Top surnames from the 1881 census in Glenbucket, Aberdeenshire

Glenbucket is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Aberdeenshire

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
MICHIE356.91701,411.29
REID346.719463.97
BEATTIE224.3478203.14
FORBES183.5573106.13
CLARK183.557311.84
ROSS183.557332.55
BREMNER163.1621367.82
BRODIE152.9644220.91
BEGG142.7668454.55
DAWSON122.371521.51
FRASER122.371526.64
HAY122.371564.66
GAULD112.1739827.07
DOW101.9763163.93
YOUNG91.77878.28
INGRAM91.778758.25
OGG81.5810493.83
MURDOCH81.581093.02
CALLAM81.58103,636.36
FARQUHARSON81.5810279.72
KEMP61.185821.38
DAVIDSON61.185814.10
JOHNSTON61.185814.70
KESSON61.18582,727.27
SMITH50.98810.70
WILSON50.98812.15
THOMSON50.98817.40
DUNCAN30.59298.67
HOSIE30.5929277.78
SPENCE30.592917.92
CAMERON30.59297.63
WILLIAMS30.59290.83
TURNER30.59292.13
INNES20.395325.54
TAGGART20.3953104.71
ANDERSON20.39532.00
TULLOCH20.395359.52
PATERSON20.39535.81
STUART20.395316.56
NESS20.395386.96
HENDERSON20.39533.64
LESLIE20.395323.87
WATT20.395310.31
ELRICK20.3953270.27
STEPHEN20.395322.55
MURRAY20.39533.19
PHILIP10.197629.59
GRANT10.19761.99
SIMPSON10.19761.13
MASSON10.197632.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CALLAM0.515063636.3636
KESSON0.515062727.2727
MICHIE0.515061411.2903
GAULD0.51506827.0677
OGG0.51506493.8272
BEGG0.51506454.5455
BREMNER0.51506367.8161
FARQUHARSON0.51506279.7203
HOSIE0.51506277.7778
ELRICK0.51506270.2703
SKEA0.51506243.9024
BRODIE0.51506220.9131
BEATTIE0.51506203.1394
DOW0.51506163.9344
FORBES0.51506106.1321
TAGGART0.51506104.7120
MURDOCH0.5150693.0233
ESSON0.5150689.2857
NESS0.5150686.9565
MINTO0.5150671.4286
INCH0.5150669.4444
HAY0.5150664.6552
REID0.5150663.9699
TULLOCH0.5150659.5238
INGRAM0.5150658.2524
ROGER0.5150657.4713
ROSS0.5150632.5497
MASSON0.5150632.1543
PHILIP0.5150629.5858
FRASER0.5150626.6430
INNES0.5150625.5428
LESLIE0.5150623.8663
WILLIAM0.5150623.1481
STEPHEN0.5150622.5479
ROY0.5150621.7391
DAWSON0.5150621.5131
KEMP0.5150621.3828
SPENCE0.5150617.9211
DUNBAR0.5150617.2117
STUART0.5150616.5563
JOHNSTON0.5150614.6951
DAVIDSON0.5150614.1044
CLARK0.5150611.8351
WATT0.5150610.3093
DUNCAN0.515068.6655
YOUNG0.515068.2797
BAIN0.515067.9618
CAMERON0.515067.6278
THOMSON0.515067.3954
PATERSON0.515065.8089

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 506 people called CALLAM in Glenbucket 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 3636.3636 in Glenbucket means that 3636.3636% of the people in Glenbucket on census day were called CALLAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CALLAM 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 CALLAM 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 CALLAM 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 CALLAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Glenbucket means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CALLAM in Glenbucket than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Glenbucket in 1881

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

ALLANACH (4)  ANDERSON (2)  AUSTIN (1)  BAIN (1)  BEATTIE (22)  BEGG (14)  BREMNER (16)  BRODIE (15)  CAMERON (3)  CHREE (22)  CLARK (18)  CRUKSHANK (1)  DAVIDSON (6)  DAWSON (12)  DOW (10)  DUNBAR (1)  DUNCAN (3)  ESSON (1)  ELRICK (2)  FARQUHARSON (8)  FORBES (18)  FRASER (12)  GAULD (11)  GLENNIE (10)  GORDON (1)  GRANT (1)  GRASSICK (2)  HAY (12)  HENDERSON (2)  OGG (8)  HOSIE (3)  INCH (1)  INGRAM (9)  INNES (2)  JOHNSTON (6)  MC KAY (1)  KELLAS (21)  KEMP (6)  KESSON (6)  LESLIE (2)  MASSON (1)  MC BAIN (1)  CALLAM (8)  MC DONALD (2)  MC GREGOR (7)  MC HARDY (2)  MC PHERSON (10)  MC ROBBIE (12)  TAGGART (2)  MICHIE (35)  MINTO (1)  MURDOCH (8)  MURRAY (2)  NESS (2)  MC NICOL (5)  PALMER (1)  PATERSON (2)  PHILIP (1)  REID (34)  RANNIE (4)  ROGER (1)  ROSS (18)  ROY (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SKEA (1)  SMITH (5)  SPENCE (3)  STEPHEN (2)  STUART (2)  THOMSON (5)  TOUGH (1)  TULLOCH (2)  TURNER (3)  WATTIE (5)  WATT (2)  WILLIAM (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (5)  YOUNG (9)