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1881 census place

Skirling surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Skirling, 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

12 surnames are listed for Skirling, Peeblesshire, covering 42 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Moncrieff, with 8 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Skirling

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Moncrieff81159.42x
2Proudfoot8666.67x
3Mckensie723333.33x
4Pretswell525000.00x
5Gairns43333.33x
6Lightbody3625.00x
7Core2512.82x
8Abercrombie1204.08x
9Blacklaw11000.00x
10Braidwood1250.00x
11Howieson1294.12x
12Shankie11250.00x