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UK surname

Scroggie

An English surname derived from a nickname for an unsteady or awkward person.

In the 1881 census there were 248 people recorded with the Scroggie surname, ranking it #11,140 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 275, ranked #15,720, down from #11,140 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Old Deer, Dundee, Liff, Benvie and Invergowry and Glasgow. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Mintlaw, Slough and Fintry.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Scroggie is 292 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 10.9%.

1881 census count

248

Ranked #11,140

Modern count

275

2016, ranked #15,720

Peak year

1901

292 bearers

Map years

8

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Scroggie had 248 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,140 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 275 in 2016, ranked #15,720.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 292 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Scroggie surname distribution map

The map shows where the Scroggie surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Scroggie surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Scroggie over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 127 #14,547
1861 historical 154 #14,963
1881 historical 248 #11,140
1891 historical 245 #12,950
1901 historical 292 #11,861
1911 historical 97 #23,076
1997 modern 239 #15,718
1998 modern 249 #15,720
1999 modern 262 #15,308
2000 modern 262 #15,272
2001 modern 250 #15,527
2002 modern 269 #15,044
2003 modern 251 #15,563
2004 modern 241 #16,086
2005 modern 248 #15,721
2006 modern 247 #15,860
2007 modern 252 #15,815
2008 modern 245 #16,295
2009 modern 254 #16,230
2010 modern 257 #16,476
2011 modern 248 #16,735
2012 modern 255 #16,296
2013 modern 257 #16,466
2014 modern 271 #15,986
2015 modern 275 #15,707
2016 modern 275 #15,720

Geography

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Where Scroggies are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Old Deer, Dundee, Liff, Benvie and Invergowry, Glasgow, King Edward and London parishes. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Mintlaw, Slough, Fintry, Lochee and Central Easterhouse. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 Old Deer Aberdeen
2 Dundee, Liff, Benvie and Invergowry Forfar
3 Glasgow Lanark
4 King Edward Aberdeen
5 London parishes London 2

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Mintlaw Aberdeenshire
2 Slough 012 Slough
3 Fintry Dundee City
4 Lochee Dundee City
5 Central Easterhouse Glasgow City

Forenames

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First names often paired with Scroggie

These lists show first names that appear often with the Scroggie surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Scroggie

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Scroggie, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Retired Professionals

Group

Small Town Suburbia

Nationally, the Scroggie surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Scroggie household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group is predominantly comprised of married couples with no resident dependent children, living in areas characterised neither by under-occupancy nor overcrowding throughout the UK in or adjacent to small towns. White ethnic groups and affiliation with Christianity predominates. Housing tends to be predominantly semi-detached or detached and workers are employed principally in managerial and professional occupations, with semi-skilled occupations also in evidence. These areas of the Supergroup are of higher population density.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Scroggie is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Scroggie is most concentrated in decile 8 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the healthier end of the index.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Scroggie falls in decile 4 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname near the middle of the scale.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

4
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Scroggie is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 60-70 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Scroggie, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

Meaning and origin of Scroggie

The surname Scroggie is believed to have originated in Scotland, likely in the 16th or 17th century. It is thought to be derived from the Old Scots word "scrog," which means a stunted bush or shrub. This suggests that the name may have initially referred to someone who lived near or worked with bushes or shrubs.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Scroggie can be found in the Parish Records of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, from the late 16th century. These records mention a John Scroggie who was born in 1592. The name also appears in various other Scottish records from the 17th and 18th centuries, with variations in spelling such as Scrogie, Scroggy, and Scroggie.

The Scroggie surname is often associated with the Scottish Borders region, particularly the areas around Dumfries and Galloway. Some records suggest that the name may be linked to the village of Scroggs, which is located near Sanquhar in Dumfriesshire.

One notable individual with the surname Scroggie was William Scroggie (1866-1948), a Scottish Baptist minister and author who served as the pastor of Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. He wrote several influential books on theology and biblical studies.

Another notable Scroggie was John Graham Scroggie (1876-1952), a Scottish politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Dundee from 1922 to 1924. He was also a successful businessman and served as the president of the Scottish Football Association.

In the 19th century, a man named James Scroggie (1834-1902) gained recognition as a talented artist and portrait painter. He was born in Edinburgh and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy.

The name Scroggie has also been associated with the medical field. Dr. William Scroggie (1860-1926) was a Scottish physician and medical researcher who made significant contributions to the study of infectious diseases.

Finally, it is worth mentioning that in the late 18th century, a family with the surname Scroggie owned a prominent estate called Scroggiehill in the Parish of Kilwinning, Ayrshire. This suggests that the name had established itself as a respectable surname among landowners in Scotland by that time.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Scroggie families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Scroggie surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Aberdeenshire leads with 90 Scroggies recorded in 1881 and an index of 40.34x.

County Total Index
Aberdeenshire 90 40.34x
Lancashire 41 1.43x
Lanarkshire 37 4.75x
Angus 17 7.62x
Middlesex 17 0.71x
Kincardineshire 14 47.72x
East Lothian 8 25.07x
Ayrshire 5 2.77x
Devon 5 1.00x
Fife 3 2.10x
Morayshire 3 8.02x
Perthshire 3 2.77x
Dunbartonshire 1 1.54x
Kirkcudbrightshire 1 2.87x
Midlothian 1 0.31x
Yorkshire 1 0.04x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Bootle Cum Linacre in Lancashire leads with 18 Scroggies recorded in 1881 and an index of 79.30x.

Place Total Index
Bootle Cum Linacre 18 79.30x
Dundee 15 18.00x
Barony 14 7.10x
Peterhead 14 118.64x
Aberdeen Old Machar 13 27.90x
Tyrie 13 464.29x
Nigg 12 493.83x
Glasgow 11 7.95x
Islington London 11 4.71x
Govan 10 5.19x
Haddington 8 169.85x
Kirkdale 8 16.64x
Newhills 8 175.05x
Aberdeen St Nicholas 7 16.77x
King Edward 7 272.37x
Old Deer 7 165.48x
Toxteth Park 7 7.23x
Fulham London 6 17.17x
Methlick 6 335.20x
Barrow In Furness 5 12.86x
Craigie 5 1000.00x
Plymouth St Andrew 5 12.94x
Turriff 5 138.89x
Udny 4 296.30x
Forres 3 76.34x
Perth West Church 3 58.48x
Forgan 2 73.26x
Foveran 2 118.34x
Liff Benvie 2 5.90x
New Deer 2 49.51x
West Derby 2 2.39x
Cardross 1 12.87x
Dunnottar 1 48.54x
Ellon 1 32.57x
Fetteresso 1 21.74x
Hamilton 1 4.60x
Horton In Bradford 1 2.68x
Huntly 1 27.55x
Inverkeithing 1 46.51x
Salford 1 1.19x
Shettleston 1 14.33x
South Leith 1 2.75x
Urr 1 22.03x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Scroggie surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Margaret 6
Mary 3
Agnes 2
Caroline 2
Isabella 2
Jane 2
Jessie 2
Sarah 2
Ann 1
Anne 1
Eliz. 1
Elizabeth 1
Ellen 1
Emily 1
Helen 1
Jannett 1
Margt. 1
Maria 1
Martha 1
Nellie 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Scroggie surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
John 6
James 3
William 3
Alex 2
Alfred 2
David 2
George 2
Robert 2
Thomas 2
Elijah 1
Francis 1
Frederick 1
Patk. 1
Richd. 1
Stanley 1
Whittle 1

Top occupations

Occupational titles are kept as recorded and later transcribed, so related jobs, spelling variants and mistakes stay separate. Scholar was the census term for a child in education. That means the other rows often tell you more about adult work in Scroggie households.

FAQ

Scroggie surname: questions and answers

How common was the Scroggie surname in 1881?

In 1881, 248 people were recorded with the Scroggie surname. That placed it at #11,140 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Scroggie surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 275 in 2016. That gives Scroggie a modern rank of #15,720.

What does the Scroggie surname mean?

An English surname derived from a nickname for an unsteady or awkward person.

What does the Scroggie map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Scroggie bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.