1881 census place

Dalkeith surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dalkeith, 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

307 surnames are listed for Dalkeith, Midlothian, covering 2,867 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thomson, with 129 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dalkeith

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	Thomson	129	1.67%	12.50x
2	Stewart	112	1.45%	9.27x
3	Dickson	67	0.870%	23.44x
4	Moffat	52	0.670%	37.18x
5	Allan	47	0.610%	9.70x
6	Hope	47	0.610%	17.89x
7	Dodds	45	0.580%	27.69x
8	Tait	42	0.540%	18.48x
9	Laidlaw	37	0.480%	54.08x
10	Boyd	36	0.470%	13.29x
11	Buchan	34	0.440%	34.07x
12	Pryde	34	0.440%	159.10x
13	Porteous	33	0.430%	64.09x
14	Stoddart	33	0.430%	51.20x
15	Millar	32	0.410%	11.35x
16	Deans	31	0.400%	59.21x
17	Watt	31	0.400%	10.47x
18	Dalgleish	30	0.390%	86.46x
19	Noble	30	0.390%	9.36x
20	Alison	28	0.360%	200.43x
21	Flockhart	28	0.360%	191.52x
22	Thorburn	27	0.350%	60.57x
23	Baillie	26	0.340%	32.45x
24	Jack	26	0.340%	15.85x
25	Beveridge	24	0.310%	29.87x
26	Jamieson	24	0.310%	11.16x
27	Somerville	24	0.310%	37.34x
28	Hutchison	22	0.280%	17.33x
29	Cockburn	21	0.270%	21.32x
30	Crichton	21	0.270%	31.88x
31	Leslie	21	0.270%	16.43x
32	Meek	21	0.270%	23.39x
33	Skirving	21	0.270%	383.91x
34	Aitken	20	0.260%	9.87x
35	Wight	20	0.260%	50.34x
36	Knox	19	0.250%	14.34x
37	Mathieson	19	0.250%	23.36x
38	Wightman	19	0.250%	37.43x
39	Falconer	18	0.230%	19.55x
40	Hadden	18	0.230%	52.49x
41	Nicol	18	0.230%	11.20x
42	Tod	18	0.230%	59.88x
43	Dods	17	0.220%	131.58x
44	Hoy	17	0.220%	38.29x
45	Kinnear	17	0.220%	45.38x
46	Renton	17	0.220%	35.90x
47	Stenhouse	17	0.220%	53.26x
48	Gilroy	16	0.210%	51.12x
49	Inglis	16	0.210%	12.41x
50	Main	16	0.210%	12.66x
51	Borthwick	15	0.190%	34.61x
52	Bryson	15	0.190%	25.34x
53	Hare	15	0.190%	12.59x
54	Samuel	15	0.190%	16.27x
55	Whitelaw	15	0.190%	32.59x
56	Bourhill	14	0.180%	939.60x
57	Haig	14	0.180%	46.14x
58	Steadman	14	0.180%	29.46x
59	Veitch	14	0.180%	27.51x
60	Archibald	13	0.170%	19.50x
61	Blackie	13	0.170%	41.06x
62	Chisholm	13	0.170%	11.59x
63	Lockhart	13	0.170%	24.17x
64	Neill	13	0.170%	25.43x
65	Ballantyne	12	0.160%	20.50x
66	Baptie	12	0.160%	189.27x
67	Calder	12	0.160%	11.11x
68	Cochrane	12	0.160%	10.03x
69	Horsburgh	12	0.160%	62.99x
70	Lowrie	12	0.160%	45.37x
71	Steven	12	0.160%	20.51x
72	Whitson	12	0.160%	108.01x
73	Bee	11	0.140%	25.26x
74	Cheyne	11	0.140%	42.83x
75	Clapperton	11	0.140%	60.61x
76	Copland	11	0.140%	25.44x
77	Hastie	11	0.140%	22.50x
78	Linton	11	0.140%	17.34x
79	Philip	11	0.140%	21.36x
80	Stirling	11	0.140%	10.96x
81	Donoghue	10	0.130%	39.06x
82	Keddie	10	0.130%	43.29x
83	Lawrie	10	0.130%	13.52x
84	Mushet	10	0.130%	239.23x
85	Penman	10	0.130%	19.80x
86	Pirrie	10	0.130%	75.47x
87	Townsley	10	0.130%	66.31x
88	Tully	10	0.130%	24.18x
89	Andison	9	0.120%	416.67x
90	Bathgate	9	0.120%	50.31x
91	Biggins	9	0.120%	48.36x
92	Conlin	9	0.120%	62.67x
93	Dalgetty	9	0.120%	355.73x
94	Drysdale	9	0.120%	13.79x
95	Finlay	9	0.120%	11.36x
96	Freeland	9	0.120%	43.97x
97	Gillon	9	0.120%	45.57x
98	Henny	9	0.120%	180.00x
99	Kinross	9	0.120%	204.08x
100	Lumsden	9	0.120%	13.98x