1881 census place

Melrose surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Melrose, Selkirkshire 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

256 surnames are listed for Melrose, Selkirkshire, covering 3,106 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 172 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	172	2.59%	10.22x
2	Thomson	97	1.46%	10.91x
3	Henderson	84	1.26%	11.62x
4	Murray	84	1.26%	10.18x
5	Sanderson	64	0.960%	23.29x
6	Lees	56	0.840%	18.99x
7	Douglas	52	0.780%	16.14x
8	Oliver	48	0.720%	10.12x
9	Millar	47	0.710%	19.36x
10	Turnbull	47	0.710%	16.76x
11	Tait	43	0.650%	21.96x
12	Forsyth	40	0.600%	28.19x
13	Clapperton	37	0.560%	236.57x
14	Cleghorn	37	0.560%	202.63x
15	Hislop	36	0.540%	89.93x
16	Ballantyne	34	0.510%	67.41x
17	Dalgleish	34	0.510%	113.71x
18	Dobson	34	0.510%	11.59x
19	Rutherford	34	0.510%	20.95x
20	Keddie	32	0.480%	160.80x
21	Smart	32	0.480%	10.57x
22	Dodds	31	0.470%	22.14x
23	Shiels	31	0.470%	197.96x
24	Rae	29	0.440%	19.14x
25	Stenhouse	29	0.440%	105.45x
26	Currie	28	0.420%	14.96x
27	Donaldson	27	0.410%	14.23x
28	Fairbairn	27	0.410%	54.96x
29	Melrose	27	0.410%	104.69x
30	Cowan	25	0.380%	18.43x
31	Elliot	25	0.380%	14.73x
32	Inglis	25	0.380%	22.50x
33	Rankin	25	0.380%	25.30x
34	Cockburn	23	0.350%	27.10x
35	Frier	23	0.350%	172.03x
36	Renwick	23	0.350%	50.68x
37	Bennet	21	0.320%	22.86x
38	Borthwick	21	0.320%	56.24x
39	Darling	21	0.320%	32.97x
40	Litster	21	0.320%	351.76x
41	Nisbet	21	0.320%	29.90x
42	Aitchison	20	0.300%	42.90x
43	Cairns	20	0.300%	13.90x
44	Dalgliesh	20	0.300%	217.39x
45	Lowrie	20	0.300%	87.76x
46	Mabon	20	0.300%	250.00x
47	Mercer	20	0.300%	11.46x
48	Weir	20	0.300%	11.56x
49	Gibb	18	0.270%	15.32x
50	Grieve	18	0.270%	23.35x
51	Knox	18	0.270%	15.76x
52	Pringle	18	0.270%	17.18x
53	Crosbie	17	0.260%	49.80x
54	Duncanson	17	0.260%	132.40x
55	Purves	17	0.260%	39.09x
56	Brodie	16	0.240%	17.92x
57	Buchan	16	0.240%	18.61x
58	Gladstone	16	0.240%	89.04x
59	Riddle	16	0.240%	28.99x
60	Brotherston	15	0.230%	217.08x
61	Brownlee	15	0.230%	65.25x
62	Snowden	15	0.230%	25.32x
63	Torrance	15	0.230%	51.16x
64	Yule	15	0.230%	45.02x
65	Coldwell	14	0.210%	48.08x
66	Finlayson	14	0.210%	18.27x
67	Hepburn	14	0.210%	23.66x
68	Screen	14	0.210%	148.94x
69	Ainslie	13	0.200%	73.99x
70	Brydon	13	0.200%	62.14x
71	Deans	13	0.200%	28.82x
72	Hair	13	0.200%	50.12x
73	Laidlaw	13	0.200%	22.05x
74	Ovens	13	0.200%	76.61x
75	Smail	13	0.200%	102.85x
76	Wyllie	13	0.200%	27.91x
77	Heatlie	12	0.180%	550.46x
78	Leitch	12	0.180%	18.91x
79	Symington	12	0.180%	65.25x
80	Bertram	11	0.170%	34.58x
81	Cossar	11	0.170%	141.03x
82	Crozier	11	0.170%	35.22x
83	Gillan	11	0.170%	47.03x
84	Horsburgh	11	0.170%	67.03x
85	Mein	11	0.170%	145.31x
86	Peden	11	0.170%	81.85x
87	Runciman	11	0.170%	147.45x
88	Stoddart	11	0.170%	19.81x
89	Bunyan	10	0.150%	50.35x
90	Gilday	10	0.150%	341.30x
91	Hogarth	10	0.150%	22.78x
92	Kyle	10	0.150%	27.04x
93	Mack	10	0.150%	14.95x
94	Mallen	10	0.150%	102.04x
95	Michie	10	0.150%	30.71x
96	Cass	9	0.140%	19.08x
97	Cranston	9	0.140%	33.43x
98	Finlay	9	0.140%	13.18x
99	Frazer	9	0.140%	17.47x
100	Lumsden	9	0.140%	16.22x