Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bellie, Banffshire

Bellie is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Banffshire

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
ROSS154.687542.89
CHAPMAN144.375030.80
FRASER113.437538.61
MILNE103.125070.27
SMITH92.81251.99
PATERSON92.812541.32
GARDEN82.5000597.01
CLARK82.50008.32
GORDON82.500039.66
ROBERTSON72.187513.05
WATSON72.18759.43
WATT61.875048.90
MACKENZIE61.875066.96
PAUL61.875074.91
MICHIE51.5625318.47
ALLAN51.562524.89
PETRIE51.5625131.58
HAY51.562542.59
YOUNIE51.56252,500.00
SCOTT51.56256.18
SUTHERLAND51.562531.02
GREEN51.56255.55
THOMSON41.25009.35
MELVILLE41.2500118.34
BOYNE41.2500800.00
WEIR41.250048.08
KEIR30.9375187.50
INGRAM30.937530.71
KNIGHT30.93757.61
MACKIE30.937543.86
ANNAND30.9375731.71
LOBBAN30.9375810.81
BRUCE30.937520.01
PIRIE20.625087.34
LAURIE20.625072.73
BAILEY20.62504.15
STEWART20.62503.99
MORRISON20.62507.95
INGLIS20.625037.45
PEARSON20.62505.38
GEDDES20.625052.08
BENNETT10.31251.90
HUNTER10.31253.04
DAVIDSON10.31253.72
HENDERSON10.31252.88
COWIE10.312525.77
STUART10.312513.09
GRANT10.31253.15
MURRAY10.31252.52
CAMERON10.31254.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
YOUNIE0.323202500.0000
LOBBAN0.32320810.8108
BOYNE0.32320800.0000
ANNAND0.32320731.7073
GARDEN0.32320597.0149
MICHIE0.32320318.4713
CRAN0.32320222.2222
KEIR0.32320187.5000
PETRIE0.32320131.5789
MELVILLE0.32320118.3432
PIRIE0.3232087.3362
PAUL0.3232074.9064
LAURIE0.3232072.7273
MILNE0.3232070.2741
MACKENZIE0.3232066.9643
GEDDES0.3232052.0833
WATT0.3232048.8998
WEIR0.3232048.0769
MACKIE0.3232043.8596
ROSS0.3232042.8939
HAY0.3232042.5894
PATERSON0.3232041.3223
GORDON0.3232039.6629
FRASER0.3232038.6100
INGLIS0.3232037.4532
BREMNER0.3232036.3636
SUTHERLAND0.3232031.0174
CHAPMAN0.3232030.8031
INGRAM0.3232030.7062
COWIE0.3232025.7732
ALLAN0.3232024.8880
MILTON0.3232022.6757
BRUCE0.3232020.0133
ROBB0.3232018.0832
STEPHEN0.3232017.8253
FINDLAY0.3232015.0830
NICOL0.3232015.0150
HORNE0.3232014.3678
DANIEL0.3232014.1443
STUART0.3232013.0890
ROBERTSON0.3232013.0548
HUMPHREY0.3232011.7371
JAMIESON0.3232011.2233
WATSON0.323209.4301
THOMSON0.323209.3545
FORBES0.323209.3284
CLARK0.323208.3177
MORRISON0.323207.9523
MACDONALD0.323207.8740
KNIGHT0.323207.6065

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 320 people called YOUNIE in Bellie 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 2500.0000 in Bellie means that 2500.0000% of the people in Bellie on census day were called YOUNIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called YOUNIE 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 YOUNIE 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 YOUNIE 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 YOUNIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Bellie means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of YOUNIE in Bellie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bellie in 1881

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

ALLAN (5)  ANNAND (3)  MC ARTHUR (8)  BAILEY (2)  BATCHEN (1)  BENNETT (1)  BONNYMAN (7)  BOYNE (4)  BREMNER (1)  BRUCE (3)  BURGESS (1)  CAMERON (1)  CHAPMAN (14)  CLARK (8)  COWIE (1)  CRAN (1)  DANIEL (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DRAINIE (4)  DUNLOPE (1)  FINDAYSON (1)  FINDLAY (1)  FORBES (1)  FRASER (11)  GARDEN (8)  GEDDES (2)  GORDON (8)  GRAANT (1)  WATT (GRANT) (2)  GRANT (1)  GREEN (5)  HAY (5)  HENDERSON (1)  HORNE (1)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUNTER (1)  INGLIS (2)  INGRAM (3)  JAMIESON (1)  KAY (1)  MC KAY (9)  KEIR (3)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (3)  LAURIE (2)  LOBBAN (3)  LOGGIE (1)  MC DONALD (5)  MC DONELL (6)  MACDONALD (1)  MACKIE (3)  MACKENZIE (6)  MC KENZIE (12)  MC PHERSON (2)  MELVILLE (4)  MICHIE (5)  MILNE (10)  MILTON (1)  MORRIS (1)  MORRISON (2)  MURRAY (1)  MUTERET (1)  NICOL (1)  PATERSON (9)  PAUL (SAVAGE) (2)  PAUL (6)  PEARSON (2)  PIRIE (2)  PETRIE (5)  RIACH (3)  ROBB (1)  ROBERTSON (7)  ROSS (15)  SCOTT (5)  SLORACH (6)  SMITH (9)  STEPHEN (1)  STEWART (2)  STUART (1)  SUTHERLAND (5)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMSON (4)  TURNER (1)  WATSON (7)  WATT (6)  WEIR (4)  WILSON (1)  YOUNG (1)  YOUNIE (5)