1881 census place
Eskdalemuir surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire 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
22 surnames are listed for Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire, covering 168 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Beattie, with 20 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Eskdalemuir
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beattie | 20 | 168.63x |
| 2 | Laidlaw | 19 | 386.97x |
| 3 | Nichol | 19 | 318.79x |
| 4 | Glendinning | 15 | 707.55x |
| 5 | Ewart | 14 | 448.72x |
| 6 | Dalgliesh | 13 | 1688.31x |
| 7 | Jardine | 12 | 232.56x |
| 8 | Byers | 10 | 348.43x |
| 9 | Telfer | 9 | 271.90x |
| 10 | Dobie | 8 | 432.43x |
| 11 | Brydon | 5 | 287.36x |
| 12 | Common | 5 | 406.50x |
| 13 | Rogan | 4 | 273.97x |
| 14 | Cartner | 3 | 612.24x |
| 15 | Salkeld | 3 | 240.00x |
| 16 | Stitt | 3 | 384.62x |
| 17 | Crocket | 1 | 138.89x |
| 18 | Dinwoodie | 1 | 169.49x |
| 19 | Ferguison | 1 | 1250.00x |
| 20 | Flecher | 1 | 909.09x |
| 21 | Gilles | 1 | 120.48x |
| 22 | Roddick | 1 | 243.90x |