Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bowden, Roxburghshire

Bowden is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Roxburghshire

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
SCOTT384.935119.50
TURNBULL283.636486.26
THOMSON243.116923.33
BROWN243.11694.73
HUME202.5974183.15
SIMPSON151.948111.14
HARDIE131.6883129.48
WOOD131.68835.30
REDPATH121.5584336.13
ORMISTON121.5584542.99
JAMIESON111.428651.31
INGLES101.2987429.18
GRAY101.29879.10
YOUNG101.29876.05
SMART101.298728.52
CAIRNS101.298760.06
ROBERTSON101.29877.75
ANDERSON101.29876.58
DOUGLAS91.168824.13
FISHER91.16889.99
AINSLIE91.1688443.35
SWORD91.1688592.11
HENDERSON81.03909.56
ELLIOT81.039040.73
HAMILTON81.039013.85
SOMERVILLE81.0390124.81
GALLIGAN81.03902,222.22
PATERSON70.909113.36
HOGG70.909125.16
BRUCE70.909119.41
COCHRANE70.909158.68
NEIL70.909168.76
JEFFREY70.909149.16
REID60.77927.42
CLARK60.77922.59
RODGER60.779255.45
MORTON60.779214.58
MINTO60.7792281.69
LOWRIE60.7792227.27
DOVE60.779268.10
WATSON50.64942.80
BELL50.64943.46
DICKSON50.649417.54
BARNES50.64945.39
COWAN50.649431.85
GRIEVE50.649456.05
GRANT50.64946.54
TELFER50.6494108.70
BUCKHAM50.6494561.80
AIKMAN50.6494314.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GALLIGAN0.777702222.2222
TINLIN0.77770606.0606
SWORD0.77770592.1053
BUCKHAM0.77770561.7978
ORMISTON0.77770542.9864
AINSLIE0.77770443.3498
INGLES0.77770429.1845
CARRE0.77770340.9091
REDPATH0.77770336.1345
AIKMAN0.77770314.4654
BARTH0.77770285.7143
MINTO0.77770281.6901
BRACK0.77770277.7778
LOWRIE0.77770227.2727
MABON0.77770215.0538
CHESNEY0.77770204.0816
MEAN0.77770188.6792
HUME0.77770183.1502
HAIG0.77770132.0132
HARDIE0.77770129.4821
SOMERVILLE0.77770124.8050
TELFER0.77770108.6957
LAUDER0.7777098.7654
PORTEOUS0.7777097.4659
BORTHWICK0.7777092.5926
TURNBULL0.7777086.2600
DRYDEN0.7777086.2069
WIGHT0.7777075.7576
NEIL0.7777068.7623
DOVE0.7777068.1044
CAIRNS0.7777060.0601
COCHRANE0.7777058.6756
CARE0.7777058.4795
GRIEVE0.7777056.0538
RODGER0.7777055.4529
MATTHEW0.7777051.6351
SANDISON0.7777051.5464
JAMIESON0.7777051.3060
HARLEY0.7777050.4032
JEFFREY0.7777049.1573
CLEGHORN0.7777047.3934
THORBURN0.7777044.9438
RENTON0.7777042.3729
ELLIOT0.7777040.7332
PURVES0.7777039.7614
BURN0.7777038.6100
RENWICK0.7777038.0952
AITCHISON0.7777037.0370
MATHIESON0.7777036.9914
HERRON0.7777036.2319

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 770 people called GALLIGAN in Bowden 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 Bowden means that 2222.2222% of the people in Bowden on census day were called GALLIGAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GALLIGAN 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 GALLIGAN 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 GALLIGAN 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 GALLIGAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.77 in Bowden means that you are 0.77 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GALLIGAN in Bowden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bowden in 1881

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

ADAM (3)  AIKMAN (5)  AINSLIE (9)  ALLARDYCE (2)  D'ALLAIN (1)  ANDERSON (10)  AITCHISON (2)  BALLINGALL (3)  BAPTIE (5)  BARNES (5)  BARTH (1)  BELL (5)  BENNET (1)  BARRIE (1)  BLACK (2)  BLAIKIE (6)  BONNINGTON (9)  BORTHWICK (4)  BRACK (2)  BRIMS (2)  BRODIE (2)  BROUGH (1)  BROWN (24)  BRUCE (7)  BRUNTON (2)  BUCKHAM (5)  BURNS (3)  BURN (4)  KEDIE (1)  CAIRNS (10)  CARE (1)  CARRE (3)  CHESNEY (2)  CLARK (6)  CLEGHORN (1)  COCHRANE (7)  COCKBURN (3)  COCKERSON (1)  CONACHER (3)  CORMACK (1)  COWAN (5)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DICK (1)  DICKSON (5)  DODDS (2)  DONALDSON (4)  DOUGLAS (9)  DOVE (6)  DRAWHILL (1)  DRUMMAND (3)  DRYDEN (4)  DUNCAN (3)  EDGAR (1)  ELLIOT (8)  EVANS (1)  FERGUSON (3)  FISHER (9)  FLINN (1)  FORREST (1)  FREEMAN (2)  FRELAND (1)  GALLIGAN (8)  GOULDSTRAW (3)  GRANT (5)  GRAY (10)  GREY (1)  GRIEVE (5)  HAMILTON (8)  HARDIE (13)  HARLEY (5)  HARVEY (2)  HAIG (4)  HENDERSON (8)  HERRON (1)  HOGARTH (1)  HOGG (7)  HUME (20)  HUNTER (3)  INGLES (10)  INGLIS (3)  INNES (2)  IRIONSIE (1)  IRVINE (2)  JAMES (1)  JAMIESON (11)  JEFFREY (7)  JOHNSTONE (1)  KENCH (1)  KENNEDY (1)  LAMBERT (3)  LAUDER (4)  LOWRIE (6)  LAURIE (2)  LEARMONTH (9)  LAIDLAW (2)  LINDORS (1)  LITTLE (2)  LOGAN (2)  LYNCH (1)  MABON (2)  MADDER (5)  MEAN (1)  MATHIESON (3)  MATTHEW (3)  MAZAS (2)  MC ALPINE (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MC KARNAN (8)  MC LAUCHLAN (2)  MC VITAE (4)  MEAGLE (1)  MERCER (1)  MEULLOCK (1)  MGENTY (1)  MILLAR (3)  MILLER (1)  MINTO (6)  MITCHELL (2)  MOFFAT (1)  MORTON (6)  MOWAT (1)  MURDOCH (1)  MURRY (1)  MURRAY (2)  NEIL (7)  NICOL (2)  NICHOL (3)  ORMISTON (12)  PATERSON (7)  PITILLO (2)  PORTEOUS (5)  PRINGLE (1)  PURVES (2)  MC QUEEN (1)  RAE (4)  REDPATH (12)  REID (6)  RENTON (2)  RENWICK (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBERTSON (10)  RODGER (6)  RUDDENS (2)  SANDISON (1)  SCOTT (38)  SYMONS (1)  SIMPSON (15)  SINCLAIR (1)  SKED (3)  SMART (10)  SMITH (1)  SOMERVILLE (8)  SPIDEON (1)  STEEL (2)  STENHOUSE (3)  STEWART (4)  SWORD (9)  TAIT (5)  TELFER (5)  THEEDE (1)  THOMSON (24)  THORBURN (2)  TINLINE (2)  TINLIN (2)  TURNBULL (28)  TURNER (5)  TWEDHOPE (1)  VON ROTBERG (2)  WALLACE (2)  WATSON (5)  WEIR (1)  WIGHT (3)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (13)  YOUNG (10)