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 Stephens, with 18 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
1901	Stephens	18	0.000%	0.08x
1902	Stratton	18	0.000%	0.53x
1903	Sweenie	18	0.000%	5.28x
1904	Sym	18	0.000%	8.83x
1905	Tarbet	18	0.000%	4.72x
1906	Tofts	18	0.000%	4.08x
1907	Topping	18	0.000%	0.67x
1908	Torbet	18	0.000%	9.06x
1909	Townsley	18	0.000%	2.35x
1910	Wauchope	18	0.000%	28.71x
1911	Airey	17	0.000%	0.57x
1912	Barrons	17	0.000%	11.02x
1913	Brebner	17	0.000%	3.38x
1914	Bryant	17	0.000%	0.10x
1915	Cartledge	17	0.000%	0.86x
1916	Carty	17	0.000%	1.85x
1917	Cathcart	17	0.000%	2.83x
1918	Caw	17	0.000%	5.83x
1919	Clouston	17	0.000%	3.26x
1920	Coats	17	0.000%	0.96x
1921	Conacher	17	0.000%	4.75x
1922	Connally	17	0.000%	7.70x
1923	Cropper	17	0.000%	0.72x
1924	Crosby	17	0.000%	0.37x
1925	Dalton	17	0.000%	0.19x
1926	Dowd	17	0.000%	1.38x
1927	Downes	17	0.000%	0.35x
1928	Edmonds	17	0.000%	0.23x
1929	Findlayson	17	0.000%	8.91x
1930	Freeland	17	0.000%	1.64x
1931	Garrigan	17	0.000%	12.39x
1932	Gaughan	17	0.000%	4.32x
1933	Gemmel	17	0.000%	4.84x
1934	Gillie	17	0.000%	4.25x
1935	Glendenning	17	0.000%	3.03x
1936	Greenhorn	17	0.000%	6.50x
1937	Grindlay	17	0.000%	3.98x
1938	Haggerty	17	0.000%	2.35x
1939	Haliday	17	0.000%	4.84x
1940	Haswell	17	0.000%	1.34x
1941	Heard	17	0.000%	0.41x
1942	Hickman	17	0.000%	0.26x
1943	Holywell	17	0.000%	18.33x
1944	Horsman	17	0.000%	1.24x
1945	Hurry	17	0.000%	2.07x
1946	Inkster	17	0.000%	2.52x
1947	Learmouth	17	0.000%	4.65x
1948	Lillie	17	0.000%	1.78x
1949	Macalpine	17	0.000%	24.09x
1950	Macdermid	17	0.000%	39.45x
1951	Mathers	17	0.000%	0.73x
1952	Mears	17	0.000%	0.46x
1953	Needham	17	0.000%	0.20x
1954	Parr	17	0.000%	0.17x
1955	Pottinger	17	0.000%	1.66x
1956	Provan	17	0.000%	2.17x
1957	Ralston	17	0.000%	1.29x
1958	Rayner	17	0.000%	0.17x
1959	Rogerson	17	0.000%	0.35x
1960	Rolls	17	0.000%	0.97x
1961	Skivington	17	0.000%	8.91x
1962	Spaven	17	0.000%	8.18x
1963	Steen	17	0.000%	2.23x
1964	Stout	17	0.000%	0.91x
1965	Terry	17	0.000%	0.17x
1966	Timlin	17	0.000%	6.17x
1967	Tocher	17	0.000%	3.34x
1968	Topp	17	0.000%	1.90x
1969	Torrie	17	0.000%	6.14x
1970	Urie	17	0.000%	4.46x
1971	Vernon	17	0.000%	0.26x
1972	Warburton	17	0.000%	0.18x
1973	Wickham	17	0.000%	0.64x
1974	Workman	17	0.000%	0.66x
1975	Abbott	16	0.000%	0.09x
1976	Allardice	16	0.000%	3.09x
1977	Arundel	16	0.000%	2.06x
1978	Barrowman	16	0.000%	2.97x
1979	Birse	16	0.000%	3.63x
1980	Boa	16	0.000%	9.64x
1981	Boland	16	0.000%	2.08x
1982	Bowe	16	0.000%	1.81x
1983	Bramley	16	0.000%	0.45x
1984	Bunyan	16	0.000%	1.37x
1985	Cairnie	16	0.000%	6.80x
1986	Carlton	16	0.000%	0.80x
1987	Castle	16	0.000%	0.21x
1988	Chesser	16	0.000%	11.13x
1989	Clayton	16	0.000%	0.08x
1990	Cole	16	0.000%	0.04x
1991	Colley	16	0.000%	0.32x
1992	Coltart	16	0.000%	3.52x
1993	Copeland	16	0.000%	0.43x
1994	Corr	16	0.000%	5.10x
1995	Corrie	16	0.000%	1.80x
1996	Dalgety	16	0.000%	6.28x
1997	Dalziell	16	0.000%	8.94x
1998	Dixson	16	0.000%	4.42x
1999	Downey	16	0.000%	0.58x
2000	Drover	16	0.000%	6.58x