Top surnames from the 1881 census in Makerston, Roxburghshire

Makerston 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
WHITE184.724414.70
TURNBULL153.937093.40
INGLIS143.6745220.13
OLIVER123.149644.15
HENDERSON123.149628.98
TOD123.1496810.81
GOODFELLOW123.1496356.08
RENWICK112.8871423.08
MACK102.6247261.10
LUKE92.3622242.59
THOMSON92.362217.68
FORREST92.362291.65
MURRAY92.362219.05
FAIRBAIRN92.3622320.28
TAIT82.099771.30
WHITEHEAD71.837327.18
DICKIE71.8373234.11
COCKBURN71.8373144.03
WRIGHT71.83735.73
FORTUNE71.8373351.76
GIBSON61.574812.97
RORK61.57486,000.00
RAE61.574869.12
HAWKINS61.574821.75
HOWIESON51.31231,063.83
HOGG51.312336.34
LOWRIE51.3123381.68
GRAY51.31239.19
PATTERSON51.312337.65
RUTHERFORD51.312353.76
SHORE41.049997.56
HINDS41.0499152.09
PURVES41.0499160.64
MUNRO41.049923.52
CHISHOLM41.049972.33
BROWN41.04991.59
DODDS30.787437.41
MORGAN30.78743.96
MELROSE30.7874202.70
WATSON30.78743.39
ROBISON30.7874352.94
LEES30.787417.76
JOHNSON20.52491.56
SCOTT20.52492.07
BROCKIE20.5249434.78
BAINBRIDGE20.524937.38
QUARRY20.5249714.29
TAYLOR20.52490.82
BLAIR10.262510.12
WIGHTMAN10.262540.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RUARK0.3838110000.0000
RORK0.383816000.0000
WEDDEL0.383811666.6667
HOWIESON0.383811063.8298
TOD0.38381810.8108
QUARRY0.38381714.2857
BROCKIE0.38381434.7826
RENWICK0.38381423.0769
LOWRIE0.38381381.6794
GOODFELLOW0.38381356.0831
ROBISON0.38381352.9412
FORTUNE0.38381351.7588
FAIRBAIRN0.38381320.2847
MACK0.38381261.0966
LUKE0.38381242.5876
DICKIE0.38381234.1137
INGLIS0.38381220.1258
MELROSE0.38381202.7027
PURVES0.38381160.6426
HINDS0.38381152.0913
COCKBURN0.38381144.0329
SHORE0.3838197.5610
TURNBULL0.3838193.3998
FORREST0.3838191.6497
KINGHORN0.3838190.9091
BRYDON0.3838183.3333
CHISHOLM0.3838172.3327
TAIT0.3838171.3012
RAE0.3838169.1244
COLLISON0.3838164.1026
RUTHERFORD0.3838153.7634
TULLY0.3838149.0196
OLIVER0.3838144.1501
WIGHTMAN0.3838140.0000
HOGARTH0.3838139.8406
PATTERSON0.3838137.6506
DODDS0.3838137.4065
BAINBRIDGE0.3838137.3832
HOGG0.3838136.3372
FRAZER0.3838133.8983
HENDERSON0.3838128.9785
WHITEHEAD0.3838127.1845
USHER0.3838123.8095
MUNRO0.3838123.5156
GRIEVE0.3838122.6757
HAWKINS0.3838121.7549
BRODIE0.3838119.5695
MURRAY0.3838119.0517
LEES0.3838117.7620
THOMSON0.3838117.6783

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 381 people called RUARK in Makerston 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 10000.0000 in Makerston means that 10000.0000% of the people in Makerston on census day were called RUARK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RUARK 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 RUARK 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 RUARK 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 RUARK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Makerston means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RUARK in Makerston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Makerston in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  BAINBRIDGE (2)  BELL (1)  BLAIR (1)  BROCKIE (2)  BRODIE (1)  BROWN (4)  BRYDON (1)  KEDDIE (8)  CAMPBELL (1)  CESSFORD (2)  CHISHOLM (4)  COCKBURN (7)  COLLISON (1)  CRAISE (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DICKIE (7)  DOBBIE (1)  DODDS (3)  FAIRBAIRN (9)  FAIRGRIEVE (1)  FORREST (9)  FORTUNE (7)  FRAZER (1)  GALLECHER (6)  GIBSON (6)  GOODFELLOW (12)  GRAY (5)  GRIEVE (1)  HAWKINS (6)  HENDERSON (12)  HINDS (4)  HOGARTH (1)  HOGG (5)  HOWIESON (5)  HUGGAN (1)  INGLIS (14)  JOHNSON (2)  JOHNSTONE (1)  KINGHORN (1)  MC LEEN (1)  LAING (1)  LOWRIE (5)  LEES (3)  LUKE (9)  MAKDOUGALL (1)  MACK (10)  MC BAIN (9)  MC HARDY (1)  MC LINTOCH (1)  MELROSE (3)  MORGAN (3)  MUNRO (4)  MURRAY (9)  NOTMAN (8)  OLIVER (12)  PATTERSON (5)  PURVES (4)  QUARRY (2)  RAE (6)  RENWICK (11)  REWARK (1)  ROBISON (3)  RORK (6)  RUARK (1)  RUTHERFORD (5)  SCOTT (2)  SHORE (4)  SMITH (1)  TAIT (8)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMSON (9)  THOMPSON (1)  TINLINE (6)  TOD (12)  TULLY (1)  TURNBULL (15)  USHER (1)  WATSON (3)  WEDDEL (1)  WHITE (18)  WHITEHEAD (7)  WIGHTMAN (1)  WRIGHT (7)