Top surnames from the 1881 census in Arbirlot, Forfarshire (Angus)

Arbirlot is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Forfarshire (Angus)

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
MILNE313.762184.61
SMITH242.91262.06
SCOTT222.669910.55
BROWN212.54853.87
HUNTER182.184521.27
MARTIN172.06318.37
JACK151.820485.67
ROBERTSON141.699010.14
BAIRD141.699079.46
PETRIE131.5777132.79
RENNIE131.577790.34
HALL121.45634.95
DAVIDSON111.335015.88
ANDERSON111.33506.76
BINNIE101.2136291.55
GRANT101.213612.23
STEEL101.213629.78
SMART101.213626.65
HENDRY101.213676.63
CARRIE101.2136714.29
SPARK101.2136276.24
CRAIG91.092224.87
STOTT91.092234.97
RAE91.092247.95
MIDDLETON80.970918.49
FOWLER80.970917.00
NORRIE80.9709313.73
CHRISTIE80.970929.94
STEELE80.970936.28
MORISON80.9709190.48
FORD80.97099.97
LYALL80.9709142.35
WILSON80.97092.11
RAMSEY80.970989.39
ALEXANDER70.849516.05
COLLIER70.849525.42
BOWIE70.849597.49
WALLACE70.849512.40
GRAHAM70.84957.40
CAMERON70.849510.93
HERSCHELL70.84953,043.48
GIBB70.849548.11
REID60.72826.93
DUNBAR60.728263.36
OGILVIE60.728275.28
LAMB60.728213.80
STEWART60.72824.65
LOW60.728234.36
MARR50.606853.19
RAMSAY50.606823.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HERSCHELL0.828243043.4783
DENNIE0.828241428.5714
MAC0.82824833.3333
AIRTH0.82824784.3137
CABLES0.82824714.2857
CARRIE0.82824714.2857
HOVELL0.82824606.0606
NORRIE0.82824313.7255
BINNIE0.82824291.5452
SPARK0.82824276.2431
MORISON0.82824190.4762
CARNEGIE0.82824185.1852
GUILD0.82824166.6667
KEW0.82824165.2893
OGG0.82824152.0913
LYALL0.82824142.3488
PETRIE0.82824132.7886
TARBET0.82824125.0000
BOWIE0.8282497.4930
ESPLIN0.8282497.0874
RENNIE0.8282490.3405
RAMSEY0.8282489.3855
JACK0.8282485.6653
SAMSON0.8282484.8896
MILNE0.8282484.6070
BAIRD0.8282479.4552
HENDRY0.8282476.6284
OGILVIE0.8282475.2823
CHRISTISON0.8282474.0741
DURIE0.8282472.4638
CARNIE0.8282470.9220
GERARD0.8282470.9220
DORWARD0.8282466.2252
CROLL0.8282464.5161
DUNBAR0.8282463.3580
FERRIER0.8282462.6305
JAMISON0.8282460.9756
NEISH0.8282459.5238
ESSON0.8282454.9451
SHIELD0.8282453.3333
MARR0.8282453.1915
BALFOUR0.8282452.2648
MYLES0.8282451.8135
BUSHNELL0.8282450.0000
COWIE0.8282450.0000
GIBB0.8282448.1100
RAE0.8282447.9489
FAIRWEATHER0.8282447.0219
CROFTS0.8282445.0450
EMSLIE0.8282440.3226

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 824 people called HERSCHELL in Arbirlot 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 3043.4783 in Arbirlot means that 3043.4783% of the people in Arbirlot on census day were called HERSCHELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HERSCHELL 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 HERSCHELL 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 HERSCHELL 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 HERSCHELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Arbirlot means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HERSCHELL in Arbirlot than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Arbirlot in 1881

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

ADAMSON (1)  ADDISON (2)  AIRTH (4)  ALEXANDER (7)  ALLARDICE (1)  ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (11)  AUCHTERLONIE (1)  BAIRD (14)  BALFOUR (3)  BALMER (1)  BATE (3)  BEGG (1)  BINNIE (10)  BLACK (2)  BLUES (10)  BOWIE (7)  BRODIE (1)  BROWN (21)  BRUCE (1)  BURNET (1)  BUSHNELL (1)  BUTCHART (3)  CABLES (1)  CARNIE (1)  CAMERON (7)  CANT (3)  CARRIE (10)  CARNEGIE (5)  CHISHOLM (4)  CHRISTIE (8)  CHRISTISON (1)  CLARK (4)  CLARK (SCOTT) (4)  KEW (4)  COLLIER (7)  COOK (3)  CORMIE (1)  COUTTS (1)  COWIE (5)  CRABB (2)  CRAIG (9)  CROFTS (3)  CROLL (1)  CROMB (9)  DALIS (9)  DARWARD (3)  DAVIDSON (11)  DENNIE (1)  DORWARD (1)  DOWNIE (1)  DUNBAR (6)  DUNCAN (2)  DURIE (1)  DEAR (1)  ESSON (1)  EMSLIE (1)  ESPLIN (1)  FAIRWEATHER (3)  FAIRLIE (7)  FERRIER (3)  FALCONER (2)  FENTON (1)  FINDLAY (1)  FINDLAYSON (2)  FORD (8)  FOWLER (8)  FRIOCK (1)  FYFE (1)  GARDYNE (1)  GEEKIE (1)  GERARD (1)  GIBB (7)  GORDON (2)  GOLD (1)  GRAHAM (7)  GRANT (10)  GRAY (1)  GREIVE (1)  GREIG (1)  GUILD (3)  HALL (12)  HARRIS (1)  HADDEN (1)  HAY (4)  HEARY (1)  HENDRY (10)  HEPBURN (1)  OGG (4)  HOVELL (4)  HUME (2)  HUNTER (18)  HERSCHELL (7)  IRELAND (1)  JACK (15)  JAMISON (1)  KEITH (2)  KENEDY (1)  KETTLES (2)  KYDD (26)  LAMB (6)  LAWRIE (3)  LOWSON (1)  LAWSON (1)  LEIGHTON (1)  LESLIE (1)  LIVVIE (1)  LOW (6)  LYALL (8)  MAIN (2)  MARNIE (3)  MARTIN (17)  MATHER (3)  MAC (1)  MC DONALD (1)  DOWALL (7)  MACKAY (1)  KEILLOR (5)  MC LEISH (1)  MIDDLETON (8)  MYLES (2)  MILNE (31)  MILTON (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOIR (4)  MORISON (8)  MOTION (7)  MARR (5)  NAIRN (1)  NAPIER (1)  NEISH (1)  NICOLL (1)  NORRIE (8)  OGILVIE (6)  OGILVY (1)  ORCHAR (1)  OXFORD (1)  PATTERSON (1)  PETRIE (13)  PORTER (1)  RAE (9)  REA (1)  RAMSAY (5)  RAMSEY (8)  REID (6)  RENNY (2)  RENNIE (13)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBERTSON (14)  SAMSON (5)  SCOTT (22)  SHERIFFS (4)  SHIELD (2)  SMART (10)  SMITH (24)  SOUTAR (3)  SPARK (10)  STEEL (10)  STEELE (8)  STEWART (6)  STOTT (9)  STRACHAN (1)  SUTHERLAND (2)  TARBIT (1)  TARBET (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMSON (2)  VERNON (2)  WALKER (3)  WALLS (1)  WALLACE (7)  WATSON (4)  MC QUATTIE (2)  WEBSTER (1)  MC WHANNEL (1)  WILKIE (3)  WILLOCKS (9)  WILSON (8)  WINTER (3)  WRIGHT (1)