1881 census place

Wilton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wilton, Roxburghshire 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

206 surnames are listed for Wilton, Roxburghshire, covering 2,817 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 310 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wilton

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	310	5.34%	21.10x
2	Turnbull	198	3.41%	80.91x
3	Anderson	111	1.91%	9.68x
4	Oliver	81	1.40%	19.56x
5	Murray	80	1.38%	11.11x
6	Robson	58	1.00%	15.18x
7	Davidson	54	0.930%	11.06x
8	Beattie	46	0.790%	37.02x
9	Laidlaw	42	0.720%	81.63x
10	Jamieson	40	0.690%	24.74x
11	Huggan	38	0.650%	685.92x
12	Millar	37	0.640%	17.46x
13	Rae	37	0.640%	27.97x
14	Rodger	37	0.640%	45.33x
15	Douglas	33	0.570%	11.73x
16	Easton	31	0.530%	35.20x
17	Irvine	30	0.520%	23.45x
18	Dickson	28	0.480%	13.02x
19	Grierson	28	0.480%	86.79x
20	Hislop	28	0.480%	80.14x
21	Ballantyne	26	0.450%	59.05x
22	Elliot	26	0.450%	17.56x
23	Glendinning	26	0.450%	117.22x
24	Pringle	26	0.450%	28.43x
25	Nichol	24	0.410%	38.40x
26	Tait	24	0.410%	14.04x
27	Crosbie	23	0.400%	77.18x
28	Rutherford	23	0.400%	16.23x
29	Grieve	22	0.380%	32.70x
30	Harkness	22	0.380%	67.63x
31	Riddle	22	0.380%	45.66x
32	Cranston	21	0.360%	89.36x
33	Lumsden	21	0.360%	43.36x
34	Moffat	20	0.340%	19.02x
35	Spalding	20	0.340%	48.11x
36	Elder	19	0.330%	30.99x
37	Amos	18	0.310%	18.87x
38	Brydon	18	0.310%	98.58x
39	Marchbank	18	0.310%	220.05x
40	Craik	17	0.290%	95.61x
41	Leithead	17	0.290%	353.43x
42	Renwick	17	0.290%	42.92x
43	Riddell	17	0.290%	34.91x
44	Balmer	16	0.280%	72.83x
45	Burnet	15	0.260%	70.59x
46	Chisholm	15	0.260%	17.79x
47	Coltman	15	0.260%	92.14x
48	Cuthbertson	15	0.260%	33.44x
49	Edmondson	15	0.260%	22.35x
50	Macleod	15	0.260%	18.29x
51	Notman	15	0.260%	156.58x
52	Brodie	14	0.240%	17.96x
53	Fairgrieve	14	0.240%	156.95x
54	Hardie	14	0.240%	18.50x
55	Waldie	14	0.240%	112.45x
56	Waugh	14	0.240%	17.69x
57	Jardine	12	0.210%	22.18x
58	Kavanagh	12	0.210%	53.50x
59	Leyden	12	0.210%	271.49x
60	Pettigrew	12	0.210%	42.57x
61	Purdom	12	0.210%	515.02x
62	Cairncross	11	0.190%	247.75x
63	Crozier	11	0.190%	40.35x
64	Gracie	11	0.190%	90.76x
65	Swinton	11	0.190%	91.97x
66	Baptie	10	0.170%	209.64x
67	Fair	10	0.170%	49.16x
68	Fairbairn	10	0.170%	23.32x
69	Fairley	10	0.170%	35.19x
70	Glenny	10	0.170%	271.74x
71	Lightbody	10	0.170%	98.04x
72	Ripley	10	0.170%	26.08x
73	Tweedie	10	0.170%	44.66x
74	Andison	9	0.160%	552.15x
75	Carlyle	9	0.160%	56.29x
76	Dempster	9	0.160%	22.03x
77	Featherstone	9	0.160%	17.23x
78	Heggie	9	0.160%	56.14x
79	Lillico	9	0.160%	270.27x
80	Lockhart	9	0.160%	22.26x
81	Porteous	9	0.160%	23.24x
82	Pow	9	0.160%	66.13x
83	Borthwick	8	0.140%	24.55x
84	Cavers	8	0.140%	305.34x
85	Fiddes	8	0.140%	73.94x
86	Gentleman	8	0.140%	160.00x
87	Gilfillan	8	0.140%	71.30x
88	Howison	8	0.140%	229.23x
89	Longbottom	8	0.140%	15.49x
90	Mars	8	0.140%	145.19x
91	Middlemas	8	0.140%	87.43x
92	Ormiston	8	0.140%	47.93x
93	Pender	8	0.140%	42.42x
94	Skedd	8	0.140%	2424.24x
95	Stainton	8	0.140%	42.06x
96	Barrie	7	0.120%	16.71x
97	Berridge	7	0.120%	22.98x
98	Bertram	7	0.120%	25.22x
99	Bogle	7	0.120%	96.82x
100	Bole	7	0.120%	173.70x