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 Smail, with 55 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
101	Smail	55	0.210%	109.54x
102	Stenhouse	55	0.210%	50.34x
103	Emond	54	0.200%	784.88x
104	Fox	54	0.200%	2.20x
105	Robson	54	0.200%	3.10x
106	Baillie	53	0.200%	19.32x
107	Grant	53	0.200%	2.02x
108	Aitken	52	0.200%	7.50x
109	Jamieson	51	0.190%	6.93x
110	Martin	51	0.190%	0.78x
111	Russell	51	0.190%	1.58x
112	Amos	50	0.190%	11.51x
113	Williamson	50	0.190%	2.11x
114	Brunton	49	0.190%	23.60x
115	Patterson	49	0.190%	5.32x
116	Wallace	49	0.190%	2.71x
117	Crosbie	48	0.180%	35.39x
118	Irvine	48	0.180%	8.24x
119	Mabon	48	0.180%	151.09x
120	Smart	48	0.180%	3.99x
121	Foster	47	0.180%	1.33x
122	Nisbet	47	0.180%	16.84x
123	Thorburn	47	0.180%	30.80x
124	Stevenson	46	0.170%	2.48x
125	Aitchison	45	0.170%	24.29x
126	Heatlie	44	0.170%	508.67x
127	Kemp	43	0.160%	2.93x
128	Kennedy	42	0.160%	2.64x
129	Lauder	42	0.160%	30.24x
130	Litster	42	0.160%	176.92x
131	Muir	42	0.160%	4.15x
132	Thompson	42	0.160%	0.53x
133	Borthwick	41	0.160%	27.64x
134	Deans	41	0.160%	22.87x
135	Grierson	41	0.160%	27.92x
136	Harvey	41	0.160%	1.45x
137	Lockie	41	0.160%	68.22x
138	Sutherland	41	0.160%	3.08x
139	Dalgliesh	40	0.150%	109.47x
140	Fairgrieve	40	0.150%	98.52x
141	Goodfellow	40	0.150%	17.12x
142	Leithead	40	0.150%	182.73x
143	Rodger	40	0.150%	10.77x
144	Baxter	39	0.150%	2.48x
145	Burns	39	0.150%	2.20x
146	Gibson	39	0.150%	1.22x
147	Marshall	39	0.150%	0.88x
148	Riddle	39	0.150%	17.78x
149	Ross	39	0.150%	1.35x
150	Trotter	39	0.150%	14.07x
151	Bennet	38	0.140%	10.41x
152	Mack	38	0.140%	14.30x
153	Wilkinson	38	0.140%	0.94x
154	Paton	37	0.140%	6.26x
155	Finlayson	36	0.140%	11.82x
156	Dick	35	0.130%	5.94x
157	Gladstone	35	0.130%	49.02x
158	Riddell	35	0.130%	15.79x
159	Roberts	35	0.130%	0.35x
160	Yule	35	0.130%	26.44x
161	Balmer	34	0.130%	34.00x
162	Jack	34	0.130%	6.05x
163	Messer	34	0.130%	43.88x
164	Weir	34	0.130%	4.95x
165	Biggar	33	0.120%	90.31x
166	Elder	33	0.120%	11.82x
167	Ferguson	33	0.120%	1.76x
168	Lindsay	33	0.120%	3.83x
169	Bain	32	0.120%	4.88x
170	Mills	32	0.120%	0.93x
171	Black	31	0.120%	1.81x
172	Mather	30	0.110%	4.58x
173	Newlands	30	0.110%	28.09x
174	Symington	30	0.110%	41.06x
175	Sinton	29	0.110%	82.15x
176	Wight	29	0.110%	21.32x
177	Bunyan	28	0.110%	35.49x
178	Fisher	28	0.110%	0.91x
179	Frier	28	0.110%	52.70x
180	Haldane	28	0.110%	41.91x
181	Park	28	0.110%	3.42x
182	Short	28	0.110%	2.71x
183	Temple	28	0.110%	8.07x
184	Tweedie	28	0.110%	27.47x
185	Waldie	28	0.110%	49.42x
186	Yellowlees	28	0.110%	341.05x
187	Bertram	27	0.100%	21.36x
188	Haig	27	0.100%	25.99x
189	Henry	27	0.100%	4.04x
190	Howden	27	0.100%	20.15x
191	Lowrie	27	0.100%	29.82x
192	Nicol	27	0.100%	4.91x
193	Noble	27	0.100%	2.46x
194	Ainslie	26	0.100%	37.24x
195	Crawford	26	0.100%	2.01x
196	Ramsay	26	0.100%	3.82x
197	Small	26	0.100%	3.88x
198	Sword	26	0.100%	49.68x
199	Fleming	25	0.090%	2.28x
200	Gill	25	0.090%	1.34x