1881 census place

Dunse surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dunse, Berwickshire 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

141 surnames are listed for Dunse, Berwickshire, covering 1,257 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Don, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dunse

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
101	Don	3	0.090%	39.27x
102	Friar	3	0.090%	58.59x
103	Hait	3	0.090%	612.24x
104	Herriot	3	0.090%	79.16x
105	Ponton	3	0.090%	70.26x
106	Swainson	3	0.090%	47.32x
107	Aiton	2	0.060%	93.46x
108	Cavanah	2	0.060%	102.04x
109	Deas	2	0.060%	20.30x
110	Grossett	2	0.060%	526.32x
111	Hewit	2	0.060%	37.52x
112	Kinnaird	2	0.060%	33.96x
113	Niel	2	0.060%	105.26x
114	Scoular	2	0.060%	46.95x
115	Shiells	2	0.060%	93.46x
116	Whitson	2	0.060%	41.41x
117	Begbie	1	0.030%	19.31x
118	Benzies	1	0.030%	80.00x
119	Bookless	1	0.030%	54.05x
120	Burgoine	1	0.030%	52.08x
121	Callis	1	0.030%	23.81x
122	Colven	1	0.030%	76.34x
123	Conboy	1	0.030%	90.91x
124	Dickison	1	0.030%	87.72x
125	Drever	1	0.030%	17.42x
126	Dufty	1	0.030%	43.10x
127	Greenlaw	1	0.030%	44.44x
128	Grosset	1	0.030%	72.46x
129	Hately	1	0.030%	51.28x
130	Houliston	1	0.030%	76.34x
131	Jessiman	1	0.030%	44.25x
132	Luton	1	0.030%	44.05x
133	Mckinnon	1	0.030%	107.53x
134	Morn	1	0.030%	84.75x
135	Omalley	1	0.030%	30.67x
136	Pear	1	0.030%	44.05x
137	Pillans	1	0.030%	49.75x
138	Poots	1	0.030%	454.55x
139	Ronaldson	1	0.030%	20.24x
140	Sievewright	1	0.030%	72.99x
141	Welster	1	0.030%	227.27x