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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hutton, Berwickshire

Hutton 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
ALLAN313.199250.96
SCOTT282.889611.42
WATSON282.889612.46
ANDERSON232.373612.02
ARMSTRONG222.270429.70
COCKBURN202.0640161.81
CLEGHORN181.8576676.69
TROTTER171.7544167.32
GILLIE151.54801,515.15
BROWN141.44482.19
HOSICK131.341621,666.67
BRUCE131.341628.64
KERR131.341624.60
THORBURN131.3416232.56
GRAY131.34169.40
MITCHELL131.34166.61
PURVES121.2384189.27
HOGG121.238434.28
LAWRIE111.1352118.53
NESBIT111.1352369.13
JEFFREY111.135261.38
MURRAY111.13529.15
CRAIG111.135225.85
RICHARDSON111.13526.67
REID111.135210.81
WHITEHEAD101.032015.27
LILLIE101.0320421.94
MABON101.0320862.07
SKELDON90.9288918.37
TAYLOR90.92881.45
RENTON90.9288151.52
WADDELL90.9288104.65
STARK90.928867.82
ALLISON80.825629.05
BLACK80.825612.75
PATTERSON80.825623.68
AITCHISON80.8256117.82
COLLIE80.8256230.55
BURNS80.825612.30
FORD70.72247.42
STEWART70.72244.62
WILSON70.72241.57
BIRD70.72249.45
SHIEL70.7224402.30
SCHOOLER70.72243,181.82
NISBET70.722468.43
CHAPMAN60.61924.36
GRANGER60.619260.54
COUTTS60.619261.41
WOOD60.61921.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOSICK0.9796921666.6667
SCHOOLER0.979693181.8182
GILLIE0.979691515.1515
SKELDON0.97969918.3673
MABON0.97969862.0690
CLEGHORN0.97969676.6917
WEDDEL0.97969666.6667
MACNAB0.97969454.5455
LILLIE0.97969421.9409
SHIEL0.97969402.2989
NESBIT0.97969369.1275
AIKMAN0.97969250.0000
WEATHERLY0.97969247.9339
THORBURN0.97969232.5581
COLLIE0.97969230.5476
LOCKIE0.97969227.2727
WALDIE0.97969192.3077
PURVES0.97969189.2744
TROTTER0.97969167.3228
HOME0.97969165.2893
COCKBURN0.97969161.8123
CRAW0.97969158.7302
RENTON0.97969151.5152
DALGLEISH0.97969137.6147
UNTHANK0.97969125.0000
WIGHT0.97969120.2405
LAWRIE0.97969118.5345
AITCHISON0.97969117.8203
WADDELL0.97969104.6512
VIRTUE0.9796995.2381
MUCKLE0.9796990.9091
MACQUEEN0.9796989.2857
LYLE0.9796988.3002
YULE0.9796982.4742
NISBET0.9796968.4262
STARK0.9796967.8222
WIGHTMAN0.9796962.7943
COUTTS0.9796961.4125
JEFFREY0.9796961.3839
GRANGER0.9796960.5449
ALLAN0.9796950.9617
SPARK0.9796946.9484
LOTHIAN0.9796945.4545
CHISHOLM0.9796935.5366
HOGG0.9796934.2759
ARNOT0.9796933.4448
HASWELL0.9796931.9489
BAILLIE0.9796929.8211
ARMSTRONG0.9796929.7016
ALLISON0.9796929.0487

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 969 people called HOSICK in Hutton 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 21666.6667 in Hutton means that 21666.6667% of the people in Hutton on census day were called HOSICK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOSICK 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 HOSICK 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 HOSICK 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 HOSICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.97 in Hutton means that you are 0.97 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOSICK in Hutton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hutton in 1881

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

AIKMAN (5)  ALLAN (31)  ALLISON (8)  ANDERSON (23)  ARMOUR (1)  ARMSTRONG (22)  ARNOT (1)  AITCHISON (8)  BAILLIE (3)  BAIN (3)  BARRON (1)  BELL (1)  BINNIE (1)  BIRD (7)  BLACK (8)  BLAIR (1)  BRAY (1)  BRIGGS (4)  BROWN (14)  BRUCE (13)  BURNLEES (5)  BURNS (8)  CAIRNCROSS (1)  CAIRNS (4)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHISHOLM (5)  CLAZIE (5)  CLEGHORN (18)  NAIRN (CLEGHORN) (2)  CLINSKELL (3)  COCKBURN (20)  COLLIE (8)  CONACHER (4)  COUTTS (6)  COWAN (1)  COWE (7)  CRAIG (11)  CRAIK (1)  CRAW (1)  CROW (1)  DALGLEISH (6)  DEWAR (1)  DICKSON (3)  DRAYDEN (1)  DUNBAR (3)  DUNCAN (5)  FENTON (3)  FLINT (2)  FORD (7)  FERGIE (1)  FOX (1)  FULLERTON (1)  FULTON (1)  GARDINER (2)  GEGGIE (2)  GIBSON (3)  GILLIE (15)  MC GILL (1)  GOFF (1)  GRANGER (6)  GRAY (13)  GREY (1)  GRIEVE (2)  GUILAR (8)  GUTHRIE (1)  HALLIDAY (5)  HASWELL (1)  HATTLE (2)  HENDERSON (4)  HEWIT (5)  HEWET (1)  HINES (1)  HOGG (12)  HOOD (3)  HOPPER (1)  HOPE (3)  HOSICK (13)  HOME (4)  MILNE OR HOME (10)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JEFFREY (11)  JOHNSTONE (3)  KELLY (1)  KERR (13)  KIRKE (4)  LAWRIE (11)  LIDDLE (1)  LILLIE (10)  LYLE (4)  LOCKIE (5)  LOTHIAN (1)  MABON (10)  MACBRAIRE (2)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTIN (6)  MASON (1)  MATTHEW (1)  MAXWELL (1)  MC GECHAN (3)  MC GECHEN (3)  MC INTOSH (4)  MC KENZIE (7)  MACKENZIE (1)  MC LAREN (1)  MACLEAN (1)  MC LEOD (17)  MC MILLAN (6)  MACNAB (4)  MACQUEEN (1)  MC ROSTIE (2)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (13)  MUCKLE (1)  MUIRHEAD (2)  MUNRO (1)  MURRAY (11)  NESBIT (11)  NISBET (7)  PARK (1)  PATERSON (2)  PATTERSON (8)  PEARSON (1)  PORTER (1)  PRENTICE (2)  PRINGLE (4)  PURVES (12)  PURVES (RENTON) (2)  RAE (1)  REA (1)  REID (11)  RENTON (9)  RICHARDS (5)  RICHARDSON (11)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROBSON (5)  ROGERS (5)  MC CROW (2)  RUTHERFORD (5)  SANDERSON (2)  SCOULAR (1)  SCHOOLER (7)  SCOTT (28)  SHAW (1)  SHIEL (7)  SHERLAW (3)  SKELDON (9)  SMALL (5)  SMART (3)  SMITH (3)  SPARKS (3)  SPARK (2)  STARK (9)  STEEL (1)  STEWART (7)  STORY (1)  TAIT (5)  TAYLOR (9)  TELFER (1)  THOMPSON (2)  THOMSON (5)  THORBURN (13)  THOMLINE (3)  TROTTER (17)  TUBB (1)  TOUCHER (2)  TUNNAH (2)  TURNBULL (1)  UMPHERSTONE (1)  UNTHANK (1)  UTTERSON (1)  VALANCE (1)  VIRTUE (1)  WALDIE (4)  WADDELL (9)  WATSON (28)  WATT (1)  WAUGH (2)  WEATHERLY (3)  WEDDEL (1)  WIGHT (6)  WHITEHEAD (10)  WHITLIE (11)  WIGHTMAN (4)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (7)  WINTER (4)  WOOD (6)  YOUNG (4)  YOUNGER (1)  YULE (4)