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 Morton, with 22 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
401	Morton	22	0.040%	0.78x
402	Murdoch	22	0.040%	2.45x
403	Storrie	22	0.040%	25.83x
404	Wemyss	22	0.040%	30.00x
405	Balfour	21	0.040%	5.70x
406	Bennett	21	0.040%	0.24x
407	Binnie	21	0.040%	9.52x
408	Blaikie	21	0.040%	32.93x
409	Boyle	21	0.040%	1.53x
410	Brannan	21	0.040%	5.87x
411	Duff	21	0.040%	2.23x
412	Galbraith	21	0.040%	4.34x
413	Hoggarth	21	0.040%	16.13x
414	Moodie	21	0.040%	8.45x
415	Rule	21	0.040%	5.79x
416	Best	20	0.040%	1.40x
417	Brooks	20	0.040%	0.39x
418	Buckham	20	0.040%	32.72x
419	Cossar	20	0.040%	32.25x
420	Dickman	20	0.040%	24.93x
421	Frizzel	20	0.040%	161.68x
422	Gibb	20	0.040%	2.14x
423	Kay	20	0.040%	0.73x
424	Melville	20	0.040%	3.58x
425	Niven	20	0.040%	5.43x
426	Slater	20	0.040%	0.62x
427	Watt	20	0.040%	0.99x
428	Burrell	19	0.040%	2.76x
429	Lyall	19	0.040%	5.27x
430	Mackay	19	0.040%	0.99x
431	Peden	19	0.040%	17.77x
432	Pender	19	0.040%	11.05x
433	Pott	19	0.040%	15.79x
434	Potts	19	0.040%	1.08x
435	Pow	19	0.040%	15.32x
436	Adamson	18	0.030%	1.29x
437	Aikman	18	0.030%	16.46x
438	Blacklock	18	0.030%	8.01x
439	Buchan	18	0.030%	2.63x
440	Corbett	18	0.030%	1.74x
441	Fletcher	18	0.030%	0.30x
442	Glover	18	0.030%	0.80x
443	Hannah	18	0.030%	2.62x
444	Hewitson	18	0.030%	5.76x
445	Lightbody	18	0.030%	19.37x
446	Prentice	18	0.030%	2.89x
447	Preston	18	0.030%	0.68x
448	Redford	18	0.030%	6.31x
449	Whitehead	18	0.030%	0.50x
450	Adams	17	0.030%	0.22x
451	Angus	17	0.030%	2.25x
452	Barclay	17	0.030%	1.56x
453	Bathgate	17	0.030%	13.86x
454	Carrie	17	0.030%	18.94x
455	Denholm	17	0.030%	7.67x
456	Dobson	17	0.030%	0.73x
457	Galloway	17	0.030%	1.87x
458	Geddes	17	0.030%	2.68x
459	Hollands	17	0.030%	6.17x
460	Hossack	17	0.030%	14.60x
461	Loftus	17	0.030%	5.89x
462	Lothian	17	0.030%	14.15x
463	Mustard	17	0.030%	22.59x
464	Ord	17	0.030%	4.88x
465	Pirie	17	0.030%	4.49x
466	Purdie	17	0.030%	7.77x
467	Quin	17	0.030%	3.00x
468	Roberts	17	0.030%	0.09x
469	Shiell	17	0.030%	40.77x
470	Stott	17	0.030%	1.03x
471	Telford	17	0.030%	3.65x
472	Ward	17	0.030%	0.15x
473	Common	16	0.030%	13.64x
474	Crichton	16	0.030%	3.54x
475	Cummings	16	0.030%	1.96x
476	Davies	16	0.030%	0.06x
477	Fairley	16	0.030%	6.18x
478	Frier	16	0.030%	15.04x
479	Horsburgh	16	0.030%	12.25x
480	Knight	16	0.030%	0.25x
481	Liddle	16	0.030%	2.57x
482	Mann	16	0.030%	0.57x
483	Ramage	16	0.030%	5.38x
484	Rennie	16	0.030%	1.73x
485	Slight	16	0.030%	11.76x
486	Sprott	16	0.030%	35.52x
487	Yellowlees	16	0.030%	97.38x
488	Alison	15	0.030%	15.66x
489	Ashcroft	15	0.030%	2.12x
490	Beaton	15	0.030%	2.47x
491	Burton	15	0.030%	0.33x
492	Caldwell	15	0.030%	1.81x
493	Calvert	15	0.030%	1.39x
494	Christison	15	0.030%	17.29x
495	Gilligan	15	0.030%	11.11x
496	Higgins	15	0.030%	0.56x
497	Keenan	15	0.030%	3.35x
498	Leishman	15	0.030%	8.36x
499	Lindores	15	0.030%	53.74x
500	Maben	15	0.030%	64.32x