Top surnames from the 1881 census in Minto, Roxburghshire

Minto 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
TURNBULL245.5427131.51
ROBERTSON173.926123.43
BORTHWICK143.2333576.13
MINTO122.77141,000.00
WATSON112.540410.95
GORDON102.309536.64
WAUGH92.0785152.54
SCOTT92.07858.21
HAMILTON81.847624.63
BALMER81.8476487.80
RUTHERFORD81.847675.69
AITCHISON81.8476264.03
LAMBERT81.847633.86
BAIN71.616665.18
NICHOL71.6166150.21
STEWART71.616610.33
SELBY71.6166135.40
ROSS61.385712.68
TELFER61.3857231.66
AINSLIE61.3857526.32
HOGG61.385738.36
SWANSTON61.3857645.16
LANG61.385762.18
TURNER61.38574.98
RITCHIE61.385740.11
WIGHT61.3857269.06
STEELE61.385751.77
WOOD51.15473.62
HENDERSON51.154710.62
WHITELAW51.1547193.80
BLAKE51.154723.84
SMITH51.15470.82
WILSON51.15472.51
DOUGHERTY51.1547299.40
PEDEN51.1547574.71
STOREY51.154745.45
OLIVER51.154716.19
JACKSON51.15474.13
STODDART40.9238110.80
GRAY40.92386.47
DAVIDSON40.923810.99
MITCHELL40.92384.55
BRACK40.9238975.61
DICKMAN40.9238606.06
DOUGHTERY30.692830,000.00
BROWN30.69281.05
BARNET30.6928144.93
CAPE30.6928272.73
WEST30.69287.20
GRADEN30.692810,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DOUGHTERY0.4343330000.0000
GRADEN0.4343310000.0000
MINTO0.434331000.0000
BRACK0.43433975.6098
SWANSTON0.43433645.1613
DICKMAN0.43433606.0606
BORTHWICK0.43433576.1317
PEDEN0.43433574.7126
AINSLIE0.43433526.3158
BALMER0.43433487.8049
FALLA0.43433307.6923
DOUGHERTY0.43433299.4012
CAPE0.43433272.7273
WIGHT0.43433269.0583
AITCHISON0.43433264.0264
TELFER0.43433231.6602
WHITELAW0.43433193.7984
WAUGH0.43433152.5424
NICHOL0.43433150.2146
REDPATH0.43433149.2537
BARNET0.43433144.9275
BERTRAM0.43433144.9275
CARRIE0.43433136.9863
SELBY0.43433135.3965
TURNBULL0.43433131.5068
GILLIS0.43433114.9425
STODDART0.43433110.8033
GOODFELLOW0.4343378.3290
HISLOP0.4343376.6284
RUTHERFORD0.4343375.6859
GOWANS0.4343371.9424
BAIN0.4343365.1769
LANG0.4343362.1762
STEELE0.4343351.7688
CROZIER0.4343349.2611
STOREY0.4343345.4545
RITCHIE0.4343340.1070
HOGG0.4343338.3632
GORDON0.4343336.6435
DEANS0.4343334.0136
RENWICK0.4343333.8983
LAMBERT0.4343333.8553
IRVINE0.4343331.4465
DOCHERTY0.4343331.0559
GALLOWAY0.4343326.8097
LAIDLAW0.4343326.0417
HAMILTON0.4343324.6305
BLAKE0.4343323.8436
ROBERTSON0.4343323.4289
TEMPLE0.4343317.6056

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 433 people called DOUGHTERY in Minto 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 30000.0000 in Minto means that 30000.0000% of the people in Minto on census day were called DOUGHTERY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DOUGHTERY 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 DOUGHTERY 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 DOUGHTERY 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 DOUGHTERY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Minto means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DOUGHTERY in Minto than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Minto in 1881

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

AINSLIE (6)  ANDERSON (1)  AITCHISON (8)  BAIN (7)  BALMER (8)  BARNET (3)  BEATTIE (1)  BERTRAM (3)  BLAKE (5)  BORTHWICK (14)  BOA (7)  BRACK (4)  BROWN (3)  KEDDIE (5)  CAIRNS (1)  CAPE (3)  CARRIE (1)  CLARKE (1)  CRAWFORD (1)  CROZIER (1)  CURRIE (1)  DAVIDSON (4)  DEANS (1)  DICKMAN (4)  DICKSON (2)  DOBBIE (1)  DOCHERTY (2)  DOUGHERTY (5)  DOUGHTERY (3)  DRAWHILL (3)  ELLIOTT (1)  FLEMING (1)  GALLOWAY (2)  GILLIS (1)  GOODFELLOW (3)  GOODMAN (1)  GORDON (10)  GOWANS (1)  GRADEN (3)  GRAY (4)  GREEVI (1)  HALL (3)  HAMILTON (8)  HENDERSON (5)  HINDERSON (1)  HISLOP (2)  HOGG (6)  HUME (1)  HYMERS (7)  IRVINE (3)  JACK (1)  JACKSON (5)  KERR (1)  LAMBERT (8)  LANG (6)  LAIDLAW (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MATHER (1)  MAY (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MC KINZIE (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC LEOD (2)  FALLA (2)  MILNE (1)  MINTO (12)  MITCHELL (4)  MURRAY (1)  NEIL (1)  NICHOL (7)  OLIVER (5)  PATTALLO (1)  PEDEN (5)  RAE (1)  REDPATH (3)  REID (2)  RENWICK (1)  RITCHIE (6)  ROBERTSON (17)  ROSS (6)  RUTHERFORD (8)  RUXTON (1)  SCOTT (9)  SELBY (7)  SHIELL (4)  SKEUGH (3)  SMART (1)  SMITH (5)  STEELE (6)  STEWART (7)  STODDART (4)  STOREY (5)  SWANSTON (6)  TELFER (6)  TEMPLE (1)  THOMSON (2)  TUISLEY (1)  TURNBULL (24)  TURNER (6)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WATERS (1)  WATSON (11)  WAUGH (9)  WELSH (1)  WEST (3)  WIGHT (6)  WHITELAW (5)  WILSON (5)  WOOD (5)  WRIGHT (1)