1881 census county

Roxburghshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Roxburghshire 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

1,977 surnames are listed for Roxburghshire, covering 48,353 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Black, with 100 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Roxburghshire

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
101	Black	100	0.190%	2.92x
102	Drummond	98	0.190%	9.32x
103	Ross	98	0.190%	1.69x
104	Gordon	97	0.180%	2.91x
105	Jack	97	0.180%	8.63x
106	Dalgleish	96	0.180%	40.37x
107	Kyle	96	0.180%	32.63x
108	Trotter	96	0.180%	17.30x
109	Shiel	95	0.180%	100.13x
110	Cook	94	0.180%	0.89x
111	Fleming	92	0.170%	4.18x
112	Amos	91	0.170%	10.47x
113	Glendinning	91	0.170%	45.02x
114	Mabon	91	0.170%	143.06x
115	Martin	89	0.170%	0.68x
116	Burns	87	0.160%	2.45x
117	Borthwick	86	0.160%	28.95x
118	Bruce	86	0.160%	3.47x
119	Jamieson	86	0.160%	5.84x
120	Dryden	85	0.160%	26.65x
121	Rodger	85	0.160%	11.43x
122	Neil	84	0.160%	12.00x
123	Park	83	0.160%	5.06x
124	Brunton	82	0.160%	19.72x
125	Brydon	82	0.160%	49.27x
126	Cranston	82	0.160%	38.29x
127	Hogarth	82	0.160%	23.49x
128	Grant	81	0.150%	1.54x
129	Leithead	81	0.150%	184.85x
130	Grierson	80	0.150%	27.21x
131	Melrose	80	0.150%	39.00x
132	Butler	79	0.150%	1.53x
133	Murphy	79	0.150%	1.87x
134	Lockie	78	0.150%	64.82x
135	Whillans	76	0.140%	448.11x
136	Paton	75	0.140%	6.34x
137	Riddle	75	0.140%	17.08x
138	Balmer	74	0.140%	36.96x
139	Elder	73	0.140%	13.06x
140	Laing	73	0.140%	6.87x
141	Mercer	73	0.140%	5.26x
142	Thorburn	73	0.140%	23.89x
143	Carruthers	72	0.140%	10.29x
144	Crosbie	72	0.140%	26.51x
145	Michie	72	0.140%	27.80x
146	Stevenson	72	0.140%	1.94x
147	Redpath	71	0.130%	28.91x
148	Storie	71	0.130%	114.48x
149	Barrie	70	0.130%	18.33x
150	Harkness	70	0.130%	23.61x
151	Hill	70	0.130%	0.52x
152	Lawson	70	0.130%	2.24x
153	Fraser	69	0.130%	1.46x
154	Veitch	69	0.130%	19.78x
155	Laurie	68	0.130%	14.96x
156	Mills	68	0.130%	0.99x
157	Morrison	68	0.130%	1.63x
158	Burnet	66	0.120%	34.08x
159	Dunn	66	0.120%	1.50x
160	Mather	65	0.120%	4.95x
161	Middlemas	65	0.120%	77.94x
162	Sinton	64	0.120%	90.56x
163	Tully	64	0.120%	22.58x
164	Bennet	63	0.120%	8.62x
165	Steele	63	0.120%	4.45x
166	Stoddart	63	0.120%	14.26x
167	Ker	62	0.120%	56.23x
168	Marshall	62	0.120%	0.70x
169	Smail	62	0.120%	61.67x
170	Ainslie	60	0.110%	42.93x
171	Lees	60	0.110%	2.56x
172	Story	60	0.110%	18.29x
173	Boyd	59	0.110%	3.18x
174	Ingles	58	0.110%	36.15x
175	Lunn	58	0.110%	8.47x
176	Maxwell	58	0.110%	4.61x
177	Cochrane	57	0.110%	6.95x
178	Middlemiss	57	0.110%	45.50x
179	Swanston	57	0.110%	50.17x
180	Gladstone	56	0.110%	39.18x
181	Goodfellow	56	0.110%	11.97x
182	Russell	56	0.110%	0.87x
183	Simson	56	0.110%	40.68x
184	Lawrie	55	0.100%	10.85x
185	Elliott	54	0.100%	1.20x
186	Edgar	53	0.100%	6.51x
187	Donaldson	52	0.100%	3.45x
188	Blyth	51	0.100%	6.11x
189	Brodie	51	0.100%	7.18x
190	Bunyan	50	0.090%	31.65x
191	Deans	50	0.090%	13.93x
192	Learmonth	50	0.090%	58.23x
193	Douglass	49	0.090%	14.57x
194	Guthrie	49	0.090%	7.35x
195	Lillico	49	0.090%	161.24x
196	Porteous	49	0.090%	13.89x
197	Yule	49	0.090%	18.49x
198	Blackie	48	0.090%	22.12x
199	Eckford	48	0.090%	89.96x
200	Stenhouse	48	0.090%	21.94x