Top surnames from the 1881 census in Manor, Peeblesshire

Manor is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Peeblesshire

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
HORSBURGH155.41522,205.88
ANDERSON134.693123.76
LINTON103.6101438.60
WILSON93.24917.07
JOHNSTONE93.249171.89
RUTHERFORD82.8881118.34
ALLAN72.527140.25
CHALMERS72.5271106.22
MELROSE72.5271654.21
BRODIE72.5271188.17
LIND62.16611,276.60
BROCKIE62.16611,818.18
INGLIS62.1661129.59
HOPE51.805153.02
LITTLE51.805138.17
FORREST51.805170.03
WATSON51.80517.78
ROBERTSON51.805110.77
GOWANS51.8051561.80
MUIR41.444037.74
JEFFREY41.444078.13
THOMPSON41.44404.82
COCHRANE41.444093.24
HILL41.44405.67
THOMSON41.444010.81
HENDERSON41.444013.28
STEELE31.083040.49
CUTHBERT31.083075.38
ROBERTS31.08302.88
HAMILTON31.083014.44
ROBB31.083062.63
BROWN31.08301.64
MURDOCH20.722042.46
KAY20.722013.90
MITCHELL20.72203.56
RUSSELL20.72205.92
TENNANT20.722067.57
PURDIE20.7220173.91
DOUGLAS20.722014.90
PATERSON10.36105.31
KER10.3610172.41
FINLAYSON10.361031.35
ABBOT10.361076.34
LOCK10.361012.67
TODD10.36107.09
RAE10.361015.85
KIRK10.36108.34
TAIT10.361012.25
GARDINER10.361012.56
ALEXANDER10.36106.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HORSBURGH0.282772205.8824
BROCKIE0.282771818.1818
LIND0.282771276.5957
MELROSE0.28277654.2056
GOWANS0.28277561.7978
LINTON0.28277438.5965
BRODIE0.28277188.1720
PURDIE0.28277173.9130
KER0.28277172.4138
INGLIS0.28277129.5896
RUTHERFORD0.28277118.3432
CHALMERS0.28277106.2215
COCHRANE0.2827793.2401
TOD0.2827792.5926
JEFFREY0.2827778.1250
ABBOT0.2827776.3359
CUTHBERT0.2827775.3769
JOHNSTONE0.2827771.8850
FORREST0.2827770.0280
TENNANT0.2827767.5676
ROBB0.2827762.6305
HOPE0.2827753.0223
RENWICK0.2827752.9101
SOMERVILLE0.2827743.2900
MURDOCH0.2827742.4628
STEELE0.2827740.4858
ALLAN0.2827740.2530
LITTLE0.2827738.1679
MUIR0.2827737.7358
LAWRIE0.2827737.7358
FINLAYSON0.2827731.3480
ANDERSON0.2827723.7617
WHYTE0.2827721.2766
RAE0.2827715.8479
DOUGLAS0.2827714.9031
HAMILTON0.2827714.4370
KAY0.2827713.8985
AITKEN0.2827713.7552
HENDERSON0.2827713.2846
LOCK0.2827712.6743
GARDINER0.2827712.5628
TAIT0.2827712.2549
THOMSON0.2827710.8079
ROBERTSON0.2827710.7712
KIRK0.282778.3403
MUNRO0.282778.0841
WATSON0.282777.7809
TODD0.282777.0922
WILSON0.282777.0744
LAMB0.282776.8446

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 277 people called HORSBURGH in Manor 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 2205.8824 in Manor means that 2205.8824% of the people in Manor on census day were called HORSBURGH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HORSBURGH 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 HORSBURGH 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 HORSBURGH 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 HORSBURGH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Manor means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HORSBURGH in Manor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Manor in 1881

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

ABBOT (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALLAN (7)  ANDERSON (13)  AITKEN (1)  BROCKIE (6)  BRODIE (7)  BROWN (3)  CHALMERS (7)  CLARK (1)  COCHRANE (4)  CUTHBERT (3)  DALGLIESH (4)  DOUGLAS (2)  FERGUSON (1)  FINLAYSON (1)  FORREST (5)  GAIRNS (2)  GARDINER (1)  GARROWAY (5)  GOWANS (5)  GRAHAM (1)  HAMILTON (3)  HENDERSON (4)  HILL (4)  HOPE (5)  HORSBURGH (15)  INGLIS (6)  JEFFREY (4)  JOHNSTONE (9)  KAY (2)  KERR (1)  KER (1)  KIRK (1)  LAMB (1)  LAWRIE (1)  LIND (6)  LINTON (10)  LITTLE (5)  LOCK (1)  MC BRYDE (1)  MC INTOSH (6)  MC SKIMMING (7)  MC COMB (3)  MELROSE (7)  MIDDLEMASS (2)  MITCHELL (2)  MUIR (4)  MUIRMAN (2)  MUNRO (1)  MURDOCH (2)  PANTOUL (2)  PATERSON (1)  PURDIE (2)  RAE (1)  RENWICK (1)  ROBB (3)  ROBERTS (3)  ROBERTSON (5)  RUSSELL (2)  RUTHERFORD (8)  SCOUGAL (7)  SMITH (1)  SOMERVILLE (1)  STEELE (3)  STEWART (1)  TAIT (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TENNANT (2)  THOMSON (4)  THOMPSON (4)  TOD (1)  TODD (1)  MAC VICAR (4)  WATSON (5)  WHYTE (1)  WILSON (9)  WOTHERSPOON (6)