Top surnames from the 1881 census in Glengairn, Aberdeenshire

Glengairn 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
EWEN96.47481,525.42
GRANT96.474865.26
SMITH85.75544.08
WEST85.755459.79
EMSLIE75.03601,666.67
KNOWLES75.036094.34
REID64.316541.10
FYFFE64.31652,222.22
FLEMING53.597186.51
GAULD42.87771,081.08
RIDDEL42.87771,904.76
EDMONSTON42.87776,666.67
CAMERON32.158327.78
COUTTS21.4388142.86
MILNE21.438832.36
WATSON21.43886.20
ROBERTSON21.43888.59
MORTIMER21.438868.73
STUART21.438860.24
ROY10.719479.37
FORSYTH10.719433.67
ANDERSON10.71943.64
FARQUHARSON10.7194126.58
KESSON10.71941,666.67
DYSART10.71942,000.00
CLARK10.71942.39
FORBES10.719421.46
PRINGLE10.719445.66
LEY10.7194163.93
ELLIS10.71944.96
TAIT10.719424.45
CRAN10.7194500.00
SIMPSON10.71944.11
ESSON10.7194322.58
GORDON10.719411.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EDMONSTON0.141396666.6667
FYFFE0.141392222.2222
DYSART0.141392000.0000
RIDDEL0.141391904.7619
EMSLIE0.141391666.6667
KESSON0.141391666.6667
EWEN0.141391525.4237
GAULD0.141391081.0811
CRAN0.14139500.0000
ESSON0.14139322.5806
LEY0.14139163.9344
COUTTS0.14139142.8571
FARQUHARSON0.14139126.5823
KNOWLES0.1413994.3396
FLEMING0.1413986.5052
ROY0.1413979.3651
MORTIMER0.1413968.7285
GRANT0.1413965.2647
STUART0.1413960.2410
WEST0.1413959.7907
PRINGLE0.1413945.6621
REID0.1413941.0959
FORSYTH0.1413933.6700
MILNE0.1413932.3625
CAMERON0.1413927.7778
TAIT0.1413924.4499
FORBES0.1413921.4592
GORDON0.1413911.4155
ROBERTSON0.141398.5874
WATSON0.141396.2035
ELLIS0.141394.9554
SIMPSON0.141394.1135
SMITH0.141394.0762
ANDERSON0.141393.6430
CLARK0.141392.3935

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 139 people called EDMONSTON in Glengairn 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 6666.6667 in Glengairn means that 6666.6667% of the people in Glengairn on census day were called EDMONSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EDMONSTON 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 EDMONSTON 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 EDMONSTON 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 EDMONSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Glengairn means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EDMONSTON in Glengairn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Glengairn in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  CAMERON (3)  CLARK (1)  COUTTS (2)  CRAN (1)  MC DAVITT (1)  DUGUID (16)  DYSART (1)  ESSON (1)  EDMONSTON (4)  ELLIS (1)  EMSLIE (7)  EWEN (9)  FARQUHARSON (1)  FLEMING (5)  FORBES (1)  FORSYTH (1)  FYFFE (6)  GAULD (4)  GORDON (1)  GRANT (9)  KELLAS (10)  KESSON (1)  KNOWLES (7)  LEY (1)  MC CONNACH (2)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MILNE (2)  MORTIMER (2)  PRINGLE (1)  REID (6)  RIDDEL (4)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROY (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (8)  STUART (2)  TAIT (1)  WATSON (2)  WEST (8)