1881 census place

Selkirk surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Selkirk, 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

232 surnames are listed for Selkirk, Selkirkshire, covering 3,775 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 425 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Selkirk

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	425	5.71%	22.56x
2	Douglas	136	1.83%	37.70x
3	Anderson	106	1.42%	7.21x
4	Inglis	98	1.32%	78.80x
5	Johnstone	96	1.29%	28.52x
6	Turnbull	94	1.26%	29.95x
7	Murray	88	1.18%	9.53x
8	Dickson	70	0.940%	25.39x
9	Linton	65	0.870%	106.28x
10	Stoddart	63	0.850%	101.35x
11	Nichol	61	0.820%	76.10x
12	Currie	58	0.780%	27.68x
13	Emond	54	0.730%	2783.51x
14	Millar	54	0.730%	19.87x
15	Dryden	53	0.710%	118.09x
16	Hope	51	0.680%	20.13x
17	Hardie	49	0.660%	50.48x
18	Dalgleish	48	0.640%	143.41x
19	Hislop	45	0.600%	100.45x
20	Lees	44	0.590%	13.33x
21	Ballantyne	43	0.580%	76.16x
22	Elliot	38	0.510%	20.01x
23	Fairbairn	37	0.500%	67.27x
24	Laidlaw	36	0.480%	54.55x
25	Little	36	0.480%	10.22x
26	Welsh	36	0.480%	12.21x
27	Cockburn	34	0.460%	35.79x
28	Grierson	34	0.460%	82.19x
29	Moffat	34	0.460%	25.21x
30	Baillie	31	0.420%	40.11x
31	Brodie	31	0.420%	31.02x
32	Rutherford	31	0.420%	17.06x
33	Rae	29	0.390%	17.10x
34	Rodger	27	0.360%	25.80x
35	Blyth	26	0.350%	22.15x
36	Pringle	26	0.350%	22.17x
37	Beattie	25	0.340%	15.69x
38	Clapperton	25	0.340%	142.86x
39	Heatlie	25	0.340%	1024.59x
40	Leithead	25	0.340%	405.19x
41	Laurie	24	0.320%	37.52x
42	Lockie	23	0.310%	135.85x
43	Redpath	23	0.310%	66.55x
44	Yellowlees	22	0.300%	952.38x
45	Biggar	21	0.280%	204.08x
46	Chisholm	21	0.280%	19.42x
47	Lauder	21	0.280%	53.67x
48	Mathison	21	0.280%	104.27x
49	Aitken	20	0.270%	10.24x
50	Grieve	20	0.270%	23.18x
51	Trotter	20	0.270%	25.62x
52	Hume	19	0.260%	17.99x
53	Waddel	19	0.260%	357.14x
54	Bunyan	18	0.240%	80.97x
55	Storrie	18	0.240%	150.25x
56	Orr	17	0.230%	13.55x
57	Paton	17	0.230%	10.21x
58	Riddell	17	0.230%	27.22x
59	Wight	17	0.230%	44.37x
60	Smail	16	0.210%	113.07x
61	Tyson	16	0.210%	16.48x
62	Edgar	15	0.200%	13.08x
63	Finlayson	15	0.200%	17.49x
64	Goodfellow	15	0.200%	22.79x
65	Hosie	15	0.200%	94.40x
66	Keddie	15	0.200%	67.33x
67	Brydon	14	0.190%	59.78x
68	Brydone	14	0.190%	512.82x
69	Darling	14	0.190%	19.63x
70	Geddes	14	0.190%	15.68x
71	Renton	14	0.190%	30.65x
72	Roebuck	14	0.190%	27.77x
73	Bambrick	13	0.170%	855.26x
74	Blaikie	13	0.170%	144.77x
75	Brockie	13	0.170%	145.25x
76	Coutts	13	0.170%	17.31x
77	Sinton	13	0.170%	130.78x
78	Stark	13	0.170%	12.75x
79	Stavert	13	0.170%	390.39x
80	Arnot	12	0.160%	52.24x
81	Bathgate	11	0.150%	63.77x
82	Culbertson	11	0.150%	552.76x
83	Donnelly	11	0.150%	11.74x
84	Heard	11	0.150%	13.90x
85	Mabon	11	0.150%	122.91x
86	Reekie	11	0.150%	61.28x
87	Romanes	11	0.150%	552.76x
88	Baptie	10	0.130%	163.40x
89	Buckham	10	0.130%	116.28x
90	Falla	10	0.130%	88.97x
91	Forson	10	0.130%	671.14x
92	Gallocher	10	0.130%	48.57x
93	Lothian	10	0.130%	59.14x
94	Maguire	10	0.130%	13.14x
95	Moyse	10	0.130%	56.88x
96	Muldoon	10	0.130%	68.17x
97	Riddel	10	0.130%	88.57x
98	Roy	10	0.130%	14.78x
99	Symington	10	0.130%	48.57x
100	Thorburn	10	0.130%	23.26x