1881 census place

Hawick surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Hawick, Roxburghshire 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

382 surnames are listed for Hawick, Roxburghshire, covering 7,020 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 606 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Hawick

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	Scott	606	5.12%	20.22x
2	Turnbull	264	2.23%	52.89x
3	Murray	208	1.76%	14.16x
4	Elliot	188	1.59%	62.23x
5	Anderson	183	1.55%	7.82x
6	Bell	156	1.32%	7.01x
7	Oliver	149	1.26%	17.64x
8	Richardson	148	1.25%	7.34x
9	Douglas	140	1.18%	24.40x
10	Beattie	119	1.00%	46.94x
11	Graham	107	0.900%	7.87x
12	Little	105	0.890%	18.75x
13	Robson	98	0.830%	12.57x
14	Davidson	89	0.750%	8.94x
15	Thomson	88	0.740%	5.56x
16	Laidlaw	87	0.730%	82.90x
17	Tait	79	0.670%	22.66x
18	Johnstone	78	0.660%	14.57x
19	Jardine	76	0.640%	68.86x
20	Rutherford	76	0.640%	26.30x
21	Kennedy	73	0.620%	10.22x
22	Henderson	72	0.610%	5.59x
23	Ballantyne	71	0.600%	79.06x
24	Kyle	67	0.570%	101.76x
25	Grieve	61	0.520%	44.45x
26	Leithead	61	0.520%	621.81x
27	Nichol	58	0.490%	45.49x
28	Inglis	56	0.470%	28.31x
29	Armstrong	55	0.460%	6.08x
30	Cairns	55	0.460%	21.47x
31	Patterson	55	0.460%	13.32x
32	Kerr	51	0.430%	7.90x
33	Rae	46	0.390%	17.05x
34	Telfer	46	0.390%	64.94x
35	Huggan	45	0.380%	397.88x
36	Waldie	44	0.370%	173.30x
37	Hardie	43	0.360%	27.85x
38	Lamb	43	0.360%	6.88x
39	Chisholm	41	0.350%	23.84x
40	Welsh	41	0.350%	8.74x
41	Park	39	0.330%	10.63x
42	Renwick	39	0.330%	48.27x
43	Currie	37	0.310%	11.10x
44	Crozier	36	0.300%	64.75x
45	Riddle	36	0.300%	36.63x
46	Michie	35	0.300%	60.38x
47	Rodger	35	0.300%	21.02x
48	Dickson	34	0.290%	7.75x
49	Shiel	34	0.290%	160.08x
50	Cowan	33	0.280%	13.66x
51	Halliday	33	0.280%	13.49x
52	Knox	33	0.280%	16.23x
53	Hislop	30	0.250%	42.10x
54	Irvine	30	0.250%	11.50x
55	Brydon	29	0.240%	77.85x
56	Easton	28	0.240%	15.59x
57	Craik	26	0.220%	71.70x
58	Haig	26	0.220%	55.87x
59	Blackie	25	0.210%	51.48x
60	Burnet	25	0.210%	57.68x
61	Dalgleish	25	0.210%	46.97x
62	Edgar	25	0.210%	13.71x
63	Waugh	25	0.210%	15.49x
64	Cochrane	24	0.200%	13.08x
65	Glendinning	24	0.200%	53.05x
66	Laing	24	0.200%	10.09x
67	Balmer	23	0.190%	51.34x
68	Hume	22	0.190%	13.10x
69	Storie	22	0.190%	158.50x
70	Drummond	21	0.180%	8.92x
71	Dryden	21	0.180%	29.42x
72	Elder	21	0.180%	16.79x
73	Thorburn	21	0.180%	30.72x
74	Borthwick	20	0.170%	30.08x
75	Bowie	20	0.170%	19.39x
76	Irving	20	0.170%	7.58x
77	Moffat	20	0.170%	9.32x
78	Barrie	19	0.160%	22.23x
79	Biggar	19	0.160%	116.07x
80	Lunn	19	0.160%	12.40x
81	Orr	19	0.160%	9.52x
82	Whillans	19	0.160%	500.00x
83	Wight	19	0.160%	31.18x
84	Corbett	18	0.150%	7.76x
85	Linton	18	0.150%	18.50x
86	Riddell	18	0.150%	18.12x
87	Dodds	17	0.140%	6.82x
88	Grierson	17	0.140%	25.84x
89	Laurie	17	0.140%	16.71x
90	Learmonth	17	0.140%	88.45x
91	Melrose	17	0.140%	37.03x
92	Pringle	17	0.140%	9.11x
93	Quin	17	0.140%	13.40x
94	Amos	16	0.140%	8.22x
95	Charters	16	0.140%	49.46x
96	Gladstone	16	0.140%	50.02x
97	Ormiston	16	0.140%	46.99x
98	Berridge	15	0.130%	24.14x
99	Caldwell	15	0.130%	8.09x
100	Darling	15	0.130%	13.23x