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1881 census place

Kirkton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kirkton, 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

16 surnames are listed for Kirkton, Roxburghshire, covering 79 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gourlay, with 10 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kirkton

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Gourlay10540.54x
2Telfer8400.00x
3Grierson7376.34x
4Maule7875.00x
5Purdom75384.62x
6Gavin6363.64x
7Helm6402.68x
8Hindmarsh6447.76x
9Gladstone5555.56x
10Horsburgh5609.76x
11Brydon4380.95x
12Minto4430.11x
13Bookless1555.56x
14Hermiston1625.00x
15Notman1181.82x
16Ruthven1238.10x