1881 census place

Roxburgh surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Roxburgh, 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

47 surnames are listed for Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, covering 303 people in the local records.

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

Most common surnames in Roxburgh

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	Turnbull	32	3.16%	74.94x
2	Waldie	20	1.97%	921.66x
3	Hendry	15	1.48%	93.46x
4	Laidlaw	13	1.28%	144.77x
5	Hogarth	12	1.18%	179.64x
6	Lawrie	11	1.09%	113.40x
7	Affleck	10	0.990%	427.35x
8	Hislop	10	0.990%	163.93x
9	Pirie	10	0.990%	137.93x
10	Dalgleish	9	0.890%	197.80x
11	Rolland	8	0.790%	689.66x
12	Coltherd	7	0.690%	4375.00x
13	Lauder	7	0.690%	131.58x
14	Learmonth	7	0.690%	426.83x
15	Lockie	7	0.690%	304.35x
16	Lowrie	7	0.690%	201.73x
17	Messer	7	0.690%	235.69x
18	Queenan	7	0.690%	1489.36x
19	Tinlin	7	0.690%	1590.91x
20	Cleghorn	6	0.590%	215.83x
21	Hewit	6	0.590%	372.67x
22	Kerss	6	0.590%	2500.00x
23	Lillico	6	0.590%	1034.48x
24	Middlemiss	6	0.590%	250.00x
25	Biggar	5	0.490%	357.14x
26	Denholm	5	0.490%	117.92x
27	Huggan	5	0.490%	515.46x
28	Mein	5	0.490%	434.78x
29	Middlemass	5	0.490%	396.83x
30	Shiel	5	0.490%	274.73x
31	Tolan	5	0.490%	877.19x
32	Hermiston	4	0.390%	800.00x
33	Leyden	4	0.390%	519.48x
34	Carrie	3	0.300%	174.42x
35	Ponton	3	0.300%	232.56x
36	Storie	3	0.300%	252.10x
37	Bookless	2	0.200%	357.14x
38	Humes	2	0.200%	263.16x
39	Lindores	2	0.200%	377.36x
40	Lions	2	0.200%	1428.57x
41	Baptie	1	0.100%	120.48x
42	Bogle	1	0.100%	79.37x
43	Clive	1	0.100%	80.00x
44	Dalgliesh	1	0.100%	71.43x
45	Fairgrieve	1	0.100%	64.10x
46	Hannigan	1	0.100%	121.95x
47	Happer	1	0.100%	769.23x