Top surnames from the 1881 census in Channelkirk, Berwickshire

Channelkirk 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
ROBERTSON274.448126.55
WILSON274.44819.69
PRINGLE213.4596219.67
BELL193.130116.66
TORRANCE152.4712559.70
TODD132.141742.08
LINDSAY111.812255.61
FLEMING101.647439.65
DENHOLM101.6474393.70
COWAN101.647480.78
SCOTT101.64746.51
BALD91.4827927.84
CAMPBELL91.48278.76
MUNRO91.482733.21
GALBRAITH91.4827162.16
HARDIE91.4827113.78
BERNEY91.48273,750.00
HALLORAN81.31801,600.00
SWANSTON81.3180615.38
WALKINSHAW81.31801,159.42
HOGG81.318036.48
LOCKIE81.3180579.71
MURRAY81.318010.63
STEWART71.15327.37
WADDEL71.15321,627.91
MANN71.153221.89
COCKBURN71.153290.44
HENDERSON71.153210.61
LIDDELL71.1532125.67
CAIRNS71.153253.31
SHARP71.153213.84
TAIT71.153239.17
SHIELS71.1532489.51
TURNER71.15324.14
YOUNG60.98854.60
RICHARDSON60.98855.81
GILCHRIST60.988567.42
RUTHERFORD60.988540.51
BROWN60.98851.50
BURTON60.988511.60
PURVES60.9885151.13
DOUGLAS50.823717.00
CROOKS50.8237106.84
FAIRBAIRN50.8237111.61
MIDDLETON50.823715.69
WALKER50.82372.46
WILLIAMSON40.65907.35
JOHNSTONE40.659014.58
RENWICK40.659096.62
MOORE40.65903.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BERNEY0.616073750.0000
WADDEL0.616071627.9070
HALLORAN0.616071600.0000
ALICE0.616071250.0000
WALKINSHAW0.616071159.4203
BALD0.61607927.8351
SWANSTON0.61607615.3846
LOCKIE0.61607579.7101
TORRANCE0.61607559.7015
SHIELS0.61607489.5105
DENHOLM0.61607393.7008
MATTHEWSON0.61607344.8276
SIMMERS0.61607256.4103
PRINGLE0.61607219.6653
GALBRAITH0.61607162.1622
PURVES0.61607151.1335
REDPATH0.61607141.8440
CROZIER0.61607140.3509
FORTUNE0.61607126.1830
LIDDELL0.61607125.6732
GAULD0.61607125.0000
HARDIE0.61607113.7800
FAIRBAIRN0.61607111.6071
CROOKS0.61607106.8376
RENWICK0.6160796.6184
WIGHT0.6160796.1538
LAUDER0.6160794.0439
COCKBURN0.6160790.4393
SHERIDAN0.6160782.1918
COWAN0.6160780.7754
GILCHRIST0.6160767.4157
ARCHIBALD0.6160757.2519
LINDSAY0.6160755.6117
CAIRNS0.6160753.3130
BRYDON0.6160752.3560
EARLY0.6160744.4444
TWEEDIE0.6160742.7350
GRIEVE0.6160742.6743
TOD0.6160742.3729
TODD0.6160742.0848
RUTHERFORD0.6160740.5132
BLACKIE0.6160740.1606
FLEMING0.6160739.6511
TAIT0.6160739.1718
KNOX0.6160738.3877
STRACHAN0.6160738.2044
HOGG0.6160736.4797
DARLING0.6160734.4234
RANKIN0.6160733.2594
MUNRO0.6160733.2103

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 607 people called BERNEY in Channelkirk 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 3750.0000 in Channelkirk means that 3750.0000% of the people in Channelkirk on census day were called BERNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BERNEY 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 BERNEY 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 BERNEY 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 BERNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Channelkirk means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BERNEY in Channelkirk than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Channelkirk in 1881

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

ALICE (1)  ANDERSON (4)  ARCHIBALD (3)  BALD (9)  BATHGATE (2)  BEATTIE (4)  BELL (19)  BLAIKIE (3)  BLACKIE (1)  BOOTH (1)  BOYLE (1)  BROWN (6)  BRYDON (1)  BURTON (6)  BERNEY (9)  CAIRNS (7)  CAMPBELL (9)  MC CARVELL (1)  CLARK (1)  COCHRINE (1)  COCKBURN (7)  COLLIVN (1)  COWAN (10)  CRAWFORD (3)  CROOKS (5)  CROZIER (4)  DARLING (2)  DAVIDSON (1)  DENHOLM (10)  DICKSON (2)  DOUGLAS (5)  DOLLAN (1)  EARLY (1)  FAIRBAIRN (5)  FERRIER (1)  FLEMING (10)  FORD (1)  FORTUNE (4)  FRASER (4)  GALBRAITH (9)  GAULD (2)  GIBSON (1)  GILCHRIST (6)  GOODWIN (1)  JERDAN (4)  GRIEVE (3)  GULACHOR (1)  HALLORAN (8)  HARDIE (9)  HENDERSON (7)  HENRY (3)  HERMISTON (8)  HOGG (8)  HOPE (2)  HUNTER (3)  JOHNSTON (4)  JOHNSTONE (4)  KEPPIE (2)  KERR (2)  KNOX (4)  LAUDER (3)  LEES (3)  LIDDELL (7)  LINDSAY (11)  LOCKIE (8)  MANN (7)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTIN (1)  MATHER (3)  MATTHEWSON (3)  MC DERMID (1)  MC GALVRAY (1)  MC LEISH (1)  MC CRAE (1)  MIDDLETON (5)  MILNE (1)  MOFFAT (2)  MOORE (4)  MUNRO (9)  MURRAY (8)  NEILSON (1)  OLIVER (1)  PARK (1)  PRINGLE (21)  PURVES (6)  RAMSAY (4)  RANKIN (3)  REDFERN (1)  REDPATH (4)  REID (2)  RENWICK (4)  RICHARDSON (6)  REILLY (1)  ROBERTSON (27)  RUTHERFORD (6)  SANDILANDS (12)  SCOTT (10)  SHARP (7)  SHERIDAN (3)  SHIELS (7)  SUMMERVILE (1)  STEWART (7)  STRACHAN (4)  SIMMERS (1)  SWAN (4)  SWANSTON (8)  TAIT (7)  TAYLOR (3)  THENLIN (1)  TODD (13)  TOD (1)  TORRANCE (15)  TOUGH (2)  TURNER (7)  TWEEDIE (1)  WALKER (5)  WALKINSHAW (8)  WADDEL (7)  WATSON (1)  WELSH (1)  WHELLANS (4)  WIGHT (3)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILSON (27)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (6)