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

Kinnel 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
ANDERSON415.857129.65
THOMSON294.142931.01
SMITH273.85712.73
DUNCAN202.857141.76
WILSON182.57145.60
SMART172.428653.34
MANN162.285743.40
ROBERTSON142.000011.94
TODD111.571430.88
MOIR111.5714114.23
WILLIAMSON101.428615.94
FERGUSSON101.4286282.49
WILKINSON91.28578.43
MITCHELL91.28576.34
COUTTS91.2857127.48
DOWNIE81.142997.44
CARGILL81.1429288.81
SIMPSON81.14296.53
DAVIDSON81.142913.59
CARRIE71.0000588.24
LINDSAY71.000030.67
EDGAR71.000064.94
CHISHOLM71.000068.83
GOODLET71.00001,794.87
MATHER60.857134.56
YOUNGER60.8571158.31
PANTON60.8571254.24
SPALDING60.8571119.76
GOVE60.8571714.29
BENNETT60.85715.22
MIDDLETON60.857116.33
SKELTON50.714349.07
MARSHALL50.71434.26
MILNE50.714316.07
GORDON50.714311.33
DUTCH50.7143617.28
FERRIER50.7143122.85
BROWN50.71431.08
MATHEWSON50.7143295.86
LAW50.714315.79
PATTERSON50.714320.48
HENDERSON50.71436.57
BOWDEN50.714324.75
REID40.57145.44
SUTHERLAND40.571411.34
BRUCE40.571412.20
COLVILLE40.5714166.67
BINNIE40.5714136.99
SCOTT40.57142.26
FORBES40.571417.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOODLET0.707001794.8718
GOVE0.70700714.2857
DUTCH0.70700617.2840
CARRIE0.70700588.2353
JAMIE0.70700526.3158
AIRTH0.70700465.1163
MUGG0.70700434.7826
MATHEWSON0.70700295.8580
CARGILL0.70700288.8087
FERGUSSON0.70700282.4859
PANTON0.70700254.2373
BEATH0.70700232.5581
ESPLIN0.70700227.2727
LEDINGHAM0.70700194.1748
COLVILLE0.70700166.6667
YOUNGER0.70700158.3113
FYFFE0.70700147.0588
CUTHILL0.70700145.9854
BINNIE0.70700136.9863
TYRIE0.70700135.1351
MOLLISON0.70700128.2051
COUTTS0.70700127.4788
FERRIER0.70700122.8501
SPALDING0.70700119.7605
NAIRN0.70700115.6069
MOIR0.70700114.2264
DOWNIE0.7070097.4421
CHRISTISON0.7070086.9565
WILL0.7070069.9301
CHISHOLM0.7070068.8299
SALMOND0.7070068.0272
EDGAR0.7070064.9351
NICOLL0.7070062.8931
ROBBIE0.7070062.1118
WYLLIE0.7070061.2245
FARQUHAR0.7070055.0459
SMART0.7070053.3417
GOURLAY0.7070051.5464
SKELTON0.7070049.0677
TOWNS0.7070044.6429
CARNEGIE0.7070043.4783
MANN0.7070043.3957
DUNCAN0.7070041.7624
BURNET0.7070039.0625
BLACKIE0.7070034.8432
MATHER0.7070034.5622
HOUSTON0.7070033.6700
MACINTOSH0.7070033.1126
THOMSON0.7070031.0061
TODD0.7070030.8815

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 700 people called GOODLET in Kinnel 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 1794.8718 in Kinnel means that 1794.8718% of the people in Kinnel on census day were called GOODLET.

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

All the surnames recorded in Kinnel in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  AIRTH (2)  ALEXANDER (2)  ANDERSON (41)  ANDREW (1)  ARCHIBALD (1)  AITKEN (1)  BAILLIE (1)  BALLANTYNE (1)  BATCHELOR (2)  BEGG (1)  BENNETT (6)  BINNIE (4)  BLACK (3)  BLAIR (1)  BLACKIE (1)  BOWDEN (5)  BOWDIN (1)  BROWN (5)  BRUCE (4)  BUCHAN (1)  BURNET (1)  BUYERS (3)  MC BAY (5)  CARRIE (7)  CARGILL (8)  CARNIGIE (3)  CARNEGIE (1)  CARR (1)  CHISHOLM (7)  CHRISTIE (2)  CHRISTISON (1)  CLARK (1)  COLVILLE (4)  COUNIE (1)  COUTTS (9)  COWIE (1)  CROAL (4)  CROALL (1)  CUSHNIE (1)  CUTHILL (2)  DAVIDSON (8)  DAVIE (NAIRN) (6)  DEVELON (1)  DONALDSON (3)  DOWNIE (8)  DUTCH (5)  DUNCAN (20)  EASTON (1)  EDGAR (7)  EDWARD (2)  ESPLIN (2)  FAIRWEATHER (1)  FARQUHAR (3)  FERRIER (5)  FERGUSSON (10)  FINLAYSON (1)  FINDLAYSON (7)  FITCHET (6)  FORBES (4)  FRASER (1)  FYFFE (2)  GAULDIIE (8)  GOODLET (7)  GORDON (5)  GOURLAY (2)  GOVE (6)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (1)  GRIEVE (1)  HARRIS (1)  HENDERSON (5)  MOIR (HENDERSON) (2)  HOOD (3)  HOUSTON (3)  INVERARITY (7)  JAKERS (1)  JAMIE (2)  JAMIESON (2)  JOHNSTON (2)  JOLLY (1)  KEAYS (1)  MC KIE (1)  KIDD (1)  KYDD (1)  LAW (5)  LOWSON (1)  LEDINGHAM (2)  LESLIE (1)  LYLL (8)  LINDSAY (7)  LOWS (3)  LOW (2)  LYALL (1)  MAIN (1)  MANN (16)  MARSHALL (5)  MARTIN (3)  MATHER (6)  MATHESON (2)  MATHEWSON (5)  MC ANDREW (2)  MC BETH (1)  BEATH (1)  MC DERMET (5)  MC DONALD (1)  MACFARLANE (1)  MC INNES (1)  MACINTOSH (1)  MC KENZIE (6)  MEFFON (1)  MELDRUM (1)  MIDDLETON (6)  MILLAR (1)  MILNE (5)  MITCHELL (9)  MOLLISON (2)  MONEY (1)  MOONIE (1)  MOIR (11)  MORRISON (1)  MUGG (1)  MUGGINS (2)  MUNN (1)  MURDOCH (1)  NAIRN (4)  KNAPP (1)  NEAVE (1)  NEILSON (1)  NICOLL (4)  OGILVY (1)  ORCHAR (2)  PANTON (6)  PATTERSON (5)  PATON (1)  PIRIE (1)  PHILLIP (1)  POTTER (2)  REID (4)  READ (1)  RENNIE (3)  RENNY (3)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBB (3)  ROBERTSON (14)  ROBBIE (1)  RODGER (3)  RUSSEL (1)  RUXTON (1)  SALMOND (1)  SCOTT (4)  SCRIMGEOUR (6)  SIMPSON (8)  SKELTON (5)  SMART (17)  SMITH (27)  SOUTAR (2)  SOUTER (1)  SPALDING (6)  SPENCE (1)  STEWART (3)  STOTT (2)  SUTHERLAND (4)  TYRIE (1)  TAVENDALE (1)  THOMSON (29)  THOMPSON (2)  TODD (11)  MC TOSH (1)  TOWNS (1)  TULLOCH (1)  WATT (1)  WHYTE (3)  WHITTON (1)  WILKINSON (9)  WILLIAMSON (10)  WILL (2)  WILSON (18)  WOOD (2)  WYLLIE (3)  YOUNGER (6)