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1881 census place

Ettrick surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ettrick, Selkirkshire 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

17 surnames are listed for Ettrick, Selkirkshire, covering 106 people in the local records.

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

Most common surnames in Ettrick

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Laidlaw22625.00x
2Amos21322.09x
3Pringle17272.00x
4Brydon11880.00x
5Dalgliesh101818.18x
6Roden9483.87x
7Biggar3545.45x
8Shankie32500.00x
9Sword2253.16x
10Borrowman1454.55x
11Bowle1769.23x
12Bowmaker1434.78x
13Heatly1526.32x
14Henrey11666.67x
15Lockerbie1454.55x
16Salton1256.41x
17Trail1138.89x