03x
1184	Bailie	37	0.010%	6.81x
1185	Blacklaw	37	0.010%	25.98x
1186	Bowers	37	0.010%	0.52x
1187	Carrol	37	0.010%	2.09x
1188	Collison	37	0.010%	2.31x
1189	Conlin	37	0.010%	5.08x
1190	Eagle	37	0.010%	1.71x
1191	Garlick	37	0.010%	1.07x
1192	Grandison	37	0.010%	13.48x
1193	Grieg	37	0.010%	13.95x
1194	Hanley	37	0.010%	1.15x
1195	Hannan	37	0.010%	2.97x
1196	Hanson	37	0.010%	0.29x
1197	Hoare	37	0.010%	0.48x
1198	Holt	37	0.010%	0.14x
1199	Hurst	37	0.010%	0.26x
1200	Latto	37	0.010%	8.00x