Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ladykirk, Berwickshire

Ladykirk 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
BLAIR225.0228193.83
PAULIN153.42473,571.43
WOOD153.424710.75
BARRON143.1963206.49
ROBERTSON132.968017.71
HENDERSON122.739725.20
WHITTAKER122.739757.86
PIKE102.283178.55
LAURIE92.0548239.36
SCOTT71.59826.32
DAVIDSON71.598219.01
JOHNSTON71.598219.80
MATHEWSON71.5982660.38
CAIRNS71.598273.92
HUME61.369996.62
AITCHISON61.3699195.44
PRESTON61.369927.42
BASSETT61.369987.85
FAIRBAIRN61.3699185.19
MILNE61.369930.82
GIBSON61.369911.28
PATTERSON61.369939.29
KERR51.141620.93
BALMER51.1416301.20
DOUGLAS51.141623.56
LANG51.141651.23
MILLER51.14166.38
SKELDON51.14161,136.36
MOFFATT40.9132141.84
WEBSTER40.913210.50
YOUNGER40.9132168.78
BRUCE40.913219.49
BOLTON40.913221.21
SLIGHT40.9132353.98
PATTON40.9132256.41
WATT40.913223.81
KINGHORN40.9132314.96
BROWN40.91321.39
COCKBURN40.913271.56
WHITE40.91322.84
MIDDLEMISS30.6849288.46
LOWES30.6849118.11
MURRAY30.68495.52
STEPHENSON30.684911.97
CURRIE30.684924.33
DALGLEISH30.6849152.28
WIGHT30.6849133.33
TROTTER30.684965.36
DEANS20.456667.34
SMITH20.45660.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PAULIN0.444383571.4286
SKELDON0.444381136.3636
MATHEWSON0.44438660.3774
SPEEDY0.44438625.0000
REYNER0.44438416.6667
SLIGHT0.44438353.9823
HOBKIRK0.44438344.8276
KINGHORN0.44438314.9606
BALMER0.44438301.2048
MIDDLEMISS0.44438288.4615
PATTON0.44438256.4103
LAURIE0.44438239.3617
BARRON0.44438206.4897
AITCHISON0.44438195.4397
BLAIR0.44438193.8326
FAIRBAIRN0.44438185.1852
YOUNGER0.44438168.7764
DALGLEISH0.44438152.2843
MOFFATT0.44438141.8440
DOBIE0.44438136.9863
STRAUGHAN0.44438136.9863
WIGHT0.44438133.3333
SHIEL0.44438126.5823
LOWES0.44438118.1102
HUME0.4443896.6184
HEATLEY0.4443896.1538
SERVICE0.4443894.3396
BASSETT0.4443887.8477
PIKE0.4443878.5546
ARNOT0.4443874.0741
DACK0.4443874.0741
CAIRNS0.4443873.9176
COCKBURN0.4443871.5564
CARNEGIE0.4443869.4444
DEANS0.4443867.3401
TROTTER0.4443865.3595
WHITTAKER0.4443857.8592
RENDELL0.4443854.6448
LANG0.4443851.2295
GOURLAY0.4443841.1523
PATTERSON0.4443839.2927
WOODROW0.4443836.9004
PURVES0.4443834.9650
ALDER0.4443831.9489
MILNE0.4443830.8166
BRUNTON0.4443829.0698
STRICKLAND0.4443828.6533
PRESTON0.4443827.4223
TOMLIN0.4443825.5102
HENDERSON0.4443825.2048

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 438 people called PAULIN in Ladykirk 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 3571.4286 in Ladykirk means that 3571.4286% of the people in Ladykirk on census day were called PAULIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PAULIN 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 PAULIN 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 PAULIN 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 PAULIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Ladykirk means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PAULIN in Ladykirk than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ladykirk in 1881

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

ALDER (1)  ARNOT (1)  AITCHISON (6)  BALMER (5)  BARRON (14)  BASSETT (6)  BEATTIE (1)  BELL (1)  BIRD (1)  BLAIR (22)  BOLTON (4)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (4)  BRUCE (4)  BRUNTON (1)  BURNETT (1)  BURNS (2)  CAIRNS (7)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARNEGIE (1)  CHIRNSIDE (8)  COCKBURN (4)  COSSAR (11)  CURRIE (3)  DACK (1)  DALGLEISH (3)  DAVIDSON (7)  DEANS (2)  DOBIE (2)  DODDS (2)  DOUGLAS (5)  DUNSE (11)  EDGER (8)  EWING (1)  FAIRBAIRN (6)  FEA (1)  FROOD (6)  GIBSON (6)  GOURLAY (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HAY (1)  HEATLEY (1)  HENDERSON (12)  HERBERT (1)  HEWATSON (3)  HOBKIRK (1)  HUME (6)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JOHNSTON (7)  KERR (5)  KINGHORN (4)  LANG (5)  LAURIE (9)  LEACH (1)  LINDORES (3)  LOWES (3)  MAJORIBANKS (1)  MATHEWSON (7)  MATTHEWS (1)  MC KANDIE (1)  MIDDLEMISS (3)  MILLER (5)  MILNE (6)  MOFFATT (4)  MUIR (1)  MURRAY (3)  PATTERSON (6)  PATTON (4)  PAULIN (15)  PEGG (1)  PIKE (10)  PRESTON (6)  PURVES (1)  RENDELL (1)  REYNER (1)  MC CRAITH (3)  ROBERTSON (13)  ROGERSON (1)  ROSHIER (6)  SCOTT (7)  SERVICE (1)  SHIEL (1)  SHEARLAW (1)  SKELDON (5)  SLIGHT (4)  SMITH (2)  SPEEDY (2)  STELHE (1)  STENHOUSE (7)  STEPHENSON (3)  STEVENSON (1)  STUART (1)  STRAUGHAN (1)  STRICKLAND (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TOMLIN (1)  TROTTER (3)  UMPHERSTONE (5)  UTTERSON (5)  WATT (4)  WEBSTER (4)  WHITTAKER (12)  WIGHT (3)  WHITE (4)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WOOD (15)  WOODMAN (1)  WOODROW (1)  YOUNGER (4)