Top surnames from the 1881 census in Crailing, Roxburghshire

Crailing 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
WILSON203.12506.80
HENDERSON182.812525.88
SCOTT172.656310.50
BROWN152.34383.56
HOGG152.343864.88
HALL142.18757.44
HEATLY132.03134,193.55
CLARK132.03136.76
HAMILTON132.031327.08
YOUNG121.87508.73
ORD121.8750284.36
WHITE121.87505.83
WIGHT111.7188334.35
RUTHERFORD111.718870.42
HUNTER101.562515.22
PATON101.562569.83
FOX101.562516.83
CHISHOLM91.406396.88
GARDNER91.406320.72
LAING91.406369.98
FAIRBAIRN91.4063190.27
TODD91.406327.63
ROBSON91.406321.37
PATTERSON81.250035.84
LAWSON81.250021.20
ANDERSON81.25006.33
RICHARDSON81.25007.34
LYLE81.2500267.56
CLEGHORN81.2500454.55
BLACKIE71.0938267.18
HAY71.093829.83
WHITELAW71.0938183.73
CRAWFORD60.937519.16
SPIERS60.9375113.85
KERSS60.93754,000.00
DOUGLAS60.937519.35
BROOMFIELD60.9375139.53
WILLIANS60.93754,285.71
WAUGH60.937568.81
BELL50.78134.16
HALLIDAY50.781337.82
CAIRNS50.781336.13
WELSH50.781319.73
GRANT50.78137.87
LOGAN50.781332.94
DICKSON50.781321.10
LAIDLAW50.781388.18
BUCKHAM50.7813675.68
MITCHELL40.62503.08
MERCER40.625023.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WILLIANS0.646404285.7143
HEATLY0.646404193.5484
KERSS0.646404000.0000
KONIG0.646401250.0000
BUCKHAM0.64640675.6757
CLEGHORN0.64640454.5455
SHIEL0.64640347.8261
BIGGAR0.64640340.9091
WIGHT0.64640334.3465
ORD0.64640284.3602
LYLE0.64640267.5585
BLACKIE0.64640267.1756
SMAIL0.64640245.9016
FAIRBAIRN0.64640190.2748
PANTON0.64640185.1852
WHITELAW0.64640183.7270
HAIG0.64640158.7302
HINDMARSH0.64640155.6420
PYPER0.64640147.0588
BROOMFIELD0.64640139.5349
YULE0.64640124.6106
WESTWATER0.64640120.4819
SPIERS0.64640113.8520
CHISHOLM0.6464096.8784
STODDARD0.6464095.2381
CARNIE0.6464090.9091
LAUDER0.6464089.2857
LAIDLAW0.6464088.1834
PAXTON0.6464078.4314
HOGARTH0.6464071.0900
RUTHERFORD0.6464070.4225
LAING0.6464069.9844
PATON0.6464069.8324
WAUGH0.6464068.8073
HOGG0.6464064.8789
MICHIE0.6464063.8978
GLADSTONE0.6464057.8035
MINTO0.6464056.4972
FOREST0.6464054.3478
TELFER0.6464052.2193
AITCHISON0.6464044.5434
IMRIE0.6464040.0000
CRANSTON0.6464038.6100
HALLIDAY0.6464037.8215
PURDIE0.6464037.7358
CAIRNS0.6464036.1272
PATTERSON0.6464035.8423
MOFFAT0.6464034.5125
REDPATH0.6464033.6700
LOGAN0.6464032.9381

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 640 people called WILLIANS in Crailing 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 4285.7143 in Crailing means that 4285.7143% of the people in Crailing on census day were called WILLIANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WILLIANS 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 WILLIANS 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 WILLIANS 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 WILLIANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Crailing means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WILLIANS in Crailing than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Crailing in 1881

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

ANDERSON (8)  AITKEN (2)  AITCHISON (2)  BELL (5)  BIGGAR (3)  BLAKE (3)  BLACKIE (7)  BROOMFIELD (6)  BROTHERSTONE (1)  BROWN (15)  BROWN (DICKSON) (2)  BUCKHAM (5)  BURNETT (1)  CAIRNS (5)  CARNIE (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CASSIE (1)  CHISHOLM (9)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (13)  CLEGHORN (8)  COSSAR (10)  CRANSTON (1)  CRAWFORD (6)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DICKSON (5)  DODD (2)  DONALDSON (1)  DOUGLAS (6)  DUFF (2)  ELLIOT (1)  IMRIE (1)  EMONDS (3)  FAIRBAIRN (9)  FARGIE (7)  FOREST (1)  FOX (10)  GILBRAITH (5)  GARDNER (9)  GIBSON (2)  GLADSTONE (1)  GORDON (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAHAMSLAW (1)  GRANT (5)  GREY (3)  HALL (14)  HALLIDAY (5)  HAMILTON (13)  HAY (7)  HAIG (4)  HEATLY (13)  HENDERSON (18)  HINDMARSH (4)  HYNDMARSH (1)  HOAD (1)  HOPKIRK (6)  HOGARTH (3)  HOGG (15)  HOPE (2)  HUME (1)  HUNTER (10)  JEFFREY (2)  KERSS (6)  KONIG (1)  LAMB (2)  LAING (9)  LAUDER (3)  LAWSON (8)  LAIDLAW (5)  LIDDELL (1)  LYLE (8)  LILLICO (2)  LOGAN (5)  LUKE (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MC DOUGALL (2)  MC DOUGALL (MOFFAT) (2)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC INTOSH (5)  MC LAUGHLAN (3)  MERCER (4)  MICHIE (2)  MIDDLEMAST (4)  MINTO (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MOFFAT (4)  MOSCRIPT (3)  MURPHY (1)  MURRAY (3)  MC NISH (2)  NEICHOL (4)  OLIVER (1)  ORD (12)  PANTON (4)  PATTERSON (8)  PATON (10)  PAXTON (4)  PYPER (1)  PLAYFAIR (2)  PURDIE (1)  PURVES (1)  RAE (1)  REDPATH (1)  RICHARDSON (8)  RIDDLE (1)  ROBSON (9)  ROMANIS (7)  ROSS (1)  RUTHERFORD (11)  SCOTT (17)  SHIEL (4)  SMAIL (3)  SPENCE (3)  SPIERS (6)  STODDARD (1)  SUTHERLAND (1)  TELFER (2)  TEMPLE (1)  THOMPSON (3)  THOMSON (1)  TODD (9)  TRANENT (4)  TURNBULL (2)  TWEEDALE (1)  WADDELL (1)  WAUGH (6)  WELSH (5)  WESTWATER (1)  WHITE (12)  WIGHT (11)  WHITELAW (7)  WILLIANS (6)  WILSON (20)  WOOD (4)  WOODCOCK (1)  YOUNG (12)  YULE (4)