1881 census place

Langholm surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Langholm, Dumfriesshire 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

125 surnames are listed for Langholm, Dumfriesshire, covering 2,492 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 195 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Langholm

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	195	4.20%	16.62x
2	Bell	168	3.62%	19.28x
3	Irving	157	3.39%	151.94x
4	Little	116	2.50%	52.89x
5	Armstrong	100	2.16%	28.21x
6	Johnstone	94	2.03%	44.84x
7	Graham	87	1.88%	16.34x
8	Murray	81	1.75%	14.08x
9	Beattie	77	1.66%	77.57x
10	Elliot	70	1.51%	59.17x
11	Reid	68	1.47%	13.96x
12	Borthwick	63	1.36%	242.03x
13	Laidlaw	62	1.34%	150.85x
14	Davidson	60	1.29%	15.39x
15	Dalgliesh	56	1.21%	873.63x
16	Telford	49	1.06%	119.89x
17	Hyslop	39	0.840%	146.23x
18	Warwick	38	0.820%	59.24x
19	Hotson	34	0.730%	776.26x
20	Byers	32	0.690%	133.06x
21	Grieve	32	0.690%	59.55x
22	Moffat	31	0.670%	36.90x
23	Carruthers	27	0.580%	44.02x
24	Inglis	27	0.580%	34.85x
25	Paisley	27	0.580%	261.88x
26	Jardine	26	0.560%	60.16x
27	Ballantyne	25	0.540%	71.08x
28	Maxwell	25	0.540%	22.68x
29	Milligan	25	0.540%	45.80x
30	Cairns	24	0.520%	23.93x
31	Scoon	22	0.470%	1116.75x
32	Corrie	19	0.410%	180.09x
33	Knox	19	0.410%	23.86x
34	Thorburn	18	0.390%	67.21x
35	Carlyle	17	0.370%	133.02x
36	Broatch	15	0.320%	602.41x
37	Coulthard	14	0.300%	54.07x
38	Dalgleish	14	0.300%	67.15x
39	Goodfellow	14	0.300%	34.15x
40	Veitch	14	0.300%	45.80x
41	Blacklock	13	0.280%	65.99x
42	Eckford	13	0.280%	277.78x
43	Glendinning	13	0.280%	73.36x
44	Conacher	11	0.240%	259.43x
45	Telfer	11	0.240%	39.65x
46	Aitchison	10	0.220%	30.76x
47	Cuthbertson	10	0.220%	27.90x
48	Herries	10	0.220%	401.61x
49	Lightbody	10	0.220%	122.70x
50	Snowden	10	0.220%	24.21x
51	Wyllie	10	0.220%	30.79x
52	Airey	9	0.190%	25.52x
53	Dinwoodie	9	0.190%	181.09x
54	Macartney	9	0.190%	300.00x
55	Nesbit	9	0.190%	63.11x
56	Porteous	9	0.190%	29.10x
57	Varty	9	0.190%	134.93x
58	Bermingham	8	0.170%	437.16x
59	Burnet	8	0.170%	47.14x
60	Ewart	8	0.170%	30.67x
61	Farries	8	0.170%	264.90x
62	Sorbie	8	0.170%	243.90x
63	Dobie	7	0.150%	45.16x
64	Elland	7	0.150%	492.96x
65	Maltman	7	0.150%	116.86x
66	Stothart	7	0.150%	295.36x
67	Allice	6	0.130%	1200.00x
68	Herron	6	0.130%	36.14x
69	Howatson	6	0.130%	168.54x
70	Keddie	6	0.130%	43.23x
71	Latimer	6	0.130%	33.59x
72	Madin	6	0.130%	150.00x
73	Tudhope	6	0.130%	172.41x
74	Weatherstone	6	0.130%	197.37x
75	Boddie	5	0.110%	354.61x
76	Cargill	5	0.110%	27.22x
77	Leithead	5	0.110%	130.21x
78	Oliphant	5	0.110%	27.69x
79	Rintoul	5	0.110%	47.21x
80	Rorrison	5	0.110%	347.22x
81	Shirkie	5	0.110%	1000.00x
82	Dyers	4	0.090%	396.04x
83	Gourley	4	0.090%	47.68x
84	Leckie	4	0.090%	27.51x
85	Milroy	4	0.090%	30.14x
86	Ohare	4	0.090%	35.15x
87	Sorby	4	0.090%	86.77x
88	Twentyman	4	0.090%	106.38x
89	Blaikie	3	0.060%	53.67x
90	Cairncross	3	0.060%	84.51x
91	Caplin	3	0.060%	57.80x
92	Cron	3	0.060%	192.31x
93	Crone	3	0.060%	35.42x
94	Farish	3	0.060%	53.19x
95	Hiddleston	3	0.060%	112.78x
96	Rickerby	3	0.060%	72.64x
97	Glendining	2	0.040%	91.74x
98	Shillinglaw	2	0.040%	66.23x
99	Spotswood	2	0.040%	133.33x
100	Thornburn	2	0.040%	88.50x