Distribution of Historical Data for the name SCOON

These tables show an analysis of the entries for Scoon and some variants in the Scottish OPRs and the national censuses.      In most cases they have been built from the on-line indexes available for these and most have not been checked in depth yet against the original documents.     They are therefore susceptible to transcription errors during the original indexing although they have been built taking into account any user provided corrections which appear on the indexes.      They should therefore be used as an indication of the general level of the distribution of the name rather than absolute figures.      As a general point, it is worth remembering that hand written entries for Scoon, which has no ascenders or descenders, are often difficult to distinguish from more common names which have a similar physical construction, e.g. Swan and (particularly) Sevon, and indexers have been drawn into understandable errors.     So, if you are looking for a 'missing' Scoon, you may have to go beyond phonetics in the options you use.

1. Scotland

Old Parish Records (Baptisms)
County/Period 1601-1700 1701-1750 1751-1800 1801-1854
Aberdeen   1    
Angus 2 8 4  
Banffshire     2  
Berwickshire       1
Dumfriesshire 2 16 29 66
Fife 5 43 25  
Kinrosshire     1  
Lanarkshire       2
Midlothian 62 47 36 26
Perth 51 28 18  
Roxburghshire 24 35 56 60
Selkirkshire 1  1 11 6
Stirlingshire 2      
West Lothian 2   1 5
Total 151 179 183 166

Source: Scotlands People OPR Indexes     The figures include several early variants: SCHOON, SCOONE, SCONE, SKOON, SKON, and SKUNE.

Census Records
County/Year 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
Aberdeenshire     1          
Angus   1            
Argyllshire           1    
Ayrshire             1  
Berwickshire       10 9 7 7  
Dumfriesshire 36 40 35 47 37 29 22 19
Dunbartonshire     1          
Invernessshire   1            
Kirkcubrightshire             1 1
Lanarkshire   2 3         5
Midlothian 12 16 7 9 7 13 7 15
Perthshire 1         1   1
Roxburghshire 45 38 27 24 34 35 38 41
Serlkirkshire 4 10 1          
Stirlingshire         6 2   6
West Lothian             3  
Total 98 108 75 90 93 88 79 88

Source: Scotland's People Indexes as a starting point.      There are significant differences between these and the records on Ancestry; typically +/- 10 in the annual totals.      These have been followed up and analysed and adjusted as necessary; adjusted cells being shown in purple.     The figures include cases with variants SCONE, SCOONE, SCOONS.

2. England and Wales
County/Year 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
Berkshire               2
Cambridgeshire 4              
Cheshire           2 2  
Cornwall   3            
Cumberland 10 18 35 34 31 30 39 31
Denbighshire   4 4 4        
Devon     2     2    
Dorset             1  
Durham   1 4 11 16 10 6 8
Gloucestershire           5 11 14
Hampshire               1
Kent     1          
Lancashire   1 8       2 3
Leicestershire     1          
London           2 5 5
Middlesex   3   2 7      
Norfolk   1            
Northamptonshire             1  
Northumberland 1 1     1 2 5 5
Royal Navy     1          
Shropshire     1          
Surrey         1      
Warwickshire     5         2
Total 15 29 65 51 56 54 72 71
Ancestry 28 40 54 62 56 63 68  
The Genealogist 17 18 46 51 58 55 74  

Source: Findmypast Indexes as a starting point.    The differences between these and equivalent indexes on Ancestry and The Genealogist are under investigation.

3. USA
State/Year 1st 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930
Maryland 1790 6 7     6 16 3 12 18 11 2 14 14 22
New York 1800   4 7 41 23 21 28 20 32 40 40 33 38 43
Virginia 1820       7     1     4       1
Iowa 1840           1       3        
Connecticut 1850             1         1 9 1
Illinois 1850             6 26 25 29 45 29 29 25
Kentucky 1850             3           5 2
New Hampshire 1850             1              
New Jersey 1850             1       1   10 3
Wisconsin 1850             2 1   6 13 9 14 12
California 1860               1 1   10 6 12 12
Indiana 1860               3       3 5  
Kansas 1860               1   9 4 2 13 3
Michigan 1860               3 5 12 8 20 19 13
Minnesota 1860               1   1 10 19 9  
Missouri 1860               1 2 1   1 3 4
Texas 1860               1     10   8  
Arkansas 1870                 1   10   2  
Oregon 1870                 1          
Tennesee 1870                 1   7   1  
Delaware 1880                   1 2      
Massachusetts 1880                   1 5 8   7
Nebraska 1880                   1   2 8 3
Mississippi 1900                     8 7 12 2
North Dakota 1900                     1   1  
Pennsylvania 1900                     2 9 30 12
South Dakota 1900                     9      
Wyoming 1900                     2 5 6 9
Alaska 1910                       1    
Colorado 1910                       5 4 4
Florida 1910                       11   7
Georgia 1910                       2 4 10
Montana 1910                       6    
Oklahoma 1910                       7   16
Rhode Island 1910                       3 1  
South Carolina 1910                       2 1 18
Utah 1910                       4    
Vermont 1910                       4    
Washington 1910                       19 21 16
Arizona 1920                         1  
Louisiana 1920                         7  
Maine 1920                         6 6
North Carolina 1920                         9 2
Ohio 1920                         3 14
Puerto Rico 1920                         1  
West Virginia 1920                         1  
Total   6 11 7 48 29 38 46 78 93 110 189 234 324 272

Source: Ancestry Indexes to the US Federal Censuses.     The figures include cases with variants SCONE, SCOONE, SCOONS.

v0.6 11 May 2011