Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hownam, Roxburghshire

Hownam is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Roxburghshire

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
WILSON124.56279.93
MEIKLE114.1825582.01
FORTUNE114.1825802.92
CAIRNS114.1825193.32
PATERSON103.802355.87
TELFER93.4221573.25
SINTON93.42212,571.43
ROBSON93.422151.99
ELLIOT83.0418119.23
SMITH83.04182.15
LAUDER72.6616507.25
STEEL72.661665.30
MABEN72.66165,833.33
BELL62.281412.14
GALBRAITH62.2814248.96
CURRIE62.281481.08
SCOTT62.28149.02
CHISHOLM51.9011130.89
REDSHAW51.9011641.03
CUTHBERT51.9011132.28
TURNBULL51.901145.09
FLETCHER51.901116.66
REID41.520914.48
WATSON41.52096.56
STEVENSON41.520921.68
MATHER41.520961.35
LITTLE41.520932.15
ANDERSON41.52097.70
HENDERSON41.520913.99
HOPE31.140733.52
RUTHERFORD31.140746.73
GRAY31.14077.99
WEIR31.140743.86
AINSLIE20.7605289.86
HALL20.76052.59
ARMSTRONG20.76059.95
DOUGLAS20.760515.70
LINDSAY20.760523.34
WOOD20.76052.39
KER10.3802181.82
NICOL10.380218.28
DODDS10.380218.05
LOGAN10.380216.03
BROWNLEE10.3802109.89
EWEN10.380289.29
KENNEDY10.38026.31
TURNER10.38021.37
ELDER10.380235.97
MILLER10.38022.12
HOGG10.380210.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MABEN0.262635833.3333
SINTON0.262632571.4286
FORTUNE0.26263802.9197
REDSHAW0.26263641.0256
MEIKLE0.26263582.0106
TELFER0.26263573.2484
LAUDER0.26263507.2464
AINSLIE0.26263289.8551
GALBRAITH0.26263248.9627
CAIRNS0.26263193.3216
KER0.26263181.8182
GLADSTONE0.26263140.8451
CHARTERS0.26263138.8889
CUTHBERT0.26263132.2751
CHISHOLM0.26263130.8901
MESSER0.26263129.8701
ELLIOT0.26263119.2250
BROWNLEE0.26263109.8901
EWEN0.2626389.2857
CURRIE0.2626381.0811
EWART0.2626367.5676
STEEL0.2626365.2985
MATHER0.2626361.3497
PATERSON0.2626355.8659
ROBSON0.2626351.9931
RUTHERFORD0.2626346.7290
TURNBULL0.2626345.0857
WEIR0.2626343.8596
ELDER0.2626335.9712
HOPE0.2626333.5196
LITTLE0.2626332.1543
HUME0.2626326.8097
LINDSAY0.2626323.3372
STEVENSON0.2626321.6802
NICOL0.2626318.2815
DODDS0.2626318.0505
FLETCHER0.2626316.6556
LOGAN0.2626316.0256
DOUGLAS0.2626315.6986
REID0.2626314.4823
HENDERSON0.2626313.9909
BELL0.2626312.1408
HOGG0.2626310.5263
ARMSTRONG0.262639.9502
WILSON0.262639.9346
SCOTT0.262639.0171
GRAY0.262637.9893
ANDERSON0.262637.6997
KERR0.262636.9735
WATSON0.262636.5563

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 263 people called MABEN in Hownam 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 5833.3333 in Hownam means that 5833.3333% of the people in Hownam on census day were called MABEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MABEN 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 MABEN 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 MABEN 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 MABEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Hownam means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MABEN in Hownam than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hownam in 1881

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

AINSLIE (2)  ANDERSON (4)  ARMSTRONG (2)  BALANTINE (2)  BELL (6)  BENNETT (1)  BROWNLEE (1)  CAIRNS (11)  CHARTERS (1)  CHISHOLM (5)  CURRIE (6)  CUTHBERT (5)  DODDS (1)  DOUGLAS (2)  ELDER (1)  ELLIOT (8)  EWART (1)  EWEN (1)  FLETCHER (5)  FORTUNE (11)  GALBRAITH (6)  GLADSTONE (1)  GLENDINNING (3)  GRAY (3)  GROSERT (2)  HALL (2)  HENDERSON (4)  HOGG (1)  HOPE (3)  HUGGAN (7)  HUME (1)  KENNEDY (1)  KER (1)  KERR (1)  LAUDER (7)  LEARMONTH (1)  LINDSAY (2)  LITTLE (4)  LOGAN (1)  MABEN (7)  MATHER (4)  MC LAUCHLAN (3)  MESSER (1)  MIDDLEMAS (1)  MILLER (1)  MEIKLE (11)  NICOL (1)  PATERSON (10)  REDSHAW (5)  REID (4)  ROBSON (9)  RUTHERFORD (3)  SCOTT (6)  SHIELL (4)  SHILE (1)  SINTON (9)  SMITH (8)  STEEL (7)  STEVENSON (4)  TELFER (9)  TURNBULL (5)  TURNER (1)  WATSON (4)  WEIR (3)  WEMYSS (1)  WILSON (12)  WOOD (2)