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 Burt, with 125 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
501	Burt	125	0.030%	1.34x
502	Beaton	124	0.030%	2.76x
503	Clarkson	124	0.030%	1.20x
504	Cowe	124	0.030%	11.76x
505	Gourlay	124	0.030%	5.72x
506	Pettigrew	124	0.030%	6.53x
507	Macleod	123	0.030%	2.23x
508	Milligan	123	0.030%	2.67x
509	Ness	123	0.030%	6.93x
510	Rodgers	123	0.030%	1.15x
511	Roy	123	0.030%	3.46x
512	Stevens	123	0.030%	0.30x
513	Tennant	123	0.030%	2.94x
514	Thornton	123	0.030%	0.63x
515	Devlin	122	0.030%	3.81x
516	Baptie	121	0.030%	37.64x
517	Bowman	121	0.030%	1.18x
518	Cannon	121	0.030%	1.71x
519	Crosbie	121	0.030%	6.02x
520	Crow	121	0.030%	2.05x
521	Dryden	121	0.030%	5.13x
522	Flucker	121	0.030%	57.88x
523	Galbraith	121	0.030%	3.38x
524	Blackwood	120	0.030%	5.26x
525	Girdwood	120	0.030%	24.42x
526	Macrae	120	0.030%	3.93x
527	Monteith	120	0.030%	11.55x
528	Moran	120	0.030%	1.67x
529	Rogers	119	0.030%	0.23x
530	Waterston	119	0.030%	20.98x
531	Brady	118	0.030%	1.70x
532	Caldwell	118	0.030%	1.93x
533	Phillips	118	0.030%	0.17x
534	Andrews	117	0.030%	0.31x
535	Davies	117	0.030%	0.06x
536	Gillon	117	0.030%	11.69x
537	Lorimer	117	0.030%	7.48x
538	Newton	117	0.030%	0.39x
539	Affleck	116	0.030%	12.85x
540	Burgess	116	0.030%	0.43x
541	Fotheringham	116	0.030%	7.05x
542	Birrell	115	0.030%	6.03x
543	Carruthers	115	0.030%	2.22x
544	Farrell	115	0.030%	1.55x
545	Mather	115	0.030%	1.19x
546	More	115	0.030%	3.78x
547	Houston	114	0.030%	2.29x
548	Morison	114	0.030%	5.71x
549	Ronaldson	114	0.030%	19.78x
550	Dryburgh	113	0.030%	12.28x
551	Mathison	113	0.030%	10.68x
552	Oneil	113	0.030%	2.88x
553	Raeburn	113	0.030%	13.00x
554	Harley	112	0.030%	2.22x
555	Herd	112	0.030%	3.90x
556	Ingram	112	0.030%	0.94x
557	Jenkinson	112	0.030%	1.63x
558	Ronald	112	0.030%	8.02x
559	Lawrence	111	0.030%	0.44x
560	Rintoul	111	0.030%	12.42x
561	Andrew	110	0.030%	0.89x
562	Cleghorn	110	0.030%	10.24x
563	Craigie	110	0.030%	8.95x
564	Heriot	110	0.030%	36.76x
565	Mackintosh	110	0.030%	4.20x
566	Whitehead	110	0.030%	0.42x
567	Hare	109	0.030%	1.80x
568	Masterton	109	0.030%	8.64x
569	Sim	109	0.030%	2.48x
570	Dall	108	0.030%	14.97x
571	Waldie	108	0.030%	12.87x
572	West	108	0.030%	0.29x
573	Burn	107	0.030%	2.03x
574	Crooks	107	0.030%	3.55x
575	Dempster	107	0.030%	3.89x
576	Dingwall	107	0.030%	6.90x
577	Porter	107	0.030%	0.36x
578	Weston	107	0.030%	0.67x
579	Craik	106	0.030%	8.85x
580	Dalrymple	106	0.030%	6.22x
581	Saunders	106	0.030%	0.30x
582	Weddell	106	0.030%	15.97x
583	Farmer	105	0.030%	0.86x
584	Irving	105	0.030%	1.20x
585	Livingstone	105	0.030%	2.88x
586	Davis	104	0.030%	0.12x
587	Peat	104	0.030%	3.33x
588	Purvis	104	0.030%	2.75x
589	Temple	104	0.030%	2.02x
590	Wardlaw	104	0.030%	14.63x
591	Fulton	103	0.030%	2.09x
592	Hendrie	103	0.030%	10.74x
593	Quin	103	0.030%	2.46x
594	Swanston	103	0.030%	12.26x
595	Wyllie	103	0.030%	3.76x
596	Couper	102	0.030%	5.82x
597	Dowie	102	0.030%	10.81x
598	Foley	102	0.030%	2.07x
599	Gill	102	0.030%	0.37x
600	Hadden	102	0.030%	5.87x