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 Kilpatrick, with 82 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
701	Kilpatrick	82	0.020%	4.07x
702	Lennie	82	0.020%	9.74x
703	Peden	82	0.020%	10.37x
704	Barron	81	0.020%	1.34x
705	Charles	81	0.020%	1.00x
706	Curran	81	0.020%	2.47x
707	Macintosh	81	0.020%	4.79x
708	Moncrieff	81	0.020%	8.22x
709	Pattison	81	0.020%	1.30x
710	Bee	80	0.020%	3.62x
711	Dalziel	80	0.020%	4.62x
712	Messer	80	0.020%	6.97x
713	Ramsey	80	0.020%	1.88x
714	Sellar	80	0.020%	8.61x
715	Aird	79	0.020%	3.88x
716	Dods	79	0.020%	12.07x
717	Fullerton	79	0.020%	4.77x
718	Halley	79	0.020%	5.37x
719	Handyside	79	0.020%	14.33x
720	Pentland	79	0.020%	16.79x
721	Ryan	79	0.020%	0.65x
722	Traill	79	0.020%	14.64x
723	Dempsey	78	0.020%	3.18x
724	Harrower	78	0.020%	8.90x
725	Pow	78	0.020%	8.50x
726	Storrie	78	0.020%	12.38x
727	Younger	78	0.020%	3.68x
728	Braidwood	77	0.020%	13.74x
729	Duthie	77	0.020%	3.67x
730	Fairweather	77	0.020%	2.54x
731	Gregor	77	0.020%	11.78x
732	Anthony	76	0.020%	1.67x
733	Archer	76	0.020%	0.47x
734	Chambers	76	0.020%	0.34x
735	Horn	76	0.020%	0.85x
736	Plenderleith	76	0.020%	18.29x
737	Price	76	0.020%	0.11x
738	Smellie	76	0.020%	4.39x
739	Burke	75	0.020%	0.65x
740	Kinnaird	75	0.020%	10.91x
741	Potts	75	0.020%	0.57x
742	Gorman	74	0.020%	1.57x
743	Hossack	74	0.020%	8.59x
744	Linn	74	0.020%	8.29x
745	Monro	74	0.020%	9.10x
746	Barbour	73	0.020%	3.39x
747	Flannigan	73	0.020%	7.51x
748	Flint	73	0.020%	1.04x
749	Nairn	73	0.020%	3.77x
750	Storie	73	0.020%	15.92x
751	Brock	72	0.020%	1.58x
752	Coventry	72	0.020%	4.64x
753	Goodfellow	72	0.020%	2.08x
754	Holmes	72	0.020%	0.15x
755	Macmillan	72	0.020%	6.63x
756	Mossman	72	0.020%	10.26x
757	Philips	72	0.020%	0.99x
758	Ponton	72	0.020%	14.46x
759	Abernethy	71	0.020%	7.85x
760	Luke	71	0.020%	1.86x
761	Mulligan	71	0.020%	3.24x
762	Polson	71	0.020%	7.82x
763	Ruthven	71	0.020%	14.30x
764	Wardrop	71	0.020%	7.94x
765	Cornwall	70	0.020%	4.20x
766	Doyle	70	0.020%	0.73x
767	Greenhill	70	0.020%	4.14x
768	Herdman	70	0.020%	7.10x
769	Mair	70	0.020%	1.94x
770	Peters	70	0.020%	0.51x
771	Proctor	70	0.020%	0.73x
772	Sclater	70	0.020%	17.45x
773	Strang	70	0.020%	3.99x
774	Sturrock	70	0.020%	4.96x
775	Bowden	69	0.020%	0.61x
776	Day	69	0.020%	0.19x
777	Haston	69	0.020%	21.55x
778	Jenkins	69	0.020%	0.15x
779	Moyes	69	0.020%	4.11x
780	Oliphant	69	0.020%	4.53x
781	Parker	69	0.020%	0.09x
782	Sword	69	0.020%	8.90x
783	Atkinson	68	0.020%	0.18x
784	Austin	68	0.020%	0.36x
785	Bayne	68	0.020%	4.75x
786	Boyce	68	0.020%	1.16x
787	Edington	68	0.020%	9.74x
788	Fallon	68	0.020%	4.70x
789	Flett	68	0.020%	4.02x
790	Greive	68	0.020%	12.88x
791	Hogarth	68	0.020%	2.63x
792	Mullen	68	0.020%	1.82x
793	Ogilvy	68	0.020%	7.72x
794	Watters	68	0.020%	5.45x
795	Webb	68	0.020%	0.13x
796	Woods	68	0.020%	0.28x
797	Yates	68	0.020%	0.25x
798	Barry	67	0.020%	0.95x
799	Beatson	67	0.020%	9.16x
800	Emslie	67	0.020%	5.70x