1881 census place

Jedburgh surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Jedburgh, 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

182 surnames are listed for Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, covering 2,571 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 196 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Jedburgh

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	196	3.78%	14.94x
2	Turnbull	148	2.85%	67.71x
3	Oliver	142	2.74%	38.38x
4	Robson	98	1.89%	28.71x
5	Henderson	76	1.47%	13.48x
6	Laidlaw	57	1.10%	124.02x
7	Wight	57	1.10%	213.56x
8	Douglas	52	1.00%	20.70x
9	Elliot	51	0.980%	38.55x
10	Hope	48	0.930%	27.20x
11	Rutherford	46	0.890%	36.35x
12	Fairbairn	43	0.830%	112.27x
13	Millar	39	0.750%	20.60x
14	Mabon	36	0.690%	577.85x
15	Telfer	35	0.670%	112.87x
16	Haig	34	0.660%	166.83x
17	Purves	33	0.640%	97.32x
18	Neil	32	0.620%	46.65x
19	Tait	32	0.620%	20.96x
20	Waugh	32	0.620%	45.27x
21	Hilson	30	0.580%	566.04x
22	Lunn	30	0.580%	44.71x
23	Veitch	30	0.580%	87.77x
24	Sinton	28	0.540%	404.04x
25	Harkness	26	0.500%	89.47x
26	Michie	25	0.480%	98.46x
27	Huggan	22	0.420%	444.44x
28	Moffat	22	0.420%	23.42x
29	Storie	22	0.420%	361.84x
30	Drummond	21	0.400%	20.37x
31	Halliburton	21	0.400%	693.07x
32	Hardie	21	0.400%	31.07x
33	Story	21	0.400%	65.30x
34	Beattie	20	0.390%	18.02x
35	Jeffrey	20	0.390%	20.86x
36	Middlemist	20	0.390%	2173.91x
37	Waldie	20	0.390%	179.86x
38	Easton	19	0.370%	24.16x
39	Smail	19	0.370%	192.89x
40	Brunton	18	0.350%	44.17x
41	Dodds	17	0.330%	15.57x
42	Hollands	17	0.330%	62.94x
43	Hislop	16	0.310%	51.28x
44	Hume	16	0.310%	21.75x
45	Ballantyne	15	0.290%	38.14x
46	Balmer	15	0.290%	76.45x
47	Swanston	15	0.290%	134.77x
48	Sword	15	0.290%	146.06x
49	Crozier	14	0.270%	57.49x
50	Dryden	14	0.270%	44.79x
51	Waddell	13	0.250%	28.24x
52	Yule	13	0.250%	50.04x
53	Aitkin	12	0.230%	134.53x
54	Balfour	12	0.230%	33.22x
55	Goodfellow	12	0.230%	26.18x
56	Mein	12	0.230%	203.39x
57	Weatherstone	12	0.230%	353.98x
58	Aitchison	11	0.210%	30.26x
59	Cairncross	11	0.210%	277.08x
60	Charters	11	0.210%	77.63x
61	Jardine	11	0.210%	22.76x
62	Laurie	11	0.210%	24.69x
63	Leitch	11	0.210%	22.24x
64	Meikle	11	0.210%	29.47x
65	Monaghan	11	0.210%	29.26x
66	Thorburn	11	0.210%	36.74x
67	Whillans	11	0.210%	662.65x
68	Cranston	10	0.190%	47.64x
69	Dickman	10	0.190%	127.23x
70	Lauder	10	0.190%	36.68x
71	Macleod	10	0.190%	13.66x
72	Redpath	10	0.190%	41.55x
73	Yellowlees	10	0.190%	621.12x
74	Ainslie	9	0.170%	65.69x
75	Glendinning	9	0.170%	45.43x
76	Hastie	9	0.170%	27.41x
77	Hogarth	9	0.170%	26.30x
78	Hush	9	0.170%	226.70x
79	Minto	9	0.170%	62.63x
80	Gladstone	8	0.150%	57.10x
81	Harling	8	0.150%	35.89x
82	Hobkirk	8	0.150%	235.99x
83	Lightbody	8	0.150%	87.82x
84	Mabin	8	0.150%	503.14x
85	Ormiston	8	0.150%	53.66x
86	Simson	8	0.150%	59.30x
87	Stedman	8	0.150%	24.85x
88	Tully	8	0.150%	28.80x
89	Bathgate	7	0.140%	58.24x
90	Cossar	7	0.140%	115.13x
91	Curle	7	0.140%	116.86x
92	Fair	7	0.140%	38.53x
93	Macfarlane	7	0.140%	23.60x
94	Redshaw	7	0.140%	45.37x
95	Storrie	7	0.140%	83.83x
96	Will	7	0.140%	33.08x
97	Brownlee	6	0.120%	33.48x
98	Fairnington	6	0.120%	967.74x
99	Hally	6	0.120%	142.52x
100	Helm	6	0.120%	25.90x