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 Blythe, with 6 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
601	Blythe	6	0.020%	2.99x
602	Bradley	6	0.020%	0.28x
603	Braid	6	0.020%	6.19x
604	Brough	6	0.020%	1.86x
605	Burke	6	0.020%	0.77x
606	Callaghan	6	0.020%	2.00x
607	Chapman	6	0.020%	0.16x
608	Christie	6	0.020%	0.70x
609	Conly	6	0.020%	66.01x
610	Conner	6	0.020%	2.93x
611	Creamer	6	0.020%	13.85x
612	Curling	6	0.020%	14.53x
613	Deason	6	0.020%	35.05x
614	Donnachie	6	0.020%	26.35x
615	Drum	6	0.020%	48.90x
616	Dudgeon	6	0.020%	10.90x
617	Dunsmore	6	0.020%	8.83x
618	Fenton	6	0.020%	1.14x
619	Forsythe	6	0.020%	23.36x
620	Fortune	6	0.020%	4.34x
621	Gibons	6	0.020%	147.78x
622	Gillies	6	0.020%	1.59x
623	Gorman	6	0.020%	1.88x
624	Haddow	6	0.020%	7.45x
625	Herd	6	0.020%	3.09x
626	Hewat	6	0.020%	51.90x
627	Highland	6	0.020%	40.71x
628	Holmes	6	0.020%	0.19x
629	Houliston	6	0.020%	58.14x
630	Hyslop	6	0.020%	3.95x
631	Innes	6	0.020%	1.47x
632	Jaffrey	6	0.020%	24.19x
633	Jenkins	6	0.020%	0.19x
634	Lennan	6	0.020%	54.40x
635	Lindores	6	0.020%	43.04x
636	Livingstone	6	0.020%	2.44x
637	Luke	6	0.020%	2.33x
638	Mair	6	0.020%	2.46x
639	Mattison	6	0.020%	14.19x
640	Montgomery	6	0.020%	1.43x
641	Mullins	6	0.020%	2.37x
642	Obrien	6	0.020%	1.54x
643	Penman	6	0.020%	3.47x
644	Philips	6	0.020%	1.23x
645	Pollock	6	0.020%	1.56x
646	Polson	6	0.020%	9.78x
647	Rigg	6	0.020%	2.70x
648	Rooney	6	0.020%	2.54x
649	Roxburgh	6	0.020%	7.33x
650	Sandison	6	0.020%	9.03x
651	Senior	6	0.020%	0.99x
652	Somervile	6	0.020%	184.05x
653	Storey	6	0.020%	0.89x
654	Thom	6	0.020%	2.54x
655	Thomas	6	0.020%	0.06x
656	Thwaits	6	0.020%	59.11x
657	Tod	6	0.020%	5.83x
658	West	6	0.020%	0.24x
659	Whitton	6	0.020%	3.70x
660	Afflick	5	0.020%	55.56x
661	Alcorn	5	0.020%	24.21x
662	Arnott	5	0.020%	2.25x
663	Atack	5	0.020%	13.09x
664	Beaton	5	0.020%	1.65x
665	Bond	5	0.020%	0.36x
666	Boyce	5	0.020%	1.26x
667	Burnett	5	0.020%	0.68x
668	Carney	5	0.020%	2.09x
669	Carrol	5	0.020%	4.18x
670	Carter	5	0.020%	0.11x
671	Chambers	5	0.020%	0.33x
672	Chartres	5	0.020%	68.31x
673	Chatterton	5	0.020%	3.33x
674	Cheyne	5	0.020%	5.69x
675	Colquhoun	5	0.020%	3.19x
676	Cornwall	5	0.020%	4.44x
677	Crase	5	0.020%	72.67x
678	Crombie	5	0.020%	3.37x
679	Crossan	5	0.020%	13.85x
680	Dallas	5	0.020%	5.01x
681	Darnley	5	0.020%	29.05x
682	Denoon	5	0.020%	36.55x
683	Dolan	5	0.020%	2.17x
684	Driver	5	0.020%	1.02x
685	Drysdale	5	0.020%	2.24x
686	Dyson	5	0.020%	0.58x
687	Fergusson	5	0.020%	3.74x
688	Field	5	0.020%	0.38x
689	Finnan	5	0.020%	67.48x
690	Finney	5	0.020%	2.18x
691	Flinn	5	0.020%	3.13x
692	Flynn	5	0.020%	0.99x
693	Forrest	5	0.020%	0.73x
694	Gall	5	0.020%	2.93x
695	Gallagher	5	0.020%	1.25x
696	Galloway	5	0.020%	1.10x
697	Gilhooly	5	0.020%	45.70x
698	Herriot	5	0.020%	16.76x
699	Higgins	5	0.020%	0.37x
700	Holland	5	0.020%	0.27x