Top surnames from the 1881 census in Garvald, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

Garvald is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

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
GRAY293.800826.62
ANDERSON222.883414.60
DICKSON212.752374.34
WATT202.621268.35
HOGG192.490268.94
BLACK172.228034.41
BROWN162.09703.18
BROOMFIELD131.7038253.41
LECKIE121.5727502.09
SINCLAIR111.441727.95
SANDERSON111.441734.90
MERCER111.441754.95
AMOS101.310679.74
SMITH101.31060.93
BELL101.31066.97
PEDEN101.3106649.35
CONLY91.17963,461.54
HENDERSON91.179610.85
BURNSIDE91.1796335.82
KINNAIRD81.0485597.01
HALL81.04853.56
DUNLOP81.048565.04
DODDS81.048549.81
JOHNSTON70.917411.37
LINTON70.9174111.64
BROTHERSON70.91747,777.78
TELFORD70.9174104.17
AINSLIE70.9174346.53
RUTHERFORD60.786432.22
ADAMS60.78645.34
WELSH60.786419.86
FULTON60.786462.31
EDMOND60.7864232.56
COMBE60.7864346.82
JAMIESON60.786428.24
SIMPSON60.78644.50
KNOWLES60.786414.72
HUTCHISON60.786447.81
BLAIR50.655325.28
HUNTER50.65536.38
ARCHIBALD50.655375.87
SWANSTON50.6553304.88
KELLY50.65535.98
PEFFERS50.65531,136.36
HOWDEN50.6553129.20
ORR50.655338.88
SUTHERLAND50.655313.01
HAKES50.65531,428.57
BAILLIE50.655363.13
TAIT40.524217.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROTHERSON0.767637777.7778
RYNES0.767634285.7143
CONLY0.767633461.5385
HAKES0.767631428.5714
PEFFERS0.767631136.3636
PEDEN0.76763649.3506
KINNAIRD0.76763597.0149
LECKIE0.76763502.0921
COMBE0.76763346.8208
AINSLIE0.76763346.5347
BURNSIDE0.76763335.8209
DURIE0.76763312.5000
SWANSTON0.76763304.8780
BROOMFIELD0.76763253.4113
EDMOND0.76763232.5581
BAYNE0.76763143.3692
MELROSE0.76763135.1351
SKELDON0.76763129.8701
HOWDEN0.76763129.1990
LINTON0.76763111.6427
TELFORD0.76763104.1667
AMOS0.7676379.7448
ARCHIBALD0.7676375.8725
DICKSON0.7676374.3363
MOSSMAN0.7676372.9927
FAIRBAIRN0.7676370.9220
COLSON0.7676368.9655
HOGG0.7676368.9405
WATT0.7676368.3527
HAIG0.7676366.6667
DINGWALL0.7676366.2252
DUNLOP0.7676365.0407
BAILLIE0.7676363.1313
FULTON0.7676362.3053
MERCER0.7676354.9451
BURGES0.7676352.3560
DODDS0.7676349.8132
HUTCHISON0.7676347.8088
COCKBURN0.7676341.0678
ORR0.7676338.8802
BURNET0.7676335.8423
SANDERSON0.7676334.8985
BLACK0.7676334.4060
COCHRANE0.7676333.8409
TOD0.7676333.6700
BRIDGES0.7676332.9489
RUTHERFORD0.7676332.2234
DRYSDALE0.7676331.0078
LAIDLAW0.7676329.5858
NESS0.7676328.9017

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 763 people called BROTHERSON in Garvald 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 7777.7778 in Garvald means that 7777.7778% of the people in Garvald on census day were called BROTHERSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROTHERSON 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 BROTHERSON 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 BROTHERSON 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 BROTHERSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Garvald means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROTHERSON in Garvald than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Garvald in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  AINSLIE (7)  AIRLEY (3)  AMOS (10)  ANDERSON (22)  ANGUS (3)  ANOTT (3)  ARCHIBALD (5)  BAILLIE (5)  BAYNE (4)  BARNS (1)  BELL (10)  BLACK (17)  BLAIR (5)  BORTHWICK (1)  BREMNER (1)  BRIDGES (4)  BROOMFIELD (13)  BROTHERSON (7)  BROTHERSTON (8)  BROWN (16)  BRYDONE (6)  BURGES (1)  BURNET (1)  BURNSIDE (9)  SINEL ? (1)  CLAPPERTON (7)  COCHRANE (4)  COCKBURN (4)  COMBE (6)  CONLY (9)  COLSON (1)  COWAN (4)  COWE (5)  DALGLIESH (2)  DARLING (1)  DEMPSTER (1)  DINGWALL (2)  DICKSON (21)  DODS (9)  DODDS (8)  DRUMMOND (3)  DRYSDALE (2)  DUFFY (2)  DUGEON (1)  DUNCAN (1)  DUNLOP (8)  DURIE (4)  EDMOND (6)  FAIRBAIRN (4)  FOGGO (6)  FORBES (1)  FOWLIS (1)  FULTON (6)  GIBSON (2)  GOLDIE (1)  GORDON (1)  GRAHAME (1)  GRAY (29)  GULLANE (1)  GUY (2)  HAKES (5)  HALE (1)  HALL (8)  HALLIDAY (1)  HARKES (5)  HARKUS (4)  HARDIE (1)  HARPER (3)  HART (1)  HAIG (2)  HENDERSON (9)  HEWAT (1)  HOGG (19)  HOWDEN (5)  HUNTER (5)  HUCHISON (2)  HUTCHISON (6)  JAMIESON (6)  JOHNSTONE (4)  JOHNSTON (7)  MC KAY (1)  KELLY (5)  KINNAIRD (8)  KNOWLES (6)  KNOX (3)  LAWRIE (1)  LAURIE (1)  LORRAIN (1)  LAWSON (1)  LECKIE (12)  LEITCH (WATT) (10)  LAIDLAW (2)  LINTON (7)  MC ALPINE (1)  MC CULLOCH (1)  MC DONALD (11)  MC KINNON (1)  MC LEOD (1)  MELROSE (4)  MERCER (11)  MILLAR (1)  MUIR (1)  MOSSMAN (1)  MURDOCH (2)  MURRAY (3)  NESS (1)  OLIVER (1)  ORR (5)  PATERSON (4)  PEDEN (10)  PEFFERS (5)  PENDRIGH (1)  PUNTON (9)  PRINGLE (1)  QUINAN (10)  RAEBURN (13)  RATTRAY (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RILEY (1)  RINTOUL (1)  RITCHIE (3)  ROBERTSON (3)  RORKE (7)  RUTHERFORD (6)  RYNES (3)  SANDERSON (11)  SCOULAR (5)  SCOTT (1)  SHERRIFF (1)  SHIELL (4)  SHIELLS (2)  SIMPSON (6)  SINCLAIR (11)  SKED (12)  SKELDON (1)  SMALL (1)  SMART (4)  SMITH (10)  STENHOUSE (2)  STEWART (4)  STRACHAN (1)  STRATHERN (1)  SUTHERLAND (5)  SWANSTON (5)  TAIT (4)  TELFORD (7)  THOMSON (3)  TOD (1)  TUCH ? (8)  TURNBULL (1)  TURNER (1)  WATERS (2)  WATT (20)  WELSH (6)  WHITE (2)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WOOD (1)  WYLIE (1)  YORKSTONE (5)  YOUNG (1)