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1881 census place

Bolton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bolton, East Lothian 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

15 surnames are listed for Bolton, East Lothian, covering 62 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Porteous, with 9 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bolton

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Porteous9400.00x
2Redpath9573.25x
3Harkness8423.28x
4Brotherston61714.29x
5Sandilands6810.81x
6Dippie42666.67x
7Helley48000.00x
8Horsburgh4481.93x
9Edington3500.00x
10Fury31000.00x
11Mulhearn21428.57x
12Balden11428.57x
13Begbie1192.31x
14Gilhooly1714.29x
15Schultz1344.83x