Top surnames from the 1881 census in Edinburgh Tron, Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

Edinburgh Tron is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
WARDROP710.44784,666.67
KERR68.9552164.38
ROSS68.955281.97
BRANNAN57.46271,111.11
LAWSON45.9701101.27
PORTEOUS45.9701888.89
DUNCAN34.477665.50
THOMSON34.477633.52
MARTIN22.985112.12
SMITH22.98512.11
CHRISTIE11.492546.08
PATERSON11.492521.93
ANDERSON11.49257.56
WALKER11.49254.46
RENNIE11.492585.47
MORGAN11.49257.51
HASTIE11.4925238.10
ROBERTSON11.49258.90
CUNNINGHAM11.492531.65
ARNOT11.4925476.19
MILL11.4925250.00
LAW11.492533.00
FORREST11.492557.80
RICHMOND11.492568.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WARDROP0.07674666.6667
BRANNAN0.07671111.1111
PORTEOUS0.0767888.8889
ARNOT0.0767476.1905
MILL0.0767250.0000
HASTIE0.0767238.0952
KERR0.0767164.3836
LAWSON0.0767101.2658
RENNIE0.076785.4701
ROSS0.076781.9672
RICHMOND0.076768.0272
DUNCAN0.076765.5022
FORREST0.076757.8035
CHRISTIE0.076746.0829
THOMSON0.076733.5196
LAW0.076733.0033
CUNNINGHAM0.076731.6456
PATERSON0.076721.9298
MARTIN0.076712.1212
ROBERTSON0.07678.9047
ANDERSON0.07677.5586
MORGAN0.07677.5075
WALKER0.07674.4583
SMITH0.07672.1142

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 67 people called WARDROP in Edinburgh Tron at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 4666.6667 in Edinburgh Tron means that 4666.6667% of the people in Edinburgh Tron on census day were called WARDROP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WARDROP in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called WARDROP as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called WARDROP here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called WARDROP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Edinburgh Tron means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WARDROP in Edinburgh Tron than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Edinburgh Tron in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ANDERSON (1)  ARNOT (1)  BRANNAN (5)  CHRISTIE (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DUNCAN (3)  FAIG (1)  FORREST (1)  GOWANLOCK (1)  MC GOWAN (1)  HASTIE (1)  MC KAY (2)  KERR (6)  KETHEL (2)  LAW (1)  LAWSON (4)  MC GUIRE (1)  MARTIN (2)  MC CAFFERTY (2)  MC GARRIGAL (1)  MILL (1)  MORGAN (1)  PATERSON (1)  PORTEOUS (4)  RENNIE (1)  RICHMOND (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROSS (6)  SMITH (2)  THOMSON (3)  WALKER (1)  WARDROP (7)