Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tweedsmuir, Peeblesshire

Tweedsmuir 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
ANDERSON177.727339.13
RENWICK115.0000733.33
LITTLE104.545596.15
TAIT104.5455154.32
TWEEDIE94.09091,058.82
WILSON83.63647.92
DEMPSTER83.6364516.13
WALKER83.636410.86
TOD83.6364930.23
FRENCH83.636474.49
GOODALL73.1818148.62
BROWN62.72734.14
CARRUTHERS62.7273206.19
ROBB62.7273157.89
THOMSON52.272717.01
CURRIE52.272780.78
KENNEDY52.272737.71
FLEMING41.818243.76
DICK41.818281.47
BUTCHER31.363632.36
GEDDES31.3636113.64
ROBISON31.3636612.24
ROBERTSON31.36368.14
CAIRNS31.363663.03
SHAW20.90914.95
WAUGH20.909166.67
MUNDELL20.9091645.16
GRAHAM20.90917.92
MURRAY20.90917.33
SINCLAIR20.909117.62
MELROSE20.9091235.29
WEIR20.909134.97
GOODWIN20.909117.26
NIVEN10.454565.36
MURDOCH10.454526.74
HARKNESS10.454581.30
CALDERWOOD10.4545126.58
RITCHIE10.454513.16
TURNBULL10.454510.79
NICHOL10.454542.19
GARDENER10.454525.32
ESPLIN10.4545357.14
ROSS10.45454.16
LAWRIE10.454547.39
WHITE10.45451.41
GIBSON10.45453.75
BALLANTINE10.4545149.25
ROGERSON10.454536.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TWEEDIE0.222201058.8235
TOD0.22220930.2326
RENWICK0.22220733.3333
MUNDELL0.22220645.1613
ROBISON0.22220612.2449
DEMPSTER0.22220516.1290
ESPLIN0.22220357.1429
MELROSE0.22220235.2941
CARRUTHERS0.22220206.1856
ROBB0.22220157.8947
TAIT0.22220154.3210
BALLANTINE0.22220149.2537
GOODALL0.22220148.6200
CALDERWOOD0.22220126.5823
GEDDES0.22220113.6364
LITTLE0.2222096.1538
DICK0.2222081.4664
HARKNESS0.2222081.3008
CURRIE0.2222080.7754
FRENCH0.2222074.4879
WAUGH0.2222066.6667
NIVEN0.2222065.3595
CAIRNS0.2222063.0252
LAWRIE0.2222047.3934
FLEMING0.2222043.7637
NICHOL0.2222042.1941
ANDERSON0.2222039.1254
KENNEDY0.2222037.7074
ROGERSON0.2222036.9004
WEIR0.2222034.9650
BUTCHER0.2222032.3625
MURDOCH0.2222026.7380
GARDENER0.2222025.3165
SINCLAIR0.2222017.6211
GOODWIN0.2222017.2563
THOMSON0.2222017.0068
RITCHIE0.2222013.1579
WALKER0.2222010.8622
TURNBULL0.2222010.7875
ROBERTSON0.222208.1367
GRAHAM0.222207.9177
WILSON0.222207.9177
MURRAY0.222207.3314
SHAW0.222204.9493
ROSS0.222204.1597
BROWN0.222204.1374
GIBSON0.222203.7453
WHITE0.222201.4140

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 220 people called TWEEDIE in Tweedsmuir 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 1058.8235 in Tweedsmuir means that 1058.8235% of the people in Tweedsmuir on census day were called TWEEDIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TWEEDIE 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 TWEEDIE 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 TWEEDIE 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 TWEEDIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Tweedsmuir means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TWEEDIE in Tweedsmuir than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tweedsmuir in 1881

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

ANDERSON (17)  BALLANTINE (1)  BROWN (6)  BUTCHER (3)  CAIRNS (3)  CALDERWOOD (1)  CARRUTHERS (6)  CURRIE (5)  DEMPSTER (8)  DICK (4)  ESPLIN (1)  FLEMING (4)  FRENCH (8)  FURIE (1)  GARDENER (1)  MC GARTH (2)  GEDDES (3)  GIBSON (1)  GOODALL (7)  GOODWIN (2)  GRAHAM (2)  HARKNESS (1)  KENNEDY (5)  LAWRIE (1)  LITTLE (10)  MC MORRAN (1)  MC MICHAN (6)  MELROSE (2)  MUNDELL (2)  MURDOCH (1)  MURRAY (2)  NICHOL (1)  NIVEN (1)  REIVE (6)  RENWICK (11)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBB (6)  ROBERTSON (3)  ROBISON (3)  ROGERSON (1)  ROSS (1)  SHAW (2)  SINCLAIR (2)  TWEEDIE STODART (10)  STODART (1)  TAIT (10)  THOMSON (5)  TOD (8)  TURNBULL (1)  TWEEDIE (9)  WALKER (8)  WAUGH (2)  WEIR (2)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (8)