Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ednam, Roxburghshire

Ednam 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
WILSON335.339811.63
ANDERSON264.207121.30
ROBERTSON233.721722.21
HENDERSON121.941717.87
CRANSTON121.9417480.00
KINGHORN121.9417674.16
PRINGLE121.9417123.33
BROOMFIELD111.7799265.06
THOMPSON101.61815.40
FLEMING101.618138.94
YOUNG101.61817.53
RAMAGE101.6181288.18
WILKIE101.6181113.51
MURPHY101.618120.26
MOFFAT91.456380.36
RUTHERFORD91.456359.68
THOMSON91.456310.90
FAIRBAIRN91.4563197.37
CAVERS81.29452,857.14
GRAY81.29459.07
PURVES81.2945198.02
DODDS71.132753.80
DALGLEISH71.1327251.80
LITSTER71.13271,250.00
TORRIE60.97091,363.64
ROSS60.97098.88
LEITCH60.9709101.69
HAY60.970926.48
TULLY60.9709181.27
COCKBURN60.970976.05
DAVIDSON60.970911.55
SPRATT60.9709174.42
SMAIL60.9709512.82
BLYTHE60.9709127.93
PERCY60.9709104.17
WATSON60.97094.19
MERCER50.809130.83
GIVENS50.80911,923.08
OVENS50.8091316.46
BROCKIE50.8091675.68
SCOTT50.80913.20
BARRIE50.8091112.11
ROBSON50.809112.29
KENNEDY50.809113.42
GIBSON50.80916.66
ROBERTON50.8091862.07
CROZIER50.8091172.41
TURNER50.80912.91
MURRAY50.80916.52
TROTTER50.809177.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CAVERS0.626182857.1429
GIVENS0.626181923.0769
TORRIE0.626181363.6364
LITSTER0.626181250.0000
ROBERTON0.62618862.0690
BROCKIE0.62618675.6757
KINGHORN0.62618674.1573
FUCHS0.62618555.5556
SMAIL0.62618512.8205
MATTISON0.62618505.0505
ECKFORD0.62618483.8710
CRANSTON0.62618480.0000
KERN0.62618357.1429
OVENS0.62618316.4557
RAMAGE0.62618288.1844
HEATLEY0.62618272.1088
BROOMFIELD0.62618265.0602
DALGLEISH0.62618251.7986
PURVES0.62618198.0198
FAIRBAIRN0.62618197.3684
TULLY0.62618181.2689
SPRATT0.62618174.4186
CROZIER0.62618172.4138
CROSBIE0.62618157.7287
MATHEWSON0.62618134.2282
NAIRN0.62618130.7190
BURLEIGH0.62618128.2051
BLYTHE0.62618127.9318
PRINGLE0.62618123.3299
WILKIE0.62618113.5074
BARRIE0.62618112.1076
PERCY0.62618104.1667
LEITCH0.62618101.6949
MOFFAT0.6261880.3571
RIDDELL0.6261877.2201
TROTTER0.6261877.1605
COCKBURN0.6261876.0456
COLDWELL0.6261873.8007
COMMON0.6261872.9927
RUTHERFORD0.6261859.6817
DODDS0.6261853.8048
RENTON0.6261852.7704
BURN0.6261848.0769
NISBET0.6261845.9418
MELROSE0.6261841.6667
PAXTON0.6261840.5680
FLEMING0.6261838.9408
BORLAND0.6261837.4532
REDPATH0.6261834.8432
MYLES0.6261834.4828

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 618 people called CAVERS in Ednam 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 Ednam means that 2857.1429% of the people in Ednam on census day were called CAVERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CAVERS 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 CAVERS 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 CAVERS 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 CAVERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Ednam means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CAVERS in Ednam than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ednam in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  AIMERS (4)  ANDERSON (26)  BELL (1)  BARRIE (5)  BLYTHE (6)  BORLAND (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BROAD (2)  BROCKIE (5)  BROOMFIELD (11)  BROTHERSTON (2)  BROWN (2)  BRUNTON (1)  BURLEIGH (1)  BURN (4)  KERN (1)  COLDWELL (2)  CAVERS (8)  CLARK (5)  COCKBURN (6)  COWIESON (1)  CRANSTON (12)  CROSBIE (5)  CROZIER (5)  COMMON (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DALGLEISH (7)  DAVIDSON (6)  DICK (2)  DICKSON (2)  DODDS (7)  DORALE (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUNKLEY (1)  DUNLOP (2)  ECKFORD (3)  ELLIOT (1)  EWING (1)  FAIRBAIRN (9)  FERGUSON (4)  FLEMING (10)  FUCHS (1)  GIBSON (5)  GIVENS (5)  GRAY (8)  SERVICE (GULLAN) (6)  GULLAN (2)  HALL (4)  HALLIDAY (4)  HELLIWELL (1)  HARDIE (2)  HAY (6)  HEATLEY (4)  HENDERSON (12)  HERMISTON (1)  HINSHELWOOD (10)  HOGARTH (1)  HOGG (1)  HOUY (2)  HUNT (1)  HUIET (1)  ICKS (1)  KENNEDY (5)  KERR (5)  KINGHORN (12)  THOMSON (KINGHORN) (4)  KNOX (2)  LEE (1)  LEITCH (6)  LITSTER (7)  MAIN (2)  MARSHALL (1)  MATHEWSON (2)  MATTISON (5)  MATHIESON (1)  MATTHEW (1)  MC GLASSON (5)  MC KINNON (3)  MC LEAN (5)  MELROSE (1)  MERCER (5)  MYLES (1)  MITCHEL (2)  MOFFAT (9)  MURPHY (10)  MURRAY (5)  NAIRN (4)  NISBET (3)  OVENS (5)  PATERSON (4)  PATTERSON (3)  PAXTON (2)  PERCY (6)  PRINGLE (12)  PURVES (8)  RAEBURN (2)  RAMAGE (10)  REDPATH (1)  REID (1)  RENTON (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDDELL (4)  ROBERTSON (23)  ROBERTON (5)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (5)  ROSS (6)  RUTHERFORD (9)  SCOTT (5)  SIM (1)  SMAIL (6)  SMITH (3)  SPEED (1)  SPRATT (6)  STEWART (3)  STRUTT (1)  SWAN (3)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (10)  THOMSON (9)  THORNTON (1)  TORRIE (6)  TROTTER (5)  TULLY (6)  TURNBULL (3)  TURNER (5)  WALKER (3)  WATSON (6)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITEHEAD (3)  WILKIE (10)  WILSON (33)  WOODROW (1)  WRIGHT (3)  YOUNG (10)