1881 census place

Edinburgh St Andrews surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Edinburgh St Andrews, 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

164 surnames are listed for Edinburgh St Andrews, Midlothian, covering 594 people in the local records.

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

Most common surnames in Edinburgh St Andrews

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	Mackay	22	0.680%	18.82x
2	Hardie	18	0.560%	42.72x
3	Greig	17	0.530%	33.24x
4	Gillies	15	0.460%	32.45x
5	Dewar	14	0.430%	33.21x
6	Wightman	12	0.370%	56.47x
7	Bogie	11	0.340%	250.00x
8	Buchan	11	0.340%	26.33x
9	Peddie	11	0.340%	127.61x
10	Borthwick	10	0.310%	55.13x
11	Collie	10	0.310%	86.36x
12	Smeaton	10	0.310%	110.01x
13	Girdwood	9	0.280%	221.67x
14	Crighton	8	0.250%	62.35x
15	Impett	8	0.250%	540.54x
16	Masterton	8	0.250%	76.85x
17	Ronaldson	8	0.250%	168.07x
18	Brownlee	7	0.220%	62.67x
19	Heggie	7	0.220%	78.48x
20	Hemsley	7	0.220%	43.29x
21	Masterson	7	0.220%	103.24x
22	Mearns	7	0.220%	67.11x
23	Sorbie	7	0.220%	305.68x
24	Whitecross	7	0.220%	176.77x
25	Broatch	6	0.190%	344.83x
26	Durie	6	0.190%	110.70x
27	Foggo	6	0.190%	177.51x
28	Gladwin	6	0.190%	49.42x
29	Harson	6	0.190%	1463.41x
30	Kellock	6	0.190%	151.90x
31	Lebrun	6	0.190%	193.55x
32	Leith	6	0.190%	35.84x
33	Mont	6	0.190%	1818.18x
34	Steedman	6	0.190%	71.94x
35	Stenhouse	6	0.190%	44.91x
36	Whitson	6	0.190%	129.03x
37	Blackie	5	0.150%	37.74x
38	Cramb	5	0.150%	152.44x
39	Donoghue	5	0.150%	46.64x
40	Fegan	5	0.150%	131.93x
41	Flockhart	5	0.150%	81.70x
42	Herdman	5	0.150%	61.43x
43	Kellie	5	0.150%	203.25x
44	Laurent	5	0.150%	735.29x
45	Liston	5	0.150%	99.60x
46	Lonie	5	0.150%	132.63x
47	Mcfarline	5	0.150%	2272.73x
48	Nimmo	5	0.150%	34.72x
49	Tarney	5	0.150%	438.60x
50	Watters	5	0.150%	48.50x
51	Whiston	5	0.150%	59.38x
52	Caw	4	0.120%	165.98x
53	Corn	4	0.120%	166.67x
54	Hallard	4	0.120%	181.00x
55	Hendrie	4	0.120%	50.51x
56	Moncrieff	4	0.120%	49.14x
57	Peploe	4	0.120%	245.40x
58	Smail	4	0.120%	65.15x
59	Soutar	4	0.120%	34.75x
60	Trodden	4	0.120%	291.97x
61	Vipond	4	0.120%	86.77x
62	Bayless	3	0.090%	180.72x
63	Beatson	3	0.090%	49.67x
64	Begbie	3	0.090%	60.12x
65	Bourhill	3	0.090%	476.19x
66	Cornet	3	0.090%	526.32x
67	Edington	3	0.090%	52.08x
68	Fowlie	3	0.090%	63.56x
69	Gilfillan	3	0.090%	48.00x
70	Greasley	3	0.090%	39.27x
71	Letham	3	0.090%	88.24x
72	Longmuir	3	0.090%	50.00x
73	Mcgraw	3	0.090%	1304.35x
74	Middlemass	3	0.090%	74.81x
75	Notman	3	0.090%	56.29x
76	Sheehy	3	0.090%	361.45x
77	Armstead	2	0.060%	39.45x
78	Ayer	2	0.060%	148.15x
79	Bethune	2	0.060%	40.08x
80	Blanche	2	0.060%	91.32x
81	Chirnside	2	0.060%	95.24x
82	Cran	2	0.060%	43.57x
83	Doolan	2	0.060%	31.60x
84	Dundas	2	0.060%	32.68x
85	Gude	2	0.060%	317.46x
86	Hallon	2	0.060%	227.27x
87	Handyside	2	0.060%	43.96x
88	Inches	2	0.060%	114.29x
89	Malloy	2	0.060%	35.59x
90	Moar	2	0.060%	39.53x
91	Ott	2	0.060%	149.25x
92	Perston	2	0.060%	606.06x
93	Phimister	2	0.060%	101.52x
94	Rudman	2	0.060%	30.77x
95	Sandilands	2	0.060%	28.09x
96	Seatter	2	0.060%	115.61x
97	Shiels	2	0.060%	26.28x
98	Towsend	2	0.060%	144.93x
99	Tress	2	0.060%	240.96x
100	Allardyce	1	0.030%	31.15x