Top surnames from the 1881 census in Spott, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

Spott is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

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
TURNBULL203.454281.97
YOUNG142.418011.25
ALLAN142.418038.51
BROWN142.41803.67
GLASS122.0725200.33
SUTHERLAND111.899837.71
BURNS111.899828.30
AITCHISON111.8998270.94
COCKBURN101.7271135.32
ROBERTSON101.727110.31
ANDERSON101.72718.74
CRAIG91.554435.39
GRAY91.554410.89
COWAN91.554476.21
BELL91.55448.27
FOREMAN81.3817105.68
BORTHWICK81.3817246.15
HOPE81.381740.61
CRAIL71.20905,000.00
STEIN71.2090510.95
FORD71.209012.41
NELSON71.209024.96
VIRTUE71.20901,129.03
RITCHIE71.209035.00
REDPATH71.2090260.22
SIBBALD61.0363389.61
LOCKHART61.0363148.88
DIVINE61.0363681.82
BLACK61.036316.00
HADDEN61.0363233.46
LOGAN61.036343.70
GOODALL50.863640.32
DALE50.863620.44
HENDRIE50.8636352.11
MUNRO50.863619.34
MILNE50.863619.43
DENHOLM50.8636206.61
INGLIS50.863651.71
SMITH50.86360.61
PATTERSON50.863624.76
FISHER50.86367.38
SCOTT50.86363.41
LINDSAY50.863626.50
HUNTER40.69086.73
BLAIR40.690826.65
JOHNSTON40.69088.56
CURRIE40.690824.55
WEBSTER40.69087.94
BAXTER40.690811.59
BONE40.690837.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CRAIL0.585795000.0000
VIRTUE0.585791129.0323
CARMEN0.585791052.6316
DIVINE0.58579681.8182
KILKENNY0.58579666.6667
TORRY0.58579652.1739
PEFFERS0.58579588.2353
STEIN0.58579510.9489
SIBBALD0.58579389.6104
HENDRIE0.58579352.1127
AITCHISON0.58579270.9360
REDPATH0.58579260.2230
BORTHWICK0.58579246.1538
HADDEN0.58579233.4630
DENHOLM0.58579206.6116
GLASS0.58579200.3339
BURNSIDE0.58579197.0443
AINSLIE0.58579196.0784
FANE0.58579166.6667
HAKE0.58579151.5152
LOCKHART0.58579148.8834
COCKBURN0.58579135.3180
FOREMAN0.58579105.6803
LIND0.58579102.0408
TURNBULL0.5857981.9672
COWAN0.5857976.2066
MOODIE0.5857973.5294
WATTERS0.5857954.0541
INGLIS0.5857951.7063
WINCHESTER0.5857945.2489
LOGAN0.5857943.6999
HOPE0.5857940.6091
GOODALL0.5857940.3226
ALLAN0.5857938.5144
DALGLEISH0.5857938.4615
COATS0.5857938.1679
SUTHERLAND0.5857937.7100
BONE0.5857937.2787
RODGER0.5857936.8550
LAWRIE0.5857936.1011
CRAIG0.5857935.3913
RITCHIE0.5857935.0000
MORISON0.5857933.8983
MATHIESON0.5857932.7869
GRIEVE0.5857929.8063
DELL0.5857929.4985
BURNS0.5857928.2995
BLAIR0.5857926.6489
LINDSAY0.5857926.4971
PURVES0.5857926.3852

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 579 people called CRAIL in Spott 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 5000.0000 in Spott means that 5000.0000% of the people in Spott on census day were called CRAIL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CRAIL 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 CRAIL 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 CRAIL 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 CRAIL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Spott means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CRAIL in Spott than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Spott in 1881

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

AINSLIE (3)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALLAN (14)  ANDERSON (10)  AITCHISON (11)  BAILLIE (1)  BAIN (1)  BAPTIE (1)  BAXTER (4)  BEATON (1)  BELL (9)  BLACK (6)  BLAIR (4)  BONE (4)  BORTHWICK (8)  BRAIDWOOD (1)  BRIDGES (1)  BROWN (14)  O'BRIAN (1)  BURNS (11)  BURNSIDE (4)  BUTLER (1)  CARMEN (2)  CHRISTIE (3)  CLAPPERTON (6)  COATS (1)  COCKBURN (10)  CONYON (3)  COWAN (9)  COWE (4)  CRAIG (9)  CRAIL (7)  CULLEN (1)  CURRIE (4)  DALE (5)  DALGLEISH (1)  DELL (1)  DENHAM (1)  DENHOLM (5)  DIVINE (6)  DRYSDALE (1)  DUNNING (1)  FANE (1)  FINLYSON (2)  FISHER (5)  FLYNE (7)  FORD (7)  FOREMAN (8)  GEDDES (1)  GLASS (12)  GOODALL (5)  GRAY (9)  GRIEVE (2)  GUTHRIE (1)  HAKE (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HERKES (1)  HADDEN (6)  HENDERSON (3)  HENDRIE (5)  HITCHMOUGH (1)  HOPPER (1)  HOPE (8)  HUNTER (4)  INGLIS (5)  JOHNSTON (4)  MC KAY (2)  KILKENNY (3)  LAWRIE (2)  LAIDLAY (1)  LIND (1)  LINDSAY (5)  LINES (1)  LOCKHART (6)  LOGAN (6)  LOLLAR (1)  LUKE (1)  MATHIESON (2)  MC ANOH (6)  MC BRIDE (1)  MC DONALD (8)  MACDONALD (1)  MC GILVERY (1)  MACKINTOSH (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC KENNEY (3)  MC KINNON (1)  MC MILLAN (2)  MC CRAW (8)  MC SWEEN (1)  MILLER (1)  MILNE (5)  MOODIE (2)  MORISON (1)  MULVY (1)  MUNRO (5)  MURPHY (1)  MC NEIL (1)  NEILLANDS (3)  NELSON (7)  NEWLANDS (7)  MC ANULTY (1)  PARKER (2)  PATTERSON (5)  PEARSON (2)  PEFFERS (2)  PUNTON (1)  POW (8)  PURVES (1)  MC QUAN (2)  RAE (1)  RANKINE (4)  REDPATH (7)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDING (1)  RILLY (1)  RITCHIE (7)  ROBERTSON (10)  RODGER (3)  RUNCIMAN (1)  SCOTT (5)  SHAW (1)  SHIELL (9)  SIBBALD (6)  SMITH (5)  SPROT (1)  STEIN (7)  STEWART (3)  STOREY (1)  SUTHERLAND (11)  SYDSERFF (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TORRY (3)  TURNBULL (20)  TURNER (3)  VIRTUE (7)  WATTERS (1)  WHATMORE (1)  WATT (1)  WEBSTER (4)  WHITECROSS (13)  WIGHTMAN (1)  WINCHESTER (1)  WOOD (1)  YORKSTON (5)  YOUNG (14)