1881 census place

Edinburgh Canongate surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Edinburgh Canongate, 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

445 surnames are listed for Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, covering 3,522 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Branigan, with 9 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Edinburgh Canongate

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	Branigan	9	0.090%	129.50x
102	Brydon	9	0.090%	28.73x
103	Dallas	9	0.090%	23.93x
104	Kearney	9	0.090%	19.47x
105	Kilcoyne	9	0.090%	144.00x
106	Maguire	9	0.090%	8.84x
107	Pettigrew	9	0.090%	18.61x
108	Porteous	9	0.090%	13.55x
109	Reilly	9	0.090%	8.51x
110	Steedman	9	0.090%	35.01x
111	Traill	9	0.090%	65.55x
112	Tweedie	9	0.090%	23.43x
113	Yule	9	0.090%	18.04x
114	Balfour	8	0.080%	11.53x
115	Burnet	8	0.080%	21.95x
116	Cheyne	8	0.080%	24.15x
117	Cranston	8	0.080%	19.85x
118	Craw	8	0.080%	122.70x
119	Dinnie	8	0.080%	162.60x
120	Early	8	0.080%	21.63x
121	Hadden	8	0.080%	18.09x
122	Haggerty	8	0.080%	43.43x
123	Hoy	8	0.080%	13.97x
124	Legget	8	0.080%	113.48x
125	Louden	8	0.080%	46.43x
126	Macmanus	8	0.080%	615.38x
127	Masterton	8	0.080%	24.93x
128	Melrose	8	0.080%	20.72x
129	Moreland	8	0.080%	36.40x
130	Mulligan	8	0.080%	14.36x
131	Mulvey	8	0.080%	47.17x
132	Rough	8	0.080%	35.59x
133	Sheilds	8	0.080%	82.39x
134	Bennie	7	0.070%	25.42x
135	Blance	7	0.070%	97.49x
136	Borland	7	0.070%	16.25x
137	Borthwick	7	0.070%	12.52x
138	Brash	7	0.070%	39.80x
139	Brechin	7	0.070%	77.69x
140	Butters	7	0.070%	14.31x
141	Clarey	7	0.070%	77.09x
142	Colquhoun	7	0.070%	11.86x
143	Eagle	7	0.070%	12.69x
144	Eeles	7	0.070%	64.16x
145	Gaffney	7	0.070%	20.72x
146	Glancey	7	0.070%	104.17x
147	Gowans	7	0.070%	21.83x
148	Hearty	7	0.070%	305.68x
149	Hislop	7	0.070%	11.68x
150	Hoey	7	0.070%	41.10x
151	Hopkirk	7	0.070%	121.74x
152	Horsman	7	0.070%	20.09x
153	Ironside	7	0.070%	20.40x
154	Moodie	7	0.070%	14.97x
155	Pettie	7	0.070%	238.91x
156	Polson	7	0.070%	30.29x
157	Roughead	7	0.070%	176.77x
158	Rue	7	0.070%	149.25x
159	Sibbald	7	0.070%	26.41x
160	Alison	6	0.060%	33.28x
161	Arbuckle	6	0.060%	28.33x
162	Balsillie	6	0.060%	101.87x
163	Blackie	6	0.060%	14.69x
164	Branan	6	0.060%	115.61x
165	Carrol	6	0.060%	13.29x
166	Connar	6	0.060%	110.70x
167	Conolly	6	0.060%	19.91x
168	Cuningham	6	0.060%	84.75x
169	Denholm	6	0.060%	14.39x
170	Donegan	6	0.060%	60.36x
171	Doull	6	0.060%	45.32x
172	Elrick	6	0.060%	41.01x
173	Fairgrieve	6	0.060%	39.22x
174	Forgie	6	0.060%	52.77x
175	Garrety	6	0.060%	144.23x
176	Gilhooly	6	0.060%	145.63x
177	Hennigan	6	0.060%	180.18x
178	Latimer	6	0.060%	15.65x
179	Lavin	6	0.060%	34.31x
180	Mackintosh	6	0.060%	9.00x
181	Macnair	6	0.060%	130.72x
182	Messer	6	0.060%	20.55x
183	Ofarrell	6	0.060%	167.13x
184	Ormiston	6	0.060%	20.95x
185	Profit	6	0.060%	99.17x
186	Rankine	6	0.060%	11.88x
187	Rintoul	6	0.060%	26.37x
188	Roan	6	0.060%	83.92x
189	Rosie	6	0.060%	37.43x
190	Runciman	6	0.060%	53.72x
191	Tod	6	0.060%	15.47x
192	Tosh	6	0.060%	26.93x
193	Weddell	6	0.060%	35.52x
194	Arkley	5	0.050%	47.57x
195	Begbie	5	0.050%	32.55x
196	Binnie	5	0.050%	12.05x
197	Boag	5	0.050%	17.34x
198	Boles	5	0.050%	93.46x
199	Brownlee	5	0.050%	14.53x
200	Buchannan	5	0.050%	35.64x