1881 census place

Lasswade surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lasswade, Midlothian 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

347 surnames are listed for Lasswade, Midlothian, covering 3,702 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robertson, with 183 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lasswade

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	Robertson	183	2.05%	12.20x
2	Watson	124	1.39%	5.97x
3	Thomson	103	1.15%	8.61x
4	Dickson	87	0.970%	26.26x
5	Reid	82	0.920%	8.72x
6	Hunter	70	0.780%	7.62x
7	Kerr	67	0.750%	13.73x
8	Cairns	55	0.610%	28.42x
9	Moffat	51	0.570%	31.46x
10	Paterson	51	0.570%	8.38x
11	Black	47	0.530%	8.11x
12	Jack	45	0.500%	23.67x
13	Leadbetter	45	0.500%	97.05x
14	Porteous	42	0.470%	70.39x
15	Archibald	41	0.460%	53.08x
16	Allan	38	0.420%	6.76x
17	Lumsden	38	0.420%	50.91x
18	Bruce	36	0.400%	8.59x
19	Baillie	34	0.380%	36.61x
20	Nisbet	32	0.360%	33.87x
21	Pennycook	31	0.350%	229.46x
22	Cowan	30	0.340%	16.44x
23	Crookston	30	0.340%	608.52x
24	Ritchie	30	0.340%	9.70x
25	Sclater	30	0.340%	327.15x
26	Loftus	29	0.320%	59.44x
27	Ramage	29	0.320%	57.67x
28	Blair	28	0.310%	12.07x
29	Malcolm	27	0.300%	22.95x
30	Inglis	26	0.290%	17.40x
31	Neilson	26	0.290%	20.62x
32	Old	26	0.290%	71.57x
33	Tait	26	0.290%	9.87x
34	Maxwell	25	0.280%	11.76x
35	Armour	24	0.270%	42.80x
36	Jardine	24	0.270%	28.78x
37	Neil	23	0.260%	19.43x
38	Affleck	22	0.250%	106.54x
39	Proudfoot	22	0.250%	56.38x
40	Beveridge	21	0.230%	22.55x
41	Clapperton	20	0.220%	95.10x
42	Denholm	20	0.220%	53.38x
43	Flockhart	20	0.220%	118.06x
44	Stark	20	0.220%	16.32x
45	Bryce	18	0.200%	20.10x
46	Coutts	18	0.200%	19.94x
47	Craik	18	0.200%	65.69x
48	Gillies	18	0.200%	14.07x
49	Goldie	18	0.200%	32.32x
50	Lothian	18	0.200%	88.58x
51	Purdie	18	0.200%	48.66x
52	Shearer	18	0.200%	15.68x
53	Blackie	17	0.190%	46.33x
54	Cadzow	17	0.190%	400.94x
55	Darcey	17	0.190%	271.13x
56	More	17	0.190%	24.43x
57	Renwick	17	0.190%	27.85x
58	Spowart	17	0.190%	173.47x
59	Tolmie	17	0.190%	116.60x
60	Veitch	17	0.190%	28.82x
61	Hannah	16	0.180%	13.76x
62	Hutchison	16	0.180%	10.88x
63	Pentland	16	0.180%	148.70x
64	Dunlop	15	0.170%	10.40x
65	Frame	15	0.170%	26.42x
66	Gallacher	15	0.170%	19.44x
67	Melrose	15	0.170%	43.24x
68	Philip	15	0.170%	25.13x
69	Fairley	14	0.160%	31.96x
70	Rodger	14	0.160%	11.13x
71	Telfer	14	0.160%	26.16x
72	Tod	14	0.160%	40.18x
73	Arnott	13	0.150%	17.29x
74	Hadden	13	0.150%	32.71x
75	Haig	13	0.150%	36.96x
76	Naysmith	13	0.150%	200.62x
77	Sommerville	13	0.150%	36.84x
78	Stoddart	13	0.150%	17.40x
79	Aikman	12	0.130%	64.90x
80	Donnelly	12	0.130%	10.66x
81	Downie	12	0.130%	11.43x
82	Falconer	12	0.130%	11.24x
83	Horsburgh	12	0.130%	54.35x
84	Lawrie	12	0.130%	14.00x
85	Leitch	12	0.130%	14.06x
86	Mulligan	12	0.130%	23.98x
87	Peaston	12	0.130%	515.02x
88	Selkirk	12	0.130%	71.73x
89	Somerville	12	0.130%	16.11x
90	Stirling	12	0.130%	10.32x
91	Finlayson	11	0.120%	10.67x
92	Seath	11	0.120%	82.15x
93	Steven	11	0.120%	16.23x
94	Stewert	11	0.120%	270.94x
95	Tippett	11	0.120%	34.90x
96	Torbet	11	0.120%	242.29x
97	Whitson	11	0.120%	85.40x
98	Afflick	10	0.110%	327.87x
99	Buchan	10	0.110%	8.65x
100	Carney	10	0.110%	12.36x