1881 census place

Melrose surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Melrose, 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

206 surnames are listed for Melrose, Roxburghshire, covering 1,680 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 166 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Melrose

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	166	3.63%	14.34x
2	Turnbull	55	1.20%	28.52x
3	Dickson	50	1.09%	29.52x
4	Pringle	50	1.09%	69.39x
5	Riddell	42	0.920%	109.46x
6	Rutherford	40	0.870%	35.83x
7	Dodds	38	0.830%	39.46x
8	Lockie	37	0.810%	355.77x
9	Fairbairn	34	0.740%	100.62x
10	Moffat	33	0.720%	39.82x
11	Waugh	26	0.570%	41.69x
12	Ker	25	0.550%	262.33x
13	Laidlaw	25	0.550%	61.67x
14	Aitchison	24	0.520%	74.84x
15	Mercer	24	0.520%	19.99x
16	Redpath	21	0.460%	98.92x
17	Bunyan	19	0.420%	139.09x
18	Elliot	19	0.420%	16.28x
19	Hume	19	0.420%	29.28x
20	Knox	19	0.420%	24.19x
21	Porteous	19	0.420%	62.27x
22	Carruthers	18	0.390%	29.75x
23	Laurie	18	0.390%	45.79x
24	Curle	17	0.370%	321.36x
25	Halliday	17	0.370%	17.98x
26	Grierson	16	0.350%	62.94x
27	Thorburn	15	0.330%	56.80x
28	Keddie	14	0.310%	102.26x
29	Melrose	14	0.310%	78.92x
30	Shiel	14	0.310%	170.73x
31	Shiells	14	0.310%	479.45x
32	Simson	14	0.310%	117.65x
33	Deans	13	0.280%	41.89x
34	Hardie	13	0.280%	21.80x
35	Jeffrey	13	0.280%	15.37x
36	Messer	13	0.280%	96.94x
37	Stenhouse	13	0.280%	68.75x
38	Grieve	12	0.260%	22.64x
39	Ormiston	12	0.260%	91.25x
40	Purves	12	0.260%	40.12x
41	Jardine	11	0.240%	25.80x
42	Lauder	11	0.240%	45.74x
43	Renton	11	0.240%	39.20x
44	Brockie	10	0.220%	181.82x
45	Haig	10	0.220%	55.62x
46	Veitch	10	0.220%	33.16x
47	Wight	10	0.220%	42.48x
48	Blythe	9	0.200%	25.90x
49	Elwes	9	0.200%	436.89x
50	Gilroy	9	0.200%	48.52x
51	Huggan	9	0.200%	205.95x
52	Kinnon	9	0.200%	327.27x
53	Lothian	9	0.200%	86.62x
54	Mathieson	9	0.200%	18.67x
55	Renwick	9	0.200%	28.84x
56	Swanston	9	0.200%	91.65x
57	Whitelaw	9	0.200%	33.00x
58	Whitson	9	0.200%	136.78x
59	Dalgleish	8	0.170%	38.91x
60	Dods	8	0.170%	104.58x
61	Hislop	8	0.170%	29.06x
62	Kirkman	8	0.170%	27.36x
63	Punton	8	0.170%	207.79x
64	Roxburgh	8	0.170%	56.50x
65	Tinlin	8	0.170%	406.09x
66	Wishart	8	0.170%	22.32x
67	Balmer	7	0.150%	40.44x
68	Borthwick	7	0.150%	27.26x
69	Brotherstone	7	0.150%	630.63x
70	Bryden	7	0.150%	36.25x
71	Gant	7	0.150%	42.55x
72	Halliburton	7	0.150%	262.17x
73	Lillico	7	0.150%	266.16x
74	Manuel	7	0.150%	50.80x
75	Stavert	7	0.150%	341.46x
76	Weatherston	7	0.150%	156.95x
77	Woodger	7	0.150%	89.63x
78	Yule	7	0.150%	30.55x
79	Aitcheson	6	0.130%	136.05x
80	Blackadder	6	0.130%	186.92x
81	Clapperton	6	0.130%	55.81x
82	Crosbie	6	0.130%	25.55x
83	Hosier	6	0.130%	98.68x
84	Lindores	6	0.130%	248.96x
85	Mallen	6	0.130%	89.02x
86	Scougall	6	0.130%	288.46x
87	Sinton	6	0.130%	98.20x
88	Boa	5	0.110%	257.73x
89	Gaffney	5	0.110%	32.22x
90	Heyburn	5	0.110%	352.11x
91	Holms	5	0.110%	38.79x
92	Kirkcaldy	5	0.110%	189.39x
93	Scougal	5	0.110%	333.33x
94	Storie	5	0.110%	93.28x
95	Swinton	5	0.110%	53.02x
96	Ainslie	4	0.090%	33.11x
97	Brittan	4	0.090%	47.34x
98	Brownlee	4	0.090%	25.30x
99	Brydon	4	0.090%	27.80x
100	Clyde	4	0.090%	61.73x