1881 census place

Edinburgh St Johns surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Edinburgh St Johns, 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

123 surnames are listed for Edinburgh St Johns, Midlothian, covering 478 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hoare, with 16 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Edinburgh St Johns

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	Hoare	16	0.650%	33.20x
2	Reilly	15	0.610%	57.21x
3	Dall	11	0.450%	241.76x
4	Egan	11	0.450%	53.68x
5	Coyle	10	0.400%	59.59x
6	Docherty	9	0.360%	24.50x
7	Dryden	9	0.360%	60.44x
8	Finnie	9	0.360%	104.77x
9	Girdwood	9	0.360%	290.32x
10	Jaffrey	8	0.320%	344.83x
11	Lennon	8	0.320%	91.85x
12	Malloch	8	0.320%	227.92x
13	Nivison	8	0.320%	879.12x
14	Birnie	7	0.280%	66.54x
15	Fay	7	0.280%	67.76x
16	Ferrie	7	0.280%	156.60x
17	Finnigan	7	0.280%	72.54x
18	Gentle	7	0.280%	86.10x
19	Morran	7	0.280%	227.27x
20	Niven	7	0.280%	40.72x
21	Ovens	7	0.280%	111.11x
22	Shanley	7	0.280%	275.59x
23	Whittet	7	0.280%	285.71x
24	Corrigan	6	0.240%	54.20x
25	Donoghue	6	0.240%	73.26x
26	Doonan	6	0.240%	566.04x
27	Leishman	6	0.240%	71.60x
28	Millan	6	0.240%	169.49x
29	Morrow	6	0.240%	59.64x
30	Naismith	6	0.240%	91.32x
31	Proudfoot	6	0.240%	55.71x
32	Rilley	6	0.240%	209.06x
33	Tod	6	0.240%	62.37x
34	Dowd	5	0.200%	64.43x
35	Gaffney	5	0.200%	59.67x
36	Grosset	5	0.200%	495.05x
37	Hennigan	5	0.200%	609.76x
38	Hughs	5	0.200%	55.74x
39	Lorimer	5	0.200%	50.66x
40	Macintosh	5	0.200%	46.90x
41	Ogilvy	5	0.200%	89.93x
42	Purdie	5	0.200%	48.97x
43	Sawers	5	0.200%	173.01x
44	Symington	5	0.200%	73.21x
45	Aberdeen	4	0.160%	396.04x
46	Cassey	4	0.160%	171.67x
47	Dunnigan	4	0.160%	493.83x
48	Ferri	4	0.160%	3333.33x
49	Gilligan	4	0.160%	63.49x
50	Haston	4	0.160%	198.02x
51	Kerrigan	4	0.160%	89.89x
52	Larkins	4	0.160%	54.27x
53	Mearns	4	0.160%	50.19x
54	Melvile	4	0.160%	930.23x
55	Rintoul	4	0.160%	70.92x
56	Tonner	4	0.160%	125.39x
57	Whitecross	4	0.160%	132.01x
58	Bern	3	0.120%	857.14x
59	Callender	3	0.120%	59.88x
60	Cleland	3	0.120%	45.94x
61	Corman	3	0.120%	967.74x
62	Edmonston	3	0.120%	260.87x
63	Gaffrey	3	0.120%	750.00x
64	Kilbane	3	0.120%	7500.00x
65	Lavin	3	0.120%	69.12x
66	Ledingham	3	0.120%	82.87x
67	Loyns	3	0.120%	468.75x
68	Odonnel	3	0.120%	188.68x
69	Townsley	3	0.120%	62.24x
70	Begley	2	0.080%	47.39x
71	Besant	2	0.080%	88.11x
72	Conlon	2	0.080%	37.04x
73	Connoly	2	0.080%	60.42x
74	Croall	2	0.080%	125.79x
75	Gillon	2	0.080%	31.65x
76	Ginty	2	0.080%	198.02x
77	Halkett	2	0.080%	135.14x
78	Hoggan	2	0.080%	56.34x
79	Linch	2	0.080%	71.94x
80	Malloy	2	0.080%	46.51x
81	Mohan	2	0.080%	161.29x
82	Murchison	2	0.080%	80.32x
83	Norwell	2	0.080%	229.89x
84	Ochiltree	2	0.080%	273.97x
85	Oneal	2	0.080%	81.97x
86	Stevans	2	0.080%	178.57x
87	Stirton	2	0.080%	72.20x
88	While	2	0.080%	73.80x
89	Wyburn	2	0.080%	370.37x
90	Aikman	1	0.040%	19.57x
91	Albert	1	0.040%	26.18x
92	Bats	1	0.040%	1428.57x
93	Borrowman	1	0.040%	74.07x
94	Carlon	1	0.040%	119.05x
95	Castello	1	0.040%	103.09x
96	Cattanach	1	0.040%	31.95x
97	Coan	1	0.040%	67.57x
98	Conray	1	0.040%	212.77x
99	Daisley	1	0.040%	56.82x
100	Dalgety	1	0.040%	62.11x