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 Whitson, with 3 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
901	Whitson	3	0.010%	7.89x
902	Winslow	3	0.010%	9.31x
903	Wylie	3	0.010%	0.98x
904	Aird	2	0.010%	1.45x
905	Aitkin	2	0.010%	4.40x
906	Allen	2	0.010%	0.04x
907	Andrew	2	0.010%	0.24x
908	Ayer	2	0.010%	18.13x
909	Balloch	2	0.010%	10.89x
910	Banks	2	0.010%	0.15x
911	Bannister	2	0.010%	0.44x
912	Barnes	2	0.010%	0.06x
913	Barr	2	0.010%	0.31x
914	Barrand	2	0.010%	5.55x
915	Bartley	2	0.010%	1.57x
916	Bogle	2	0.010%	6.08x
917	Bookless	2	0.010%	13.74x
918	Borrowman	2	0.010%	13.82x
919	Bower	2	0.010%	0.41x
920	Brand	2	0.010%	0.51x
921	Brechin	2	0.010%	8.36x
922	Broadfoot	2	0.010%	3.17x
923	Cain	2	0.010%	0.36x
924	Callender	2	0.010%	3.73x
925	Camble	2	0.010%	16.19x
926	Candlin	2	0.010%	13.33x
927	Capp	2	0.010%	4.33x
928	Carlin	2	0.010%	1.49x
929	Caruthers	2	0.010%	23.36x
930	Cathie	2	0.010%	14.16x
931	Chadwick	2	0.010%	0.17x
932	Cow	2	0.010%	7.36x
933	Cramond	2	0.010%	9.25x
934	Craw	2	0.010%	11.56x
935	Cromer	2	0.010%	19.05x
936	Crooks	2	0.010%	0.98x
937	Cruikshanks	2	0.010%	14.52x
938	Cuthbert	2	0.010%	0.53x
939	Dalrymple	2	0.010%	1.74x
940	Dalziel	2	0.010%	1.71x
941	Davies	2	0.010%	0.01x
942	Day	2	0.010%	0.08x
943	Denholm	2	0.010%	1.81x
944	Dodd	2	0.010%	0.19x
945	Dods	2	0.010%	4.52x
946	Donaghue	2	0.010%	6.61x
947	Egan	2	0.010%	0.91x
948	Finning	2	0.010%	31.95x
949	Flannigan	2	0.010%	3.05x
950	Flint	2	0.010%	0.42x
951	Forbes	2	0.010%	0.23x
952	Gallacher	2	0.010%	0.88x
953	Garvey	2	0.010%	2.12x
954	Gilroy	2	0.010%	1.87x
955	Gloag	2	0.010%	8.33x
956	Glynn	2	0.010%	1.71x
957	Greenhill	2	0.010%	1.75x
958	Greenlaw	2	0.010%	11.27x
959	Grey	2	0.010%	0.35x
960	Gutherie	2	0.010%	23.12x
961	Halley	2	0.010%	2.01x
962	Halliburton	2	0.010%	12.95x
963	Hally	2	0.010%	9.32x
964	Happer	2	0.010%	61.35x
965	Hassard	2	0.010%	50.38x
966	Hog	2	0.010%	39.06x
967	Holt	2	0.010%	0.11x
968	Hook	2	0.010%	0.51x
969	Hookes	2	0.010%	38.39x
970	Hopkins	2	0.010%	0.13x
971	Howieson	2	0.010%	6.13x
972	Huggan	2	0.010%	7.92x
973	Humphrey	2	0.010%	0.28x
974	Hunt	2	0.010%	0.06x
975	Kay	2	0.010%	0.15x
976	Keenan	2	0.010%	0.89x
977	Keer	2	0.010%	11.06x
978	Kegan	2	0.010%	17.84x
979	Lawton	2	0.010%	0.29x
980	Learmonth	2	0.010%	4.66x
981	Liddell	2	0.010%	0.83x
982	Lockwood	2	0.010%	0.34x
983	Macmillan	2	0.010%	2.73x
984	Macrae	2	0.010%	0.97x
985	Meikle	2	0.010%	1.05x
986	Merton	2	0.010%	6.68x
987	Naylor	2	0.010%	0.20x
988	Neill	2	0.010%	1.14x
989	Nicoll	2	0.010%	0.83x
990	Pagan	2	0.010%	4.85x
991	Pickard	2	0.010%	0.54x
992	Pike	2	0.010%	0.26x
993	Pollard	2	0.010%	0.21x
994	Pyle	2	0.010%	1.85x
995	Readman	2	0.010%	3.14x
996	Reardon	2	0.010%	1.73x
997	Reith	2	0.010%	4.31x
998	Richmond	2	0.010%	0.35x
999	Ried	2	0.010%	12.88x
1000	Robb	2	0.010%	0.44x