Top surnames from the 1881 census in Carrington, Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

Carrington is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

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
HENDERSON203.268030.07
NOBLE172.777866.90
ROBERTSON172.777816.58
SMITH162.61441.85
STEWART152.451015.66
SIMPSON142.287613.08
ANDREWS111.797418.76
HUGHES101.63405.83
KIRKWOOD101.6340180.83
GREIG101.6340103.20
SCOTT101.63406.46
BAXTER91.470624.68
HUNTER91.470614.32
MITCHELL91.47067.25
LOTHIAN91.4706647.48
SWANSTON91.4706687.02
BURTON91.470617.26
KING91.47066.75
LENNON81.3072370.37
WATT81.307234.09
LAING81.307265.04
FRASER81.307214.68
LIVINGSTON71.1438127.27
GARDNER71.143816.85
CASTELLO71.14382,916.67
WATSON71.14384.93
RORK71.14384,117.65
HARPER71.143817.87
TAIT60.980433.30
CONLIN60.9804526.32
DOUGLAS60.980420.24
DALGLEISH60.9804218.18
RAMSAY60.980438.07
TORRANCE60.9804222.22
CORE60.9804689.66
HOGG50.817022.61
TOD50.8170210.08
KERR50.817014.98
CRICHTON50.817095.79
CUNNINGHAM50.817017.35
HILL50.81703.21
BROWN50.81701.24
LINDSAY40.653620.05
LAWSON40.653611.09
MACFARLANE40.6536114.29
LOGAN40.653627.57
FINAN40.6536952.38
THOMSON40.65364.89
COCHRANE40.653642.19
MURRAY40.65365.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRIANS0.616125000.0000
RORK0.616124117.6471
CASTELLO0.616122916.6667
LANNEN0.616121666.6667
FINAN0.61612952.3810
CORE0.61612689.6552
SWANSTON0.61612687.0229
LOTHIAN0.61612647.4820
CONLIN0.61612526.3158
LENNON0.61612370.3704
NAYSMITH0.61612227.2727
TORRANCE0.61612222.2222
DALGLEISH0.61612218.1818
TOD0.61612210.0840
KIRKWOOD0.61612180.8318
RODMAN0.61612156.2500
LIVINGSTON0.61612127.2727
CONNON0.61612126.5823
MACFARLANE0.61612114.2857
GREIG0.61612103.1992
BERTRAM0.61612102.3891
CRICHTON0.6161295.7854
COLSTON0.6161289.2857
SNEDDON0.6161282.4176
NOBLE0.6161266.9028
LAING0.6161265.0407
GAIR0.6161261.7284
PRYDE0.6161259.1716
EWING0.6161253.1915
HONEYMAN0.6161250.0000
DALY0.6161249.6689
COCHRANE0.6161242.1941
RAMSAY0.6161238.0711
JARDINE0.6161235.0877
LAWRIE0.6161234.1297
WATT0.6161234.0861
TAIT0.6161233.2963
HOGAN0.6161232.5203
FINLAY0.6161231.8471
FORTUNE0.6161231.2500
HENDERSON0.6161230.0661
LOGAN0.6161227.5672
SHERIDAN0.6161227.1739
BAXTER0.6161224.6778
LAND0.6161222.6757
HOGG0.6161222.6142
CROOKS0.6161221.1864
CHALMERS0.6161220.5903
DOUGLAS0.6161220.2361
LINDSAY0.6161220.0501

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 612 people called BRIANS in Carrington 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 Carrington means that 5000.0000% of the people in Carrington on census day were called BRIANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRIANS 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 BRIANS 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 BRIANS 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 BRIANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Carrington means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRIANS in Carrington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Carrington in 1881

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

AIRLIE (5)  ANDREWS (11)  ARMSTRONG (3)  ARMSTRONG (DALGLEISH) (2)  BARCLAY (1)  BATHGATE (6)  BAXTER (9)  BERTRAM (3)  BRAIDWOOD (2)  BROGGAN (1)  BROWN (5)  BRIANS (2)  BURTON (9)  CAIRNS (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CORE (6)  CASTELLO (7)  CHALMERS (3)  LOCKIE (CHALMERS) (4)  MC COAT (1)  COCHRANE (4)  COLSTON (1)  CONNON (1)  CONLIN (6)  CONWAY (1)  CRICHTON (5)  CROOKS (1)  CUMMERFIELD (1)  CUNNINGHAM (5)  DALGLEISH (6)  DALGLEISH (RODMAN) (2)  DALY (3)  DICK (1)  DICKSON (2)  DOUGLAS (6)  DOW (1)  DUNCAN (1)  EWING (3)  FINAN (4)  FINLAY (2)  GARDNER (FINLAY) (2)  FORTUNE (1)  FRASER (8)  FYFE (1)  GAIR (1)  GARDINER (3)  GARDNER (7)  GIBSON (1)  GILRAY (5)  GOOLIE (1)  JARDINE (2)  GORDON (2)  GRAY (2)  GREIG (10)  HAMILTON (1)  HARDY (1)  O'HARE (5)  HARPER (7)  HENDERSON (20)  HILL (5)  HOGAN (2)  HOGG (5)  HONEYMAN (1)  HUGHES (10)  HUNTER (9)  INGLIS (1)  IRVING (1)  JOHNSTONE (1)  MAC KAIL (15)  MC KAIL (1)  KERR (5)  KING (9)  KIRKWOOD (10)  LAMB (1)  LAND (1)  LANNEN (1)  LAING (8)  LAWRIE (2)  LAWSON (4)  LENNON (8)  LENNIE (2)  LEWIS (1)  LINDSAY (4)  LIVERAGE (1)  LIVINGSTON (7)  LOGAN (4)  LOTHIAN (9)  MC DERMAID (5)  MACDONALD (3)  MC DONALD (4)  MC DOUGALL (1)  MACFARLANE (4)  MC INNES (10)  MC LUSKY (3)  MC MILLAN (2)  MC MURRY (4)  MC RAE (1)  MENILAWS (3)  MC MILLIAM (9)  MITCHELL (9)  MULLHOLLAND (6)  MURRAY (4)  NAYSMITH (1)  NEWLANDS (4)  SIMPSON (NEWLAND) (2)  NOBLE (17)  OLIVER (1)  PATERSON (2)  PLENDERLEITH (6)  PRYDE (1)  RAMSAY (6)  RODMAN (1)  ROBERTSON (17)  ROSS (1)  RORK (7)  RORKE (2)  SCOTT (10)  SHAW (1)  SHERIDAN (1)  SHIELLS (5)  SIMPSON (14)  SMITH (16)  SNEDDON (3)  STENHOUSE (3)  STEWART (15)  STORRIE (2)  SWANSTON (9)  TAIT (6)  THITCHING (7)  THOMSON (4)  TOD (5)  TORRANCE (6)  WATSON (7)  WATT (8)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (3)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (3)