1881 census place

Dunbar surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dunbar, 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

215 surnames are listed for Dunbar, East Lothian, covering 2,202 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robertson, with 154 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dunbar

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	Robertson	154	2.84%	16.94x
2	Paxton	70	1.29%	161.81x
3	Purves	50	0.920%	140.96x
4	Marr	49	0.900%	79.19x
5	Combe	46	0.850%	373.98x
6	Aitchison	42	0.770%	110.47x
7	Denholm	42	0.770%	184.86x
8	Black	40	0.740%	11.39x
9	Bald	38	0.700%	439.81x
10	Comb	37	0.680%	1010.93x
11	Aitken	36	0.660%	25.29x
12	Fairbairn	36	0.660%	89.84x
13	Huntly	34	0.630%	563.85x
14	Blair	32	0.590%	22.75x
15	Main	32	0.590%	36.04x
16	Gullon	31	0.570%	1648.94x
17	Watt	31	0.570%	14.90x
18	Dickson	30	0.550%	14.93x
19	Punton	27	0.500%	592.11x
20	Amos	26	0.480%	29.17x
21	Cockburn	25	0.460%	36.12x
22	Huntley	25	0.460%	65.38x
23	Aitcheson	24	0.440%	458.02x
24	Brodie	23	0.420%	31.58x
25	Gilhooly	23	0.420%	1022.22x
26	Blackie	22	0.410%	98.92x
27	Cowe	22	0.410%	150.48x
28	Lumsden	21	0.390%	46.41x
29	Porteous	21	0.390%	58.04x
30	Knox	20	0.370%	21.48x
31	Goodall	19	0.350%	16.35x
32	Hastie	19	0.350%	55.31x
33	Herkes	19	0.350%	788.38x
34	Hume	19	0.350%	24.69x
35	Raeburn	19	0.350%	157.68x
36	Dalgleish	18	0.330%	73.83x
37	Runciman	18	0.330%	295.57x
38	Nisbet	17	0.310%	29.68x
39	Peffers	17	0.310%	539.68x
40	Lorimer	15	0.280%	69.19x
41	Burnside	14	0.260%	73.61x
42	Drysdale	14	0.260%	30.52x
43	Balloch	13	0.240%	344.83x
44	Borthwick	13	0.240%	42.69x
45	Kirkwood	13	0.240%	26.51x
46	Nisbett	13	0.240%	243.90x
47	Russel	13	0.240%	34.73x
48	Wilkie	13	0.240%	16.80x
49	Annandale	12	0.220%	394.74x
50	Craik	12	0.220%	72.25x
51	Farrel	12	0.220%	97.40x
52	Sands	12	0.220%	19.75x
53	Burgoyne	11	0.200%	46.43x
54	Congdon	11	0.200%	101.01x
55	Melville	11	0.200%	19.20x
56	Thorburn	11	0.200%	35.12x
57	Whitson	11	0.200%	140.85x
58	Bissett	10	0.180%	77.52x
59	Darling	10	0.180%	19.25x
60	Duncanson	10	0.180%	95.51x
61	Foggo	10	0.180%	176.37x
62	Fortune	10	0.180%	35.27x
63	Frater	10	0.180%	100.40x
64	Gillan	10	0.180%	52.44x
65	Gilmore	10	0.180%	31.46x
66	Hannan	10	0.180%	58.00x
67	Mack	10	0.180%	18.34x
68	Naysmith	10	0.180%	254.45x
69	Sanson	10	0.180%	146.41x
70	Taite	10	0.180%	434.78x
71	Tear	10	0.180%	130.21x
72	Veitch	10	0.180%	27.96x
73	Beaton	9	0.170%	14.43x
74	Brunton	9	0.170%	21.12x
75	Ingles	9	0.170%	54.71x
76	Keir	9	0.170%	33.19x
77	Liston	9	0.170%	106.89x
78	Smail	9	0.170%	87.29x
79	Stobo	9	0.170%	153.32x
80	Blackhall	8	0.150%	82.22x
81	Creamer	8	0.150%	89.99x
82	Dickie	8	0.150%	18.79x
83	Eagleson	8	0.150%	776.70x
84	Edington	8	0.150%	82.73x
85	Forman	8	0.150%	28.64x
86	Galbraith	8	0.150%	16.12x
87	Haig	8	0.150%	37.52x
88	Hislop	8	0.150%	24.51x
89	Middlemass	8	0.150%	118.69x
90	Ness	8	0.150%	32.49x
91	Renton	8	0.150%	24.04x
92	Sibbald	8	0.150%	55.40x
93	Barrie	7	0.130%	17.88x
94	Benzie	7	0.130%	84.95x
95	Bowe	7	0.130%	57.24x
96	Brotherston	7	0.130%	124.33x
97	Carse	7	0.130%	107.69x
98	Dignan	7	0.130%	222.22x
99	Fairly	7	0.130%	344.83x
100	Gaffney	7	0.130%	38.04x