1881 census place

Duddingston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Duddingston, 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

356 surnames are listed for Duddingston, Midlothian, covering 2,810 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thomson, with 111 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Duddingston

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	111	1.41%	10.57x
2	Anderson	109	1.39%	7.02x
3	Gray	72	0.920%	6.42x
4	Paterson	54	0.690%	10.10x
5	Cairns	44	0.560%	25.90x
6	Greig	42	0.530%	33.78x
7	Turnbull	41	0.520%	12.38x
8	Innes	40	0.510%	32.88x
9	Hutchison	34	0.430%	26.32x
10	Dick	33	0.420%	18.83x
11	Neilson	32	0.410%	28.90x
12	Borthwick	31	0.390%	70.29x
13	Hay	31	0.390%	10.76x
14	Lyon	30	0.380%	18.22x
15	Flockhart	26	0.330%	174.85x
16	Nisbet	26	0.330%	31.34x
17	Fyfe	25	0.320%	34.67x
18	Inglis	25	0.320%	19.05x
19	Ritchie	25	0.320%	9.21x
20	Mackay	24	0.310%	8.45x
21	Mackenzie	24	0.310%	10.92x
22	Aitken	23	0.290%	11.16x
23	Archibald	23	0.290%	33.92x
24	Fairbairn	22	0.280%	37.91x
25	Dunlop	20	0.250%	15.80x
26	Crosbie	19	0.240%	47.12x
27	Jack	19	0.240%	11.38x
28	Lawrie	19	0.240%	25.26x
29	Laurie	18	0.230%	26.67x
30	Aitchison	17	0.220%	30.88x
31	Gow	17	0.220%	27.39x
32	Lumsden	17	0.220%	25.94x
33	Pringle	17	0.220%	13.74x
34	Whitelaw	17	0.220%	36.31x
35	Calder	16	0.200%	14.56x
36	Cartledge	16	0.200%	40.36x
37	Chisholm	16	0.200%	14.03x
38	Dewar	16	0.200%	15.62x
39	Foggo	16	0.200%	194.88x
40	Matheson	16	0.200%	14.89x
41	Mooney	16	0.200%	17.54x
42	Drysdale	15	0.190%	22.58x
43	Howden	15	0.190%	37.67x
44	Mathieson	15	0.190%	18.12x
45	Beatson	14	0.180%	95.30x
46	Bisset	14	0.180%	22.74x
47	Crichton	14	0.180%	20.89x
48	Duff	14	0.180%	10.02x
49	Gilchrist	14	0.180%	12.16x
50	Hepburn	14	0.180%	20.03x
51	Muirhead	14	0.180%	23.10x
52	Stobie	14	0.180%	121.32x
53	Grieve	13	0.170%	14.28x
54	Horsburgh	13	0.170%	67.04x
55	Macrae	13	0.170%	21.22x
56	Main	13	0.170%	10.11x
57	Ramage	13	0.170%	29.45x
58	Deans	12	0.150%	22.52x
59	Dippie	12	0.150%	343.84x
60	Dudgeon	12	0.150%	73.30x
61	Ewart	12	0.150%	27.16x
62	Finlayson	12	0.150%	13.26x
63	Macadam	12	0.150%	175.95x
64	Munn	12	0.150%	21.20x
65	Balfour	11	0.140%	20.10x
66	Buchan	11	0.140%	10.83x
67	Dougall	11	0.140%	44.99x
68	Imrie	11	0.140%	35.81x
69	Laird	11	0.140%	12.47x
70	Landels	11	0.140%	283.51x
71	Latta	11	0.140%	111.79x
72	Moir	11	0.140%	10.18x
73	Whitson	11	0.140%	97.26x
74	Arnott	10	0.130%	15.15x
75	Baillie	10	0.130%	12.27x
76	Cownie	10	0.130%	515.46x
77	Fairholm	10	0.130%	507.61x
78	Glancey	10	0.130%	188.68x
79	Hailstones	10	0.130%	423.73x
80	Kilpatrick	10	0.130%	24.72x
81	Mayer	10	0.130%	22.15x
82	Meikle	10	0.130%	17.69x
83	Sellar	10	0.130%	53.62x
84	Tough	10	0.130%	33.09x
85	Adie	9	0.110%	53.10x
86	Ballie	9	0.110%	296.05x
87	Blaikie	9	0.110%	95.04x
88	Brash	9	0.110%	64.84x
89	Conquer	9	0.110%	389.61x
90	Dalgleish	9	0.110%	25.49x
91	Davie	9	0.110%	12.44x
92	Gilroy	9	0.110%	28.26x
93	Goodsir	9	0.110%	364.37x
94	Herkes	9	0.110%	257.88x
95	Kinghorn	9	0.110%	39.67x
96	Kirkwood	9	0.110%	12.67x
97	Loudon	9	0.110%	40.32x
98	Maitland	9	0.110%	17.66x
99	Plank	9	0.110%	65.74x
100	Reilly	9	0.110%	10.79x