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 Pitt, with 15 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
501	Pitt	15	0.030%	1.33x
502	Stainton	15	0.030%	8.65x
503	Symington	15	0.030%	10.25x
504	Waddel	15	0.030%	39.67x
505	Waters	15	0.030%	0.71x
506	Woodger	15	0.030%	16.61x
507	Brotherstone	14	0.030%	108.53x
508	Brownlee	14	0.030%	7.66x
509	Bryden	14	0.030%	6.27x
510	Bryson	14	0.030%	3.45x
511	Bulman	14	0.030%	7.26x
512	Combe	14	0.030%	11.67x
513	Cooper	14	0.030%	0.11x
514	Forsythe	14	0.030%	27.23x
515	Furness	14	0.030%	3.31x
516	Gill	14	0.030%	0.37x
517	Godfrey	14	0.030%	0.89x
518	Howden	14	0.030%	5.22x
519	Ireland	14	0.030%	1.14x
520	Kirkpatrick	14	0.030%	3.07x
521	Mackie	14	0.030%	1.24x
522	Routledge	14	0.030%	3.11x
523	Sherriff	14	0.030%	8.62x
524	Shiells	14	0.030%	41.49x
525	Shiels	14	0.030%	11.24x
526	Small	14	0.030%	1.04x
527	Spiers	14	0.030%	3.21x
528	Tweedie	14	0.030%	6.86x
529	Wear	14	0.030%	8.45x
530	Weatherstone	14	0.030%	40.43x
531	Boa	13	0.020%	57.93x
532	Brady	13	0.020%	1.39x
533	Buck	13	0.020%	1.15x
534	Carlyle	13	0.020%	8.92x
535	Chapman	13	0.020%	0.17x
536	Ewart	13	0.020%	4.37x
537	Falls	13	0.020%	50.06x
538	Forbes	13	0.020%	0.73x
539	Glenny	13	0.020%	38.73x
540	Malcolm	13	0.020%	1.87x
541	Moir	13	0.020%	1.79x
542	Morris	13	0.020%	0.11x
543	Ormston	13	0.020%	14.04x
544	Pennycook	13	0.020%	16.28x
545	Pettigrew	13	0.020%	5.06x
546	Redshaw	13	0.020%	8.26x
547	Roberton	13	0.020%	26.28x
548	Robeson	13	0.020%	34.70x
549	Smellie	13	0.020%	5.55x
550	Stark	13	0.020%	1.79x
551	Usher	13	0.020%	2.23x
552	Vernon	13	0.020%	1.49x
553	Webb	13	0.020%	0.18x
554	Wyles	13	0.020%	9.73x
555	Allison	12	0.020%	0.80x
556	Arthur	12	0.020%	1.04x
557	Bird	12	0.020%	0.30x
558	Burgess	12	0.020%	0.33x
559	Cuff	12	0.020%	5.81x
560	Dane	12	0.020%	10.31x
561	Ellis	12	0.020%	0.16x
562	Gallie	12	0.020%	17.41x
563	Gillespie	12	0.020%	1.43x
564	Hills	12	0.020%	0.82x
565	Hunt	12	0.020%	0.17x
566	Kavanagh	12	0.020%	5.87x
567	Lockhart	12	0.020%	3.26x
568	Mair	12	0.020%	2.45x
569	Manderson	12	0.020%	25.16x
570	Manuel	12	0.020%	7.53x
571	Monteith	12	0.020%	8.54x
572	Muldoon	12	0.020%	11.51x
573	Mullins	12	0.020%	2.37x
574	Murgatroyd	12	0.020%	3.02x
575	Norrie	12	0.020%	7.32x
576	Oldham	12	0.020%	1.29x
577	Porter	12	0.020%	0.30x
578	Proudfoot	12	0.020%	5.20x
579	Rowatt	12	0.020%	49.94x
580	Sadler	12	0.020%	0.96x
581	Shannon	12	0.020%	2.93x
582	Strathearn	12	0.020%	34.65x
583	Tofts	12	0.020%	20.09x
584	Weaver	12	0.020%	0.87x
585	Blance	11	0.020%	28.83x
586	Bonsor	11	0.020%	17.49x
587	Bucham	11	0.020%	59.88x
588	Domingo	11	0.020%	366.67x
589	Ewing	11	0.020%	2.25x
590	Fiddes	11	0.020%	11.16x
591	Gowans	11	0.020%	6.46x
592	Gracie	11	0.020%	9.96x
593	Halliwell	11	0.020%	1.87x
594	Harris	11	0.020%	0.08x
595	Heatlie	11	0.020%	63.55x
596	Hedley	11	0.020%	2.04x
597	Heggie	11	0.020%	7.53x
598	Hindmarsh	11	0.020%	5.18x
599	Hinshelwood	11	0.020%	55.08x
600	Holden	11	0.020%	0.38x