1881 census county

Peeblesshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Peeblesshire 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

1,016 surnames are listed for Peeblesshire, covering 12,347 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 273 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Peeblesshire

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
1	Scott	273	1.99%	7.85x
2	Brown	270	1.96%	2.98x
3	Wilson	215	1.56%	3.41x
4	Tait	192	1.40%	47.46x
5	Anderson	189	1.38%	6.96x
6	Thomson	177	1.29%	9.64x
7	Smith	172	1.25%	0.89x
8	Watson	165	1.20%	5.18x
9	Veitch	151	1.10%	166.72x
10	Murray	137	1.00%	8.04x
11	Mitchell	135	0.980%	4.84x
12	Robertson	112	0.820%	4.86x
13	Dickson	109	0.790%	21.42x
14	Walker	108	0.790%	2.35x
15	Johnston	102	0.740%	9.20x
16	Henderson	101	0.740%	6.76x
17	Graham	99	0.720%	6.28x
18	Stewart	94	0.680%	4.37x
19	Melrose	87	0.630%	163.32x
20	Todd	87	0.630%	12.44x
21	Aitken	85	0.620%	23.58x
22	Hope	83	0.600%	17.75x
23	Hamilton	80	0.580%	7.76x
24	Laidlaw	79	0.570%	64.88x
25	Clark	77	0.560%	1.86x
26	Ballantyne	75	0.550%	71.98x
27	Inglis	75	0.550%	32.68x
28	Reid	74	0.540%	5.13x
29	Paterson	73	0.530%	7.81x
30	Brunton	71	0.520%	65.77x
31	Campbell	71	0.520%	3.05x
32	Turner	69	0.500%	1.80x
33	Dalgleish	66	0.480%	106.87x
34	Hunter	64	0.470%	4.54x
35	Ritchie	64	0.470%	13.48x
36	Cairns	63	0.460%	21.20x
37	Fleming	62	0.450%	10.86x
38	Hislop	60	0.440%	72.57x
39	Ferguson	59	0.430%	6.06x
40	Muir	57	0.410%	10.84x
41	Russell	56	0.410%	3.34x
42	Johnstone	55	0.400%	8.86x
43	Grieve	54	0.390%	33.92x
44	Miller	54	0.390%	2.20x
45	Millar	53	0.390%	10.57x
46	White	53	0.390%	1.20x
47	Douglas	52	0.380%	7.81x
48	Kerr	52	0.380%	6.94x
49	Moffat	52	0.380%	20.89x
50	Little	50	0.360%	7.69x
51	Young	50	0.360%	1.69x
52	Gilchrist	49	0.360%	24.33x
53	Mathison	49	0.360%	131.83x
54	Lawson	48	0.350%	5.93x
55	Sanderson	48	0.350%	8.46x
56	Crawford	46	0.330%	6.84x
57	Brodie	45	0.330%	24.40x
58	Davidson	45	0.330%	3.90x
59	Fraser	43	0.310%	3.52x
60	Nicol	43	0.310%	15.03x
61	Noble	43	0.310%	7.54x
62	Weir	43	0.310%	12.03x
63	Forrest	42	0.310%	11.86x
64	Currie	41	0.300%	10.60x
65	Dodds	41	0.300%	14.18x
66	Gibson	41	0.300%	2.46x
67	Pringle	41	0.300%	18.94x
68	Marshall	40	0.290%	1.74x
69	Simpson	40	0.290%	1.66x
70	Somerville	40	0.290%	34.97x
71	Renwick	39	0.280%	41.60x
72	French	38	0.280%	5.66x
73	Smail	38	0.280%	145.54x
74	Cranston	37	0.270%	66.53x
75	Dobson	37	0.270%	6.10x
76	Archibald	36	0.260%	30.35x
77	Ross	36	0.260%	2.40x
78	Swan	36	0.260%	10.11x
79	Alexander	35	0.250%	4.81x
80	Bertram	35	0.250%	53.27x
81	Lindsay	35	0.250%	7.81x
82	Brockie	34	0.250%	205.81x
83	Burns	34	0.250%	3.69x
84	Jackson	34	0.250%	0.89x
85	Ramsay	34	0.250%	9.61x
86	Turnbull	34	0.250%	5.87x
87	Hall	33	0.240%	0.82x
88	Oldham	33	0.240%	13.67x
89	Welsh	33	0.240%	6.07x
90	Lawrie	32	0.230%	24.32x
91	Martin	32	0.230%	0.95x
92	Richardson	32	0.230%	1.37x
93	Linton	31	0.230%	27.47x
94	Stoddart	31	0.230%	27.02x
95	Gray	30	0.220%	1.53x
96	Hill	30	0.220%	0.86x
97	Hume	30	0.220%	15.39x
98	Ireland	30	0.220%	9.41x
99	Sibbald	30	0.220%	82.03x
100	Taylor	30	0.220%	0.34x