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1881 census place

Galashiels surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Galashiels, 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

357 surnames are listed for Galashiels, Selkirkshire, covering 5,151 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Learmonth, with 2 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Galashiels

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
301Learmonth212.61x
302Sheil228.78x
303Snadden249.88x
304Stitt214.49x
305Stoddard212.43x
306Vance210.75x
307Wares219.29x
308Whan299.01x
309Arneil123.58x
310Balloch114.73x
311Baptie112.45x
312Boa124.15x
313Brannen18.73x
314Brenan112.77x
315Brockie18.52x
316Cavers122.73x
317Christopherson113.93x
318Clyde17.23x
319Cruikshanks119.65x
320Cruise110.54x
321Currans127.10x
322Drydon144.44x
323Drynan121.28x
324Durno117.61x
325Eckford110.15x
326Edger19.92x
327Falla16.78x
328Flanaghan110.35x
329Flin126.67x
330Greive17.59x
331Hobkirk115.65x
332Howieson18.29x
333Huggan110.72x
334Hynds116.84x
335Jarden182.64x
336Leithead112.36x
337Levingston1181.82x
338Lithgow15.79x
339Maclure121.28x
340Macray152.08x
341Merrylees138.31x
342Minnie157.80x
343Monroe123.20x
344Mouat15.87x
345Muldoon15.19x
346Paskins120.83x
347Ranken116.21x
348Scouler119.27x
349Shade111.52x
350Somervill147.85x
351Soutter110.32x
352Stormonth134.84x
353Thyne124.94x
354Tillie133.67x
355Torrence125.77x
356Torrie114.45x
357Trenchard19.46x