Top surnames from the 1881 census in Botriphnie, Banffshire

Botriphnie 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
MILNE385.4208121.91
DUNCAN263.709054.22
BURGESS223.138445.18
WISEMAN162.2825166.15
SUTHERLAND141.997139.64
STEWART141.997112.76
GRAY141.997113.99
GRANT141.997120.13
GEORGE131.854531.61
CRUICKSHANK131.8545165.18
STRACHAN131.8545107.53
SMITH131.85451.31
MORRISON111.569219.96
ROBERTSON111.56929.36
GEDDES101.4265119.05
DEY101.4265787.40
GORDON101.426522.63
THOMSON101.426510.68
WATT91.283933.48
CUMMING91.283967.26
GILL91.283918.15
GARDEN81.1412273.04
CATTO81.1412606.06
WILSON81.14122.48
JOHNSTON81.141214.14
JAMIESON81.141240.98
BARCLAY81.141255.44
ROSS70.99869.14
CATTANACH70.9986786.52
HUNTER70.99869.72
SHEARER60.855966.67
MITCHELL60.85594.22
FORBES60.855925.54
CAMERON60.855911.01
BLACKIE60.8559209.06
STEPHEN60.855948.82
EWING60.855992.88
DAVIDSON50.71338.48
GUNN50.713329.14
MORISON50.7133140.06
MIDDLETON50.713313.59
BAILLIE50.713368.68
TAYLOR50.71331.12
LEMON40.570678.59
COLLIE40.5706159.36
WATSON40.57062.46
FETTES40.5706634.92
CHRISTIE40.570617.60
ORD40.570686.58
WEIR40.570621.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEMOND0.707013333.3333
MYRON0.707011428.5714
DEY0.70701787.4016
CATTANACH0.70701786.5169
FETTES0.70701634.9206
CATTO0.70701606.0606
DAWN0.70701338.9831
BUIE0.70701294.1176
GARDEN0.70701273.0375
STRONACH0.70701254.2373
GARROW0.70701246.9136
BLACKIE0.70701209.0592
WISEMAN0.70701166.1475
CRUICKSHANK0.70701165.1842
COLLIE0.70701159.3625
HUMPHERY0.70701147.0588
MORISON0.70701140.0560
CHEYNE0.70701128.7554
MILNE0.70701121.9121
SELLAR0.70701120.4819
GEDDES0.70701119.0476
GAULD0.70701108.6957
STRACHAN0.70701107.5269
EWING0.7070192.8793
BOYNE0.7070190.9091
ORD0.7070186.5801
LEMON0.7070178.5855
LORIMER0.7070171.4286
BAILLIE0.7070168.6813
CUMMING0.7070167.2646
SHEARER0.7070166.6667
BARCLAY0.7070155.4401
DUNCAN0.7070154.2231
STEPHEN0.7070148.8202
MASSON0.7070146.5116
EDWARD0.7070146.1538
BURGESS0.7070145.1838
OGG0.7070144.6429
MOIR0.7070141.4938
JAMIESON0.7070140.9836
SUTHERLAND0.7070139.6376
WATT0.7070133.4821
GEORGE0.7070131.6071
GUNN0.7070129.1375
INNES0.7070127.6498
MACKIE0.7070126.6845
FORBES0.7070125.5428
ADAM0.7070124.9169
GIBB0.7070124.2326
DEMPSEY0.7070122.7273

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 701 people called LEMOND in Botriphnie 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 3333.3333 in Botriphnie means that 3333.3333% of the people in Botriphnie on census day were called LEMOND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEMOND 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 LEMOND 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 LEMOND 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 LEMOND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.70 in Botriphnie means that you are 0.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEMOND in Botriphnie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Botriphnie in 1881

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

ADAM (3)  ALEXANDER (2)  ANDERSON (3)  AUSTIN (1)  BAILLIE (5)  BAIN (1)  BARCLAY (8)  BARRON (1)  BENNET (1)  BLACK (2)  BLACKIE (6)  BONNYMAN (1)  BUIE (1)  BOYNE (1)  BUCHAN (2)  BURGESS (22)  BURNETT (4)  CAMERON (6)  CARMICHAEL (2)  CATTANACH (7)  CATTO (8)  CHEYNE (3)  CHRISTIE (4)  CHRISTIE (WEIR) (2)  COLLIE (4)  CRAIK (1)  CRUICKSHANK (13)  CUMMING (9)  DAVIDSON (5)  DAWN (2)  DEY (10)  DEMPSEY (1)  DOW (1)  DOWNS (1)  DUFF (2)  GORDON DUFF (6)  DUNCAN (26)  EDWARD (3)  ELLICE (1)  EWING (6)  FENTIE (6)  FETTES (4)  FORBES (6)  FORSYTH (1)  FRASER (2)  GARDEN (8)  GARROW (2)  GAULD (2)  GEDDES (10)  GEORGE (13)  GIBB (3)  GILL (9)  GLASS (1)  GORDON (10)  GRANT (14)  GRAY (14)  GUNN (5)  HARPER (1)  HAY (2)  HENDERSON (1)  OGG (1)  HUMPHREY (3)  HUMPHERY (1)  HUNTER (7)  INGRAM (1)  INNES (3)  JAMIESON (8)  JOHNSTON (8)  JOYCE (1)  MC KAY (8)  KELMAN (WEIR) (2)  KNIGHT (1)  LAURENCE (1)  LEMON (4)  LEMOND (1)  LORIMER (2)  MANN (1)  MASSON (2)  MC ANDREW (1)  MC CONACHIE (2)  MC CULLOCH (1)  MACDONALD (1)  MC DONALD (2)  MC GREGOR (4)  MC HATTIE (4)  MC INTOSH (22)  MACKIE (4)  MC KENZIE (2)  MC KILLIGAN (10)  MC LEOD (1)  MC PHERSON (1)  MC WILLIE (4)  MIDDLETON (5)  MIDLETON (2)  MILLER (3)  MILNE (38)  MILTON (2)  MITCHELL (6)  MOGGACH (15)  MOIR (4)  MORRISON (11)  MORISON (5)  MUNRO (1)  MYRON (1)  NAUGHTIE (8)  NEWLANDS (7)  NIVEN (1)  NOBLE (1)  OGILVIE (1)  ORD (4)  PATERSON (1)  RAINNIE (1)  REIACH (1)  ROBERTSON (11)  ROBSON (1)  ROSS (7)  SCOTT (2)  SELLAR (2)  SHEARER (6)  SIMPSON (1)  SIM (1)  SIVRIGHT (1)  SMITH (13)  STABLES (4)  STEPHEN (6)  STEWART (14)  STRACHAN (13)  STRATHDEE (9)  STRONACH (3)  SUTHERLAND (14)  TAYLOR (5)  TENNANT (1)  TEUNION (1)  THOM (1)  THOMSON (10)  WATSON (4)  WATT (9)  WEIR (4)  MC WILLIAM (1)  WILSON (8)  WISEMAN (16)