Top surnames from the 1881 census in Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire

Culsalmond 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
WATT293.485690.91
BEATTIE192.2837106.68
SIMPSON172.043311.68
ALLAN161.923130.63
HARPER161.923130.04
YOUNG151.80298.39
DICKSON151.802948.69
HARVEY151.802916.89
ANDERSON151.80299.13
REID151.802917.16
GIBB141.682795.30
ANGUS141.6827117.65
SMITH121.44231.02
COWIE121.4423118.81
GORDON111.322120.98
SIM111.3221117.65
CATTO111.3221700.64
SINCLAIR111.322125.64
GERRARD101.201994.07
MASSIE101.2019374.53
WILSON101.20192.62
PORTER101.201916.02
INNES91.081769.88
COUTTS91.0817107.27
MITCHELL91.08175.33
FLORANCE91.08171,764.71
WALKER91.08173.23
LAW91.081723.91
KELMAN91.0817608.11
SCOTT80.96153.80
INGRAM80.961531.50
TOCHER80.9615740.74
WEIR80.961536.97
AIRD80.9615184.76
MELVIN80.9615199.50
HAY80.961526.22
ROBERTSON80.96155.74
MILNE70.841318.92
DUNCAN70.841312.30
MURRAY70.84136.78
MASSON70.8413136.99
LAMB70.841315.95
RUSSEL70.8413121.95
COOPER70.84133.46
MATHIESON70.841379.82
FLORENCE60.7212365.85
DAWSON60.72126.54
FRASER60.72128.10
SHAND60.7212105.08
DAVIDSON60.72128.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FLORANCE0.838321764.7059
REAPER0.838321052.6316
WISELY0.83832869.5652
TOCHER0.83832740.7407
CATTO0.83832700.6369
KELMAN0.83832608.1081
GOULDIE0.83832454.5455
MASSIE0.83832374.5318
FLORENCE0.83832365.8537
BEATSON0.83832320.5128
TALBERT0.83832217.3913
LOBBAN0.83832208.3333
MELVIN0.83832199.5012
LAIN0.83832188.6792
AIRD0.83832184.7575
RIDDEL0.83832158.7302
EWAN0.83832158.7302
BEVERLY0.83832144.9275
WEDDERBURN0.83832144.9275
MASSON0.83832136.9863
RUSSEL0.83832121.9512
BARTLET0.83832121.9512
SINGER0.83832119.7605
COWIE0.83832118.8119
SIM0.83832117.6471
ANGUS0.83832117.6471
MEARNS0.83832111.9403
CARNEGIE0.83832109.8901
ESSON0.83832108.6957
COUTTS0.83832107.2706
BEATTIE0.83832106.6816
SHAND0.83832105.0788
POLSON0.83832103.6269
PETER0.83832103.0928
GIBB0.8383295.3029
GERRARD0.8383294.0734
WATT0.8383290.9091
LEDINGHAM0.8383281.9672
MATHIESON0.8383279.8176
CORMACK0.8383279.4913
MELLIS0.8383275.1880
INNES0.8383269.8758
BANNERMAN0.8383268.4932
LIVINGSTON0.8383266.9344
BREWSTER0.8383249.6278
SKENE0.8383249.0196
DICKSON0.8383248.6855
HOME0.8383248.0769
MORISON0.8383247.1698
PEDDIE0.8383245.0450

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 832 people called FLORANCE in Culsalmond 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 1764.7059 in Culsalmond means that 1764.7059% of the people in Culsalmond on census day were called FLORANCE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FLORANCE 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 FLORANCE 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 FLORANCE 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 FLORANCE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.83 in Culsalmond means that you are 0.83 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FLORANCE in Culsalmond than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Culsalmond in 1881

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

ADAM (4)  AIRD (8)  ALEXANDER (2)  ALLAN (16)  ANDERSON (15)  ANDREW ((GRANT)) (2)  ANDREW (5)  ANGUS (14)  BAIN (1)  BANNERMAN (2)  BANNERMAN ((NIVEN)) (2)  BEATTIE ((BANNERMAN)) (2)  BARCLAY (3)  BARTLET (1)  BARTLETT (1)  BEATSON (5)  BEATTON (3)  BEATTIE (19)  BENNET (2)  BEVERLY (1)  BREWSTER (4)  BROWN (6)  CALLAGHAN (2)  CAMERON (4)  CARNEGIE (3)  CATTO (11)  CHARLES (1)  CHRISTIE (4)  CLARK (5)  COCKER (1)  COOPER (7)  CORMACK (5)  COUTTS (9)  COWIE (12)  CREWIN (1)  CRUICKSHANK (1)  CURNEGIN (1)  DAVIDSON (6)  DAVIS (1)  DAWSON (6)  DEMPSTER (1)  DICKSON (15)  DUGUID (1)  DUNCAN (7)  DYER (1)  ESSON (2)  ELDER (3)  ESSLEMONT (10)  EWAN (3)  FERQUHARSON (1)  FLORENCE (6)  FLORANCE (9)  FRASER (6)  FYFE (2)  GALL (2)  GARDEN (1)  GARDENER (2)  GEORGE (1)  GERRARD (10)  GIBB (14)  GILCHRIST (1)  GLEGG (1)  GLENNIE (6)  GOULDIE (1)  GORDON (11)  GRANT (2)  GRAY (1)  GREANE (1)  HALL (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HARDY (3)  HARPER (16)  HARVEY (15)  HARVIE (1)  HAY (8)  HENDERSON (2)  OGG (1)  HOWESON (1)  HOME (1)  HUNTER (1)  INGRAM (8)  INGERAM (3)  INNES (9)  JESSIMAN (2)  JOFFARY (1)  JOHN (1)  JOHNSTONE (4)  KELMAN (9)  MC KNIGHT (4)  KNOWLS (1)  LAMB (7)  LAIN (1)  LAW (9)  LEDINGHAM (1)  LESLIE (1)  LIVINGSTON (5)  LOBBAN (2)  LOW (3)  MAITLAND (1)  MARTIN (2)  MASSON (7)  MASSIE (10)  MATHIESON (7)  MC COMBIE (3)  MC DONALD (2)  MC HARDY (1)  MC INNES (1)  MC INTOSH (2)  MACKAY (3)  MACKIE (2)  MACPHERSON (2)  MC PHERSON (2)  MC TAVISH (1)  MEARNS (3)  MELLIS (1)  MELVIN (8)  MIDDLETON (2)  MILNE (7)  MILTON (2)  MITCHELL (9)  MOLISON (9)  MOIR (1)  MORGAN (3)  MORRISON (1)  MURISON (1)  MORISON (2)  MORTIMER (1)  MURRAY (7)  MARR (1)  NICOL (4)  NIVIN (3)  NIVEN (2)  NOIR (1)  OLIVER (1)  PATERSON (1)  PEDDIE (1)  PIRIE (2)  PETER (3)  PETRIE (1)  PETTRIE (1)  PHILIP (1)  POLSON (2)  PORTER (10)  WILSON OR RAFFIN (2)  RAFFUN (1)  REAPER (2)  RATTRAY (1)  REID (15)  RENNIE (2)  RIDDEL (2)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBB (3)  ROBERTSON (8)  ROSE (2)  RUDDIMAN (1)  RIDDOCH (1)  RUSSEL (7)  RUSSELL (1)  SANGSTER (1)  SCOTT (8)  SHAND (6)  SIMPSON (17)  SIM (11)  SINCLAIR (11)  SINGER (4)  SIVWRIGHT (1)  SKENE (1)  SKEIN (1)  SMITH (12)  SOUTER (1)  STABLES (1)  STEPHENS (3)  STEPHEN (1)  STEWART (2)  STRACHAN (1)  SUMMERS (1)  TALBERT (1)  TEVINDALE (1)  THIRD (4)  THOM (2)  TOCHER (8)  TOUGH (10)  TURNER (4)  WALKER (9)  WATESON (2)  WATT (29)  WEDDERBURN (1)  WEIR (8)  WHITE (5)  MC WILLIAM (8)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (10)  WISELY (2)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (15)