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 Matheson, with 165 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
401	Matheson	165	0.040%	3.08x
402	Gilroy	164	0.040%	10.34x
403	Prentice	164	0.040%	3.56x
404	Ellis	163	0.040%	0.29x
405	Erskine	163	0.040%	6.73x
406	Harris	163	0.040%	0.16x
407	Samuel	163	0.040%	3.49x
408	Slater	163	0.040%	0.69x
409	Waddell	163	0.040%	4.69x
410	Mann	162	0.040%	0.79x
411	Proudfoot	162	0.040%	9.49x
412	Neil	159	0.040%	3.07x
413	Smail	159	0.040%	21.38x
414	Dobson	158	0.040%	0.92x
415	Ewing	158	0.040%	4.38x
416	Higgins	158	0.040%	0.80x
417	Pollock	158	0.040%	2.78x
418	Allison	157	0.040%	1.41x
419	Peddie	157	0.040%	15.04x
420	Liddell	156	0.040%	4.35x
421	Telford	156	0.040%	4.52x
422	Burton	155	0.040%	0.46x
423	Gilbert	155	0.040%	0.70x
424	Stephen	155	0.040%	2.26x
425	Horne	154	0.040%	1.81x
426	Shepherd	154	0.040%	0.54x
427	Gallacher	153	0.040%	4.53x
428	Moore	153	0.040%	0.20x
429	Yule	153	0.040%	7.81x
430	Arnot	152	0.040%	12.59x
431	Wightman	152	0.040%	5.91x
432	Imrie	151	0.040%	9.87x
433	Docherty	150	0.040%	2.58x
434	Mack	150	0.040%	3.81x
435	Finnie	149	0.040%	10.95x
436	Ireland	149	0.040%	1.64x
437	Kinghorn	149	0.040%	13.18x
438	Burnet	148	0.040%	10.33x
439	Rankin	148	0.040%	2.55x
440	Johnson	147	0.040%	0.11x
441	Connolly	146	0.040%	3.21x
442	Fortune	146	0.040%	7.14x
443	Fyfe	146	0.040%	4.06x
444	Keddie	146	0.040%	12.47x
445	Lewis	146	0.040%	0.14x
446	Shanks	146	0.040%	4.91x
447	Telfer	146	0.040%	6.24x
448	Wilkinson	146	0.040%	0.24x
449	Carson	145	0.040%	3.36x
450	Laird	145	0.040%	3.30x
451	Leadbetter	145	0.040%	7.15x
452	Myles	145	0.040%	7.91x
453	Cuthbertson	144	0.040%	4.76x
454	Ewart	144	0.040%	6.54x
455	Farquharson	144	0.040%	6.51x
456	Dobie	143	0.040%	10.93x
457	Knight	143	0.040%	0.30x
458	Lamont	143	0.040%	4.11x
459	Pratt	143	0.040%	0.64x
460	Fitzpatrick	142	0.040%	2.48x
461	Lyle	141	0.040%	7.70x
462	Shand	141	0.040%	5.25x
463	Whitson	141	0.040%	25.04x
464	Sibbald	140	0.040%	13.44x
465	Meldrum	139	0.040%	5.64x
466	Wylie	138	0.040%	3.03x
467	Doig	136	0.030%	5.91x
468	Goldie	136	0.030%	5.58x
469	Ovens	136	0.030%	13.62x
470	Farquhar	135	0.030%	4.43x
471	Wells	135	0.030%	0.41x
472	Blaikie	134	0.030%	28.40x
473	Brash	134	0.030%	19.38x
474	Deas	134	0.030%	11.67x
475	Hoy	134	0.030%	5.95x
476	Notman	134	0.030%	20.76x
477	Brand	133	0.030%	2.30x
478	Bryson	133	0.030%	4.43x
479	Cox	133	0.030%	0.22x
480	Riddell	133	0.030%	4.05x
481	Forrester	132	0.030%	2.51x
482	Fox	132	0.030%	0.36x
483	Ainslie	131	0.030%	12.67x
484	Brydon	131	0.030%	10.64x
485	Clarke	131	0.030%	0.17x
486	Maclean	131	0.030%	3.03x
487	Robson	130	0.030%	0.50x
488	Waters	130	0.030%	0.83x
489	Durie	129	0.030%	19.66x
490	Glasgow	129	0.030%	15.05x
491	Bennett	128	0.030%	0.20x
492	Gilmour	128	0.030%	2.31x
493	Peebles	128	0.030%	7.79x
494	Cuthbert	127	0.030%	2.26x
495	Fletcher	127	0.030%	0.28x
496	Haldane	127	0.030%	12.84x
497	Hannah	127	0.030%	2.50x
498	Redpath	127	0.030%	6.99x
499	Amos	126	0.030%	1.96x
500	Barker	126	0.030%	0.25x