1881 census place

Ormiston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ormiston, East Lothian 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

47 surnames are listed for Ormiston, East Lothian, covering 369 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Christie, with 32 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ormiston

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	Christie	32	3.12%	96.18x
2	Dickson	27	2.63%	71.07x
3	Herkes	24	2.34%	5217.39x
4	Bathgate	15	1.46%	630.25x
5	Waterston	15	1.46%	1006.71x
6	Souness	13	1.27%	4482.76x
7	Sweeny	13	1.27%	546.22x
8	Cockburn	12	1.17%	91.67x
9	Keegan	11	1.07%	322.58x
10	Meikle	11	1.07%	149.05x
11	Ponton	11	1.07%	839.69x
12	Pryde	11	1.07%	387.32x
13	Slight	11	1.07%	416.67x
14	Cavanagh	10	0.970%	129.20x
15	Lumsden	10	0.970%	116.82x
16	Curran	9	0.880%	104.77x
17	Mathieson	9	0.880%	83.26x
18	Pace	9	0.880%	196.94x
19	Pendreigh	9	0.880%	3461.54x
20	Purves	9	0.880%	134.13x
21	Sneddon	9	0.880%	147.30x
22	Herriot	7	0.680%	603.45x
23	Michie	7	0.680%	139.44x
24	Raeburn	7	0.680%	307.02x
25	Bald	6	0.580%	368.10x
26	Bertram	6	0.580%	122.20x
27	Queen	6	0.580%	142.86x
28	Yule	6	0.580%	116.73x
29	Charleton	5	0.490%	847.46x
30	Haggard	4	0.390%	439.56x
31	Learmouth	4	0.390%	416.67x
32	Pride	4	0.390%	158.73x
33	Symington	4	0.390%	140.85x
34	Harrower	3	0.290%	130.43x
35	Langan	3	0.290%	189.87x
36	Sked	3	0.290%	588.24x
37	Brander	2	0.190%	129.87x
38	Howison	2	0.190%	322.58x
39	Rorke	2	0.190%	219.78x
40	Gilfillan	1	0.100%	50.51x
41	Ketley	1	0.100%	60.98x
42	Macnab	1	0.100%	107.53x
43	Mouatt	1	0.100%	500.00x
44	Naysmith	1	0.100%	135.14x
45	Notman	1	0.100%	59.17x
46	Roddick	1	0.100%	133.33x
47	Younie	1	0.100%	156.25x