Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bunkle Preston, Berwickshire

Bunkle Preston is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Berwickshire

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
PATTERSON233.163790.73
WILSON192.61355.69
REDPATH192.6135563.80
COCKBURN182.4759193.97
ALLAN182.475939.44
MOFFAT172.3384129.08
REID162.200820.95
SPENCE152.063362.37
NICOL131.788285.92
LAWRIE131.7882186.78
SCOTT121.65066.52
BROWN111.51312.30
CALDER111.5131108.16
CROMBIE101.3755245.10
GILLIES101.375596.15
TURNER101.37554.94
LORIMER101.3755343.64
MARTIN101.37555.58
WOOD101.37554.32
KING91.23805.68
LINDSAY91.238037.97
HASTIE91.2380195.65
KERR91.238022.70
GOODALL91.238057.80
JEFFREY81.100459.52
BOLTON81.100425.56
WIGHTMAN81.1004167.36
ROBERTSON81.10046.57
LAIDLAW70.9629108.70
HALLIDAY70.962946.60
THOMSON70.96297.21
FRASER70.962910.82
ELLIOT70.962937.76
AITCHISON70.9629137.25
BELL70.96295.12
FOSTER70.96297.20
WARDHAUGH70.96291,372.55
DRUMMOND70.962948.44
WHITE70.96293.00
FORD60.82538.47
PATTISON60.825351.86
RICHARDSON60.82534.85
MURRAY60.82536.66
HENRY60.825332.64
BONE60.825344.51
RUSSELL60.82536.76
LOWRIE60.8253240.96
HUNTER60.82538.04
DOUGLAS50.687814.20
MIDDLEMISS50.6878290.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WARDHAUGH0.737271372.5490
BROTHERSON0.737271111.1111
DECK0.73727833.3333
REDPATH0.73727563.7982
CHRYSTAL0.73727500.0000
DOLLY0.73727434.7826
CAROLAN0.73727434.7826
SANG0.73727357.1429
LORIMER0.73727343.6426
MIDDLEMISS0.73727290.6977
CROMBIE0.73727245.0980
LOWRIE0.73727240.9639
HASTIE0.73727195.6522
COCKBURN0.73727193.9655
STOBIE0.73727186.9159
LAWRIE0.73727186.7816
WIGHTMAN0.73727167.3640
ALISON0.73727151.5152
AITCHISON0.73727137.2549
MOFFAT0.73727129.0812
EDMOND0.73727122.4490
RENTON0.73727112.1076
LAIDLAW0.73727108.6957
CALDER0.73727108.1613
FORTUNE0.73727105.2632
PURVES0.73727105.2632
GILLIES0.7372796.1538
GILLES0.7372791.7431
PATTERSON0.7372790.7298
PAXTON0.7372786.2069
NICOL0.7372785.9220
BROOMFIELD0.7372781.7996
AIKMAN0.7372766.6667
SPENCE0.7372762.3701
JEFFREY0.7372759.5238
GOODALL0.7372757.8035
SWANSON0.7372756.3910
FOREMAN0.7372752.6316
AINSLIE0.7372752.0833
PATTISON0.7372751.8583
DRUMMOND0.7372748.4429
HALLIDAY0.7372746.6045
BONE0.7372744.5104
HARDIE0.7372742.1941
ALLAN0.7372739.4391
LINDSAY0.7372737.9747
ELLIOT0.7372737.7562
MELROSE0.7372735.4610
DUNLOP0.7372734.1297
DENHOLM0.7372732.8947

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 727 people called WARDHAUGH in Bunkle Preston 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 1372.5490 in Bunkle Preston means that 1372.5490% of the people in Bunkle Preston on census day were called WARDHAUGH.

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

All the surnames recorded in Bunkle Preston in 1881

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

AIKMAN (1)  AINSLIE (1)  ALEXANDER (4)  ALLAN (18)  ALISON (2)  ALLISON (3)  ANDERSON (1)  MC ARTHUR (1)  AITCHISON (7)  BANKS (1)  BARNS (1)  BELL (7)  BERTRAM (1)  BLACK (1)  BLACKADDER (2)  BOLTON (8)  BOND (1)  BONE (6)  BOWHILL (3)  BOYD (1)  BRAIDWOOD (5)  BROOMFIELD (4)  BROTHERSON (1)  BROWN (11)  BRYDEN (1)  BUGLASS (7)  CALDER (11)  CAROLAN (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHRYSTAL (5)  COCKBURN (18)  COWAN (1)  COWE (9)  CRAIG (1)  CROMBIE (10)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DARLING (1)  DECK (1)  DENHOLM (1)  DIPPIE (14)  DISHINGTON (7)  DICKSON (2)  DODDS (3)  DOLLY (1)  DOUGLAS (5)  DRUMMOND (7)  DUNLOP (4)  EDGAR (2)  EDMOND (3)  ELLIOT (7)  FORD (6)  FOREMAN (5)  FORMAN (1)  FORTUNE (4)  FOSTER (7)  FRASER (7)  MC GIBBON (3)  GIBSON (2)  GILLIES (10)  GILLES (1)  GOODALL (9)  GOODFELLOW (1)  HALLIDAY (7)  HARDIE (4)  HASTIE (9)  HEATTIE (1)  HENDERSON (5)  HENRY (6)  HUME (1)  HUNTER (6)  HUTCHISON (1)  JEFFREY (8)  JOHNSTON (4)  KERR (9)  KING (9)  KIRK (4)  KNOX (4)  LAWRIE (13)  LOWRIE (6)  LAIDLAW (7)  LINDSAY (9)  LOGAN (3)  LORIMER (10)  LOWE (1)  LUKE (1)  LUMSDAINE (5)  MALCOLM (1)  MARSHALL (4)  MARTIN (10)  MASON (4)  MATHESON (1)  MACK (1)  MC CONNELL (7)  MELROSE (1)  MIDDLEMISS (5)  MILLER (5)  MILLAR (3)  MOFFAT (17)  MOIR (1)  MURRAY (6)  MAIR (2)  NICOL (13)  NISBET (1)  PATTERSON (23)  PATTISON (6)  PATTERSON (SPENCE) (2)  PAXTON (5)  PORTER (2)  PURVES (5)  RAE (2)  REDPATH (19)  REID (16)  RENTON (5)  RICA (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBERTSON (8)  ROBSON (1)  RODGERS (3)  RUSSELL (6)  SANG (1)  SCOTT (12)  SPENCE (15)  STEEL (4)  STOBIE (2)  STRACHAN (2)  SWANSON (3)  SWINBANKS (1)  TAIT (3)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMSON (7)  THORBURN (1)  TODD (1)  TULLY (1)  TURNBULL (5)  TURNER (10)  VIERECK (1)  WARDHAUGH (7)  WELSH (3)  WHITE (7)  WIGHTMAN (8)  WILSON (19)  WINDRAW (6)  WOOD (10)