Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eddleston, Peeblesshire

Eddleston is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Peeblesshire

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
WILSON456.302513.72
MURRAY334.621837.27
THOMSON202.801120.96
WHITE202.80118.71
SMITH202.80111.98
TAIT192.661190.39
LITTLE162.240947.38
SCOTT152.10088.30
VEITCH152.1008318.47
ANDERSON152.100810.64
STODDART131.8207218.12
MELROSE121.6807433.21
DAVIDSON101.400616.66
GARDNER91.260518.57
BARR91.260552.11
EWART91.2605224.44
MACKENZIE81.120440.04
DONALDSON81.120439.29
BRUNTON81.1204142.60
CALDER81.120480.16
BALLANTYNE70.9804129.39
CAIRNS70.980445.34
STARK70.980471.57
BERTRAM70.9804205.28
INGLIS70.980458.68
MITCHELL70.98044.83
STEWART70.98046.27
KERR70.980417.98
MACLEAN70.980488.61
INGLES70.9804324.07
DOUGLAS60.840317.35
KELLS60.84032,307.69
YOUNG60.84033.91
FLEMING60.840320.22
OLIVER60.840311.78
RILLIE60.84036,666.67
SIMPSON60.84034.80
CRANSTON60.8403207.61
SOMMERVILLE50.7003177.31
FULLERTON50.7003165.56
DEMPSTER50.700399.60
ROSS50.70036.41
SOMERVILLE50.700384.18
FRENCH50.700314.34
DICKSON50.700318.91
CAMPBELL50.70034.14
PATON50.700331.31
GILCHRIST40.560238.20
SMALL40.560222.09
SINCLAIR40.560210.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RILLIE0.717146666.6667
NICHALSON0.717145000.0000
BUTTNER0.717142500.0000
KELLS0.717142307.6923
GARDER0.717141428.5714
HOWATT0.71714750.0000
MELROSE0.71714433.2130
INGLES0.71714324.0741
VEITCH0.71714318.4713
CORE0.71714297.0297
LOCKIE0.71714246.9136
EWART0.71714224.4389
PLASTOW0.71714222.2222
STODDART0.71714218.1208
CRANSTON0.71714207.6125
BERTRAM0.71714205.2786
KILKENNY0.71714178.5714
SOMMERVILLE0.71714177.3050
FULLERTON0.71714165.5629
MATHISON0.71714155.4404
MINTO0.71714151.5152
BRUNTON0.71714142.6025
EDDINGTON0.71714138.8889
TWADDLE0.71714135.1351
SWANSTON0.71714130.7190
BALLANTYNE0.71714129.3900
CARNEGIE0.71714128.2051
DEMPSTER0.7171499.6016
TAIT0.7171490.3901
MACLEAN0.7171488.6076
SOMERVILLE0.7171484.1751
CALDER0.7171480.1603
STARK0.7171471.5746
FORDYCE0.7171464.5161
DINNING0.7171462.8931
INGLIS0.7171458.6756
BARR0.7171452.1135
FOREST0.7171448.7805
LITTLE0.7171447.3793
CAIRNS0.7171445.3368
BRYDON0.7171444.4444
MACKENZIE0.7171440.0400
DONALDSON0.7171439.2927
GILCHRIST0.7171438.2044
MURRAY0.7171437.2713
TOD0.7171435.9712
LIDDLE0.7171435.6718
LINTON0.7171434.0716
RIDDELL0.7171433.3890
SPARK0.7171431.8471

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 714 people called RILLIE in Eddleston 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 6666.6667 in Eddleston means that 6666.6667% of the people in Eddleston on census day were called RILLIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RILLIE 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 RILLIE 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 RILLIE 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 RILLIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Eddleston means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RILLIE in Eddleston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eddleston in 1881

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

ADAMSON (1)  ANDERSON (15)  ARMSTRONG (2)  BALLANTYNE (7)  BARR (9)  BERTHWICK (6)  BERTRAM (7)  BEVEREDGE (1)  BROWN (1)  BRUNTON (8)  BRYDONE (8)  BRYDON (1)  BURNS (1)  BUTTNER (1)  CAIRNS (7)  CALDER (8)  CALDWELL (1)  CALVERT (3)  CAMPBELL (5)  CARNEGIE (3)  CORE (3)  CLIMINSON (4)  COLLINS (1)  CORK (1)  COSH (3)  COWE (1)  CRANSTON (6)  CRAFORD (1)  DALLING ((SHIELL)) (2)  DALLING (1)  DAVIDSON (10)  DEMPSTER (5)  DINNING (1)  DICK (1)  DICKSON (5)  DOCHERTY (1)  DONALDSON (8)  DOUGLAS (6)  DUNNIE (1)  EDDINGTON (1)  ELDER (1)  EWART (9)  FLEMING (6)  FLETCHER (1)  FORDYCE (1)  FORREST (1)  FOREST (1)  FOSSIDICK (1)  FRASER (1)  FRENCH (5)  FRNCH (1)  FULLERTON (5)  GARDER (1)  GARDNER (9)  GILCHRIST (4)  GILLESPIE (3)  GILUILY (1)  GOW (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREENSHIELDS (1)  GREERS (1)  HAMILTON (LITTLE) (2)  HAMILTON (2)  HENDERSON (1)  HENRY (1)  HOWATT (3)  HUNTER (1)  INGLIS (7)  INGLES (7)  IRELAND (1)  MC KAY (5)  KAY (1)  KELLS (6)  KELLY (3)  MC KENDRICK (1)  KERR (7)  KILKENNY (1)  KILPATRICK (1)  KIRKHOPE (1)  LAFFY (1)  LAW (1)  LIDDLE (3)  LINDSAY (1)  LINTON (2)  LITTLE (16)  LOCKIE (4)  LOD (1)  MARTIN (1)  MATHISON (3)  MATTHIESON (1)  MC BRIDE (1)  MC DONALD (4)  MACDONALD (3)  MC EWAN (1)  MC GRAW (1)  MAC GREGOR (5)  MC INTYRE (1)  MACKENZIE (8)  MC LAREN (5)  MC LEAN (4)  MACLEAN (7)  MC MORRAN (3)  MAC RAE (1)  MAILER (3)  MELROSE (12)  MILNE (1)  MINTO (3)  MITCHELL (7)  MOFFAT (1)  MUIR (2)  MORRISON (2)  MURDISON (4)  MURRAY (33)  NICHOLSON (1)  NICHALSON (1)  NISBET (1)  OLIVER (6)  PATERSON (2)  PATON (5)  PHILLIPS (1)  PLASTOW (1)  PLENDERLEITH (6)  PRESTON (1)  PRINGLE (1)  MC RAFFARTY (1)  RAMSAY (1)  REID (3)  REILAY (2)  RICHARDSON (3)  RIDDELL (2)  RILLIE (6)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROBSON (2)  RODGER (1)  ROSS (5)  RUSSEL (1)  SCOTT (15)  SHIELL (10)  SHORT (1)  SIMPSON (6)  SINCLAIR (4)  SMALL (4)  SMITH (20)  SOMERVILLE (5)  SOMMERVILLE (5)  SPARK (1)  STARK (7)  STEADMAN (1)  STERRICKS (1)  STEWART (7)  STODDART (13)  SUMMERS (4)  SWANSTON (2)  TAIT (19)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMSON (20)  THOMSON (WILSON) (2)  THOMPSON (1)  TOD (1)  TODD (1)  TRAQUAIR (1)  TWADDLE (1)  VEITCH (15)  WALKER (1)  WEATHERSTON (1)  WATSON (4)  WEIR (1)  WHITE (20)  WHYTOCK (2)  WILSON (45)  YOUNG (6)