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 Woodrow, with 24 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
1601	Woodrow	24	0.010%	0.99x
1602	Yorkston	24	0.010%	13.71x
1603	Bailey	23	0.010%	0.04x
1604	Bartleman	23	0.010%	19.78x
1605	Beach	23	0.010%	0.62x
1606	Bolt	23	0.010%	0.81x
1607	Burness	23	0.010%	3.07x
1608	Cadden	23	0.010%	11.07x
1609	Callaghan	23	0.010%	0.52x
1610	Cassels	23	0.010%	3.25x
1611	Clifton	23	0.010%	0.42x
1612	Cochran	23	0.010%	1.54x
1613	Corbet	23	0.010%	2.14x
1614	Corson	23	0.010%	5.71x
1615	Davison	23	0.010%	0.16x
1616	Dean	23	0.010%	0.08x
1617	Dear	23	0.010%	0.79x
1618	Deuchar	23	0.010%	13.65x
1619	Dunnett	23	0.010%	1.93x
1620	Edwardson	23	0.010%	4.78x
1621	Farley	23	0.010%	0.47x
1622	Flyn	23	0.010%	4.77x
1623	Forest	23	0.010%	2.05x
1624	Friend	23	0.010%	0.52x
1625	Gannon	23	0.010%	1.36x
1626	Greer	23	0.010%	1.75x
1627	Hawkins	23	0.010%	0.08x
1628	Hoggarth	23	0.010%	2.39x
1629	Kearney	23	0.010%	1.27x
1630	Kippen	23	0.010%	7.65x
1631	Kirkness	23	0.010%	5.18x
1632	Layden	23	0.010%	9.57x
1633	Leithead	23	0.010%	7.10x
1634	Macqueen	23	0.010%	5.07x
1635	Malloch	23	0.010%	4.14x
1636	Mellis	23	0.010%	3.67x
1637	Moss	23	0.010%	0.10x
1638	Munn	23	0.010%	0.82x
1639	Rigby	23	0.010%	0.20x
1640	Speed	23	0.010%	0.73x
1641	Stanley	23	0.010%	0.15x
1642	Sterling	23	0.010%	2.80x
1643	Templeton	23	0.010%	0.80x
1644	Tillie	23	0.010%	19.34x
1645	Utterson	23	0.010%	30.36x
1646	Vance	23	0.010%	3.09x
1647	Wagstaff	23	0.010%	0.47x
1648	Whytock	23	0.010%	9.31x
1649	Wise	23	0.010%	0.28x
1650	Woodburn	23	0.010%	1.85x
1651	Aitcheson	22	0.010%	5.83x
1652	Annandale	22	0.010%	10.02x
1653	Barrow	22	0.010%	0.27x
1654	Burges	22	0.010%	2.25x
1655	Charleson	22	0.010%	7.87x
1656	Clay	22	0.010%	0.27x
1657	Clow	22	0.010%	1.86x
1658	Conley	22	0.010%	1.55x
1659	Conlon	22	0.010%	2.57x
1660	Cotton	22	0.010%	0.24x
1661	Croll	22	0.010%	3.00x
1662	Cromarty	22	0.010%	4.91x
1663	Daniel	22	0.010%	0.25x
1664	Divine	22	0.010%	3.69x
1665	Dron	22	0.010%	8.68x
1666	Edmonston	22	0.010%	12.03x
1667	Ellison	22	0.010%	0.27x
1668	Faulds	22	0.010%	1.84x
1669	Galletly	22	0.010%	7.55x
1670	Garrow	22	0.010%	4.85x
1671	Gaylor	22	0.010%	3.77x
1672	Gilfillan	22	0.010%	2.91x
1673	Grier	22	0.010%	3.85x
1674	Groundwater	22	0.010%	6.99x
1675	Hately	22	0.010%	9.68x
1676	Jacobsen	22	0.010%	16.67x
1677	Kaye	22	0.010%	0.38x
1678	Kilcoyne	22	0.010%	8.96x
1679	Kirkaldy	22	0.010%	9.96x
1680	Lane	22	0.010%	0.08x
1681	Malloy	22	0.010%	3.23x
1682	Mauchline	22	0.010%	22.16x
1683	Michael	22	0.010%	1.05x
1684	Peggie	22	0.010%	10.27x
1685	Phimister	22	0.010%	9.20x
1686	Quigley	22	0.010%	1.10x
1687	Randall	22	0.010%	0.18x
1688	Roughead	22	0.010%	14.15x
1689	Sheldon	22	0.010%	0.37x
1690	Sinton	22	0.010%	4.21x
1691	Spittal	22	0.010%	5.38x
1692	Tearney	22	0.010%	7.38x
1693	Timmins	22	0.010%	0.70x
1694	Tonner	22	0.010%	4.35x
1695	Usher	22	0.010%	0.51x
1696	Walkinshaw	22	0.010%	4.95x
1697	Weatherhead	22	0.010%	1.97x
1698	Bolan	21	0.010%	5.80x
1699	Bonnyman	21	0.010%	11.16x
1700	Boyack	21	0.010%	11.99x