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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gordon, Berwickshire

Gordon 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
SCOTT323.827815.13
CAIRNS283.3493154.87
HAY263.110084.80
LOTHIAN242.87081,263.16
GRAY232.751219.27
YOUNG202.392311.14
JOHNSTON202.392329.65
HENDERSON172.033518.71
PURVES161.9139292.50
SMITH151.79431.27
FAIRBAIRN141.6746226.90
COCHRANE131.5550100.39
STARK131.5550113.54
CHISHOLM111.315890.61
YULE111.3158262.53
ROBERTSON101.19627.14
HUNTER101.196211.65
COCKBURN101.196293.72
SIMPSON101.19626.84
BROWN91.07661.63
SWINTON91.0766523.26
WELSH91.076627.19
CAMPBELL91.07666.36
WALKINSHAW91.0766947.37
TROTTER91.0766102.62
SPENCE91.076632.55
PRINGLE91.076668.34
GIBSON80.95697.88
REID80.95699.11
CROW80.956963.39
FLEMING80.956923.03
MELROSE80.9569246.91
RUTHERFORD80.956939.22
HUME80.956967.45
KNOX80.956955.75
BEATTIE80.956944.72
LINDSAY70.837325.69
MESSER70.8373285.71
MITCHELL70.83734.13
WATSON70.83733.61
LAUDER70.8373159.45
BLACK70.837312.93
JAMIESON60.717725.77
HUSH60.7177937.50
HORN60.717731.58
LAIDLAW60.717780.97
HOGARTH60.7177108.70
HALL60.71772.44
STODDART60.717785.96
JUDGE60.717766.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JERDON0.848366666.6667
LOTHIAN0.848361263.1579
WALKINSHAW0.84836947.3684
HUSH0.84836937.5000
SWINTON0.84836523.2558
MALLEN0.84836406.5041
CRAW0.84836363.6364
GILLIE0.84836352.9412
BIGGAR0.84836344.8276
SHIEL0.84836333.3333
VIRTUE0.84836333.3333
PURVES0.84836292.5046
MESSER0.84836285.7143
WALDIE0.84836279.3296
YULE0.84836262.5298
MELROSE0.84836246.9136
FAIRBAIRN0.84836226.9044
CAFFERTY0.84836204.0816
HALLIBURTON0.84836204.0816
LAUDER0.84836159.4533
LOCKIE0.84836157.8947
CAIRNS0.84836154.8673
BURNET0.84836130.7190
STARK0.84836113.5371
SPARK0.84836108.9918
HOGARTH0.84836108.6957
HERRIOT0.84836106.3830
TROTTER0.84836102.6226
COCHRANE0.84836100.3861
COCKBURN0.8483693.7207
CHISHOLM0.8483690.6096
STODDART0.8483685.9599
HAY0.8483684.8010
STOBBS0.8483682.6446
LAIDLAW0.8483680.9717
HASTIE0.8483675.6144
PORTEOUS0.8483671.8133
WIGHT0.8483669.7674
WANLESS0.8483669.4444
PRINGLE0.8483668.3371
HUME0.8483667.4536
TULLY0.8483666.9643
JUDGE0.8483666.3717
CROW0.8483663.3914
HAIG0.8483660.7903
HISLOP0.8483659.6421
BLACKIE0.8483658.3090
KNOX0.8483655.7491
SIMSON0.8483646.0829
BEATTIE0.8483644.7177

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 836 people called JERDON in Gordon 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 6666.6667 in Gordon means that 6666.6667% of the people in Gordon on census day were called JERDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JERDON 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 JERDON 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 JERDON 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 JERDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.84 in Gordon means that you are 0.84 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JERDON in Gordon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gordon in 1881

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

ALLAN (4)  ANDERSON (3)  ARCHER (1)  ARMSTRONG (2)  DUNLOP (ARMSTRONG) (4)  BAIN (1)  BAMBREY (1)  BARNES (1)  BEATTIE (8)  BELL (5)  BIGGAR (4)  BLACK (7)  BLACKHALL (1)  BLACKIE (2)  BOLTON (1)  BRADFORD (4)  BRODIE (5)  BROTHERSTON (BROTHERSTAIN) (2)  BROTHERSTON (2)  BROWN (9)  BRYDON (1)  BURNET (4)  CAIRNS (28)  CAMPBELL (9)  CARRUTHERS (3)  CASSIE (4)  CHISHOLM (11)  COCHRANE (13)  COCKBURN (10)  MC CORMICK (4)  COWAN (1)  CRAIG (1)  CRAW (2)  CROW (8)  DAVIDSON (2)  DODDS (5)  DONALDSON (1)  DOUGLAS (2)  DOYLE (1)  DUFF (1)  DUFFY (1)  DUNN (3)  ELLIOT (1)  FAIRBAIRN (14)  FAIRGRIEVE (2)  FLEMING (8)  FRASER (1)  FRISKIN (2)  FRISKEN (3)  GALBRAITH (1)  GARDNER (1)  GIBSON (8)  GILLIE (3)  GOODFELLOW (2)  JERDON (2)  GORDON (1)  GRAY (23)  HALLIBURTON (1)  HALL (6)  HARDIE (1)  HARVEY (5)  HASTIE (4)  HAY (26)  HAIG (2)  HENDERSON (17)  HERRIOT (1)  HISLOP (3)  HOGARTH (6)  HOGG (2)  HOOD (1)  HOPE (1)  HORN (6)  HEUGH (2)  HUME (8)  HUNTER (10)  HUSH (6)  INGLIS (2)  JACK (3)  JAMIESON (6)  JOHNSTON (20)  JUDGE (6)  MC KAY (2)  KILPATRICK (1)  KIRKWOOD (1)  KNOX (8)  LAMB (3)  LAUDER (7)  LEITCH (2)  LAIDLAW (6)  LINDSAY (7)  SCOTT (LINDSAY) (2)  LOCKIE (3)  LOTHIAN (24)  LYAL (3)  MACLAUGHTON (1)  MALLEN (5)  MARSHALL (1)  MASON (1)  MACK (1)  MC ADAM (1)  CAFFERTY (1)  MC DOUGAL (9)  MC MASTER (1)  MELROSE (8)  MESSER (7)  MIDDLEMAS (5)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (7)  MOFFAT (3)  MOORE (1)  MURRAY (3)  NEWTON (3)  NICHOLSON (1)  NISBET (3)  NOBLE (1)  ORMISTON (1)  PATERSON (3)  PATON (1)  PENMAN (2)  PHIMISTER (2)  PORTEOUS (4)  PRINGLE (9)  PURVES (16)  MC QUILLAN (1)  REID (8)  RENTON (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBERTSON (10)  RUTHERFORD (8)  SANDILANDS (1)  SCOTT (32)  SHARP (3)  SHIEL (5)  SHIELL (4)  SHEARLAW (4)  SHORT (4)  SIMPSON (10)  SIMSON (1)  SINCLAIR (1)  SMART (4)  SMITH (15)  SPARK (4)  SPENCE (9)  STARK (13)  STENHOUSE (1)  STEWART (5)  STOCKS (1)  STODDART (6)  STOBBS (2)  SWAN (5)  SWINTON (9)  THOMPSON (2)  TROTTER (9)  TULLY (3)  TURNBULL (2)  VIRTUE (3)  WALDIE (5)  WALKER (1)  WALKINSHAW (9)  WANLESS (1)  WATHERSTON (1)  WEATHERSTON (1)  WATSON (7)  WELSH (9)  WIGHT (3)  WHITE (1)  WILKIE (3)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (4)  YOUNG (20)  YULE (11)