1881 census place

Cavers surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cavers, 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

46 surnames are listed for Cavers, Roxburghshire, covering 385 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Turnbull, with 54 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cavers

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	54	4.08%	96.84x
2	Oliver	52	3.93%	55.10x
3	Elliot	33	2.49%	97.78x
4	Beattie	19	1.44%	67.09x
5	Laidlaw	19	1.44%	162.12x
6	Sibbald	17	1.29%	482.95x
7	Minto	15	1.13%	408.72x
8	Renwick	14	1.06%	155.04x
9	Ashcroft	12	0.910%	67.80x
10	Furness	12	0.910%	113.53x
11	Riddell	12	0.910%	108.11x
12	Barrie	11	0.830%	115.18x
13	Dickeson	10	0.760%	1492.54x
14	Moodie	9	0.680%	144.93x
15	Tuddenham	9	0.680%	666.67x
16	Glendining	8	0.600%	1290.32x
17	Bulman	7	0.530%	145.23x
18	Glendinning	6	0.450%	118.81x
19	Helm	6	0.450%	101.52x
20	Bailie	5	0.380%	271.74x
21	Swanston	5	0.380%	176.06x
22	Barrowman	4	0.300%	219.78x
23	Forsythe	4	0.300%	310.08x
24	Mein	4	0.300%	264.90x
25	Glenny	3	0.230%	357.14x
26	Hotson	3	0.230%	240.00x
27	Peden	3	0.230%	112.36x
28	Pender	3	0.230%	69.77x
29	Sword	3	0.230%	114.50x
30	Weatherson	3	0.230%	681.82x
31	Crossan	2	0.150%	110.50x
32	Heatly	2	0.150%	312.50x
33	Middlemas	2	0.150%	95.69x
34	Tunnah	2	0.150%	194.17x
35	Boyse	1	0.080%	181.82x
36	Carfrae	1	0.080%	222.22x
37	Cranstoun	1	0.080%	294.12x
38	Galacher	1	0.080%	333.33x
39	Hilson	1	0.080%	74.07x
40	Jepps	1	0.080%	109.89x
41	Leithead	1	0.080%	90.91x
42	Peny	1	0.080%	625.00x
43	Phin	1	0.080%	101.01x
44	Rodden	1	0.080%	147.06x
45	Sheil	1	0.080%	106.38x
46	Whillans	1	0.080%	238.10x