Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swinton, Berwickshire

Swinton 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
PURVES282.8956443.04
SPENCE242.481975.02
DAVIDSON202.068324.60
BROWN191.96482.98
ANDERSON171.75808.90
HENDERSON161.654615.22
ROBERTSON151.55129.26
PATERSON151.551222.79
NORRIS141.447833.71
AITCHISON141.4478206.49
CRAIG131.344430.61
WILKINSON131.34448.81
RAE131.344459.01
PRINGLE121.241078.79
ALLAN121.241019.77
WATSON111.13754.90
HOPPER111.137579.65
HAIG111.1375289.47
YOUNG111.13755.30
COCKBURN111.137589.14
HAMILTON101.034113.79
BELL101.03415.50
BROOMFIELD101.0341153.85
VEITCH101.0341156.99
STEEL101.034125.37
MIDDLEMISS101.0341436.68
MOOR90.930766.42
PENNY90.930752.30
JOHNSTONE90.930720.59
CHALMERS90.930739.10
PAXTON90.9307116.73
EDGAR90.930760.44
CAMPBELL80.82734.89
FARMER80.827326.47
TURNBULL80.827319.63
WILSON80.82731.80
AITON80.82731,290.32
SMITH80.82730.59
WHITE80.82732.57
FORD80.82738.49
HAGG80.82731,355.93
KERR80.827315.17
MUCKLE80.8273733.95
STEWART80.82735.29
RENTON80.8273134.91
BRIGGS70.723913.33
HALLIBURTON70.72391,228.07
HOPE70.723921.27
TROTTER70.723969.03
MACKAY70.723920.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PRATTIS0.979675000.0000
CLINKSCALES0.979673333.3333
HAGG0.979671355.9322
AITON0.979671290.3226
HALLIBURTON0.979671228.0702
MUCKLE0.97967733.9450
GREENLAW0.97967461.5385
PURVES0.97967443.0380
MIDDLEMISS0.97967436.6812
PAULIN0.97967434.7826
HAIG0.97967289.4737
HORSBURGH0.97967251.0460
HATLEY0.97967229.0076
AITCHISON0.97967206.4897
SKELDON0.97967204.0816
TWEEDIE0.97967187.6676
WALKINSHAW0.97967181.8182
VEITCH0.97967156.9859
BROOMFIELD0.97967153.8462
SWINTON0.97967150.7538
CHRYSTAL0.97967150.3759
SWANSTON0.97967144.2308
STOBIE0.97967140.8451
RENTON0.97967134.9073
PAXTON0.97967116.7315
WHITELAW0.97967104.1667
HASTIE0.9796798.0392
VIRTUE0.9796796.1538
COMMON0.9796793.4579
MEIN0.9796790.9091
COCKBURN0.9796789.1410
GALLON0.9796784.0336
HOPPER0.9796779.6524
PRINGLE0.9796778.7919
FIFE0.9796777.8210
LOFTUS0.9796775.9013
SPENCE0.9796775.0234
TROTTER0.9796769.0335
MOOR0.9796766.4207
NAIRN0.9796762.6305
STRAUGHAN0.9796762.1118
EDGAR0.9796760.4433
RAE0.9796759.0104
ALDER0.9796757.8871
PENNY0.9796752.2952
CALDER0.9796751.7751
GUTHRIE0.9796749.2207
NISBET0.9796748.9716
MOFFATT0.9796748.2315
NICHOL0.9796748.0307

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 967 people called PRATTIS in Swinton 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 5000.0000 in Swinton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Swinton on census day were called PRATTIS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Swinton in 1881

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

ALDER (4)  ALLAN (12)  ANDERSON (17)  AITCHISON (14)  BAIKIE (3)  SPIERS (BAIKIE) (4)  BARCLAY (7)  BELL (10)  BENNET (1)  BARRIE (1)  BEVERIDGE (2)  BIGGS (1)  BLACKHALL (1)  BLYTHE (2)  BOOKLESS (11)  BOWMAKER (1)  BOYAD (2)  BOYD (2)  BRIGGS (7)  BRODIE (5)  BROOMFIELD (10)  BROWN (19)  BRUCE (1)  BUCHANAN (1)  BUKIE (1)  CALDER (7)  CAMERON (6)  CAMPBELL (8)  CARTER (6)  CHALMERS (9)  CHISHOLM (1)  CHRYSTAL (2)  CLEGHORN (1)  CLINKSCALES (3)  COCKBURN (11)  COOK (4)  COOPER (1)  COWE (27)  CRAIG (13)  CRIMER (5)  COMMON (2)  CUNNINGHAM (2)  CURRIE (2)  DARLING (2)  DAVIDSON (20)  DEANS (1)  DENHOLM (1)  DOBSON (2)  DONNELLY (1)  DOUGLAS (5)  DUGLAS (1)  DRUMMOND (1)  DRYSDALE (1)  AITON (8)  ADDY (1)  EDGAR (9)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FARMER (8)  FORD (8)  FOSTER (5)  FIFE (2)  GALLON (2)  GIBSON (3)  GRANT (1)  GREENWELL (1)  GREENLAW (3)  GUTHRIE (6)  HAGG (8)  HALLIBURTON (7)  HALL (5)  HAMILTON (10)  HARDIE (2)  HASTIE (6)  HATLEY (3)  HAIG (11)  HAYNE (1)  HENDERSON (16)  HENDRY (3)  HOGG (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOOD (1)  HOPPER (11)  HOPE (7)  HORSBURGH (6)  HOULISON (4)  HOULISTON (3)  HOWIE (2)  HUNTER (3)  INGLIS (1)  IRVINE (1)  JEFFREY (1)  JAFFREY (2)  JOHNSTON (2)  JOHNSTONE (9)  JONES (4)  KEILL (1)  KERR (8)  KNOX (1)  LAMOND (1)  LANDELS (7)  LIDDELL (1)  LILLIE (1)  LOFTUS (4)  LOGAN (1)  LUGTON (2)  LYALL (3)  MALCOLM (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MAVON (1)  MC DONALD (3)  MACKAY (7)  MC MURTRIE (1)  MEIKLEHAM (1)  MEIN (1)  MELVILLE (1)  MIDDLEMISS (10)  MILLER (5)  MILNE (2)  MOFFATT (3)  MOFFAT (2)  MOOR (9)  MUCKLE (8)  NAIRN (3)  NEILLANS (5)  NICHOL (5)  NISBET (5)  NORRIS (14)  O'DONAL (1)  ORD (3)  PATTERSON (5)  PATERSON (15)  PAULIN (4)  PAXTON (9)  PENNY (9)  PHILLIPS (2)  PRATTIS (1)  PRENTICE (5)  PRESTON (7)  PRINGLE (12)  PURVES (28)  RAE (13)  REID (1)  RENTON (8)  RICHLEY (1)  ROBERTSON (15)  ROBSON (5)  ROSS (3)  RUTHERFORD (3)  SCOUGAL (1)  SHARP (5)  SHIELL (16)  SHILLINGLAW (1)  SHIPLEY (1)  SHORT (4)  SIMPSON (4)  SIVESS (7)  SKELDON (2)  SMITH (8)  SPENCE (24)  STEEL (10)  STEVENS (1)  STEWART (8)  STUART (3)  STOBIE (2)  STRAUGHAN (1)  SUTHERLAND (1)  SWINTON (3)  SWANSTON (3)  TAIT (5)  TAYLOR (6)  TELFER (1)  THOMPSON (4)  THOMSON (1)  TROTTER (7)  TUNNAH (3)  TURNBULL (8)  TWEEDIE (7)  VEITCH (10)  VIRTUE (1)  WALKINSHAW (2)  WATERS (1)  WATSON (11)  WESTON (1)  WHEELANS (1)  WHITE (8)  WHITELAW (6)  WILKINSON (13)  WILSON (8)  WOOD (3)  YOUNGER (1)  YOUNG (11)  YOULE (2)