Top surnames from the 1881 census in Coull, Aberdeenshire

Coull 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
MIDDLETON374.654188.64
LAWSON354.402574.67
ANDERSON273.396217.20
SMITH222.76731.96
GEORGE192.389940.73
ROSS192.389921.87
DUNN182.264227.22
MILNE182.264250.92
COUTTS151.8868187.03
DURWARD141.76101,609.20
THOMSON141.761013.18
WALKER121.50944.51
ROBBIE121.5094655.74
GILBERT121.509426.50
DINGWALL121.5094380.95
DAVIDSON111.383616.46
TROUP101.2579543.48
FRASER101.257914.13
ROBERTSON101.25797.51
GRANT91.132111.41
LAING91.132156.36
SKENE91.1321461.54
DAVIE81.0063109.29
ARCHIBALD81.0063116.62
REID81.00639.58
KENNEDY81.006316.69
DUTHIE81.0063187.35
CHRISTIE81.006331.03
LOW81.006347.51
RIDDEL81.0063661.16
COPLAND70.8805157.30
DUNCAN70.880512.87
RITCHIE70.880525.48
MASSON70.8805143.44
ADAM70.880551.24
FARQUHAR60.754796.93
HAY60.754720.58
FORBES60.754722.52
LESLIE60.754745.59
FARQUHARSON60.7547133.63
WRIGHT60.75472.35
CRAIB60.7547612.24
LEDINGHAM60.7547512.82
THOM50.628970.32
WILLIAMS50.62890.88
LUMSDEN50.628975.41
KEMP50.628911.34
COLLIE50.6289175.44
WILSON40.50311.10
CAMERON40.50316.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DURWARD0.807951609.1954
BRUSE0.80795666.6667
RIDDEL0.80795661.1570
ROBBIE0.80795655.7377
CRAIB0.80795612.2449
TROUP0.80795543.4783
ESSEN0.80795526.3158
LEDINGHAM0.80795512.8205
SKENE0.80795461.5385
DINGWALL0.80795380.9524
ARGO0.80795238.0952
MARTON0.80795205.4795
DUTHIE0.80795187.3536
COUTTS0.80795187.0324
COLLIE0.80795175.4386
COPLAND0.80795157.3034
MASSON0.80795143.4426
FERRIES0.80795142.8571
FARQUHARSON0.80795133.6303
ARCHIBALD0.80795116.6181
ESSON0.80795114.2857
DAVIE0.80795109.2896
FARQUHAR0.8079596.9305
EWEN0.8079588.7574
MIDDLETON0.8079588.6440
ELRICK0.8079585.4701
EMSLIE0.8079583.6820
LITTLEJOHN0.8079578.1250
PHILIP0.8079575.4717
LUMSDEN0.8079575.4148
LAWSON0.8079574.6746
THOM0.8079570.3235
ABLE0.8079567.1141
DALLAS0.8079566.6667
MARSHAL0.8079559.5238
LAING0.8079556.3557
ADAM0.8079551.2445
MILNE0.8079550.9194
LOW0.8079547.5059
LESLIE0.8079545.5927
GEORGE0.8079540.7288
LAMOND0.8079536.7647
NIVEN0.8079536.1664
DEMPSTER0.8079535.7782
BURNET0.8079534.3643
CHRISTIE0.8079531.0318
BIRNIE0.8079529.5858
MACINTOSH0.8079529.1545
MILTON0.8079527.3723
DUNN0.8079527.2232

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 795 people called DURWARD in Coull 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 1609.1954 in Coull means that 1609.1954% of the people in Coull on census day were called DURWARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DURWARD 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 DURWARD 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 DURWARD 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 DURWARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.80 in Coull means that you are 0.80 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DURWARD in Coull than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Coull in 1881

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

ABLE (1)  ADAM (7)  ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (27)  ANDREW (1)  ARCHIBALD ((CHAMBERS)) (2)  ARCHIBALD (8)  ARGO (1)  BAIN (3)  BAITLETT (1)  BAPTY (1)  BEGG (1)  BENZIES (1)  BERRY (1)  BLACK (2)  BREBNER (1)  BROWN (2)  BRUSE (1)  BURNET (1)  BIRNIE (1)  CALDER (2)  CAMERON (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHRISTIE (8)  CLARK (3)  COLLIE (5)  COPLAND (7)  MC CORMACK (1)  COUTTS (15)  CRAIB (6)  CRAWFORD (1)  CROMAR (13)  CUMMING (1)  CUMMING OR LUMSDEN (2)  DALLAS (2)  DAVIDSON (11)  DAVIDSON (LAWSON) (2)  DAVIE (8)  DAWSON (1)  DEMPSTER (2)  DINGWALL (12)  DURWARD (14)  DUNCAN (7)  DUNN (18)  DUTHIE (8)  ESSON (2)  ESSEN (1)  EDWARDS (3)  ELRICK (1)  EMSLIE (2)  EWEN (3)  FARQUHAR (6)  FARQUHARSON (6)  FARQUHERSON (3)  FERRIES (1)  FARUHARSON (1)  FERRIS (1)  FORBES (6)  FORSYTH (1)  FRASER (10)  GEORGE (19)  GERRIE (1)  GIBBON (1)  GILBERT (12)  GORDON (1)  GRANT (9)  GRASSICK (5)  GRASSIL (1)  GREEN (1)  GRUBB (1)  HANNAH (1)  HARPER (1)  HAY (6)  HENDERSON (3)  HEPBURN (1)  HOLLISON (1)  HUNTER (2)  IGGO (1)  KEMP (5)  KENNEDY (8)  KIDD (1)  LAIRD (1)  LAMOND (1)  LAING (9)  LAW (1)  LAWSON (35)  LEDINGHAM (6)  LENDSAY (1)  LESLIE (6)  LITTLEJOHN (3)  LONGMUIR (1)  LOW (8)  LUMSDEN (5)  MERCHANT (1)  MARNOCH (1)  MARSHAL (1)  MARTON (3)  MARTIN (2)  MASSON (7)  MATTHEW (1)  MC ANDREW (6)  MC COMBIE (7)  MC CONNACH (11)  MC CORMBIE (2)  MC DONALD (3)  MC GREGOR (6)  MACINTOSH (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC KINNON (1)  MC LAREN (4)  MC LEAN (1)  MC ROBBIE (3)  MIDDLETON (37)  MILNE (18)  MILTON (3)  MITCHELL (1)  MOIR (1)  MORRICE (11)  MORRISON (2)  MURRAY (1)  NICOL (3)  NIVEN (2)  ORCHISTON (1)  PATERSON (2)  PETRIE (1)  PHILIP (4)  REARIE (1)  REID (8)  RIDDEL (8)  RITCHIE (7)  RIACH (17)  ROBERTSON (10)  ROBBIE (12)  ROSS (19)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHIREDAN (1)  SKEEN ((SKENE)) (18)  SKENE (9)  SMITH (22)  SPENCE (1)  STEWART (1)  STRACHAN (3)  STRACHEN (5)  SUMMERS (2)  TAYLOR (2)  THOM (5)  THOMSON (14)  THOW (1)  TOUGH (4)  TAWSE (8)  TROUP (10)  WALKER (12)  WATT (2)  WILLIAMS (5)  MC WILLIAM (1)  WILSON (4)  WYNESS (1)  WRIGHT (6)  YOUNG (3)