1881 census place

Ancrum surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ancrum, Roxburghshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

48 surnames are listed for Ancrum, Roxburghshire, covering 322 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Turnbull, with 38 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ancrum

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Turnbull	38	2.77%	65.71x
2	Rutherford	35	2.55%	104.54x
3	Hymers	22	1.60%	2037.04x
4	Temple	15	1.09%	83.29x
5	Hush	13	0.950%	1238.10x
6	Brunton	11	0.800%	102.04x
7	Barns	10	0.730%	112.99x
8	Frier	10	0.730%	362.32x
9	Bunyan	9	0.660%	219.51x
10	Crosbie	9	0.660%	127.84x
11	Finlay	9	0.660%	63.92x
12	Brackstone	8	0.580%	1038.96x
13	Broadwith	8	0.580%	2666.67x
14	Readman	8	0.580%	241.69x
15	Gilligan	7	0.510%	200.00x
16	Ormiston	7	0.510%	177.67x
17	Goudie	6	0.440%	138.25x
18	Heatly	6	0.440%	895.52x
19	Mabon	6	0.440%	363.64x
20	Middlemas	6	0.440%	277.78x
21	Peffers	6	0.440%	750.00x
22	Purves	6	0.440%	66.89x
23	Sturrock	6	0.440%	121.21x
24	Biggar	5	0.360%	263.16x
25	Catto	5	0.360%	193.05x
26	Wetherhead	5	0.360%	1724.14x
27	Haimes	4	0.290%	512.82x
28	Keddie	4	0.290%	97.56x
29	Murdie	4	0.290%	645.16x
30	Mutch	4	0.290%	65.25x
31	Storrie	4	0.290%	181.00x
32	Lillico	3	0.220%	379.75x
33	Sked	3	0.220%	434.78x
34	Sommers	3	0.220%	319.15x
35	Coffer	2	0.150%	666.67x
36	Dudgeon	2	0.150%	69.93x
37	Sclater	2	0.150%	141.84x
38	Boa	1	0.070%	172.41x
39	Brotherston	1	0.070%	70.42x
40	Brotherstone	1	0.070%	303.03x
41	Durie	1	0.070%	43.48x
42	Kerss	1	0.070%	303.03x
43	Landels	1	0.070%	147.06x
44	Leithead	1	0.070%	87.72x
45	Mein	1	0.070%	64.10x
46	Reily	1	0.070%	79.37x
47	Voce	1	0.070%	54.35x
48	Weatherston	1	0.070%	74.63x