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 Somner, with 6 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
101	Somner	6	0.110%	618.56x
102	Tod	6	0.110%	29.23x
103	Turnbul	6	0.110%	714.29x
104	Auchterlonie	5	0.090%	137.74x
105	Foggo	5	0.090%	90.74x
106	Learmouth	5	0.090%	101.42x
107	Lindores	5	0.090%	179.86x
108	Roberton	5	0.090%	101.42x
109	Waldie	5	0.090%	44.25x
110	Wemyss	5	0.090%	68.40x
111	Affleck	4	0.080%	32.87x
112	Amour	4	0.080%	242.42x
113	Carmody	4	0.080%	154.44x
114	Carnegie	4	0.080%	23.11x
115	Chirnside	4	0.080%	116.62x
116	Cowe	4	0.080%	28.15x
117	Fairgrieve	4	0.080%	49.38x
118	Haddow	4	0.080%	24.88x
119	Handyside	4	0.080%	53.84x
120	Heatly	4	0.080%	155.64x
121	Keddie	4	0.080%	25.35x
122	Kerss	4	0.080%	314.96x
123	Lesslie	4	0.080%	110.80x
124	Lothian	4	0.080%	33.42x
125	Marten	4	0.080%	25.00x
126	Mathewson	4	0.080%	31.37x
127	Queen	4	0.080%	18.52x
128	Service	4	0.080%	31.25x
129	Skeel	4	0.080%	353.98x
130	Strathearn	4	0.080%	115.94x
131	Teesdale	4	0.080%	47.45x
132	Tice	4	0.080%	77.52x
133	Biggar	3	0.060%	41.15x
134	Bolan	3	0.060%	61.48x
135	Brack	3	0.060%	60.61x
136	Conacher	3	0.060%	62.24x
137	Cramond	3	0.060%	69.61x
138	Faulds	3	0.060%	18.65x
139	Fury	3	0.060%	63.16x
140	Hatley	3	0.060%	41.96x
141	Hilson	3	0.060%	55.66x
142	Hooks	3	0.060%	33.08x
143	Hynes	3	0.060%	23.60x
144	Lornie	3	0.060%	157.89x
145	Marjoribanks	3	0.060%	227.27x
146	Mustard	3	0.060%	40.00x
147	Pennycook	3	0.060%	37.69x
148	Plenderleith	3	0.060%	53.57x
149	Rannie	3	0.060%	107.14x
150	Swanston	3	0.060%	26.50x
151	Archbald	2	0.040%	136.99x
152	Bryne	2	0.040%	23.95x
153	Cleland	2	0.040%	14.35x
154	Coghill	2	0.040%	19.16x
155	Eskdale	2	0.040%	86.21x
156	Friel	2	0.040%	55.40x
157	Glennie	2	0.040%	15.54x
158	Govett	2	0.040%	63.09x
159	Hanney	2	0.040%	23.72x
160	Hepple	2	0.040%	17.92x
161	Hewit	2	0.040%	23.87x
162	Morran	2	0.040%	30.44x
163	Purdom	2	0.040%	94.79x
164	Romanes	2	0.040%	141.84x
165	Romanis	2	0.040%	175.44x
166	Selkirk	2	0.040%	20.28x
167	Seton	2	0.040%	39.84x
168	Torrie	2	0.040%	53.62x
169	Weddell	2	0.040%	22.37x
170	Abernethy	1	0.020%	8.21x
171	Balden	1	0.020%	93.46x
172	Balloch	1	0.020%	27.32x
173	Banting	1	0.020%	21.41x
174	Baptie	1	0.020%	23.09x
175	Barff	1	0.020%	49.51x
176	Blackadder	1	0.020%	27.03x
177	Bourhill	1	0.020%	98.04x
178	Brewes	1	0.020%	196.08x
179	Burrel	1	0.020%	34.25x
180	Cadwell	1	0.020%	18.87x
181	Cairnie	1	0.020%	31.55x
182	Carins	1	0.020%	56.18x
183	Crammond	1	0.020%	31.25x
184	Cranstoun	1	0.020%	74.63x
185	Crease	1	0.020%	13.42x
186	Dalgliesh	1	0.020%	13.72x
187	Drever	1	0.020%	11.10x
188	Fogo	1	0.020%	70.92x
189	Forde	1	0.020%	23.98x
190	Geggie	1	0.020%	43.67x
191	Girvan	1	0.020%	12.06x
192	Gollings	1	0.020%	59.17x
193	Haid	1	0.020%	3333.33x
194	Halliburton	1	0.020%	32.47x
195	Harkin	1	0.020%	18.48x
196	Havery	1	0.020%	119.05x
197	Haxton	1	0.020%	12.89x
198	Heckels	1	0.020%	103.09x
199	Hewatt	1	0.020%	714.29x
200	Houliston	1	0.020%	48.54x