Top surnames from the 1881 census in Megget, Peeblesshire

Megget 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
ANDERSON1617.777889.99
LAIDLAW1011.11111,250.00
SYKES910.0000208.33
ROBSON66.6667101.35
MITCHELL66.666732.86
SCOTT66.666726.35
SHIEL55.55563,125.00
LITTLE44.444493.90
SIM33.3333297.03
PRINGLE22.2222140.85
ROSS22.222220.33
MURRAY22.222217.92
BOWIE11.1111128.21
SHAW11.11116.05
WEIR11.111142.74
BLACK11.111117.15
MELROSE11.1111285.71
TELFER11.1111185.19
HENDERSON11.111110.22
BASSETT11.111171.43
WRIGHT11.11113.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHIEL0.09903125.0000
LAIDLAW0.09901250.0000
SIM0.0990297.0297
MELROSE0.0990285.7143
SYKES0.0990208.3333
TELFER0.0990185.1852
PRINGLE0.0990140.8451
BOWIE0.0990128.2051
ROBSON0.0990101.3514
LITTLE0.099093.8967
ANDERSON0.099089.9888
BASSETT0.099071.4286
WEIR0.099042.7350
MITCHELL0.099032.8587
SCOTT0.099026.3505
ROSS0.099020.3252
MURRAY0.099017.9211
BLACK0.099017.1527
HENDERSON0.099010.2249
SHAW0.09906.0496
WRIGHT0.09903.4638

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 90 people called SHIEL in Megget 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 3125.0000 in Megget means that 3125.0000% of the people in Megget on census day were called SHIEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHIEL 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 SHIEL 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 SHIEL 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 SHIEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Megget means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHIEL in Megget than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Megget in 1881

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

ANDERSON (16)  BASSETT (1)  BLACK (1)  BOWIE (1)  O'HARE (1)  HENDERSON (1)  LAIDLAW (10)  LITTLE (4)  MC ALISTER (8)  MC DONALD (1)  MELROSE (1)  MITCHELL (6)  MURRAY (2)  PRINGLE (2)  ROBSON (6)  ROSS (2)  SCOTT (6)  SHAW (1)  SHIEL (5)  SIM (3)  SYKES (9)  TELFER (1)  WEIR (1)  WRIGHT (1)