1881 census place

Haddington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Haddington, East Lothian 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

246 surnames are listed for Haddington, East Lothian, covering 2,100 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Black, with 56 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Haddington

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	Black	56	0.980%	15.14x
2	Dickson	50	0.880%	23.64x
3	Paterson	47	0.820%	12.09x
4	Nisbet	44	0.770%	72.96x
5	Amos	43	0.750%	45.81x
6	Baillie	42	0.740%	70.85x
7	Watt	39	0.680%	17.81x
8	Knox	34	0.600%	34.67x
9	Hardie	33	0.580%	44.32x
10	Howden	31	0.540%	107.08x
11	Turnbull	30	0.530%	12.46x
12	Barrie	29	0.510%	70.35x
13	Neill	28	0.490%	74.03x
14	Aitchison	27	0.470%	67.45x
15	Drysdale	27	0.470%	55.91x
16	Ormiston	27	0.470%	164.43x
17	Blair	26	0.460%	17.56x
18	Peffers	26	0.460%	783.13x
19	Spence	26	0.460%	13.76x
20	Lawrie	25	0.440%	45.70x
21	Runciman	25	0.440%	390.02x
22	Cowe	23	0.400%	149.45x
23	Souness	22	0.390%	1358.02x
24	Hutchison	20	0.350%	21.29x
25	Bathgate	19	0.330%	143.50x
26	Cockburn	19	0.330%	26.07x
27	Cowan	19	0.330%	16.31x
28	Reilly	19	0.330%	31.34x
29	Haldane	18	0.320%	124.65x
30	Main	18	0.320%	19.25x
31	Tulloch	18	0.320%	47.49x
32	Porteous	17	0.300%	44.63x
33	Purves	17	0.300%	45.52x
34	Gaffney	16	0.280%	82.56x
35	Neilson	16	0.280%	19.87x
36	Crichton	15	0.260%	30.78x
37	Crombie	15	0.260%	46.82x
38	Durie	15	0.260%	156.74x
39	Hume	15	0.260%	18.51x
40	Pow	15	0.260%	112.02x
41	Pringle	15	0.260%	16.67x
42	Storie	15	0.260%	224.22x
43	Jardine	14	0.250%	26.30x
44	Bertram	13	0.230%	47.60x
45	Burnside	13	0.230%	64.90x
46	Cassidy	13	0.230%	18.62x
47	Dingwall	13	0.230%	57.42x
48	Lumsden	13	0.230%	27.29x
49	Rourke	13	0.230%	46.18x
50	Sirrell	13	0.230%	406.25x
51	Whitelaw	13	0.230%	38.18x
52	Blackie	12	0.210%	51.24x
53	Croal	12	0.210%	334.26x
54	Denholm	12	0.210%	50.17x
55	Herriot	12	0.210%	186.05x
56	Horsburgh	12	0.210%	85.17x
57	Martine	12	0.210%	731.71x
58	Skeldon	12	0.210%	206.90x
59	Skirving	12	0.210%	297.03x
60	Yorston	12	0.210%	228.14x
61	Beaton	11	0.190%	16.75x
62	Borthwick	11	0.190%	34.31x
63	Hadden	11	0.190%	43.36x
64	Couper	10	0.180%	39.06x
65	Dignan	10	0.180%	301.20x
66	Fairgrieve	10	0.180%	114.03x
67	Haimes	10	0.180%	306.75x
68	Hastie	10	0.180%	27.65x
69	Paxton	10	0.180%	21.95x
70	Raeburn	10	0.180%	78.86x
71	Ramage	10	0.180%	31.15x
72	Rape	10	0.180%	709.22x
73	Sheridan	10	0.180%	29.10x
74	Veitch	10	0.180%	26.56x
75	Elder	9	0.160%	14.92x
76	Hannan	9	0.160%	49.56x
77	Meldrum	9	0.160%	25.02x
78	Stenhouse	9	0.160%	38.12x
79	Teviotdale	9	0.160%	596.03x
80	Yule	9	0.160%	31.46x
81	Badger	8	0.140%	24.19x
82	Bunyan	8	0.140%	46.92x
83	Dods	8	0.140%	83.68x
84	Edington	8	0.140%	78.51x
85	Hislop	8	0.140%	23.28x
86	Naismith	8	0.140%	52.63x
87	Napier	8	0.140%	17.43x
88	Punton	8	0.140%	166.32x
89	Redpath	8	0.140%	30.18x
90	Scroggie	8	0.140%	169.85x
91	Stobie	8	0.140%	95.35x
92	Whigham	8	0.140%	218.58x
93	Whitson	8	0.140%	97.32x
94	Wishart	8	0.140%	17.88x
95	Brownhill	7	0.120%	34.98x
96	Cathie	7	0.120%	229.51x
97	Creamer	7	0.120%	74.79x
98	Grahame	7	0.120%	46.82x
99	Hewat	7	0.120%	280.00x
100	Mabon	7	0.120%	101.89x