Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dallas, Elginshire (Morayshire)

Dallas is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Elginshire (Morayshire)

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
GRANT545.850558.95
PHILIP353.7920568.18
ANDERSON293.141915.91
DOUGLAS293.141964.86
CAMERON252.708634.85
ALLAN232.491939.69
FORSYTH202.1668101.57
YOUNG192.05859.58
FINDLAY192.058599.37
GALLON181.9502792.95
ROBERTSON161.733510.34
BRANDER151.62511,086.96
HAY141.516841.36
MURRAY141.516812.23
LESLIE141.516891.62
SCOTT131.40855.57
FRASER121.300114.61
GARROW121.30011,121.50
STEWART121.30018.31
ROY111.1918131.11
DAVIDSON111.191814.18
SMITH101.08340.77
JAMES101.08345.52
MITCHELL101.08345.34
SUTHERLAND101.083421.51
ASHER90.9751230.77
ROSS90.97518.92
MURDOCH90.975157.40
SKENE80.8667353.98
FALCONER80.866772.66
SHANKS80.8667113.96
BROWN80.86671.31
MILNE80.866719.49
BAIN80.866734.93
CUMMING70.758439.75
HARROLD70.7584168.27
DUNBAR70.758465.98
NICOL70.758436.44
GORDON70.758412.03
STEPHEN70.758443.26
MORGAN60.65013.27
MILTON60.650147.17
MAVER60.65011,034.48
BARRON60.650141.99
MENZIES60.650150.00
MASSON60.6501106.01
WINCHESTER50.5417142.05
MILLAR50.541714.84
MUNRO50.541712.13
WINK50.5417649.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GARROW0.929231121.4953
BRANDER0.929231086.9565
MAVER0.929231034.4828
GALLON0.92923792.9515
WINK0.92923649.3506
PHILIP0.92923568.1818
SKENE0.92923353.9823
GEDDIE0.92923243.9024
KEIL0.92923238.0952
CAVERS0.92923238.0952
ASHER0.92923230.7692
HARROLD0.92923168.2692
WINCHESTER0.92923142.0455
ROY0.92923131.1085
MACADAM0.92923125.0000
SHANKS0.92923113.9601
MURCHISON0.92923107.5269
MASSON0.92923106.0071
FORSYTH0.92923101.5744
FINDLAY0.9292399.3724
LESLIE0.9292391.6230
NAIRN0.9292387.5274
HUTCHESON0.9292384.3882
FALCONER0.9292372.6612
RIDDEL0.9292371.4286
PETERKIN0.9292369.9301
DUNBAR0.9292365.9755
DOUGLAS0.9292364.8624
STRONACH0.9292364.5161
GRANT0.9292358.9520
MURDOCH0.9292357.3980
FARQUHAR0.9292355.7103
GOW0.9292354.8697
MENZIES0.9292350.0000
MILTON0.9292347.1698
LITTLEJOHN0.9292344.9438
STEPHEN0.9292343.2633
BARRON0.9292341.9874
HAY0.9292341.3589
LAUDER0.9292341.2371
CUMMING0.9292339.7501
ALLAN0.9292339.6894
PAYNTER0.9292338.6100
NICOL0.9292336.4394
BAIN0.9292334.9345
CAMERON0.9292334.8481
COUTTS0.9292332.2234
CONLEY0.9292329.9401
CRUICKSHANK0.9292328.9575
NICOLSON0.9292328.1426

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 923 people called GARROW in Dallas 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 1121.4953 in Dallas means that 1121.4953% of the people in Dallas on census day were called GARROW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GARROW 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 GARROW 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 GARROW 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 GARROW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.92 in Dallas means that you are 0.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GARROW in Dallas than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dallas in 1881

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

MACADAM (1)  ALLAN (23)  ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (29)  ARCHABLE (1)  MC ARTHUR (11)  ASHER (9)  BAIN (8)  BARRON (6)  MC BEAN (4)  BLUNTACH (4)  BRANDER (15)  BROOK (1)  BROWN (8)  CALDER (1)  CAMERON (25)  CAMPBELL (2)  CAVERS (1)  CHALMERS (1)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (3)  CONLEY (1)  MCCOOK (1)  COUTTS (3)  CRUICKSHANK (3)  CUMMING (7)  DAVIDSON (11)  DEAN (1)  DICK (1)  DOUGLAS (29)  DUNBAR (7)  FARQUHAR (4)  FALCONER (8)  FINDLAY (19)  FORSYTH (20)  FOWLER (1)  FRASER (12)  GALLON (18)  GARROW (12)  GEDDES (3)  GEDDIE (1)  GEORGE (1)  GILLIES (1)  GORDON (7)  GOW (4)  GRANT (54)  HARPER (1)  HARROLD (7)  HAY (14)  HENDRY (1)  HOWELL (1)  HUTCHESON (4)  JAMES (10)  MC KAY (5)  KEIL (1)  KENNEDY (3)  KING (1)  KYNOCH (6)  LAWTIE (4)  LAUDER (2)  LESLIE (14)  LITTLEJOHN (2)  MANN (4)  MASSON (6)  MASON (1)  MAVER (6)  MC BAIN (1)  MC CULLOCH (1)  MC DONALD (20)  GRIGOR (23)  MC INTOSH (16)  MC INTYRE (1)  MACKAY (1)  MC KENZIE (23)  MC KILLOP (1)  MC LAREN (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MC LENNAN (2)  MC PHAIL (6)  MC PHERSON (10)  MC QUIBAN (2)  MC QUIBBAN (1)  MC RAE (1)  MC TAVISH (1)  MENZIES (6)  MILLAR (5)  MILLER (1)  MILNE (8)  MILTON (6)  MITCHELL (10)  MOORE (2)  MORGAN (6)  MORRISON (2)  MUNRO (5)  MURCHISON (1)  MURDOCH (9)  MURRAY (14)  NAIRN (4)  NICOL (7)  NICOLSON (3)  OGILVIE (2)  OGLVIE (11)  PAYNTER (1)  PAUL (1)  PETERKIN (1)  PHILIP (35)  PHIMISTER (4)  RIDDEL (1)  RITCHIE (1)  RIACH (15)  ROBERTSON (16)  ROSS (9)  ROSE (1)  ROY (11)  RUSSELL (1)  SCOTT (13)  SHANKS (8)  SHAW (2)  SIMPSON (3)  SKENE (8)  SMART (1)  SMITH (10)  STEPHEN (7)  STEWART (12)  STUART (STEWART) (16)  STRATHDEE (7)  STRONACH (1)  SUTHERLAND (10)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMSON (4)  THOMPSON (1)  WATT (1)  WINK (5)  WINCHESTER (5)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (19)