Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sprouston, Roxburghshire

Sprouston 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
WILSON302.92116.36
ROBSON232.239534.03
CAIRNS212.044894.55
WALKER201.94745.82
BROWN201.94742.95
TURNBULL191.850043.89
PATERSON181.752725.75
WOOD171.65535.20
FAIRBAIRN161.5579210.80
MUIR161.557940.71
WAUGH161.5579114.29
EASTON141.363289.86
TROTTER131.2658120.71
HUME131.265889.22
LANG131.265856.79
WRIGHT121.16853.64
DICKSON121.168531.55
ROBERTSON121.16856.97
SMITH121.16850.83
CLARK121.16853.89
BAXTER121.168519.61
ANDERSON111.07115.42
CUFF111.0711274.31
TAIT111.071136.38
WAIT111.0711211.95
DEANS111.0711158.05
ORMISTON100.9737338.98
QUEENAN100.97372,083.33
DOUGLAS100.973720.10
RUTHERFORD100.973739.90
MURRAY100.97377.85
RIDDEL90.8763576.92
BRYDON80.7790247.68
OGILVIE80.779080.56
RAE80.779034.19
HOGG80.779021.56
TOD80.7790200.00
WHITE80.77902.42
JOHNSTON80.77909.65
BURNS80.779011.60
TULLY80.7790145.45
ROSS80.77907.13
VEITCH80.7790118.17
HOPE70.681620.03
AITCHISON70.681697.22
DUNN70.68168.20
DIXON70.68166.22
GALBRAITH70.681674.55
LOCKIE70.6816299.15
WATSON70.68162.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEID1.031,0277142.8571
CULBERSON1.031,0275000.0000
MOSCRIP1.031,0273750.0000
QUEENAN1.031,0272083.3333
KERSS1.031,0272000.0000
HEATLY1.031,0271000.0000
QUARRY1.031,027779.2208
RIDDEL1.031,027576.9231
TINLIN1.031,027454.5455
ORMISTON1.031,027338.9831
LOCKIE1.031,027299.1453
ECKFORD1.031,027288.4615
CUFF1.031,027274.3142
ALCORN1.031,027250.0000
BRYDON1.031,027247.6780
KER1.031,027233.6449
WAIT1.031,027211.9461
FAIRBAIRN1.031,027210.8037
TOD1.031,027200.0000
GILLAN1.031,027166.2050
MABON1.031,027162.6016
DEANS1.031,027158.0460
TULLY1.031,027145.4545
LEISHMAN1.031,027143.6782
PIERCY1.031,027135.5014
REDPATH1.031,027125.7862
TROTTER1.031,027120.7057
VEITCH1.031,027118.1684
WAUGH1.031,027114.2857
LOUGH1.031,027109.2896
AITCHISON1.031,02797.2222
CAIRNS1.031,02794.5520
EASTON1.031,02789.8588
HUME1.031,02789.2244
LYALL1.031,02785.7143
RIDDELL1.031,02781.3008
HISLOP1.031,02780.9061
OGILVIE1.031,02780.5639
MELROSE1.031,02775.3769
GALBRAITH1.031,02774.5474
LANG1.031,02756.7934
TEMPLE1.031,02751.9288
DICKIE1.031,02749.6278
TELFER1.031,02748.8599
BICKERTON1.031,02746.5116
TURNBULL1.031,02743.8900
LYLE1.031,02741.6667
MULLINS1.031,02740.7332
MUIR1.031,02740.7125
RUTHERFORD1.031,02739.9042

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,027 people called LEID in Sprouston 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 7142.8571 in Sprouston means that 7142.8571% of the people in Sprouston on census day were called LEID.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEID 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 LEID 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 LEID 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 LEID here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.03 in Sprouston means that you are 1.03 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEID in Sprouston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sprouston in 1881

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

ALCORN (2)  ALEXANDER (4)  ANDERSON (11)  ARMSTRONG (5)  AITCHISON (7)  BALLANTYNE (2)  BAXTER (12)  BEARHOPE (6)  BELL (2)  BEST (1)  BICKERTON (2)  BIDDON (1)  BLACK (4)  BORTHWICK (1)  BROTHERSTON (2)  BROWN (20)  BRUCE (5)  BRYDON (8)  BURNS (8)  CAIRNS (21)  CAMERON (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CASSAY (6)  CHARTRIES (2)  CHISHOLM (2)  CLARK (12)  CLAY (4)  COCKBURN (1)  COOK (5)  COLTSON (2)  COWAN (6)  CUFF (11)  CURRY (1)  CURRIE (1)  CULBERSON (3)  DEANS (11)  DICK (1)  DICKIE (4)  DIXON (7)  DICKSON (12)  DODDS (2)  DOUGLAS (10)  DUMMA (9)  DUNN (7)  EASTON (14)  ECKFORD (3)  EDGAR (3)  EDINGTON (1)  ELLIOT (1)  FAIRBAIRN (16)  FERGUSON (1)  FORD (6)  FORMAN (1)  FOX (3)  FRASER (1)  FRATER (1)  GALBRAITH (7)  GARDINER (1)  GIBSON (2)  GILLAN (6)  GORDON (1)  GRAHAM (3)  GRAY (6)  HALL (6)  HALLIDAY (5)  HERKES (2)  HARDY (4)  HARKER (1)  HAY (5)  HEATLY (5)  HENDERSON (1)  HISLOP (5)  HEWITT (1)  HILLS (1)  HOGG (8)  HOPE (7)  HOWIE (2)  HUGGAN (9)  HEWIE (8)  HUME (13)  HUNTER (6)  INGLIS (6)  JACK (3)  JAMIESON (6)  JOHNSTON (8)  KERSS (5)  KER (5)  KERR (3)  LAMB (7)  LANG (13)  LAURIE (1)  LEARMONT (1)  LEID (5)  LEISHMAN (5)  LAIDLAW (2)  LYLE (2)  LINDSAY (3)  LOCKIE (7)  LOUGH (2)  LYALL (6)  MABON (2)  MAXWELL ((MARSHALL)) (2)  MAULD (1)  MC ULLOCH (1)  MC DOUGALL (3)  MC INTYRE (1)  MC LEOD (1)  QUEENAN (10)  MELROSE (3)  MIDDLEMISS (1)  MIDDLEMASS (1)  MILLER (1)  MILLS (2)  MOORE (3)  MUIR (16)  MORRISON (6)  MOSCRIP (3)  MULLINS (4)  MURDIE (4)  MURDOCH (2)  MURPHY (5)  MURRAY (10)  NICOL (1)  OGILVIE (8)  OLIVER (5)  ORMISTON (10)  PATERSON (18)  PATTERSON (5)  PAXTON (2)  PIERCY (5)  PRENTICE (1)  PURVIS (2)  QUARRAY (2)  QUARRY (6)  RAE (8)  RAMSAY (1)  REDPATH (6)  REID (6)  RICHARDSON (7)  RIDDELL (7)  RIDDEL (9)  ROBERTSON (12)  ROBSON (23)  ROSS (8)  RUTHERFORD (10)  SCOTT (5)  SHARP (1)  SHIRIFF (1)  SHERRIFF (13)  SIM (3)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (12)  SPRATT (1)  STARK (3)  STENHOUSE (1)  STEVENSON (5)  STORY (2)  STRAUGHE (1)  SWAN (1)  TAIT (11)  TELFER (3)  TEMPLE (7)  TERNENT (7)  THOMSON (5)  THOMPSON (2)  TINLIN (2)  TOD (8)  TROTTER (13)  TULLY (8)  TURNBULL (19)  VEITCH (8)  WALKER (20)  WATERS (7)  WATSON (7)  WATT (1)  WAUGH (16)  WHITE (8)  WILKIE (3)  WILSON (30)  WOOD (17)  WRIGHT (12)  WAIT (11)  YOUNG (7)