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 Kirkwood, with 223 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
301	Kirkwood	223	0.060%	6.30x
302	Macpherson	223	0.060%	8.80x
303	Montgomery	223	0.060%	3.59x
304	Lee	221	0.060%	0.35x
305	Green	220	0.060%	0.20x
306	Leitch	218	0.060%	5.84x
307	Gow	216	0.060%	6.99x
308	Balfour	215	0.050%	7.89x
309	Steedman	215	0.050%	21.28x
310	Thom	213	0.050%	6.09x
311	Roberts	211	0.050%	0.14x
312	Lockhart	210	0.050%	7.70x
313	Binnie	209	0.050%	12.82x
314	Easton	209	0.050%	3.52x
315	Ferrier	209	0.050%	9.18x
316	Hodge	209	0.050%	2.12x
317	Reilly	208	0.050%	5.01x
318	Renwick	208	0.050%	7.79x
319	Boyle	207	0.050%	2.04x
320	Linton	207	0.050%	6.44x
321	Paul	207	0.050%	2.11x
322	Begbie	204	0.050%	33.79x
323	Haig	204	0.050%	13.26x
324	Donald	203	0.050%	2.58x
325	Angus	202	0.050%	3.61x
326	Begg	202	0.050%	8.48x
327	Coutts	202	0.050%	5.12x
328	Kinnear	202	0.050%	10.64x
329	Ormiston	202	0.050%	17.95x
330	Torrance	202	0.050%	11.71x
331	Crombie	201	0.050%	9.16x
332	Tweedie	201	0.050%	13.32x
333	Niven	200	0.050%	7.34x
334	Trotter	200	0.050%	4.87x
335	Arthur	199	0.050%	2.33x
336	Howden	199	0.050%	10.03x
337	Bertram	198	0.050%	10.58x
338	Hart	198	0.050%	0.59x
339	Potter	198	0.050%	0.78x
340	Aikman	197	0.050%	24.35x
341	Leishman	196	0.050%	14.76x
342	Paxton	195	0.050%	6.25x
343	Mills	194	0.050%	0.38x
344	Lowe	193	0.050%	0.66x
345	Sime	193	0.050%	12.31x
346	Robinson	191	0.050%	0.15x
347	Bird	188	0.050%	0.63x
348	Sneddon	188	0.050%	8.07x
349	Clapperton	187	0.050%	20.33x
350	Goodall	187	0.050%	2.23x
351	Macfarlane	187	0.050%	8.35x
352	Barrie	185	0.050%	6.55x
353	Nimmo	185	0.050%	10.61x
354	Waugh	184	0.050%	3.45x
355	Auld	183	0.050%	7.76x
356	Glass	183	0.050%	4.52x
357	Liston	183	0.050%	30.12x
358	Moodie	182	0.050%	9.91x
359	Newlands	182	0.050%	11.51x
360	Gowans	181	0.050%	14.37x
361	Howie	181	0.050%	4.71x
362	Arnott	180	0.050%	5.47x
363	Davie	180	0.050%	4.99x
364	Hendry	180	0.050%	2.90x
365	Keith	180	0.050%	4.29x
366	Sandilands	180	0.050%	20.87x
367	Meek	179	0.050%	3.93x
368	Connor	178	0.050%	1.54x
369	Flockhart	178	0.050%	24.02x
370	Foster	178	0.050%	0.34x
371	Lothian	178	0.050%	20.03x
372	Livingston	177	0.050%	5.04x
373	Purdie	176	0.050%	10.88x
374	Steele	176	0.050%	1.68x
375	Bremner	175	0.040%	5.20x
376	Carnie	175	0.040%	26.05x
377	Fairgrieve	175	0.040%	29.11x
378	Macgregor	175	0.040%	10.70x
379	Steven	175	0.040%	5.90x
380	Tulloch	175	0.040%	6.74x
381	Pennycook	174	0.040%	29.46x
382	Combe	172	0.040%	19.38x
383	Syme	172	0.040%	11.69x
384	Dunbar	171	0.040%	3.80x
385	Sommerville	171	0.040%	11.08x
386	Berry	170	0.040%	0.55x
387	Mill	170	0.040%	7.20x
388	Neill	170	0.040%	6.56x
389	Rankine	170	0.040%	8.56x
390	Reynolds	170	0.040%	0.50x
391	Barr	168	0.040%	1.78x
392	Mercer	168	0.040%	1.64x
393	Preston	168	0.040%	0.86x
394	Chapman	167	0.040%	0.30x
395	Cowie	167	0.040%	3.52x
396	Deans	167	0.040%	6.29x
397	Cranston	166	0.040%	10.48x
398	Cullen	166	0.040%	2.42x
399	Dudgeon	166	0.040%	20.36x
400	Mowat	166	0.040%	6.18x