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 Harrower, with 3 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
101	Harrower	3	0.080%	36.72x
102	Junor	3	0.080%	83.80x
103	Monkhouse	3	0.080%	35.34x
104	Ruthven	3	0.080%	64.79x
105	Sword	3	0.080%	41.55x
106	Waldie	3	0.080%	38.36x
107	Ketchen	2	0.050%	147.06x
108	Leithead	2	0.050%	66.23x
109	Marrison	2	0.050%	48.43x
110	Naysmith	2	0.050%	75.76x
111	Pow	2	0.050%	23.39x
112	Shankie	2	0.050%	188.68x
113	Stavert	2	0.050%	122.70x
114	Traquair	2	0.050%	240.96x
115	Andison	1	0.030%	98.04x
116	Bald	1	0.030%	17.21x
117	Battie	1	0.030%	56.50x
118	Boner	1	0.030%	80.00x
119	Cavers	1	0.030%	60.98x
120	Crookston	1	0.030%	49.75x
121	Dalling	1	0.030%	22.17x
122	Deary	1	0.030%	34.13x
123	Dickison	1	0.030%	80.65x
124	Forker	1	0.030%	232.56x
125	Given	1	0.030%	33.11x
126	Haining	1	0.030%	21.79x
127	Hately	1	0.030%	47.17x
128	Hog	1	0.030%	140.85x
129	Huish	1	0.030%	18.12x
130	Kellock	1	0.030%	22.42x
131	Kennan	1	0.030%	39.06x
132	Kinross	1	0.030%	48.08x
133	Leggat	1	0.030%	11.85x
134	Lightbody	1	0.030%	15.60x
135	Maclaren	1	0.030%	29.76x
136	Miskelly	1	0.030%	181.82x
137	Mullon	1	0.030%	128.21x
138	Murdie	1	0.030%	60.24x
139	Ohair	1	0.030%	90.09x
140	Pillans	1	0.030%	45.87x
141	Provan	1	0.030%	13.72x
142	Septon	1	0.030%	200.00x
143	Waddle	1	0.030%	23.26x