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 Learmonth, with 102 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
601	Learmonth	102	0.030%	16.06x
602	Cheyne	101	0.030%	7.76x
603	Keenan	101	0.030%	3.05x
604	Addison	100	0.030%	1.85x
605	Corbett	100	0.030%	1.30x
606	Knowles	100	0.030%	0.48x
607	Moncur	100	0.030%	12.97x
608	Oswald	100	0.030%	5.56x
609	Symington	100	0.030%	9.24x
610	Armour	99	0.030%	4.04x
611	Dixon	99	0.030%	0.23x
612	Page	99	0.030%	0.32x
613	Stobie	99	0.030%	17.22x
614	Cossar	98	0.030%	21.37x
615	Cruickshank	98	0.030%	2.23x
616	Gifford	98	0.030%	2.88x
617	Carter	97	0.020%	0.15x
618	Cummings	97	0.020%	1.61x
619	Dundas	97	0.020%	13.09x
620	Langlands	97	0.020%	10.63x
621	Naysmith	97	0.020%	34.21x
622	Short	97	0.020%	0.63x
623	Walls	97	0.020%	2.06x
624	Braid	96	0.020%	6.68x
625	Brownlee	96	0.020%	7.10x
626	Burnside	96	0.020%	7.00x
627	Coyle	96	0.020%	3.61x
628	Hook	96	0.020%	1.66x
629	Lambert	96	0.020%	0.45x
630	Suttie	96	0.020%	8.51x
631	Thomas	96	0.020%	0.06x
632	Brockie	95	0.020%	20.20x
633	Butler	95	0.020%	0.25x
634	Glendinning	95	0.020%	6.35x
635	Mooney	95	0.020%	2.09x
636	Birnie	94	0.020%	5.64x
637	Grierson	94	0.020%	4.32x
638	Herriot	94	0.020%	21.28x
639	Russel	94	0.020%	3.48x
640	Wynn	94	0.020%	2.77x
641	Briggs	93	0.020%	0.44x
642	Carse	93	0.020%	19.82x
643	Dickie	93	0.020%	3.03x
644	Honeyman	93	0.020%	7.27x
645	Lind	93	0.020%	14.01x
646	Spalding	93	0.020%	3.32x
647	Cowper	92	0.020%	5.37x
648	Frame	92	0.020%	3.71x
649	Rhind	92	0.020%	9.85x
650	Stocks	92	0.020%	2.16x
651	Vallance	92	0.020%	5.21x
652	Alison	91	0.020%	12.85x
653	Kilgour	91	0.020%	6.32x
654	Selkirk	91	0.020%	12.44x
655	Stalker	91	0.020%	4.72x
656	Lonie	90	0.020%	19.73x
657	Love	90	0.020%	0.97x
658	Maitland	90	0.020%	3.54x
659	Brooks	89	0.020%	0.23x
660	Brotherston	89	0.020%	21.90x
661	Hastings	89	0.020%	1.79x
662	Jameson	89	0.020%	2.06x
663	May	89	0.020%	0.36x
664	Bryden	88	0.020%	5.33x
665	French	88	0.020%	0.46x
666	Hutchinson	88	0.020%	0.40x
667	Matthew	88	0.020%	2.98x
668	Palmer	88	0.020%	0.19x
669	Roxburgh	88	0.020%	7.26x
670	Scotland	88	0.020%	7.89x
671	Allen	87	0.020%	0.12x
672	Rattray	87	0.020%	4.55x
673	Judge	86	0.020%	2.03x
674	Keir	86	0.020%	4.40x
675	Kirkpatrick	86	0.020%	2.55x
676	Lang	86	0.020%	0.99x
677	Shields	86	0.020%	1.42x
678	Tully	86	0.020%	4.10x
679	Dolan	85	0.020%	2.50x
680	Middlemass	85	0.020%	17.49x
681	Seaton	85	0.020%	2.57x
682	Bolton	84	0.020%	0.50x
683	Burrell	84	0.020%	1.65x
684	Colquhoun	84	0.020%	3.62x
685	Conway	84	0.020%	1.15x
686	Cruickshanks	84	0.020%	13.17x
687	Dallas	84	0.020%	5.68x
688	Donnelly	84	0.020%	1.71x
689	Good	84	0.020%	1.73x
690	Heron	84	0.020%	2.24x
691	Ker	84	0.020%	10.30x
692	Leask	84	0.020%	5.22x
693	Nichol	84	0.020%	1.99x
694	Paris	84	0.020%	6.79x
695	Winton	84	0.020%	5.72x
696	Grey	83	0.020%	0.98x
697	Riley	83	0.020%	0.27x
698	Dobbie	82	0.020%	4.80x
699	Fernie	82	0.020%	7.02x
700	Glover	82	0.020%	0.49x