1881 census place

Swinton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Swinton, Berwickshire 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

44 surnames are listed for Swinton, Berwickshire, covering 280 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Purves, with 28 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Swinton

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	Purves	28	2.90%	443.04x
2	Cowe	27	2.79%	1034.48x
3	Spence	24	2.48%	75.02x
4	Shiell	16	1.65%	2105.26x
5	Aitchison	14	1.45%	206.49x
6	Bookless	11	1.14%	2075.47x
7	Haig	11	1.14%	289.47x
8	Broomfield	10	1.03%	153.85x
9	Middlemiss	10	1.03%	436.68x
10	Veitch	10	1.03%	156.99x
11	Paxton	9	0.930%	116.73x
12	Aiton	8	0.830%	1290.32x
13	Hagg	8	0.830%	1355.93x
14	Muckle	8	0.830%	733.95x
15	Renton	8	0.830%	134.91x
16	Halliburton	7	0.720%	1228.07x
17	Landels	7	0.720%	1458.33x
18	Tweedie	7	0.720%	187.67x
19	Horsburgh	6	0.620%	251.05x
20	Paulin	4	0.410%	434.78x
21	Baikie	3	0.310%	223.88x
22	Greenlaw	3	0.310%	461.54x
23	Hatley	3	0.310%	229.01x
24	Houliston	3	0.310%	789.47x
25	Swanston	3	0.310%	144.23x
26	Swinton	3	0.310%	150.75x
27	Tunnah	3	0.310%	394.74x
28	Chrystal	2	0.210%	150.38x
29	Common	2	0.210%	93.46x
30	Gallon	2	0.210%	84.03x
31	Jaffrey	2	0.210%	219.78x
32	Lugton	2	0.210%	333.33x
33	Skeldon	2	0.210%	204.08x
34	Stobie	2	0.210%	140.85x
35	Walkinshaw	2	0.210%	181.82x
36	Youle	2	0.210%	170.94x
37	Bowmaker	1	0.100%	178.57x
38	Duglas	1	0.100%	256.41x
39	Keill	1	0.100%	1000.00x
40	Meikleham	1	0.100%	476.19x
41	Mein	1	0.100%	90.91x
42	Richley	1	0.100%	178.57x
43	Scougal	1	0.100%	312.50x
44	Shillinglaw	1	0.100%	158.73x