1881 census place
Spott surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Spott, East Lothian 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
30 surnames are listed for Spott, East Lothian, covering 153 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Whitecross, with 13 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Spott
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitecross | 13 | 1830.99x |
| 2 | Glass | 12 | 200.33x |
| 3 | Aitchison | 11 | 270.94x |
| 4 | Shiell | 9 | 1956.52x |
| 5 | Borthwick | 8 | 246.15x |
| 6 | Pow | 8 | 588.24x |
| 7 | Newlands | 7 | 299.15x |
| 8 | Redpath | 7 | 260.22x |
| 9 | Stein | 7 | 510.95x |
| 10 | Virtue | 7 | 1129.03x |
| 11 | Clapperton | 6 | 441.18x |
| 12 | Divine | 6 | 681.82x |
| 13 | Hadden | 6 | 233.46x |
| 14 | Sibbald | 6 | 389.61x |
| 15 | Denholm | 5 | 206.61x |
| 16 | Hendrie | 5 | 352.11x |
| 17 | Yorkston | 5 | 1923.08x |
| 18 | Burnside | 4 | 197.04x |
| 19 | Cowe | 4 | 256.41x |
| 20 | Kilkenny | 3 | 666.67x |
| 21 | Torry | 3 | 652.17x |
| 22 | Carmen | 2 | 1052.63x |
| 23 | Peffers | 2 | 588.24x |
| 24 | Baptie | 1 | 208.33x |
| 25 | Braidwood | 1 | 120.48x |
| 26 | Herkes | 1 | 384.62x |
| 27 | Hitchmough | 1 | 204.08x |
| 28 | Punton | 1 | 204.08x |
| 29 | Rilly | 1 | 909.09x |
| 30 | Runciman | 1 | 153.85x |