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Distribution of the Lawson Name in Scotland

 

Civil registration in Scotland commenced in 1855 and therefore it is not possible to compare between England and Wales and Scotland until this time. However, I am not sure that any useful purpose would be gained in making straight comparisons numerically since the overall populations of the two countries are so considerably different.

 

Scottish Counties are shown in the map below and are identified by their Chapman Codes.

 

 

I have produced details of births from the Scottish Births Index between 1855 and 1876 so that a pattern of distribution can be seen by County. The details are listed below from which it will clearly be seen that the highest densities of Lawson births were evident in the lowland Counties throughout Central and Eastern Scotland with 70% of all births taking place in the 5 Counties of Lanark, Mid Lothian, Fife, Angus and Aberdeen.

 

For more analysis of Lawson statistics see the 1881 census figures for England, Scotland and Wales by County. These give population numbers and percentages and again illusttrate the overall distribution picture as demonstrated above.

 

  Scottish
County

No. of Births

 Percentage

  Scottish County

No. of Births

 Percentage

Aberdeen
215
9.51
Lanark
545
24.11
Angus/Forfar
259
11.46
Mid Lothian
300
13.27
Argyll
13
0.57
Moray/Elgin
30
1.32
Ayr
186
8.23
Nairn
1
0.04
Banff
11
0.48
Orkney
0
0.00
Berwick
7
0.31
Peebles
13
0.57
Bute
1
0.04
Perth
86
3.80
Caithness
0
0.00
Renfrew
62
2.74
Clackmannan
8
0.35
Ross & Cromarty
4
0.17
Dumfries
59
2.61
Roxbrugh
41
1.81
Dunbarton
12
0.53
Selkirk
2
0.09
East Lothian/Haddlington
16
0.71
Shetland
1
0.04
Fife
238
10.53
Stirling
73
3.23
Inverness
8
0.35
Sutherland
1
0.04
Kincardine
26
1.15
West Lothian/Linlithgow
25
1.11
Kinross
9
0.40
Wigtown
8
0.35
Kirkcudbright
0
0.00
Total
2260
100.00
 
   
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