Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yarrow, Selkirkshire

Yarrow is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Selkirkshire

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
TURNBULL355.4602129.53
SCOTT294.524217.88
DICKSON243.7441101.14
LITTLE192.964162.69
WILSON182.80816.11
LAIDLAW182.8081316.90
DALGLEISH172.6521590.28
MELROSE162.4961645.16
GOODFELLOW152.3401264.55
RUTHERFORD132.028183.12
MITCHELL121.87219.23
STEWART111.716110.97
HOGG111.716147.50
LINTON111.7161208.73
AMOS101.560194.97
RAE101.560168.49
JOHNSTONE91.404131.07
NASH91.404130.46
WARWICK81.248090.19
BRUNTON71.0920138.89
SIBBALD71.0920409.36
BROWN71.09201.66
PURDIE71.0920264.15
ELLIOT71.092042.81
AITKEN60.936035.67
BELL60.93604.98
NICOL60.936044.98
SANDERSON60.936022.66
LAW60.936020.69
NICHOL60.936086.96
ELDER60.936088.63
GRANT50.78007.86
OLIVER50.780010.93
THOMSON50.78005.84
GEDDES50.780065.10
DOUGLAS50.780016.10
HAWKINS40.62408.62
WIGHT40.6240121.21
SHIEL40.6240347.83
BEATTIE40.624029.15
SMAIL40.6240327.87
WALLACE40.62409.11
DODDS30.468022.24
RIDDELL30.468055.76
MILLAR30.468012.82
FINLEY30.4680169.49
ECKFORD30.4680461.54
BRYDEN30.4680110.70
RUSSELL30.46803.83
HUTCHISON30.468028.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARWELL0.64641769.2308
HOBKIRK0.64641714.2857
GRAHM0.64641714.2857
BRYANS0.64641652.1739
MELROSE0.64641645.1613
DALGLEISH0.64641590.2778
LOCKART0.64641476.1905
ECKFORD0.64641461.5385
SIBBALD0.64641409.3567
SHIEL0.64641347.8261
SMAIL0.64641327.8689
LAIDLAW0.64641316.9014
MOFFET0.64641270.2703
GOODFELLOW0.64641264.5503
PURDIE0.64641264.1509
LINTON0.64641208.7287
FINLEY0.64641169.4915
BRUNTON0.64641138.8889
LOCKIE0.64641136.9863
BROCKIE0.64641129.8701
TURNBULL0.64641129.5337
WIGHT0.64641121.2121
BRYDEN0.64641110.7011
DICKSON0.64641101.1378
AMOS0.6464194.9668
WARWICK0.6464190.1917
ELDER0.6464188.6263
NICHOL0.6464186.9565
RUTHERFORD0.6464183.1202
MONRO0.6464175.1880
RAE0.6464168.4932
GEDDES0.6464165.1042
BARTLEY0.6464164.9351
LITTLE0.6464162.6856
LEADBETTER0.6464160.2410
RIDDELL0.6464155.7621
BORTHWICK0.6464155.5556
FOREST0.6464154.3478
BRYDON0.6464149.5050
HOGG0.6464147.4957
NICOL0.6464144.9775
ELLIOT0.6464142.8135
AITKEN0.6464135.6718
JOHNSTONE0.6464131.0666
NASH0.6464130.4569
BEATTIE0.6464129.1545
HUTCHISON0.6464128.4630
GRIEVE0.6464126.9179
ALSTON0.6464123.9234
RENWICK0.6464122.8833

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 641 people called HARWELL in Yarrow 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 769.2308 in Yarrow means that 769.2308% of the people in Yarrow on census day were called HARWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARWELL 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 HARWELL 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 HARWELL 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 HARWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Yarrow means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARWELL in Yarrow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yarrow in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  ALSTON (1)  AMOS (10)  ANDERSON (2)  ARMSTRONG (1)  AITKEN (6)  BAPTIE (5)  BARTLEY (2)  BEATTIE (4)  BELL (6)  BLYTH (1)  BORTHWICK (2)  BRINDLE (1)  BROCKIE (1)  BROWN (7)  BRUNTIN (15)  BRUNTON (7)  BRYANS (3)  BRYDEN (3)  BRYDON (1)  BURNS (2)  BURTON (1)  CAIRNS (2)  CAMPBELL (3)  CARMENT (1)  CHISHOLM (1)  CLARK (3)  COLTHERD (4)  COLTHARD (3)  COURTNEY (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DALGLEISH (17)  DALGLIESH (1)  DAROCK (1)  DENNISTOUN (2)  DICKSON (24)  DODDS (3)  DOUGLAS (5)  ECKFORD (3)  ELDER (6)  ELLIOT (7)  FAICHNEY (6)  FINLEY (3)  FOREST (1)  GEDDES (5)  GILMUIR (1)  GLEN (1)  GOODFELLOW (15)  GRAHM (1)  GRANT (5)  GRASET (1)  SCOTT OR GRIEVE (2)  GRIEVE (2)  GROSSART (5)  GUTHRIE (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HERVIE (5)  HARWELL (1)  HAWKINS (4)  HELHERINGTON (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HERMISTON (8)  HOBKIRK (3)  HOPKIRK (1)  HOGG (11)  HUME (1)  HUTCHISON (3)  JOHNSTONE (9)  KERR (1)  KETCHION (5)  LAWRIE (1)  LAURIE (1)  LAW (6)  LEADBETTER (2)  LEITHEAD (8)  LAIDLAW (18)  LINDORES (1)  LINDSAY (3)  LING (1)  LINTON (11)  LITTLE (19)  LOCKART (1)  LOCKIE (2)  MC CLUSKY (2)  MC CRINDLE (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MC KENZIE (5)  MC LELLAN (1)  MC LELLAND (1)  MELROSE (16)  MILLAR (3)  MITCHELL (12)  MOFFET (1)  MUIR (1)  MANGIN (1)  MONRO (1)  NASH (9)  NICHOL (6)  NICOL (6)  OGLVIE (1)  OLIVER (5)  POTTS (2)  PURDIE (7)  RAE (10)  REEICKBIE (2)  REIVE (5)  RENWICK (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDDELL (3)  MC ROBERTS (3)  ROBSON (3)  RUICKBIE (4)  RUSSELL (3)  RUTHERFORD (13)  RUTHERFORD (TULLIE) (2)  SANDERSON (6)  SANDILANDS (7)  SCOTT (29)  SHAW (1)  SHIEL (4)  SHORTREED (3)  SIBBALD (7)  SMAIL (4)  SMITH (2)  STEWART (11)  TAIT (3)  THOMSON (5)  TULLIE (2)  TURNBULL (35)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (4)  WADDELL (1)  WARWICK (8)  WYBER (1)  WELSH (2)  WIGHT (4)  WHITE (3)  WILSON (18)