1881 census place

Cranston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cranston, Midlothian 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

44 surnames are listed for Cranston, Midlothian, covering 268 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Cockburn, with 19 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cranston

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	Cockburn	19	1.90%	149.25x
2	Moffat	19	1.90%	105.09x
3	Pryde	19	1.90%	688.41x
4	Meek	18	1.80%	155.17x
5	Lothian	15	1.50%	660.79x
6	Drysdale	12	1.20%	142.18x
7	Cardle	10	1.00%	6250.00x
8	Cessford	10	1.00%	2564.10x
9	Livingston	10	1.00%	111.61x
10	Beecroft	9	0.900%	214.29x
11	Hainey	9	0.900%	1875.00x
12	Maguire	9	0.900%	88.24x
13	Redpath	8	0.800%	172.79x
14	Brotherston	7	0.700%	673.08x
15	Oconnor	7	0.700%	122.59x
16	Hamble	6	0.600%	4615.38x
17	Hanton	6	0.600%	344.83x
18	Bathgate	5	0.500%	216.45x
19	Binnie	5	0.500%	120.19x
20	Hennessy	5	0.500%	253.81x
21	Kinghorn	5	0.500%	173.61x
22	Shillinglaw	5	0.500%	769.23x
23	Storrie	5	0.500%	310.56x
24	Eldershaw	4	0.400%	869.57x
25	Glasgow	4	0.400%	182.65x
26	Lidgate	4	0.400%	1081.08x
27	Plenderleith	4	0.400%	377.36x
28	Sked	4	0.400%	800.00x
29	Sneddon	4	0.400%	67.34x
30	Coltart	2	0.200%	172.41x
31	Fairgrieve	2	0.200%	130.72x
32	Glancy	2	0.200%	170.94x
33	Keppie	2	0.200%	540.54x
34	Pow	2	0.200%	85.47x
35	Scougall	2	0.200%	444.44x
36	Balmain	1	0.100%	163.93x
37	Blaikie	1	0.100%	83.33x
38	Goudie	1	0.100%	31.65x
39	Harkess	1	0.100%	344.83x
40	Inverarity	1	0.100%	232.56x
41	Ranken	1	0.100%	158.73x
42	Skirving	1	0.100%	140.85x
43	Traquair	1	0.100%	434.78x
44	Vacher	1	0.100%	175.44x