1881 census county

Selkirkshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Selkirkshire 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

1,326 surnames are listed for Selkirkshire, covering 23,891 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 1,023 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Selkirkshire

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
1	Scott	1,023	3.87%	15.30x
2	Brown	477	1.80%	2.74x
3	Thomson	322	1.22%	9.12x
4	Murray	306	1.16%	9.34x
5	Douglas	303	1.15%	23.66x
6	Smith	280	1.06%	0.75x
7	Wilson	275	1.04%	2.27x
8	Anderson	270	1.02%	5.17x
9	Turnbull	246	0.930%	22.08x
10	Henderson	217	0.820%	7.55x
11	Robertson	209	0.790%	4.72x
12	Mitchell	187	0.710%	3.49x
13	Sanderson	181	0.680%	16.58x
14	Johnstone	179	0.680%	14.98x
15	Young	177	0.670%	3.12x
16	Inglis	171	0.650%	38.74x
17	Tait	171	0.650%	21.98x
18	Lees	170	0.640%	14.51x
19	Walker	169	0.640%	1.91x
20	Hall	166	0.630%	2.13x
21	Dickson	163	0.620%	16.66x
22	Bell	159	0.600%	3.20x
23	Ballantyne	158	0.600%	78.83x
24	Pringle	157	0.590%	37.71x
25	Millar	149	0.560%	15.45x
26	Stewart	148	0.560%	3.58x
27	Dalgleish	147	0.560%	123.75x
28	Davidson	146	0.550%	6.57x
29	Laidlaw	143	0.540%	61.05x
30	Currie	141	0.530%	18.96x
31	Paterson	141	0.530%	7.84x
32	Johnston	140	0.530%	6.56x
33	Wood	135	0.510%	1.60x
34	Elliot	134	0.510%	19.88x
35	Little	131	0.500%	10.48x
36	Melrose	131	0.500%	127.85x
37	Rutherford	130	0.490%	20.16x
38	Gray	128	0.480%	3.39x
39	Oliver	127	0.480%	6.74x
40	Grieve	126	0.480%	41.14x
41	Graham	125	0.470%	4.12x
42	Watson	116	0.440%	1.89x
43	Clapperton	114	0.430%	183.49x
44	Rae	112	0.420%	18.60x
45	Hislop	111	0.420%	69.80x
46	Welsh	111	0.420%	10.61x
47	Hardie	105	0.400%	30.48x
48	Brydon	104	0.390%	125.11x
49	Hunter	104	0.390%	3.83x
50	Nichol	103	0.390%	36.20x
51	Beattie	101	0.380%	17.85x
52	Simpson	99	0.370%	2.14x
53	Donaldson	98	0.370%	13.00x
54	Hume	95	0.360%	25.34x
55	Turner	95	0.360%	1.29x
56	Hope	94	0.360%	10.45x
57	Cockburn	91	0.340%	26.99x
58	Dobson	91	0.340%	7.81x
59	Linton	91	0.340%	41.92x
60	Clark	90	0.340%	1.13x
61	Fairbairn	90	0.340%	46.10x
62	Richardson	88	0.330%	1.96x
63	Wright	88	0.330%	1.04x
64	Kerr	85	0.320%	5.90x
65	Stoddart	83	0.310%	37.62x
66	Dodds	80	0.300%	14.38x
67	Reid	79	0.300%	2.85x
68	Hill	77	0.290%	1.14x
69	Moffat	75	0.280%	15.66x
70	Hay	74	0.280%	7.63x
71	Campbell	72	0.270%	1.61x
72	Hogarth	71	0.270%	40.71x
73	Keddie	70	0.260%	88.53x
74	Brownlee	69	0.260%	75.54x
75	Forsyth	69	0.260%	12.24x
76	Jackson	68	0.260%	0.92x
77	Taylor	68	0.260%	0.40x
78	Mercer	67	0.250%	9.66x
79	Armstrong	66	0.250%	3.27x
80	White	65	0.250%	0.77x
81	Cairns	63	0.240%	11.02x
82	Redpath	63	0.240%	51.36x
83	Boyd	62	0.230%	6.69x
84	Darling	62	0.230%	24.50x
85	Laurie	62	0.230%	27.30x
86	Leitch	62	0.230%	24.59x
87	Heard	61	0.230%	21.71x
88	Shiels	61	0.230%	98.04x
89	Brodie	60	0.230%	16.91x
90	Allan	59	0.220%	3.56x
91	Blyth	59	0.220%	14.16x
92	Dryden	59	0.220%	37.04x
93	Cowan	58	0.220%	10.76x
94	Chisholm	56	0.210%	14.59x
95	Cleghorn	56	0.210%	77.20x
96	Rankin	56	0.210%	14.26x
97	Bruce	55	0.210%	4.44x
98	Cochrane	55	0.210%	13.43x
99	Miller	55	0.210%	1.16x
100	Renwick	55	0.210%	30.50x