Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eckford, Roxburghshire

Eckford 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
WOOD283.05689.59
REID272.947628.06
WILSON272.94766.42
JOHNSTONE212.292650.72
TURNBULL192.074249.21
SCOTT181.96517.77
HUNTER181.965119.13
BURNS181.965129.27
HOGG181.965154.40
GRAY181.965113.76
BROWN181.96512.98
CURRIE161.746762.06
PATTERSON151.637646.96
MUSTARD141.52841,076.92
CRANSTON131.4192350.40
PAXTON131.4192178.08
BUTLER121.310013.44
MURRAY121.310010.57
AITCHISON121.3100186.92
YOUNG121.31006.10
THOMSON121.31009.80
JEFFREY121.310070.84
TAIT121.310044.49
HALL111.20094.08
ARCHIBALD111.2009139.06
CAIRNS111.200955.53
LAWRIE111.2009125.43
CLINTON101.0917284.09
BAIRD101.091751.05
RUTHERFORD101.091744.74
BALLANTYNE90.9825129.50
LAIDLAW90.9825110.84
WALKER90.98252.94
MALLEN90.9825666.67
SHIEL80.8734487.80
JACK80.873441.09
LAWSON80.873414.81
JONES80.87340.77
ALLAN70.764212.17
STORY70.7642123.24
ELLIOT70.764229.95
SMITH60.65500.46
KNOX60.655038.17
HENRY60.655025.92
ROBSON60.65509.95
MILLS60.65505.05
HARDIE60.655050.25
LAUDER60.6550124.74
MIDDLEMISS60.6550276.50
SPRATT60.6550117.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEL0.929162857.1429
PURDOM0.929161351.3514
MUSTARD0.929161076.9231
QUEENAN0.92916697.6744
MALLEN0.92916666.6667
HILSON0.92916638.2979
SHIEL0.92916487.8049
WHITSON0.92916378.7879
CRANSTON0.92916350.4043
CLINTON0.92916284.0909
MIDDLEMISS0.92916276.4977
AITKIN0.92916253.1646
MABEN0.92916250.0000
DENOON0.92916212.7660
AITCHISON0.92916186.9159
BURNET0.92916179.1045
PAXTON0.92916178.0822
ARCHIBALD0.92916139.0645
BALLANTYNE0.92916129.4964
LAWRIE0.92916125.4276
LAUDER0.92916124.7401
STORY0.92916123.2394
SPRATT0.92916117.6471
LAIDLAW0.92916110.8374
BARNS0.92916101.5228
ADIE0.92916101.0101
PURVES0.92916100.1669
BUCKHAM0.9291694.3396
MABON0.9291690.9091
KYLE0.9291678.5855
FALLA0.9291672.4638
JEFFREY0.9291670.8383
BRYDON0.9291669.4444
NAIRN0.9291666.2252
CURRIE0.9291662.0636
CAIRNS0.9291655.5275
TELFER0.9291654.7445
HOGG0.9291654.3971
BAIRD0.9291651.0465
JOHNSTONE0.9291650.7246
HARDIE0.9291650.2513
GOODFELLOW0.9291649.3827
TURNBULL0.9291649.2100
DALGLEISH0.9291648.5437
PATTERSON0.9291646.9631
CROZIER0.9291646.5116
RUTHERFORD0.9291644.7427
TAIT0.9291644.4939
SIMSON0.9291642.0168
JACK0.9291641.0889

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 916 people called BEL in Eckford 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 2857.1429 in Eckford means that 2857.1429% of the people in Eckford on census day were called BEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEL 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 BEL 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 BEL 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 BEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.92 in Eckford means that you are 0.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEL in Eckford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eckford in 1881

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

ALLAN (7)  ANDERSON (4)  ARCHIBALD (11)  ARMSTRONG (3)  AITKIN (4)  AITCHISON (12)  BAIRD (10)  BALLANTYNE (9)  BALLYNTINE (1)  BARNS (6)  BEATTIE (1)  BEL (2)  BELL (4)  BENNET (1)  BLAKE (2)  BLYTH (3)  BOOG (2)  BOYD (4)  BROWN (18)  BRYDON (2)  BUCKHAM (1)  BURNET (6)  BURNS (18)  BUTLER (12)  KEDDIE (5)  CAIRNS (11)  CAMERON (1)  CHISHOLM (2)  CLARK (1)  CLINTON (10)  COCKBURN (RUTHERFORD) (4)  CRANSTON (13)  CROZIER (2)  CUNNINGHAM (4)  CURRIE (16)  GRAY (CURRIE) (2)  DALGLEISH (2)  DAVIDSON (1)  DINGWALL (1)  DICKSON (1)  DODS (3)  DOUGLAS (4)  DRUMMOND (5)  DUNCAN (2)  DENOON (1)  ADIE (2)  ELLIOT (7)  FORBES (1)  GIBSON (2)  GOODFELLOW (4)  GRAHAMSLAW (2)  GRAY (18)  GREIG (4)  HALL (11)  HALLIDAY (5)  HANDYSIDE (5)  HARDIE (6)  HART (2)  HATELY (1)  HAY (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HENRY (6)  HERBERT (1)  HERMISTON (11)  HEWITSON (3)  HILL (1)  HILSON (6)  HISLOP (WILSON) (2)  HOGGARTH (17)  HOGG (18)  HOPE (1)  HUGGAN (3)  HUME (2)  HUNTER (18)  JACK (8)  JEFFREY (12)  JOHNSTON (2)  JOHNSTONE (21)  JONES (8)  KERR (1)  KNOX (6)  KYLE (4)  LAMB (3)  LAUDER (6)  LAWRIE (11)  LAW (1)  LAWSON (8)  LEES (1)  LESLIE (5)  LEWIS (1)  LAIDLAW (9)  LILLICO (6)  LYALL (2)  MABEN (1)  MABON (1)  MALLEN (9)  MC LURE (4)  MC DOUGALL (3)  FALLA (1)  QUEENAN (3)  MEAGLE (8)  MIDDLEMISS (6)  MILLS (6)  MITCHELL (2)  MOFFAT (1)  MUNRO (1)  MURPHY (3)  MURRAY (12)  MUSTARD (14)  NAIRN (3)  NESBIT (1)  PATTERSON (15)  PAXTON (13)  PURDOM (5)  PURVES (6)  REID (27)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBSON (6)  ROMANIS (24)  RUTHERFORD (10)  SAWERS (7)  SCOON (2)  SCOTT (18)  SHIEL (8)  SIMSON (1)  SMALL (2)  SMITH (6)  SPRATT (6)  STENHOUSE (1)  STEVENSON (2)  STEWART (5)  STORY (7)  STOREY (1)  TAIT (12)  TELFER (3)  TERNENT (4)  THOMSON (12)  THOMPSON (2)  TURNBULL (19)  VEALE (1)  WALKER (9)  WATSON (4)  WEAVER (1)  WEIR (1)  WELSH (1)  WHITE (4)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITELAW (1)  WHITSON (5)  WILSON (27)  WOOD (28)  YAIR (5)  YOUNG (12)  YULE (1)