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 Hermiston, with 47 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
201	Hermiston	47	0.090%	180.98x
202	Short	47	0.090%	2.27x
203	Forsyth	46	0.090%	4.07x
204	Keddie	46	0.090%	29.06x
205	Paxton	46	0.090%	10.90x
206	Cavers	45	0.090%	188.68x
207	Crawford	45	0.090%	1.74x
208	Broomfield	44	0.080%	12.37x
209	Cleghorn	44	0.080%	30.29x
210	Craik	44	0.080%	27.16x
211	Renton	44	0.080%	13.56x
212	Sutherland	44	0.080%	1.65x
213	Ford	43	0.080%	0.83x
214	Hood	43	0.080%	2.94x
215	Macdonald	43	0.080%	2.05x
216	Queenan	43	0.080%	173.88x
217	Ramsay	43	0.080%	3.16x
218	Muir	42	0.080%	2.07x
219	Hilson	41	0.080%	75.84x
220	Irving	41	0.080%	3.48x
221	Mein	41	0.080%	68.05x
222	Purdom	41	0.080%	193.40x
223	Stavert	41	0.080%	173.22x
224	Swan	41	0.080%	2.99x
225	Weir	41	0.080%	2.98x
226	Brockie	40	0.080%	62.88x
227	Messer	40	0.080%	25.78x
228	Tinlin	40	0.080%	175.52x
229	Waddell	40	0.080%	8.52x
230	Whitelaw	40	0.080%	12.68x
231	Aitkin	39	0.070%	42.86x
232	Forrest	39	0.070%	2.86x
233	Lindsay	39	0.070%	2.26x
234	Notman	39	0.070%	44.68x
235	Sanderson	39	0.070%	1.78x
236	Williamson	39	0.070%	0.82x
237	Alexander	38	0.070%	1.36x
238	Biggar	38	0.070%	51.95x
239	Charters	38	0.070%	26.29x
240	Fisher	38	0.070%	0.61x
241	Orr	38	0.070%	4.26x
242	Fair	37	0.070%	19.96x
243	Hart	37	0.070%	0.82x
244	Hush	37	0.070%	91.45x
245	Kinghorn	37	0.070%	24.21x
246	Mathieson	37	0.070%	6.64x
247	Temple	37	0.070%	5.33x
248	Wylie	37	0.070%	6.01x
249	Burn	36	0.070%	5.06x
250	Darling	36	0.070%	7.10x
251	Middlemass	36	0.070%	54.77x
252	Nicholson	36	0.070%	0.96x
253	Spence	36	0.070%	2.06x
254	Todd	36	0.070%	1.34x
255	Baird	35	0.070%	3.09x
256	Cameron	35	0.070%	0.85x
257	Culbertson	35	0.070%	247.70x
258	Dixon	35	0.070%	0.60x
259	Lambert	35	0.070%	1.21x
260	Logan	35	0.070%	2.79x
261	Heatly	34	0.060%	131.78x
262	Lyon	34	0.060%	3.07x
263	Scoon	34	0.060%	151.52x
264	Spalding	34	0.060%	8.98x
265	Wyllie	34	0.060%	9.18x
266	Affleck	33	0.060%	27.03x
267	Archibald	33	0.060%	7.22x
268	Hymers	33	0.060%	79.48x
269	Mason	33	0.060%	0.46x
270	Milligan	33	0.060%	5.30x
271	Noble	33	0.060%	1.50x
272	Pattison	33	0.060%	3.92x
273	Romanis	33	0.060%	287.46x
274	Baptie	32	0.060%	73.61x
275	Baxter	32	0.060%	1.01x
276	Bradley	32	0.060%	0.75x
277	Dods	32	0.060%	36.15x
278	Helm	32	0.060%	13.54x
279	Hendry	32	0.060%	3.82x
280	Hobkirk	32	0.060%	92.41x
281	Law	32	0.060%	1.34x
282	Main	32	0.060%	3.69x
283	Meikle	32	0.060%	8.40x
284	Miles	32	0.060%	1.02x
285	Moore	32	0.060%	0.30x
286	Nisbet	32	0.060%	5.73x
287	Ogilvie	32	0.060%	6.25x
288	Quarry	32	0.060%	80.85x
289	Sharp	32	0.060%	0.73x
290	Whitson	32	0.060%	42.02x
291	Blair	31	0.060%	2.26x
292	Brotherston	31	0.060%	56.41x
293	Curle	31	0.060%	50.71x
294	Dagg	31	0.060%	47.94x
295	Fairgrieve	31	0.060%	38.14x
296	Gourlay	31	0.060%	10.57x
297	Halliburton	31	0.060%	100.26x
298	Mack	31	0.060%	5.83x
299	Marchbank	31	0.060%	41.58x
300	Munro	31	0.060%	1.31x