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 Lightbody, with 67 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
801	Lightbody	67	0.020%	9.75x
802	Snedden	67	0.020%	12.69x
803	Borrowman	66	0.020%	30.80x
804	Budge	66	0.020%	3.31x
805	Dougall	66	0.020%	5.42x
806	Rollo	66	0.020%	7.34x
807	Smeaton	66	0.020%	6.00x
808	Spiers	66	0.020%	2.05x
809	Cleland	65	0.020%	6.28x
810	Collie	65	0.020%	4.64x
811	Early	65	0.020%	4.47x
812	Forman	65	0.020%	3.23x
813	Gall	65	0.020%	2.57x
814	Ketchen	65	0.020%	44.42x
815	Leith	65	0.020%	3.21x
816	Seton	65	0.020%	17.45x
817	Bridges	64	0.020%	1.03x
818	Copland	64	0.020%	2.92x
819	Doherty	64	0.020%	2.00x
820	Foggo	64	0.020%	15.65x
821	Fordyce	64	0.020%	7.52x
822	Gloag	64	0.020%	18.01x
823	Gould	64	0.020%	0.45x
824	Haggart	64	0.020%	6.76x
825	Herbert	64	0.020%	0.44x
826	Inch	64	0.020%	5.75x
827	Ingles	64	0.020%	5.39x
828	Lamond	64	0.020%	4.79x
829	Lennox	64	0.020%	2.76x
830	Maguire	64	0.020%	1.60x
831	Methven	64	0.020%	7.16x
832	Naismith	64	0.020%	6.14x
833	Riddle	64	0.020%	1.97x
834	Skirving	64	0.020%	23.10x
835	Souter	64	0.020%	3.01x
836	Wemyss	64	0.020%	11.80x
837	Whitecross	64	0.020%	13.35x
838	Borland	63	0.020%	3.72x
839	Carstairs	63	0.020%	9.76x
840	Fenton	63	0.020%	0.81x
841	Gallagher	63	0.020%	1.06x
842	Louden	63	0.020%	9.31x
843	Macaulay	63	0.020%	4.51x
844	Pinkerton	63	0.020%	6.54x
845	Sangster	63	0.020%	3.37x
846	Scobie	63	0.020%	7.41x
847	Shade	63	0.020%	18.12x
848	Summers	63	0.020%	0.57x
849	Cant	62	0.020%	2.55x
850	Cassidy	62	0.020%	1.30x
851	Given	62	0.020%	19.13x
852	Kane	62	0.020%	1.97x
853	Matthews	62	0.020%	0.18x
854	Tough	62	0.020%	4.12x
855	Annan	61	0.020%	11.11x
856	Bald	61	0.020%	9.79x
857	Barnes	61	0.020%	0.13x
858	Blackhall	61	0.020%	8.69x
859	Cain	61	0.020%	0.75x
860	Crookston	61	0.020%	28.29x
861	Frier	61	0.020%	7.75x
862	Grubb	61	0.020%	2.52x
863	Lister	61	0.020%	0.55x
864	Mowbray	61	0.020%	3.75x
865	Rendall	61	0.020%	2.94x
866	Scougall	61	0.020%	34.32x
867	Shiells	61	0.020%	24.44x
868	Winter	61	0.020%	0.44x
869	Wynne	61	0.020%	1.62x
870	Arbuckle	60	0.020%	7.21x
871	Carr	60	0.020%	0.21x
872	Colville	60	0.020%	4.48x
873	Crighton	60	0.020%	3.86x
874	Daly	60	0.020%	1.55x
875	Fergie	60	0.020%	32.56x
876	Gavin	60	0.020%	3.10x
877	Heggie	60	0.020%	5.55x
878	Masson	60	0.020%	2.50x
879	Sweeney	60	0.020%	1.15x
880	Barber	59	0.020%	0.25x
881	Butters	59	0.020%	3.07x
882	Callander	59	0.020%	7.40x
883	Finnigan	59	0.020%	3.86x
884	Goodlet	59	0.020%	27.04x
885	Harkness	59	0.020%	2.69x
886	Husband	59	0.020%	2.59x
887	Kellie	59	0.020%	19.80x
888	Merrilees	59	0.020%	26.56x
889	Newbigging	59	0.020%	17.85x
890	Norrie	59	0.020%	4.87x
891	Pender	59	0.020%	4.64x
892	Richards	59	0.020%	0.10x
893	Slight	59	0.020%	5.86x
894	Westwood	59	0.020%	0.90x
895	Bannerman	58	0.010%	4.23x
896	Barnett	58	0.010%	0.33x
897	Barrett	58	0.010%	0.22x
898	Booth	58	0.010%	0.15x
899	Boswell	58	0.010%	1.58x
900	Byrne	58	0.010%	1.06x