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

Murroes 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
STURROCK263.4574959.41
BROWN243.19154.84
SMITH222.92552.07
JOHNSTON192.526631.31
FAIRWEATHER182.3936308.75
REID172.260621.52
NICOLL151.9947219.62
STEWART141.861711.90
MILNE141.861741.88
WILSON141.86174.05
LUMSDEN111.4628175.44
NORRIE111.4628472.10
BRUCE111.462831.23
MITCHELL101.32986.56
TODD101.329826.13
MOLLISON101.3298595.24
YEAMAN91.19681,034.48
WATSON91.19685.16
WALKER91.19683.58
ANDERSON91.19686.06
MELVILLE91.1968113.35
RAMSAY91.196846.46
URQUHART91.196885.23
SPENCE81.063832.17
LIDDELL81.0638115.94
NEIL81.063880.40
SHEPHERD81.063814.52
WILKIE81.063874.63
IRELAND70.930940.09
LANGLANDS70.9309400.00
ROBERTSON70.93095.56
COOK70.93094.69
GOURLAY70.9309167.87
STEELE70.930934.79
MALCOLM60.797960.67
CLARK60.79792.65
KIDD60.797939.19
MORTIMER60.797938.17
RITCHIE60.797923.09
CHRISTIE60.797924.61
BOWMAN60.797930.55
FENTON60.797939.97
MUDIE50.6649292.40
ADAMSON50.664925.14
SUTTIE50.6649230.41
FARQUHARSON50.6649117.65
ALEXANDER50.664912.56
BLACK50.664910.27
GALLOWAY50.664938.61
HAGGART50.6649274.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
YEAMAN0.757521034.4828
STURROCK0.75752959.4096
LILBURN0.75752784.3137
MAR0.75752714.2857
MOLLISON0.75752595.2381
KENLEY0.75752526.3158
NORRIE0.75752472.1030
LANGLANDS0.75752400.0000
FAIRWEATHER0.75752308.7479
MUDIE0.75752292.3977
HAGGART0.75752274.7253
SUTTIE0.75752230.4147
NICOLL0.75752219.6193
CLEGHORN0.75752194.1748
LUMSDEN0.75752175.4386
GOURLAY0.75752167.8657
CARRIE0.75752156.2500
PATTIE0.75752153.8462
CALLENDER0.75752130.7190
ADDIE0.75752119.0476
FARQUHARSON0.75752117.6471
LIDDELL0.75752115.9420
MELVILLE0.75752113.3501
RATTRAY0.75752108.6957
PHILLIP0.75752104.7120
BAILIE0.7575296.1538
URQUHART0.7575285.2273
ROLAND0.7575281.3008
NEIL0.7575280.4020
WILKIE0.7575274.6269
NEISH0.7575265.3595
MALCOLM0.7575260.6673
MCKAY0.7575255.5556
SWANSON0.7575254.4465
GAIR0.7575250.2513
RAMSAY0.7575246.4636
MILNE0.7575241.8786
CARNEGIE0.7575240.4858
IRELAND0.7575240.0916
FENTON0.7575239.9734
KIDD0.7575239.1901
LAMOND0.7575238.9105
GALLOWAY0.7575238.6100
BENNET0.7575238.5356
MORTIMER0.7575238.1679
PETER0.7575238.0228
KILGOUR0.7575236.1011
STEELE0.7575234.7913
BARRON0.7575234.3643
GREIG0.7575233.6134

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 752 people called YEAMAN in Murroes 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 1034.4828 in Murroes means that 1034.4828% of the people in Murroes on census day were called YEAMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called YEAMAN 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 YEAMAN 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 YEAMAN 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 YEAMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Murroes means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of YEAMAN in Murroes than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Murroes in 1881

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

ADAMSON (5)  ALEXANDER (5)  ALLISON (1)  ANDERSON (9)  ARKLAY (3)  BAILIE (1)  BALHANIE (8)  BARRON (4)  BATE (2)  BATHIE (1)  BELL (3)  BENNET (4)  BLACK (5)  BUICK (3)  BOWDEN (2)  BOWDIE (1)  BOWMAN (6)  BOYD (1)  BROWN (24)  BRUCE (11)  CALLENDER (2)  CANT (5)  CARCHALL (2)  CARRIE (2)  CARGILL (1)  CARNEGIE (1)  CASSIE (1)  CATHRO (7)  CHALMERS (4)  CHRISTIE (6)  CLARK (6)  CLEGHORN (4)  COOK (7)  CRAWFORD (1)  CRICHTON (1)  CROCKATT (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DEAIR (5)  DICK (1)  ADDIE (1)  EGGIE (3)  FAIRWEATHER (18)  FARQUHARSON (5)  FENTON (6)  FETTLE (1)  FINLAY (2)  FRASER ((ROBERTSON)) (2)  FRASER (3)  GAIR (1)  GALLOWAY (5)  GIBSON (3)  GOURALY (1)  GOURLAY (7)  GRAY (1)  GREIG (4)  HAGGART (5)  HENDERSON (1)  IRELAND (7)  MC GARVIE (1)  JOHNSTON (19)  MC KAY (10)  KEITH (2)  KENNEDY (1)  MC KIE (STURROCK) (2)  KIDD (6)  KILGOUR (1)  KINNEAR (1)  LAMB (1)  LAMOND (1)  LANGLANDS (7)  LAWSON (1)  LESLIE (1)  LIDDELL (8)  LILBURN (4)  LOW (1)  LUMSDEN (11)  MALCOLM (6)  MANN (3)  MATHERS (1)  MATHEWS (2)  MC CULLOCH (5)  MC DONALD (6)  MC EWAN (7)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC INTOSH (11)  MACKAY (3)  MCKAY (1)  MACKIE (1)  KEILLER (1)  MC KENZIE (2)  PORTER (MC KENZIE) (2)  KENLEY (1)  MELVILLE (9)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILLAR (2)  MILNE (14)  MITCHELL (10)  MOLLISON (10)  MUDIE (5)  MORE (1)  MORRIS (2)  MORRISON (1)  MORTIMER (6)  MUGGINS (1)  MURRAY (1)  MARR (1)  MAR (1)  NEISH (1)  NEIL (8)  MC NICOLS (5)  NICOLL (15)  NORRIE (11)  OGILVY (18)  PATERSON (4)  PATON (1)  PATTULLO (2)  PATTIE (1)  PENMAN (1)  PETER (1)  PHILIPS (2)  PHILIP (1)  PHILLIP (4)  PORTER (4)  RAMSAY (9)  RATTRAY (4)  REID (17)  REED (1)  RENNIE (3)  REYNOLDS (1)  RITCHIE (6)  ROBB (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBERTSON (7)  ROLAND (1)  SHARP (1)  SHEPHERD (8)  SHERRIFF (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SIVEWRIGHT (1)  SIEVWRIGHT (1)  SMITH (22)  SMOLLET (5)  SOUTAR (1)  SPENCE (8)  STEELE (7)  STEVENSON (3)  STEWART (14)  STURROCK (26)  STURROCH (1)  SUTHERLAND (4)  SUTTIE (5)  SWAN (1)  SWANSON (3)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMSON (4)  TODD (10)  URQUHART (9)  WALKER (9)  WATSON (9)  WEST (1)  WILKIE (8)  WILLS (1)  WILSON (14)  WINTER (3)  YEAMAN (9)