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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westruther, Berwickshire

Westruther 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
SCOTT253.709214.66
RAMAGE253.7092659.63
WOOD142.07726.52
MITCHELL142.077210.24
LOTHIAN142.0772915.03
DEANS131.9288284.46
CRAIG121.780440.54
CAMPBELL111.63209.64
ANDERSON111.63208.26
HUNTER101.483714.45
WAIT101.4837294.12
SIMPSON101.48378.48
HENDRY101.483793.63
BROCKIE91.33531,111.11
WILSON91.33532.91
HARDIE91.3353102.39
SHORT91.335334.18
DONALDSON91.335346.83
LAING91.335366.47
LILLIE81.1869484.85
COCHRANE81.186976.63
FLETCHER81.186910.40
WRIGHT81.18693.70
WHITE81.18693.69
YULE81.1869236.69
GUY71.038647.43
WEATHERHEAD71.0386364.58
CHISHOLM71.038671.50
HASTIE71.0386163.93
MERCER71.038639.57
MOSSMAN71.0386578.51
EDINGTON71.0386583.33
MILL60.8902147.78
ELLIOT60.890234.90
PATTERSON60.890225.53
RENTON60.8902145.28
SMITH60.89020.63
COWAN60.890243.64
GILL60.890212.58
MANN50.741814.08
HOGARTH50.7418112.36
GIBSON50.74186.11
RAMSAY50.741828.80
MILNE50.741816.68
CLOW50.7418245.10
PAULIN50.7418781.25
WALKER50.74182.22
ROBERTSON50.74184.43
FALCONER50.741862.19
KILKENNY50.7418943.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POLLACK0.676742222.2222
BROCKIE0.676741111.1111
HALIBURTON0.676741000.0000
KILKENNY0.67674943.3962
LOTHIAN0.67674915.0327
PAULIN0.67674781.2500
PURDOM0.67674740.7407
RAMAGE0.67674659.6306
EDINGTON0.67674583.3333
MOSSMAN0.67674578.5124
LILLIE0.67674484.8485
WEATHERHEAD0.67674364.5833
WAIT0.67674294.1176
DEANS0.67674284.4639
CLOW0.67674245.0980
YULE0.67674236.6864
PEDEN0.67674220.5882
GRANDISON0.67674212.7660
HASTIE0.67674163.9344
ROBERTON0.67674158.7302
MILL0.67674147.7833
RENTON0.67674145.2785
DINWOODIE0.67674138.8889
HOME0.67674119.0476
HOGARTH0.67674112.3596
HARDIE0.67674102.3891
HENDRY0.6767493.6330
CARNEGIE0.6767490.4977
FAIR0.6767484.7458
GOURLAY0.6767480.2139
COCHRANE0.6767476.6284
CHISHOLM0.6767471.5015
LAING0.6767466.4697
FALCONER0.6767462.1891
GALBRAITH0.6767448.7013
GUY0.6767447.4255
DONALDSON0.6767446.8262
COCKBURN0.6767446.5116
COWAN0.6767443.6364
CRAIG0.6767440.5405
BURNET0.6767440.4858
MERCER0.6767439.5704
HAIG0.6767437.7358
ELLIOT0.6767434.9040
LAURIE0.6767434.5423
SHORT0.6767434.1815
GOODFELLOW0.6767433.5570
REDPATH0.6767431.9489
BRADFORD0.6767430.4414
FAIRLEY0.6767430.3030

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 674 people called POLLACK in Westruther 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 2222.2222 in Westruther means that 2222.2222% of the people in Westruther on census day were called POLLACK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POLLACK 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 POLLACK 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 POLLACK 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 POLLACK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.67 in Westruther means that you are 0.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POLLACK in Westruther than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westruther in 1881

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

ALCORAN (15)  ALLAN (4)  ANDERSON (RAE) (4)  ANDERSON (11)  BATHGATE (1)  BOALLES ? (1)  BOYD (3)  BRADFORD (4)  BRENNAN (2)  BROCKIE (9)  BROTHERSTON (5)  BROWN (3)  BROWNLEES (6)  BURNET (1)  BYRES (1)  CAMPBELL (11)  CARNEGIE (2)  CESSFORD (4)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHISHOLM (7)  CLAPPERTON (2)  CLOW (5)  COCHRANE (8)  COCKBURN (4)  COLLISEN (1)  COWAN (6)  COWE (8)  CRAIG (12)  CROSBIE (1)  DARLING (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DEANS (13)  DINWOODIE (1)  DICKSON (1)  DONALDSON (9)  DUNN (1)  EASTON (1)  EDGLY (5)  EDINGTON (7)  ELDER (1)  ELLIOT (6)  ELLIOT (PEDEN) (2)  FAIR (2)  FALSIDE (1)  FAIRLEY (1)  FALCONER (5)  FLETCHER (8)  FORD (1)  FORKE (8)  GALBRAITH (3)  GIBB (1)  GIBSON (5)  GILL (6)  GOODFELLOW (2)  GOURLAY (3)  GRAHAM (2)  GRAHAMSLAW (5)  GRANDISON (1)  GREIVE (3)  GUY (7)  HALIBURTON (1)  HALL (1)  HEYMERS (1)  HARDIE (9)  HASTIE (7)  HAIG (1)  HENDERSON (2)  HENDRY (10)  HERMISTON (2)  HOGARTH (5)  HOPE (3)  HOME (2)  HUNTER (10)  INGRAM (1)  IZZETT (2)  KELLY (4)  KEPPEN (1)  KIPPIE (1)  KILKENNY (5)  KIRKWOOD (1)  LAING (9)  LAURIE (2)  LAIDLAW (1)  LILLIE (8)  LOTHIAN (14)  LYAL (3)  MANN (5)  MATHER (2)  MC BAIN (8)  MC FARLANE (4)  MACKAY (1)  MAUCHLINE (1)  MAUCHLIN (8)  MC LEAN (1)  MC LEISH (10)  MERCER (7)  MILL (6)  MILNE (5)  MITCHELL (14)  MOFFAT (1)  MOSSMAN (7)  MURPHY (1)  MURRAY (2)  PARK (1)  PATTERSON (6)  PAULIN (5)  PEDEN (3)  PLENDERLEITH (10)  POLLACK (4)  PURDOM (2)  RAE (1)  RAMAGE (25)  RAMSAY (5)  REDPATH (1)  REID (1)  RENTON (6)  ROBERTSON (5)  ROBERTON (1)  ROSS (1)  SCOTT (25)  SHILLINGLAW (5)  SHERLAW (1)  SHORT (9)  SIMPSON (10)  SKELION (1)  CHILLINGTON (1)  SMART (1)  SMEATON (2)  SMITH (6)  STENHOUSE (3)  TAYLOR (2)  TENNANT (2)  THOMSON (1)  THORBURN (1)  TODD (2)  TOFTS (4)  TROTTER (2)  OUTTERSON (1)  WALKER (5)  WATERS (1)  WEATHERSTON (3)  WEATHERHEAD (7)  WHITE (8)  WILSON (9)  WOOD (14)  WRIGHT (8)  WAIT (10)  YOUNG (1)  YULE (8)