Top surnames from the 1881 census in Towie, Aberdeenshire

Towie 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
GORDON506.5876104.52
FORBES314.0843121.90
STRACHAN243.1621183.35
ANDERSON212.766814.01
BEGG192.5033411.26
THOMSON182.371517.75
TAYLOR172.23983.50
SMITH172.23981.59
ROSS172.239820.49
BEATTIE151.976392.31
DAWSON151.976317.93
MORRISON141.844523.47
RITCHIE131.712849.58
STEWART131.712810.95
FYFE131.7128186.51
LAW131.712837.87
COOK121.58107.96
FRASER111.449316.28
FARQUHARSON111.4493256.41
COUTTS101.3175130.55
NESS91.1858261.63
STUART91.185849.70
INGRAM81.054034.53
HENDERSON70.92238.48
KELMAN70.9223518.52
ELLIS70.92236.35
GIBBON70.922391.03
WATT70.922324.05
OGG70.9223289.26
THOM70.9223103.09
WALLACE60.790511.54
SKENE60.7905322.58
CRAN60.7905555.56
DOW60.790565.65
MILNE50.658814.81
PROFFIT50.65881,515.15
WATSON50.65882.84
INCH50.6588231.48
REID50.65886.27
WALKER50.65881.97
YEATES50.6588119.33
GAULD40.5270201.01
YULE40.5270105.26
CAMERON40.52706.78
MICHIE40.5270107.53
BISSET40.527067.23
MACKIE40.527024.65
FINDLAY40.527025.43
CRAIB30.3953319.15
CLARK30.39531.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KELLIS0.7675910000.0000
PROFFIT0.767591515.1515
BIDDIE0.767591000.0000
CRAN0.76759555.5556
KELMAN0.76759518.5185
BEGG0.76759411.2554
SKENE0.76759322.5806
CRAIB0.76759319.1489
OGG0.76759289.2562
DYCE0.76759285.7143
NESS0.76759261.6279
FARQUHARSON0.76759256.4103
INCH0.76759231.4815
GAULD0.76759201.0050
FYFE0.76759186.5136
STRACHAN0.76759183.3461
CRUIKSHANK0.76759176.9912
RIDDEL0.76759173.9130
COUTTS0.76759130.5483
HOSIE0.76759123.4568
FORBES0.76759121.9033
YEATES0.76759119.3317
MICHIE0.76759107.5269
YULE0.76759105.2632
GORDON0.76759104.5151
THOM0.76759103.0928
BEATTIE0.7675992.3077
GIBBON0.7675991.0273
BISSET0.7675967.2269
DOW0.7675965.6455
DEANS0.7675958.2524
ROBBIE0.7675957.1429
TROUP0.7675956.8182
STUART0.7675949.6963
RITCHIE0.7675949.5805
MUNROE0.7675948.7805
YEATS0.7675947.6190
EMSLIE0.7675943.8596
LAMOND0.7675938.6100
LAW0.7675937.8678
INGRAM0.7675934.5274
GARDEN0.7675931.5457
COBB0.7675927.8035
MELVIN0.7675927.3973
KEIR0.7675926.3852
FINDLAY0.7675925.4291
MACKIE0.7675924.6457
SOUTER0.7675924.2718
WATT0.7675924.0467
MORRISON0.7675923.4663

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 759 people called KELLIS in Towie 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 10000.0000 in Towie means that 10000.0000% of the people in Towie on census day were called KELLIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KELLIS 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 KELLIS 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 KELLIS 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 KELLIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Towie means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KELLIS in Towie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Towie in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (2)  ALLARDYCE (3)  ALARDYCE (1)  ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (21)  ARCHIBALD (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BAIN (1)  BEATTIE (15)  BEGG (19)  BELL (1)  BIDDIE (1)  BISSET (4)  BLACKHALL (8)  BREBBER (3)  BREMNER (1)  BRODIE (1)  CAMERON (4)  CARTER (1)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (3)  COBB (3)  COCKER (1)  COW (6)  COOK (12)  COOPER (1)  CORDINER (1)  COUTTS (10)  CRAIB (3)  CRAN (6)  CRAWFORD (1)  CROMAR (1)  CRUIKSHANK (2)  CRUICKSHANK (1)  CUMMING (1)  DALY (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAVIE (1)  DAWSON (15)  DEANS (3)  DIXON (2)  DOW (6)  DUMLIN (1)  DUNCAN (1)  DUNN (2)  DYCE (1)  ELLIS (7)  EMSLIE (1)  FARQUHARSON (11)  FERGUSON (1)  FERRIS (1)  FINDLAY (4)  FORBES (31)  FOWLER (1)  FRASER (11)  FRAZER (1)  FYFE (13)  GALASHUN (1)  GARDEN (1)  GAULD (4)  GERRIE (1)  GIBBON (7)  GILLANDERS (9)  GLENNIE (22)  GORDON (50)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANT (2)  GRASSICK (17)  GRAY (1)  HARPER (1)  HAY (3)  HENDERSON (7)  OGG (7)  HOSIE (2)  HOSSIE (2)  INCH (5)  INGRAM (8)  INNES (1)  IRONSIDE (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  MC KAY (2)  KEIR (1)  KELLAS (4)  KELLIS (1)  KELMAN (7)  KENNEDY (1)  LAMOND (1)  LAING (1)  LAW (13)  LAWSON (1)  LESLIE (1)  LUMSDEN (1)  MERCHANT (1)  MC CONNACHIE (9)  MC DONALD (2)  MC GREGOR (5)  MC HARDY (1)  MC INTOSH (4)  MACKIE (4)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC PHERSON (4)  MC ROBBIE (6)  MELVIN (1)  MICHIE (4)  MILNE (5)  MILTON (1)  MORRISON (14)  MUNROE (1)  MURDOCH (1)  MURRAY (1)  NESS (9)  NICOL (2)  NIVEN (1)  PHILIP (1)  PROFEIT (7)  PROFFIT (5)  REID (5)  RENNIE (1)  RIDDEL (2)  RITCHIE (13)  RIACH (9)  ROBB (1)  ROBBIE (1)  ROSS (17)  RUNCIEMAN (1)  SHARP (2)  SHAW (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SINCLAIR (1)  SKEAKLE (1)  SKENE (6)  SMITH (17)  SOUTER (1)  STEWART (13)  STUART (9)  STRACHAN (24)  STRATHDEE (7)  SUTHERLAND (1)  TAYLOR (17)  THOM (7)  THOMSON (18)  TOUGH (3)  TAWSE (4)  TROUP (1)  WALKER (5)  WALLACE (6)  WARRACK (3)  WATSON (5)  WATT (7)  WILLIAMS (2)  YEATES (5)  YEATS (1)  YULE (4)