1881 census place

Kelso surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kelso, 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

221 surnames are listed for Kelso, Roxburghshire, covering 2,237 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 173 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kelso

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	173	3.28%	12.97x
2	Rutherford	79	1.50%	61.40x
3	Allan	64	1.21%	19.33x
4	Turnbull	64	1.21%	28.80x
5	Trotter	54	1.02%	97.67x
6	Dickson	53	1.01%	27.14x
7	Kerr	43	0.820%	14.95x
8	Dodds	42	0.800%	37.84x
9	Patterson	42	0.800%	22.84x
10	Bennet	40	0.760%	54.94x
11	Hope	40	0.760%	22.29x
12	Purves	38	0.720%	110.24x
13	Lamb	34	0.640%	12.22x
14	Hogarth	31	0.590%	89.11x
15	Aitken	30	0.570%	21.68x
16	Jeffrey	30	0.570%	30.77x
17	Fairbairn	29	0.550%	74.45x
18	Laidlaw	27	0.510%	57.78x
19	Mather	25	0.470%	19.12x
20	Middlemas	25	0.470%	300.84x
21	Middlemiss	25	0.470%	200.32x
22	Cockburn	22	0.420%	32.70x
23	Jack	22	0.420%	19.63x
24	Rodgers	22	0.420%	15.25x
25	Wight	22	0.420%	81.09x
26	Mackenzie	21	0.400%	14.23x
27	Ballantyne	20	0.380%	50.01x
28	Clow	20	0.380%	125.55x
29	Ker	20	0.380%	181.98x
30	Broomfield	19	0.360%	53.61x
31	Brotherston	19	0.360%	346.72x
32	Hume	18	0.340%	24.06x
33	Melrose	18	0.340%	88.06x
34	Chisholm	17	0.320%	22.20x
35	Culbertson	17	0.320%	1205.67x
36	Hardie	17	0.320%	24.73x
37	Inglis	17	0.320%	19.30x
38	Dalgleish	16	0.300%	67.51x
39	Eckford	16	0.300%	300.75x
40	Frazer	16	0.300%	39.17x
41	Kinghorn	16	0.300%	105.06x
42	Smail	16	0.300%	159.68x
43	Christison	15	0.280%	173.41x
44	Guthrie	15	0.280%	22.57x
45	Hush	15	0.280%	372.21x
46	Nisbet	15	0.280%	26.94x
47	Scoon	15	0.280%	669.64x
48	Slight	15	0.280%	110.62x
49	Dickison	14	0.270%	777.78x
50	Hossack	14	0.270%	120.69x
51	Porteous	14	0.270%	39.82x
52	Tully	14	0.270%	49.58x
53	Crosbie	13	0.250%	48.04x
54	Ormiston	13	0.250%	85.75x
55	Stavert	13	0.250%	550.85x
56	Weatherston	13	0.250%	252.92x
57	Aitchison	12	0.230%	32.47x
58	Dods	12	0.230%	136.05x
59	Dryden	12	0.230%	37.76x
60	Hermiston	12	0.230%	463.32x
61	Cleghorn	11	0.210%	76.02x
62	Denholm	11	0.210%	49.82x
63	Dickie	11	0.210%	26.58x
64	Prentice	11	0.210%	17.72x
65	Symington	11	0.210%	75.45x
66	Wait	11	0.210%	41.32x
67	Mabon	10	0.190%	157.73x
68	Stoddart	10	0.190%	22.72x
69	Thorburn	10	0.190%	32.85x
70	Ainslie	9	0.170%	64.61x
71	Binnie	9	0.170%	40.97x
72	Boland	9	0.170%	86.96x
73	Croall	9	0.170%	264.71x
74	Crozier	9	0.170%	36.35x
75	Dames	9	0.170%	762.71x
76	Huggan	9	0.170%	178.57x
77	Middlemass	9	0.170%	137.40x
78	Ormston	9	0.170%	97.51x
79	Vost	9	0.170%	384.62x
80	Drennan	8	0.150%	112.20x
81	Farquharson	8	0.150%	26.84x
82	Lugton	8	0.150%	243.16x
83	Mein	8	0.150%	133.33x
84	Quarry	8	0.150%	203.05x
85	Cant	7	0.130%	21.40x
86	Lockie	7	0.130%	58.38x
87	Lorimer	7	0.130%	33.21x
88	Mallen	7	0.130%	90.21x
89	Pirie	7	0.130%	18.55x
90	Boe	6	0.110%	315.79x
91	Cranston	6	0.110%	28.12x
92	Curley	6	0.110%	32.70x
93	Kinnear	6	0.110%	23.46x
94	Lillie	6	0.110%	46.62x
95	Michie	6	0.110%	23.25x
96	Pirrie	6	0.110%	66.30x
97	Riddel	6	0.110%	75.09x
98	Sheriff	6	0.110%	40.82x
99	Shiels	6	0.110%	48.35x
100	Sinton	6	0.110%	85.23x