Top surnames from the 1881 census in Longformacus, Berwickshire

Longformacus 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
ANDERSON184.675323.67
BELL133.376617.97
ALLAN112.857145.51
MARTIN112.857111.60
RANKIN102.5974174.83
TODD102.597451.05
STOBIE92.33771,578.95
WATSON92.337710.08
HUME92.3377164.84
YOUNG92.337710.88
GILLIES92.3377163.34
SMITH82.07791.47
FRASER82.077923.34
LIDDLE82.0779176.21
LUNN71.8182140.56
STEWART71.818211.62
OVENS71.8182714.29
SIM61.5584138.89
AITCHISON61.5584222.22
WILSON51.29872.83
RODGERS51.298747.44
RICHARDSON51.29877.63
ERSKINE51.2987210.08
THOMSON51.29879.72
PURVES51.2987198.41
LAMB51.298724.62
TROTTER51.2987123.76
SCOTT51.29875.13
PUTT51.2987555.56
LAUDER41.0390198.02
BROWN41.03901.58
HENRY41.039041.11
COOK41.03905.23
MOFFAT41.039057.39
FORTUNE41.0390199.01
TURNER41.03903.73
EDGAR41.039067.45
GRANT30.77927.85
TURNBULL30.779218.48
ELLIOTT30.77929.18
WOOD30.77922.45
LISLE20.5195208.33
PATE20.5195125.79
WIGHT20.5195101.01
HOPE20.519515.27
LUKE20.519553.33
TAYLOR20.51950.81
HARDIE20.519539.84
DINWOODIE20.5195487.80
LEITCH20.519554.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STOBIE0.393851578.9474
OVENS0.39385714.2857
SPEEDY0.39385714.2857
MABEN0.39385588.2353
PUTT0.39385555.5556
DINWOODIE0.39385487.8049
GILLIE0.39385256.4103
AITCHISON0.39385222.2222
ERSKINE0.39385210.0840
LISLE0.39385208.3333
FORTUNE0.39385199.0050
PURVES0.39385198.4127
LAUDER0.39385198.0198
LIDDLE0.39385176.2115
RANKIN0.39385174.8252
HUME0.39385164.8352
GILLIES0.39385163.3394
COLSTON0.39385142.8571
LUNN0.39385140.5622
SIM0.39385138.8889
PATE0.39385125.7862
TROTTER0.39385123.7624
WIGHT0.39385101.0101
AINSLIE0.3938598.0392
WHITELAW0.3938587.3362
EDGAR0.3938567.4536
MOFFAT0.3938557.3888
LEITCH0.3938554.4959
BERTRAM0.3938554.3478
LUKE0.3938553.3333
TODD0.3938551.0465
RODGERS0.3938547.4383
ALLAN0.3938545.5110
FALCONER0.3938543.5730
HISLOP0.3938543.1034
HENRY0.3938541.1100
HARDIE0.3938539.8406
PAXTON0.3938532.5733
KIRKWOOD0.3938528.7356
BROWNE0.3938528.3688
MACK0.3938525.8398
LAMB0.3938524.6184
ANDERSON0.3938523.6718
FRASER0.3938523.3440
GRIEVE0.3938522.4215
RODGER0.3938518.4843
TURNBULL0.3938518.4843
BELL0.3938517.9682
CHISHOLM0.3938517.8891
PRINGLE0.3938516.5017

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 385 people called STOBIE in Longformacus 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 1578.9474 in Longformacus means that 1578.9474% of the people in Longformacus on census day were called STOBIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STOBIE 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 STOBIE 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 STOBIE 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 STOBIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Longformacus means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STOBIE in Longformacus than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Longformacus in 1881

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

AINSLIE (1)  ALLAN (11)  ANDERSON (18)  AITKEN (1)  AITCHISON (6)  BELL (13)  BERTRAM (1)  BLAKBELL (7)  BLAIKIE (8)  BLYTH (1)  BROWN (4)  BROWNE (2)  CHISHOLM (1)  CLARK (1)  COLSTON (1)  COOK (4)  COWE (8)  CRAIK (8)  CRIBBES (5)  CURRIE (1)  DINWOODIE (2)  DIXON (1)  EDGAR (4)  ELLIOTT (3)  ERSKINE (5)  FAIRLIE (1)  FALCONER (2)  FLYNER (2)  FORTUNE (4)  FRASER (8)  GILLIES (9)  GILLIE (1)  GRANT (3)  GRAY (2)  GRIEVE (1)  HALL (1)  HARDIE (2)  HENRY (4)  HISLOP (1)  HOPE (2)  HUME (9)  JOHNSTON (1)  KAY (1)  KIDD (1)  KIRKWOOD (1)  LAMB (5)  LAUDER (4)  LEITCH (2)  LISLE (2)  LIDDLE (8)  LUKE (2)  LUNN (7)  MABEN (1)  MARTIN (11)  MACK (1)  MC DOUGAL (1)  MACKAY (1)  MC LAREN (7)  MC LEAN (1)  MC LEOD (2)  MOFFAT (4)  MURRAY (1)  OVENS (7)  PATE (2)  PAXTON (1)  PRINGLE (1)  PURVES (5)  PUTT (5)  RANKIN (10)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBERTSON (2)  RODGER (1)  RODGERS (5)  SANDILANDS (1)  SCOTT (5)  SIM (6)  SMEATON (3)  SMITH (8)  SPEEDY (2)  STEWART (7)  STOBIE (9)  TAYLOR (2)  THIN (7)  THOMSON (5)  TODD (10)  TROTTER (5)  TURNBULL (3)  TURNER (4)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (9)  WIGHT (2)  WHITELAW (2)  WILSON (5)  WOOD (3)  YOUNG (9)