1881 census place

Edinburgh Old surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Edinburgh Old, 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

119 surnames are listed for Edinburgh Old, Midlothian, covering 486 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Drummond, with 22 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Edinburgh Old

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	Drummond	22	0.930%	46.61x
2	Farquhar	13	0.550%	70.35x
3	Buchannan	12	0.510%	358.21x
4	Donoghue	12	0.510%	152.48x
5	Dryden	11	0.460%	76.87x
6	Oreilly	10	0.420%	591.72x
7	Traynor	10	0.420%	178.25x
8	Bett	9	0.380%	158.17x
9	Deans	9	0.380%	55.87x
10	Mulroy	9	0.380%	466.32x
11	Oneil	9	0.380%	37.75x
12	Doud	8	0.340%	666.67x
13	Weddell	8	0.340%	198.51x
14	Connon	7	0.290%	228.76x
15	Moodie	7	0.290%	62.78x
16	Peebles	7	0.290%	70.21x
17	Pow	7	0.290%	125.67x
18	Symington	7	0.290%	106.54x
19	Tearney	7	0.290%	386.74x
20	Tran	7	0.290%	1428.57x
21	Bathgate	6	0.250%	109.09x
22	Cooney	6	0.250%	60.85x
23	Dignan	6	0.250%	434.78x
24	Finnigan	6	0.250%	64.66x
25	Gracie	6	0.250%	120.97x
26	Jenks	6	0.250%	74.07x
27	Nimmo	6	0.250%	56.71x
28	Okeefe	6	0.250%	254.24x
29	Orman	6	0.250%	187.50x
30	Rowen	6	0.250%	244.90x
31	Tweedie	6	0.250%	65.50x
32	Bevington	5	0.210%	150.60x
33	Carberry	5	0.210%	316.46x
34	Carley	5	0.210%	93.99x
35	Connel	5	0.210%	114.42x
36	Devin	5	0.210%	666.67x
37	Feeney	5	0.210%	61.96x
38	Girdwood	5	0.210%	167.79x
39	Layden	5	0.210%	342.47x
40	Meagher	5	0.210%	354.61x
41	Mein	5	0.210%	185.19x
42	Melrose	5	0.210%	54.29x
43	Pennycook	5	0.210%	139.66x
44	Rogan	5	0.210%	80.00x
45	Shanley	5	0.210%	204.92x
46	Bannerman	4	0.170%	48.02x
47	Carlon	4	0.170%	493.83x
48	Clabby	4	0.170%	701.75x
49	Corbet	4	0.170%	61.26x
50	Doharty	4	0.170%	909.09x
51	Ewans	4	0.170%	909.09x
52	Flannigan	4	0.170%	67.80x
53	Loughlin	4	0.170%	103.36x
54	Macphail	4	0.170%	170.21x
55	Seton	4	0.170%	176.99x
56	Sherry	4	0.170%	47.96x
57	Tighe	4	0.170%	72.73x
58	Wardale	4	0.170%	215.05x
59	Will	4	0.170%	41.28x
60	Angelo	3	0.130%	789.47x
61	Bailie	3	0.130%	90.91x
62	Condie	3	0.130%	95.24x
63	Conlin	3	0.130%	67.87x
64	Dunnigan	3	0.130%	384.62x
65	Foubister	3	0.130%	172.41x
66	Gillon	3	0.130%	49.42x
67	Greenan	3	0.130%	185.19x
68	Heary	3	0.130%	1153.85x
69	Lamond	3	0.130%	36.99x
70	Plain	3	0.130%	185.19x
71	Spellman	3	0.130%	107.91x
72	Whitten	3	0.130%	87.46x
73	Bogan	2	0.080%	141.84x
74	Callighan	2	0.080%	91.74x
75	Canon	2	0.080%	219.78x
76	Carty	2	0.080%	35.84x
77	Cay	2	0.080%	147.06x
78	Cullan	2	0.080%	150.38x
79	Dornan	2	0.080%	151.52x
80	Greive	2	0.080%	62.50x
81	Keef	2	0.080%	185.19x
82	Kinnaird	2	0.080%	47.96x
83	Laughlan	2	0.080%	125.79x
84	Magrath	2	0.080%	80.00x
85	Peddie	2	0.080%	31.55x
86	Sclater	2	0.080%	82.30x
87	Sheils	2	0.080%	145.99x
88	Stennett	2	0.080%	55.87x
89	Winslow	2	0.080%	69.20x
90	Blacket	1	0.040%	208.33x
91	Bogue	1	0.040%	75.76x
92	Carleton	1	0.040%	69.44x
93	Chirnside	1	0.040%	64.52x
94	Crossfield	1	0.040%	29.85x
95	Deasy	1	0.040%	136.99x
96	Dowds	1	0.040%	151.52x
97	Duffie	1	0.040%	61.35x
98	Dunigan	1	0.040%	212.77x
99	Feeny	1	0.040%	82.64x
100	Finegan	1	0.040%	49.51x