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

Menmuir 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
ANDERSON303.963020.06
ROBERTSON273.566721.29
SMITH263.43462.43
LOW253.3025155.86
KEITH243.1704295.93
YOUNG212.774112.91
THOMSON141.849413.84
MOWAT141.8494269.75
SIMPSON131.71739.82
ROSS131.717315.71
CAMERON131.717322.09
MILNE111.453132.68
EASTON111.453195.82
CARNEGIE111.4531443.55
ALEXANDER111.453127.45
RAMSAY101.321051.28
MACKIE101.321061.77
COUTTS101.3210130.89
MOIR91.188986.46
DONALDSON91.188941.69
SCOTT91.18894.70
STEWART91.18897.60
ROBB91.188968.75
BAIRD81.056849.41
PETER81.0568301.89
BRUCE81.056822.56
CROLL81.0568563.38
WALKER81.05683.16
STURROCK81.0568293.04
MITCHELL81.05685.21
TRAILL81.0568769.23
GIBSON70.92477.62
LAW70.924720.44
BEATTIE70.924743.21
ROSE70.924712.47
HUTCHINSON70.924716.28
STRACHAN70.924753.64
GOURLAY70.9247166.67
TINDAL60.7926530.97
MILLAM60.79265,454.55
GORDON60.792612.58
TODD60.792615.58
CHRISTISON60.7926483.87
GIBB60.792644.88
LAURENCE60.792655.76
LESLIE60.792647.89
REID60.79267.55
HARRIS60.79263.12
MILLAR60.792621.72
SPALDING50.660592.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILLAM0.767575454.5455
TINDEL0.767571111.1111
JAMIE0.76757975.6098
TRAILL0.76757769.2308
RUSELL0.76757666.6667
CROLL0.76757563.3803
GOVE0.76757549.4505
TINDAL0.76757530.9735
CLYNE0.76757490.1961
CHRISTISON0.76757483.8710
CARNEGIE0.76757443.5484
BARCLEY0.76757333.3333
MONRO0.76757318.4713
PETER0.76757301.8868
KEITH0.76757295.9309
STURROCK0.76757293.0403
MOWAT0.76757269.7495
STEUART0.76757227.2727
GARVIE0.76757225.5639
STORMONT0.76757172.4138
GOURLAY0.76757166.6667
BEVERLY0.76757158.7302
LOW0.76757155.8603
HOGGINS0.76757138.8889
COUTTS0.76757130.8901
MOLLISON0.76757118.3432
HUTCHIN0.76757113.6364
DOIG0.76757112.3596
DUTHIE0.7675798.5222
LYALL0.7675796.8992
EASTON0.7675795.8188
DEMPSTER0.7675793.8086
SPALDING0.7675792.2509
MOIR0.7675786.4553
FAIRWEATHER0.7675785.3242
ROSIE0.7675781.9672
BARRIE0.7675773.2601
GOURLEY0.7675772.9927
PATIENCE0.7675770.9220
ROBB0.7675768.7548
MACKIE0.7675761.7665
DON0.7675758.1395
LAURENCE0.7675755.7621
DOW0.7675754.8246
STRACHAN0.7675753.6398
RAMSAY0.7675751.2821
BAIRD0.7675749.4132
LESLIE0.7675747.8851
SUTTIE0.7675745.8716
GIBB0.7675744.8766

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 757 people called MILLAM in Menmuir 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 5454.5455 in Menmuir means that 5454.5455% of the people in Menmuir on census day were called MILLAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILLAM 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 MILLAM 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 MILLAM 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 MILLAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Menmuir means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILLAM in Menmuir than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Menmuir in 1881

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

ACKENHEAD (1)  ADAMS (1)  ALEXANDER (11)  ANDERSON (30)  ARCHBALD (5)  BAIRD (8)  BALFOUR (1)  BARCLEY (1)  BAXTER (5)  BEATTIE (7)  BELL (2)  BARRIE (4)  BEVERLY (1)  BLACKCLAWS (7)  BRUCE (8)  BRIMNER (2)  CAITHNESS (1)  CAMERON (13)  CARNEGIE (11)  CARR (1)  CATHRO (2)  CHISHOLM (1)  CHRISTISION (1)  CHRISTISON (6)  CLARK (4)  CLYNE (5)  COCHAR (1)  COUPER (1)  COUTTS (10)  CRABB (1)  CROLL (8)  DALGETY (20)  DAVIDSON (2)  DAVIE (1)  DEMPSTER (5)  MILNE (DEMPSTER) (2)  DOIG (5)  DONALDSON (9)  DON (1)  DOW (5)  DUGUID (1)  DUNCAN (1)  DUTHIE (4)  DEAR (1)  EASTON (11)  FAIRWEATHER (5)  FERRIER (1)  FELL (1)  FINDLAY (1)  FORBES (1)  FORMAN (1)  GIBB (6)  GIBSON (7)  GLEN (1)  GORDON (6)  GOURLAY (7)  GOURLEY (1)  GOVE (5)  GOWANS (1)  GRAY (1)  GREIG (1)  HARRIS (6)  HAUGHS (4)  HENDRY (4)  HOGGINS (1)  HOOD (1)  HOWIE (1)  HUTCHIN (1)  HUTCHINSON (7)  INGLES (1)  INNES (1)  JAMIE (4)  GARVIE (3)  JOHNSTON (2)  JOLLY (2)  KEITH (24)  KEMLO (1)  KINNEAR (1)  KIRKLAND (1)  LAW (7)  LAURENCE (6)  LESLIE (6)  LOW (25)  LYALL (5)  MATTHEWS (1)  MAY (1)  MC HARDIE (1)  MACKIE (10)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MC LENNAN (6)  MILLAM (6)  MILLAR (6)  MILLER (1)  MILL (1)  MILNE (11)  MITCHELL (8)  MOLLISON (2)  MOIR (9)  MORRISON (2)  MORTON (4)  MOWAT (14)  MONRO (5)  MURRAY (3)  MC NICOLL (5)  OXAM (2)  PATIENCE (1)  PAUL (1)  PETER (8)  PROCTER (1)  RAE (1)  RAE (SMITH) (2)  RAMSAY (10)  REID (6)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBB (9)  ROBERTSON (27)  ROSE (7)  ROSS (13)  ROSIE (1)  RUSELL (1)  RUXTON (1)  SCOTT (9)  SIMPSON (13)  SKINNER (1)  SMART (1)  SMITH (26)  SPALDING (5)  SPEED (1)  STEWART (9)  STEUART (1)  STORMONT (1)  STOTT (4)  STRACHAN (7)  STRATHDEE (2)  STURROCK (8)  STERTON (1)  SUTTIE (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMSON (14)  THOW (6)  TINDAL (6)  TINDEL (1)  TODD (6)  TRAILL (8)  VALENTINE (1)  WALKER (8)  WALLACE (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHYTE (5)  WILLOCKS (1)  WILL (1)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (1)  WYLLIE (1)  YOUNG (21)