Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aberdalgie, Perthshire

Aberdalgie is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Perthshire

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
BEVERIDGE134.3478418.01
ROBERTSON113.678921.96
POLLOCK103.3445230.41
MORRISON103.344542.55
PATON93.0100134.53
HOWE82.675668.14
AMOS82.6756162.93
HOOD82.675696.62
MALCOLM82.6756203.56
HODGE82.6756106.10
BROWN82.67564.06
BISSET82.6756341.88
MACFARLANE72.3411409.36
CLARKE62.00679.90
MACDOUGAL62.00678,571.43
MUNRO51.672237.45
MITCHELL51.67228.24
IRVINE51.672275.87
PEARSON51.672214.40
STEWART51.672210.69
DEWAR41.3378102.56
TAYLOR41.33782.09
CREE41.3378449.44
HAMILTON41.337817.83
MACLAREN31.00331,071.43
HART31.003311.76
BROWING31.00332,307.69
FENWICK31.003376.53
STEELE31.003337.50
KNOWLES31.003318.79
MATHER20.668926.99
PATERSON20.66899.83
GLOVER20.668915.69
DUNCAN20.66899.78
BARNETT20.668914.83
HARROWER20.6689298.51
SINCLAIR20.668912.97
JOHNSTONE20.668914.80
WEBSTER20.66897.69
JACKSON20.66892.39
BEGG10.334454.95
WATERSTON10.3344232.56
SMITH10.33440.24
HALL10.33441.14
KENNEDY10.33445.55
ROOM10.3344250.00
WELLS10.33444.02
RAMSAY10.334412.99
MARSHALL10.33441.99
WALKER10.33441.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACDOUGAL0.302998571.4286
BROWING0.302992307.6923
MACLAREN0.302991071.4286
CREE0.30299449.4382
BEVERIDGE0.30299418.0064
MACFARLANE0.30299409.3567
NICHOLES0.30299400.0000
BISSET0.30299341.8803
GOLLOP0.30299312.5000
HARROWER0.30299298.5075
ROOM0.30299250.0000
WATERSTON0.30299232.5581
POLLOCK0.30299230.4147
MALCOLM0.30299203.5623
DALLY0.30299169.4915
AMOS0.30299162.9328
PATON0.30299134.5291
HODGE0.30299106.1008
DEWAR0.30299102.5641
HOOD0.3029996.6184
FENWICK0.3029976.5306
IRVINE0.3029975.8725
HOWE0.3029968.1431
IRONS0.3029961.3497
BEGG0.3029954.9451
MORRISON0.3029942.5532
STEELE0.3029937.5000
MUNRO0.3029937.4532
ROY0.3029936.7647
DOW0.3029927.7778
MATHER0.3029926.9906
ROBERTSON0.3029921.9561
PRINGLE0.3029921.2314
KNOWLES0.3029918.7852
HAMILTON0.3029917.8333
LAING0.3029916.6389
BROWNING0.3029916.4204
NICOL0.3029916.0772
GLOVER0.3029915.6863
BARNETT0.3029914.8258
JOHNSTONE0.3029914.8038
PEARSON0.3029914.3968
RAMSAY0.3029912.9870
SINCLAIR0.3029912.9702
MACKENZIE0.3029911.9474
HART0.3029911.7647
STEWART0.3029910.6883
CLARKE0.302999.9026
PATERSON0.302999.8280
DUNCAN0.302999.7800

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 299 people called MACDOUGAL in Aberdalgie 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 8571.4286 in Aberdalgie means that 8571.4286% of the people in Aberdalgie on census day were called MACDOUGAL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACDOUGAL 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 MACDOUGAL 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 MACDOUGAL 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 MACDOUGAL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Aberdalgie means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACDOUGAL in Aberdalgie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aberdalgie in 1881

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

AMOS (8)  BARNES (1)  BARNETT (2)  BEGG (1)  BELL (1)  BEVERIDGE (13)  BISSET ((MACKENZIE)) (2)  BISSET (8)  BRADLEY (1)  BROWING (3)  BROWN (8)  BROWNING (1)  CAMPBL (1)  CARMICHAL (1)  CLARKE (6)  CREE (4)  DALLY (1)  DEWAR (4)  DOW (1)  DUNCAN (2)  EDWARDS (1)  FENWICK (3)  GOLLOP (1)  GLOVER (2)  GRANT (1)  HALL (1)  HAMILTON (4)  HARROWER (2)  HART (3)  HODGE (8)  HOOD (8)  HOWE (8)  IRONS (1)  IRVINE (5)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSTONE (2)  KENNEDY (1)  KETTLES (6)  KNOWLES (3)  LAING (1)  LIMMERMAN (1)  MACKERACHER (4)  MALCOLM (8)  MARSHALL (1)  MATHER (2)  CLANACHAN (1)  MC DONALD (3)  O DONNEL (DOWEL) (2)  MACDOUGAL (6)  DOWEL (6)  MACFARLANE (7)  MAC INTOSH (1)  MACKENZIE (1)  MACLAGAN (10)  MACLAREN (3)  MC LAREN (3)  MC LEAN (4)  MC LEOD (1)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (5)  MORRIS (1)  MORRISON (10)  MUNRO (5)  NICHOLES (1)  NICOL (1)  PARNIE (1)  PATERSON (2)  PATON (9)  PEARSON (5)  PIRRIE (1)  PITKEATHLY (1)  POLLOCK (10)  PRINGLE (1)  MC QUEEN (5)  RAMSAY (1)  REID (1)  ROBERTSON (11)  ROOM (1)  ROY (1)  SINCLAIR (2)  SMITH (1)  SOUTAR (1)  STAIG (5)  STEELE (3)  STEWART (5)  STUDDART (1)  TAYLOR (4)  THOMPSON (1)  WALKER (1)  WATERSTON (1)  WELLS (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WILSON (1)