Top surnames from the 1881 census in Polworth, Berwickshire

Polworth 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
WATSON219.251139.88
REDPATH208.81061,904.76
NISBET135.7269541.67
ANDERSON125.286326.76
LOTHIAN93.96481,730.77
BOLTON93.964892.12
FOSTER93.964829.65
ELLIOT83.5242138.17
SOMERVILLE62.6432317.46
GIBB62.6432149.63
HALLIDAY62.6432127.93
BLACK52.202634.01
HOME52.2026877.19
LONEY52.20261,562.50
LIDDELL41.7621192.31
MILLER41.76219.85
AITCHISON31.3216188.68
LAIDLAW31.3216149.25
INGLES31.3216434.78
HUNTER31.321612.87
GRANT31.321613.32
TROTTER31.3216126.05
DENHOLM20.8811210.53
RAE20.881138.68
SMITH20.88110.62
PURVES20.8811135.14
JOHNSTON20.881110.92
CRAIG20.881120.06
LAUDER20.8811168.07
PRINGLE20.881155.87
HOWIE10.440544.84
DUNN10.44055.30
MARTIN10.44051.79
GUTHRIE10.440534.97
ROBERTSON10.44052.63
LILLIE10.4405181.82
CLINKSCALE10.440510,000.00
WEIR10.440516.95
FORREST10.440517.09
PETRIE10.440537.04
BROWN10.44050.67
TAYLOR10.44050.69
MOFFAT10.440524.33
DOLAN10.440550.76
GRAY10.44053.09
REID10.44054.19
CUMMING10.440523.09
FRASER10.44054.95
CARSWELL10.4405120.48
FLEMING10.440510.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLINKSCALE0.2322710000.0000
REDPATH0.232271904.7619
LOTHIAN0.232271730.7692
LONEY0.232271562.5000
HOME0.23227877.1930
ALCORN0.23227555.5556
NISBET0.23227541.6667
BURD0.23227454.5455
INGLES0.23227434.7826
SOMERVILLE0.23227317.4603
DENHOLM0.23227210.5263
LIDDELL0.23227192.3077
AITCHISON0.23227188.6792
LILLIE0.23227181.8182
LAUDER0.23227168.0672
GIBB0.23227149.6259
LAIDLAW0.23227149.2537
ELLIOT0.23227138.1693
PURVES0.23227135.1351
HALLIDAY0.23227127.9318
TROTTER0.23227126.0504
CARSWELL0.23227120.4819
BOLTON0.2322792.1187
FAIRBAIRN0.2322759.5238
PRINGLE0.2322755.8659
DOLAN0.2322750.7614
HOWIE0.2322744.8430
ELDER0.2322741.6667
WATSON0.2322739.8785
RAE0.2322738.6847
PETRIE0.2322737.0370
GUTHRIE0.2322734.9650
BLACK0.2322734.0136
DEWAR0.2322733.7838
FOSTER0.2322729.6540
ANDERSON0.2322726.7618
MOFFAT0.2322724.3309
JEFFREY0.2322723.8095
CUMMING0.2322723.0947
CRAIG0.2322720.0602
FORREST0.2322717.0940
WEIR0.2322716.9492
TAIT0.2322714.9701
GRANT0.2322713.3156
HUNTER0.2322712.8700
PATTERSON0.2322712.6422
JOHNSTON0.2322710.9170
FLEMING0.2322710.6045
MILLER0.232279.8474
ROSE0.232275.9418

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 227 people called CLINKSCALE in Polworth 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 10000.0000 in Polworth means that 10000.0000% of the people in Polworth on census day were called CLINKSCALE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLINKSCALE 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 CLINKSCALE 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 CLINKSCALE 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 CLINKSCALE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Polworth means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLINKSCALE in Polworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Polworth in 1881

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

ALCORN (1)  ANDERSON (12)  AITCHINSON (2)  AITCHISON (3)  BURD (1)  BLACK (5)  BOLTON (9)  BROWN (1)  CARSWELL (1)  CLINKSCALE (1)  CRAIG (2)  CUMMING (1)  DENHOLM (2)  DEWAR (1)  DODS (4)  DOLAN (1)  DUNN (1)  ELDER (1)  ELLIOT (8)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FLEMING (1)  FORREST (1)  FOSTER (9)  FRASER (1)  GEGGIE (6)  GIBB (6)  GORRIE (2)  GRANT (3)  GRAY (1)  GUTHRIE (1)  HALLIDAY (6)  HOWIE (1)  HOME (5)  HUNTER (3)  INGLES (3)  JEFFREY (1)  JOHNSTON (2)  LAUDER (2)  LIDDELL (4)  LAIDLAW (3)  LILLIE (1)  LOTHIAN (9)  LONEY (5)  LUGTON (1)  MARTIN (1)  MILLER (4)  MOFFAT (1)  NISBET (13)  PATTERSON (1)  PETRIE (1)  PHORSON (1)  PRINGLE (2)  PURVES (2)  RAE (2)  REDPATH (20)  REID (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROSE (1)  RUNCIMAN (2)  SIBES (1)  SMITH (2)  SOMERVILLE (6)  TAIT (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TROTTER (3)  WEATHERSTON (3)  WATSON (21)  WEIR (1)