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1881 census place

South Leith surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in South Leith, Midlothian 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

1,616 surnames are listed for South Leith, Midlothian, covering 31,047 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Toombs, with 1 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in South Leith

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.

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1601Toombs12.34x
1602Tripney112.15x
1603Twitchett12.49x
1604Tyrie12.15x
1605Unett16.94x
1606Utton16.24x
1607Valente1666.67x
1608Venters13.35x
1609Wardhaugh13.25x
1610Wardlaw11.25x
1611Watchman13.98x
1612Whicker13.45x
1613Whigham13.54x
1614Wool16.54x
1615Yale13.25x
1616Yuill11.07x