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 Orr, with 3 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
601	Orr	3	0.020%	1.30x
602	Pennington	3	0.020%	1.47x
603	Pow	3	0.020%	9.31x
604	Ray	3	0.020%	1.10x
605	Richards	3	0.020%	0.14x
606	Roberts	3	0.020%	0.06x
607	Ruthven	3	0.020%	17.21x
608	Salton	3	0.020%	22.47x
609	Savage	3	0.020%	0.57x
610	Scrimgeour	3	0.020%	14.21x
611	Shiels	3	0.020%	9.27x
612	Shirlaw	3	0.020%	34.76x
613	Sim	3	0.020%	1.94x
614	Stephen	3	0.020%	1.25x
615	Sutherland	3	0.020%	0.43x
616	Sword	3	0.020%	11.03x
617	Traquair	3	0.020%	96.15x
618	Walton	3	0.020%	0.31x
619	Waters	3	0.020%	0.54x
620	Whitehead	3	0.020%	0.32x
621	Wight	3	0.020%	4.24x
622	Willins	3	0.020%	45.39x
623	Wyper	3	0.020%	14.53x
624	Yates	3	0.020%	0.32x
625	Abbey	2	0.010%	3.96x
626	Alves	2	0.010%	27.40x
627	Andrews	2	0.010%	0.15x
628	Balderston	2	0.010%	15.97x
629	Banks	2	0.010%	0.28x
630	Beith	2	0.010%	15.08x
631	Blackie	2	0.010%	3.55x
632	Bonthron	2	0.010%	40.00x
633	Bratby	2	0.010%	24.10x
634	Brook	2	0.010%	0.38x
635	Bryan	2	0.010%	0.59x
636	Carrick	2	0.010%	2.02x
637	Carty	2	0.010%	6.20x
638	Cavanagh	2	0.010%	1.93x
639	Chadwick	2	0.010%	0.33x
640	Clunie	2	0.010%	9.91x
641	Connel	2	0.010%	7.91x
642	Connor	2	0.010%	0.49x
643	Cox	2	0.010%	0.10x
644	Crockett	2	0.010%	3.09x
645	Culbert	2	0.010%	19.12x
646	Cullen	2	0.010%	0.83x
647	Daniels	2	0.010%	0.46x
648	Davie	2	0.010%	1.58x
649	Davies	2	0.010%	0.03x
650	Deary	2	0.010%	18.08x
651	Dew	2	0.010%	2.50x
652	Eddington	2	0.010%	14.53x
653	Findlayson	2	0.010%	29.85x
654	Fordyce	2	0.010%	6.70x
655	Gallacher	2	0.010%	1.69x
656	Given	2	0.010%	17.57x
657	Harrigan	2	0.010%	10.50x
658	Harris	2	0.010%	0.06x
659	Harvie	2	0.010%	4.45x
660	Hastie	2	0.010%	2.30x
661	Higgins	2	0.010%	0.29x
662	Hush	2	0.010%	19.03x
663	Jamieson	2	0.010%	0.52x
664	John	2	0.010%	0.40x
665	Kennan	2	0.010%	20.75x
666	Kirkland	2	0.010%	1.63x
667	Lamb	2	0.010%	0.28x
668	Lambert	2	0.010%	0.27x
669	Leithead	2	0.010%	17.57x
670	Lloyd	2	0.010%	0.12x
671	Lyall	2	0.010%	2.13x
672	Macintosh	2	0.010%	3.37x
673	Marrison	2	0.010%	12.86x
674	Mathew	2	0.010%	3.88x
675	Matthew	2	0.010%	1.93x
676	Mill	2	0.010%	2.41x
677	Monks	2	0.010%	1.80x
678	Mowat	2	0.010%	2.12x
679	Murphy	2	0.010%	0.18x
680	Myles	2	0.010%	3.11x
681	Naysmith	2	0.010%	20.08x
682	Newall	2	0.010%	2.54x
683	Newlands	2	0.010%	3.60x
684	Nicholson	2	0.010%	0.20x
685	Ohare	2	0.010%	5.93x
686	Page	2	0.010%	0.18x
687	Paisley	2	0.010%	6.54x
688	Peglar	2	0.010%	18.02x
689	Pennycook	2	0.010%	9.64x
690	Petrie	2	0.010%	1.22x
691	Pillans	2	0.010%	24.36x
692	Purves	2	0.010%	2.23x
693	Quin	2	0.010%	1.36x
694	Quinn	2	0.010%	0.76x
695	Renton	2	0.010%	2.37x
696	Robinson	2	0.010%	0.05x
697	Rooney	2	0.010%	1.63x
698	Rose	2	0.010%	0.20x
699	Rough	2	0.010%	6.45x
700	Rubie	2	0.010%	36.04x