1881 census place
Newton surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Newton, 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
58 surnames are listed for Newton, Midlothian, covering 356 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Baptie, with 21 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Newton
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baptie | 21 | 1944.44x |
| 2 | Denholm | 18 | 326.68x |
| 3 | Cleghorn | 17 | 470.91x |
| 4 | Laing | 17 | 64.30x |
| 5 | Lyon | 17 | 61.64x |
| 6 | Malcolm | 16 | 92.49x |
| 7 | Archibald | 14 | 123.24x |
| 8 | Paxton | 14 | 133.46x |
| 9 | Scougal | 12 | 2790.70x |
| 10 | Beveridge | 11 | 80.29x |
| 11 | Waterston | 10 | 523.56x |
| 12 | Durie | 9 | 407.24x |
| 13 | Shankie | 9 | 2368.42x |
| 14 | Gilroy | 8 | 150.09x |
| 15 | Trail | 8 | 333.33x |
| 16 | Borthwick | 7 | 94.72x |
| 17 | Brotherstone | 7 | 2187.50x |
| 18 | Dron | 7 | 823.53x |
| 19 | Kinnear | 7 | 109.72x |
| 20 | Macgregor | 7 | 127.27x |
| 21 | Philip | 7 | 79.73x |
| 22 | Yuill | 7 | 250.90x |
| 23 | Blacklaw | 6 | 1250.00x |
| 24 | Joice | 6 | 225.56x |
| 25 | Wauchope | 6 | 2857.14x |
| 26 | Comrie | 5 | 233.64x |
| 27 | Flockhart | 5 | 200.80x |
| 28 | Ingles | 5 | 125.31x |
| 29 | Lothian | 5 | 167.22x |
| 30 | Mulhern | 5 | 588.24x |
| 31 | Peebles | 5 | 90.58x |
| 32 | Pettie | 5 | 1282.05x |
| 33 | Sterling | 5 | 181.16x |
| 34 | Cairncross | 4 | 396.04x |
| 35 | Kier | 4 | 689.66x |
| 36 | Sinton | 4 | 227.27x |
| 37 | Smellie | 4 | 68.61x |
| 38 | Atcheson | 3 | 750.00x |
| 39 | Peaston | 3 | 882.35x |
| 40 | Prentis | 3 | 294.12x |
| 41 | Brotherston | 2 | 145.99x |
| 42 | Grossart | 2 | 307.69x |
| 43 | Speedie | 2 | 212.77x |
| 44 | Stavert | 2 | 338.98x |
| 45 | Trumper | 2 | 183.49x |
| 46 | Baile | 1 | 400.00x |
| 47 | Balloch | 1 | 109.89x |
| 48 | Cousland | 1 | 227.27x |
| 49 | Cream | 1 | 212.77x |
| 50 | Cruikshanks | 1 | 144.93x |
| 51 | Hailstones | 1 | 250.00x |
| 52 | Linnen | 1 | 454.55x |
| 53 | Melvile | 1 | 434.78x |
| 54 | Sawers | 1 | 64.94x |
| 55 | Seton | 1 | 80.00x |
| 56 | Stodart | 1 | 76.34x |
| 57 | Strathdee | 1 | 80.00x |
| 58 | Toyer | 1 | 114.94x |