Peeblesshire records

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​Broughton (see Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho)
Drumelzier
Eddleston
Glenholm (see Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho)
Innerleithen
Kilbucho (see also Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho)
Kirkurd
Lyne and Megget
Manor
Megget (see Lyne and Megget)
Newlands
Peebles
Skirling
Stobo
Traquair
Tweedsmuir
West Linton

Common surnames in Peeblesshire in 1841

Rank	Surname	Per 100,000
1	Brown	2486
2	Tait	1755
3	Thomson	1584
4	Veitch	1499
5	Scott	1489
6	Anderson	1404
7	Smith	1309
8	Wilson	1252
9	Watson	1224
10	Dickson	1205
11	Paterson	1081
12	Tod	1081
13	Alexander	1043
14	White	1034
15	Henderson	996
16	Stewart	986
17	Murray	939
18	Walker	901
19	Cairns	863
20	Moffat	854
21	Robertson	806
22	Johnston	797
23	Hope	711
24	Noble	711
25	Lawson	692
26	Ritchie	683
27	Young	673
28	Hunter	664
29	Mitchell	664
30	Clark	654
31	Turnbull	635
32	Hogg	597
33	Hislop	597
34	Aitken	588
35	Brunton	588
36	Fleming	578
37	Brydon	569
38	Brodie	540
39	Inglis	531
40	Donaldson	493
41	Porteous	436
42	Forrest	436
43	Sanderson	436
44	Melrose	417
45	Somerville	408
46	Tweedie	408
47	Muir	398
48	Kerr	398
49	Turner	389
50	Stoddart	389
51	Thorburn	379
52	Ker	379
53	Robb	360
54	Mathison	360
55	Simpson	351
56	Graham	341
57	Horsburgh	341
58	Fraser	332
59	Craig	332
60	Geddes	332
61	Gray	322
62	Gibson	322
63	Ross	313
64	Hamilton	313
65	Grieve	294
66	Ballantine	294
67	Pringle	294
68	Dods	294
69	Keddie	294
70	Eckford	294
71	Campbell	284
72	Cochrane	284
73	Currie	284
74	Ormiston	284
75	Stevenson	275
76	Davidson	275
77	Macdonald	275
78	Padkin	275
79	Nicol	275
80	Gilchrist	275
81	Swan	265
82	Forsyth	265
83	Reid	256
84	Williamson	256
85	Burns	256
86	Hodge	256
87	Hall	246
88	Notman	246
89	Granger	246
90	Taylor	237
91	Mackay	237
92	Bain	237
93	Ramsay	237
94	Thom	237
95	Dalgleish	237
96	Renwick	237
97	Park	227
98	Hume	227
99	Finlayson	227
100	Lewis	227
101	Lewis	227
102	Proudfoot	227
103	Matheson	218
104	Welsh	218
105	Inch	218
106	Laurie	218
107	Bertram	218
108	Lockie	218
109	Riddle	218
110	Bryden	218
111	Newbigging	218
112	Ingles	208
113	Edgar	208
114	Borthwick	208
115	Jackson	208