1881 census place

Peebles surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Peebles, Peeblesshire 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

162 surnames are listed for Peebles, Peeblesshire, covering 1,266 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Mellon, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Peebles

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
101	Mellon	3	0.070%	35.63x
102	Merton	3	0.070%	65.22x
103	Millan	3	0.070%	51.55x
104	Scrimgeour	3	0.070%	48.08x
105	Shirlaw	3	0.070%	117.65x
106	Willins	3	0.070%	153.85x
107	Alves	2	0.050%	92.59x
108	Balderston	2	0.050%	54.05x
109	Baptie	2	0.050%	59.88x
110	Beith	2	0.050%	51.02x
111	Bratby	2	0.050%	81.63x
112	Clapperton	2	0.050%	20.94x
113	Coltart	2	0.050%	42.37x
114	Cossar	2	0.050%	42.02x
115	Findlayson	2	0.050%	101.01x
116	Harrigan	2	0.050%	35.52x
117	Hush	2	0.050%	64.31x
118	Notman	2	0.050%	29.85x
119	Pennycook	2	0.050%	32.63x
120	Plenderleith	2	0.050%	46.40x
121	Salton	2	0.050%	50.63x
122	Walkinshaw	2	0.050%	43.38x
123	Wyper	2	0.050%	32.79x
124	Anton	1	0.020%	27.40x
125	Boaler	1	0.020%	48.31x
126	Buick	1	0.020%	24.04x
127	Carlow	1	0.020%	26.46x
128	Carss	1	0.020%	51.55x
129	Collans	1	0.020%	196.08x
130	Cramond	1	0.020%	30.12x
131	Deary	1	0.020%	30.58x
132	Edie	1	0.020%	44.25x
133	Fairly	1	0.020%	65.79x
134	Featherston	1	0.020%	25.97x
135	Halden	1	0.020%	27.40x
136	Howieson	1	0.020%	19.92x
137	Hyndman	1	0.020%	21.65x
138	Junor	1	0.020%	25.06x
139	Kennan	1	0.020%	35.09x
140	Kinnell	1	0.020%	30.77x
141	Lennie	1	0.020%	11.45x
142	Mavor	1	0.020%	34.01x
143	Middlemass	1	0.020%	19.84x
144	Mudie	1	0.020%	10.81x
145	Mure	1	0.020%	53.19x
146	Normand	1	0.020%	49.51x
147	Pagan	1	0.020%	15.80x
148	Parkerson	1	0.020%	285.71x
149	Pattie	1	0.020%	28.74x
150	Ponton	1	0.020%	19.34x
151	Roddick	1	0.020%	33.56x
152	Rowney	1	0.020%	22.42x
153	Scougall	1	0.020%	54.35x
154	Shearwood	1	0.020%	39.06x
155	Sked	1	0.020%	49.26x
156	Stevenston	1	0.020%	63.69x
157	Talbert	1	0.020%	44.64x
158	Tawse	1	0.020%	23.20x
159	Tunnah	1	0.020%	31.55x
160	Weatherson	1	0.020%	73.53x
161	Whillans	1	0.020%	76.92x
162	Youngson	1	0.020%	19.84x