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

Rafford 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
FRASER444.147046.59
MURRAY363.393027.36
CAMERON333.110340.01
ANDERSON292.733313.84
SMITH272.54481.80
ROSS222.073518.97
MILLER222.073511.59
STEWART201.885012.05
LAING181.696584.43
GRANT161.508015.20
YOUNIE141.31952,121.21
HARDIE131.225394.00
HENDRY111.036865.44
SUTHERLAND111.036820.58
SIME111.0368258.82
WILSON111.03682.26
WATSON100.94254.06
FALCONER100.942579.05
HAY100.942525.70
MUNRO100.942521.11
BOWIE100.9425108.23
STEPHEN100.942553.76
CLARK100.94253.14
MURCHISON90.8483841.12
CAIRNS90.848339.22
MASSON90.8483138.25
STALKER90.8483172.41
BISSET80.754096.15
CHRYSTAL80.7540547.95
WALKER80.75402.25
CRUICKSHANK80.754067.17
DAVIDSON80.75408.97
CALDER80.754053.91
HENDERSON80.75406.94
ROSE80.754010.17
FINLAYSON70.659857.28
REID70.65986.28
MACDONALD70.659816.63
TULLOCH70.659899.43
ROBERTSON70.65983.94
SHAND70.659896.02
BARCLAY70.659832.07
MACLEAN70.659859.63
STRONACH70.6598391.06
KELLY70.65986.02
ALEXANDER60.565510.68
GORDON60.56558.97
WOOD60.56551.77
PATERSON60.56558.31
JEANS60.5655168.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
YOUNIE1.061,0612121.2121
MURCHISON1.061,061841.1215
CHRYSTAL1.061,061547.9452
STRONACH1.061,061391.0615
JAMIE1.061,061350.8772
SIME1.061,061258.8235
STALKER1.061,061172.4138
JEANS1.061,061168.0672
MASSON1.061,061138.2488
BOWIE1.061,061108.2251
TULLOCH1.061,06199.4318
BISSET1.061,06196.1538
SHAND1.061,06196.0219
HARDIE1.061,06193.9986
FOTHERINGHAM1.061,06189.6861
MACINTOSH1.061,06187.3362
LAING1.061,06184.4278
FALCONER1.061,06179.0514
HOPTON1.061,06168.0272
CRUICKSHANK1.061,06167.1704
FOREST1.061,06165.7895
HENDRY1.061,06165.4372
MACLEAN1.061,06159.6252
FINLAYSON1.061,06157.2831
CALDER1.061,06153.9084
STEPHEN1.061,06153.7634
FRASER1.061,06146.5855
ASHER1.061,06144.5434
DUNBAR1.061,06141.0172
NICOLSON1.061,06140.7830
URQUHART1.061,06140.2685
CAMERON1.061,06140.0146
CAIRNS1.061,06139.2157
LITTLEJOHN1.061,06139.0625
MATHESON1.061,06134.4590
BREMNER1.061,06132.8947
BARCLAY1.061,06132.0660
MURRAY1.061,06127.3639
ELDER1.061,06126.7618
HAY1.061,06125.7003
CUMMING1.061,06124.7036
FORSYTH1.061,06122.0848
MUNRO1.061,06121.1104
SUTHERLAND1.061,06120.5761
OGILVIE1.061,06119.4932
ROSS1.061,06118.9737
MURDOCH1.061,06116.6482
MACDONALD1.061,06116.6271
GRANT1.061,06115.1961
FORBES1.061,06114.0647

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,061 people called YOUNIE in Rafford 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 2121.2121 in Rafford means that 2121.2121% of the people in Rafford 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 1.06 in Rafford means that you are 1.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of YOUNIE in Rafford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rafford in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (6)  ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (29)  ASHER (2)  BAIN (2)  BAIRD (2)  BALFOUR (1)  BARCLAY (7)  BISSET (8)  BORTHWICK (1)  BOWIE (10)  BREMNER (3)  BRODIE (1)  BROWN (4)  CAIRNS (9)  CALDER (8)  CAMERON (33)  CAMPBELL (4)  CANT (8)  CARMICHAEL (1)  CHRYSTAL (8)  CLARK (10)  CLARK ((MC COURESET)) (2)  CLUNAS (2)  COOPER (1)  CORBETT (1)  COWIE (1)  CRAIGEN (1)  CRAIL (1)  CROMBIE (1)  CRUICKSHANK (8)  CRUICKSHANKS (1)  CUMMING (5)  DAVIDSON (8)  DAVIES (1)  DEAN (2)  DICK (1)  DINGWALL (1)  DONALDSON (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUNBAR (5)  DUNBAR (STRONACH) (2)  DUNCAN (3)  ELDER (3)  FERRIER (1)  FALCONER (10)  FERGUSON (1)  FINLAYSON (7)  FINDLAYSON (2)  FLETCHER (1)  FORBES (5)  FOREST (2)  FORSYTH (5)  FOTHERINGHAM (4)  FRASER (44)  FRASER OR MC INTOSH (2)  GEORGE (2)  GOLLON (7)  GORDON (6)  GOW (1)  GRAHME (4)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANT (16)  GUNN (1)  HARDIE (13)  HARDY (1)  HARPER (2)  HAY (10)  HENDERSON (8)  HENDRIE (1)  HENDRY (11)  HEBURN (1)  HOOD (2)  HOPSTON (1)  HOPTON (2)  HOWELL (5)  HUTCHEON (2)  INNES OR SMITH (2)  IRVINE (3)  JACK (1)  MACLEAN OR JACK (2)  JAMIE (2)  JEANS (6)  JOHNSTON (1)  MC KAY (4)  KELLY (7)  KEMP (1)  KENNEDY (2)  KINTREA (2)  KNOX (1)  KYNOCH (1)  LAING (18)  LESLIE (1)  LITTLEJOHN (2)  LOGIE (1)  LONGMUIR (1)  MACGILLEVRAY (11)  MACGILLEVRAY OR SMART (4)  MACKNOCKETER (8)  MASSON (9)  MATHESON (5)  ROSS (MATHESON) (2)  MAVOR (3)  MC COOK (1)  MC DONALD (22)  MACDONALD (7)  MC GILLIVRAY (34)  GILLIVRAY (1)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC HATTIE (1)  MC INTOSH (36)  MACINTOSH (4)  MC INTYRE (13)  MACKAY (5)  MC KENZIE (28)  MACKENZIE (3)  MACLEAN (7)  MC LEAN (2)  MC LENNAN (19)  MC LEOAD (1)  MC LEOD (3)  MACLEOD (1)  MC MILLAN (8)  MC NAIR (1)  MC PHERSON (2)  MC SWEEN (1)  MACTAVISH (2)  MELLIS (1)  MILLER (22)  MITCHELL (1)  MORE (1)  MORGAN (1)  MUNRO (10)  MURCHISON (9)  MURDOCH (3)  MURPHY (1)  NICOL OR MURRAY (2)  MURRAY (36)  MUSTARD (1)  NEWLANDS (6)  NICOLSON (5)  NICHOLSON (1)  OGILVIE (2)  ORR (2)  PALING (1)  PATERSON (6)  PATTERSON (1)  PAUL (1)  REES (1)  REID (7)  RHIND (1)  RITCHIE (4)  RIACH (18)  ROBERTSON (7)  ROSS (22)  ROSE (8)  ROY (1)  SCOTT (4)  SHAND (7)  SHAW (1)  SIMPSON (3)  SIME (11)  SINCLAIR (3)  SMITH (27)  SOUTER (1)  STALKER (9)  STEPHEN (10)  STEWART (20)  STEWRT (1)  STRONACH (7)  SUTHERLAND (11)  TAYLOR (1)  THOBURN (1)  THOMSON (1)  TULLOCH (7)  URQUHART (6)  WALKER (8)  WATSON (10)  WEBSTER (1)  WHYTE (1)  WILSON (11)  WINCHESTER (1)  WOOD (6)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (1)  YOUNIE (14)