1881 census place

Innerleithen surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Innerleithen, Peeblesshire 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

143 surnames are listed for Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, covering 1,379 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Tait, with 106 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Innerleithen

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	Tait	106	2.91%	98.72x
2	Hislop	40	1.10%	182.32x
3	Hope	38	1.04%	30.62x
4	Aitken	37	1.01%	38.67x
5	Ballantyne	36	0.990%	130.15x
6	Sanderson	34	0.930%	22.57x
7	Archibald	33	0.900%	104.83x
8	Dobson	32	0.880%	19.89x
9	Smail	32	0.880%	461.76x
10	Pringle	28	0.770%	48.75x
11	Whitson	27	0.740%	514.29x
12	Brunton	26	0.710%	90.75x
13	Duffy	24	0.660%	30.13x
14	Cairns	23	0.630%	29.16x
15	Dalgleish	22	0.600%	134.23x
16	Eckford	22	0.600%	597.83x
17	Mathison	22	0.600%	223.12x
18	Mercer	22	0.600%	22.99x
19	Grieve	20	0.550%	47.33x
20	Hume	20	0.550%	38.66x
21	Keddie	20	0.550%	183.32x
22	Aitchison	17	0.470%	66.51x
23	Nicol	17	0.470%	22.39x
24	Moffat	16	0.440%	24.22x
25	Nisbet	15	0.410%	38.95x
26	Somerville	15	0.410%	49.41x
27	Struthers	15	0.410%	91.97x
28	Waugh	15	0.410%	30.18x
29	Doherty	14	0.380%	47.03x
30	Hardie	14	0.380%	29.45x
31	Laidlaw	14	0.380%	43.32x
32	Ainslie	13	0.360%	134.99x
33	Drysdale	13	0.360%	42.17x
34	Frame	13	0.360%	56.18x
35	Dalgliesh	12	0.330%	238.10x
36	Keith	12	0.330%	30.70x
37	Ormiston	12	0.330%	114.39x
38	Bertram	11	0.300%	63.07x
39	Maul	11	0.300%	575.92x
40	Melrose	11	0.300%	77.79x
41	Tarbet	11	0.300%	308.99x
42	Veitch	11	0.300%	45.76x
43	Aird	10	0.270%	52.71x
44	Borthwick	10	0.270%	48.85x
45	Cossar	10	0.270%	234.19x
46	Fairlie	10	0.270%	112.61x
47	Lennie	10	0.270%	127.55x
48	Mathie	10	0.270%	135.69x
49	Shiell	10	0.270%	348.43x
50	Bulloch	9	0.250%	123.46x
51	Crombie	9	0.250%	43.99x
52	Crosbie	9	0.250%	48.08x
53	Easson	9	0.250%	127.66x
54	Swanston	9	0.250%	114.94x
55	Binnie	8	0.220%	52.63x
56	Brownlee	8	0.220%	63.49x
57	Dryden	8	0.220%	36.40x
58	Forest	8	0.220%	76.48x
59	Ker	8	0.220%	105.26x
60	Aitkin	7	0.190%	111.64x
61	Bathgate	7	0.190%	82.84x
62	Bunker	7	0.190%	47.65x
63	Christison	7	0.190%	117.06x
64	Crighton	7	0.190%	48.34x
65	Haig	7	0.190%	48.85x
66	Heugh	7	0.190%	336.54x
67	Lauder	7	0.190%	36.52x
68	Plenderleith	7	0.190%	180.88x
69	Blanch	6	0.160%	85.59x
70	Cairney	6	0.160%	73.44x
71	Fairgrieve	6	0.160%	107.14x
72	Haldane	6	0.160%	65.08x
73	Harty	6	0.160%	191.08x
74	Jardin	6	0.160%	483.87x
75	Lithgow	6	0.160%	93.17x
76	Lockie	6	0.160%	72.38x
77	Stalker	6	0.160%	33.43x
78	Willison	6	0.160%	78.23x
79	Yellowlees	6	0.160%	530.97x
80	Affleck	5	0.140%	59.45x
81	Clapperton	5	0.140%	58.34x
82	Mowatt	5	0.140%	89.13x
83	Overend	5	0.140%	46.08x
84	Pendreigh	5	0.140%	549.45x
85	Proven	5	0.140%	279.33x
86	Tillie	5	0.140%	450.45x
87	Tod	5	0.140%	35.21x
88	Tweedie	5	0.140%	35.54x
89	Cairncross	4	0.110%	143.37x
90	Denver	4	0.110%	330.58x
91	Denvir	4	0.110%	519.48x
92	Longmuir	4	0.110%	59.08x
93	Shiel	4	0.110%	61.16x
94	Aiken	3	0.080%	51.02x
95	Baigrie	3	0.080%	545.45x
96	Baptie	3	0.080%	100.00x
97	Brockie	3	0.080%	68.49x
98	Cuthill	3	0.080%	42.13x
99	Fraiser	3	0.080%	265.49x
100	Girdwood	3	0.080%	65.50x