Top surnames from the 1881 census in Southdean, Roxburghshire

Southdean 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
SCOTT375.082420.09
DOUGLAS324.395690.73
TELFER253.4341574.71
ARMSTRONG192.609934.14
OLIVER182.472534.66
THOMSON182.472518.51
PRINGLE172.3352148.21
RUTHERFORD162.197890.04
WALDIE162.19781,025.64
ELLIOT162.197886.16
HALL152.06047.00
MURRAY141.923115.51
TURNBULL131.785742.36
TAYLOR131.78572.79
SMITH111.51101.07
AMOS111.511091.97
DICKSON101.373637.09
WAUGH101.3736100.81
ROBSON101.373620.87
THOMPSON91.23634.13
HEDLEY91.2363120.97
BROWN91.23631.88
RENWICK91.2363181.09
JEFFREY91.236366.86
CONNOR91.236341.88
CARRUTHERS81.098983.07
ALLAN81.098917.51
GRAY81.09897.70
BALLANTYNE81.0989144.93
MABON81.0989909.09
BRADLEY81.098913.69
HARDIE70.961573.76
ANDERSON70.96154.87
MATHER70.961538.78
NICHOL70.961589.29
HAWKINS70.961513.28
YOUNG60.82423.84
DONALD60.824240.93
HENDRY60.824252.04
LAIDLAW60.824293.02
HENDERSON60.82427.58
GRIEVE50.686859.24
DAGG50.6868561.80
RICHARDSON50.68684.03
FAIRBAIRN50.686892.94
JEFFRY50.6868595.24
CAIRNS50.686831.77
ORD50.6868104.17
GLADSTONE50.6868253.81
MINTO50.6868247.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRADEN0.737281666.6667
WALDIE0.737281025.6410
MABON0.73728909.0909
JEFFRY0.73728595.2381
TELFER0.73728574.7126
DAGG0.73728561.7978
CULBERTSON0.73728526.3158
STORIE0.73728470.5882
HOBKIRK0.73728416.6667
GLADSTONE0.73728253.8071
MINTO0.73728247.5248
MEIN0.73728240.9639
ORMISTON0.73728191.3876
COMMON0.73728186.3354
RENWICK0.73728181.0865
PRINGLE0.73728148.2127
BALLANTYNE0.73728144.9275
HEDLEY0.73728120.9677
MOODIE0.73728116.9591
LAUDER0.73728104.4386
ORD0.73728104.1667
TULLY0.73728102.5641
WAUGH0.73728100.8065
LAIDLAW0.7372893.0233
FAIRBAIRN0.7372892.9368
AMOS0.7372891.9732
DOUGLAS0.7372890.7287
RUTHERFORD0.7372890.0394
NICHOL0.7372889.2857
ELLIOT0.7372886.1605
CARRUTHERS0.7372883.0737
HARDIE0.7372873.7619
SMAIL0.7372872.4638
WHITELAW0.7372869.1244
JEFFREY0.7372866.8648
GRIEVE0.7372859.2417
HENDRY0.7372852.0382
REDSHAW0.7372846.0829
BEVERLEY0.7372845.4545
BUCHAN0.7372842.5080
TURNBULL0.7372842.3591
CONNOR0.7372841.8799
DONALD0.7372840.9277
MATHER0.7372838.7812
DICKSON0.7372837.0920
OLIVER0.7372834.6620
FURNESS0.7372834.4234
ARMSTRONG0.7372834.1420
STODDART0.7372832.8947
CAIRNS0.7372831.7662

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 728 people called GRADEN in Southdean 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 1666.6667 in Southdean means that 1666.6667% of the people in Southdean on census day were called GRADEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRADEN 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 GRADEN 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 GRADEN 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 GRADEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Southdean means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRADEN in Southdean than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Southdean in 1881

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

ALLAN (8)  AMOS (11)  ANDERSON (7)  ARRES (6)  ARMSTRONG (19)  JACKSON (ARMSTRONG) (2)  BALLANTYNE (8)  MACK (BALLANTYNE) (4)  BAPTIE (1)  BELL (4)  BARRIE (1)  BEVERLEY (1)  BOWIE (1)  BRADLEY (8)  BROWN (9)  BUCHAN (4)  CAIRNS (5)  COLDWELLS (9)  CALVERT (1)  CARRUTHERS (8)  CLARK (1)  COALRY (1)  CONNOR (9)  COWAN (2)  CRANSTONE (1)  COMMON (3)  CUMMING (1)  CURRIE (2)  CULBERTSON (1)  DAGG (5)  DAVIDSON (1)  DICKSON (10)  DIXON (1)  DODDS (4)  DOUGLAS (32)  DUNN (1)  EASTON (1)  ELLIOT (16)  FAIRBAIRN (5)  FOLEY (1)  FORSYTH (1)  FOX (2)  FURNESS (2)  GLADSTONE (5)  GOODFELLOW (2)  GORDON (1)  GRADEN (1)  GRAY (8)  GRIEVE (5)  HALL (15)  HARDIE (7)  HARVEY (1)  HAWKINS (7)  HEDLEY (9)  HEDLY (5)  HENDERSON (6)  HENDRY (6)  HILL (1)  HOBKIRK (2)  HOPE (1)  HUME (2)  HUNTER (3)  INGLIS (3)  JEFFRY (5)  JEFFREY (9)  KENNEDY (1)  KING (1)  LAUDER (4)  LAIDLAW (6)  MABON (8)  MATHER (7)  MACK (1)  MC ALLAN (8)  DONALD (6)  MACKINTOSH (1)  MC LACHLAN (1)  MC LAREN (3)  MC LEOD (2)  MC PHERSON (1)  MC QUADE (4)  MACRAY (5)  MEIN (2)  MIDDLEMAS (1)  MILLAR (1)  MILNE (2)  MINTO (5)  MOODIE (4)  MUIR (1)  MURRAY (14)  MAIR (2)  NICHOL (7)  OLIVER (18)  ORD (5)  ORMISTON (4)  PATERSON (2)  PINCOTT (1)  PRILE (1)  PRINGLE (17)  REDSHAW (1)  RENWICK (9)  RICHARDSON (5)  RIDDELL (1)  ROBB (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBSON (10)  RALPH (1)  REHILL (7)  RUTHERFORD (16)  SCOTT (37)  SHORT (3)  SIMPSON (1)  SMAIL (1)  SMITH (11)  STUART (2)  STEWART (1)  STODDART (2)  STORIE (4)  SUDDON (5)  TAYLOR (13)  TELFER (25)  THOMSON (18)  THOMPSON (9)  TINLING (1)  TULLY (4)  TURNBULL (13)  WALDIE (16)  WALKER (4)  WALLACE (2)  WAUGH (10)  WEIR (1)  WELSH (1)  WHILLANS (8)  WHITE (3)  WHITELAW (3)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (6)