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

Ruthven 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
THOMSON94.615434.54
KEITH94.6154430.62
LESSLIE84.10266,153.85
ALLAN73.589757.19
JACK63.0769144.93
FRASER63.076934.56
HUNTER63.076929.96
CORMACK52.5641340.14
MOIR52.5641186.57
CARR52.564135.54
NICOL52.5641123.15
COUPER52.5641574.71
WEBSTER42.051323.58
GUTHRIE42.0513162.60
WHYTE42.0513120.85
HENDRY42.0513129.45
BIRNIE31.5385361.45
PATTERSON31.538544.12
REID31.538514.65
SMITH31.53851.09
CAMERON31.538519.79
BROWN31.53852.33
WHITTON31.5385250.00
LOWE31.538520.52
DRUMMOND31.538577.32
GUILD21.0256465.12
DUNCAN21.025614.99
ROBERTSON21.02566.12
KEIR21.0256206.19
MOLLISON21.0256465.12
SUTTIE21.0256357.14
SIMPSON21.02565.86
ROBERTS10.51281.36
KENNEDY10.51288.50
DAVID10.512849.26
ALEXANDER10.51289.69
STEWART10.51283.28
MCDONALD10.512863.29
SHEPHERD10.51287.00
BRUCE10.512810.95
LINDSAY10.512815.72
DOUGLAS10.512810.58
BARNET10.5128107.53
WATSON10.51282.21
CUNNINGHAM10.512810.89
THOMPSON10.51281.71
CLARK10.51281.71
MITCHEL10.512852.36
LUMSDEN10.512861.35
DENHOLM10.5128121.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LESSLIE0.201956153.8462
COUPER0.20195574.7126
GUILD0.20195465.1163
MOLLISON0.20195465.1163
KEITH0.20195430.6220
BIRNIE0.20195361.4458
SUTTIE0.20195357.1429
CORMACK0.20195340.1361
BURNESS0.20195270.2703
WHITTON0.20195250.0000
KEIR0.20195206.1856
MOIR0.20195186.5672
GUTHRIE0.20195162.6016
JACK0.20195144.9275
HENDRY0.20195129.4498
NICOL0.20195123.1527
DENHOLM0.20195121.9512
WHYTE0.20195120.8459
PROUDFOOT0.20195117.6471
BARNET0.20195107.5269
DRUMMOND0.2019577.3196
MCDONALD0.2019563.2911
LUMSDEN0.2019561.3497
ALLAN0.2019557.1895
CARVER0.2019556.4972
MITCHEL0.2019552.3560
DAVID0.2019549.2611
PATTERSON0.2019544.1176
CARR0.2019535.5366
FRASER0.2019534.5622
THOMSON0.2019534.5357
HUNTER0.2019529.9551
WEBSTER0.2019523.5849
LOWE0.2019520.5198
CAMERON0.2019519.7889
LINDSAY0.2019515.7233
DUNCAN0.2019514.9925
REID0.2019514.6484
MILNE0.2019511.5340
BRUCE0.2019510.9529
CUNNINGHAM0.2019510.8932
DOUGLAS0.2019510.5820
ALEXANDER0.201959.6899
KENNEDY0.201958.5034
WALLACE0.201957.4850
SHEPHERD0.201956.9979
ROBERTSON0.201956.1200
SIMPSON0.201955.8634
GRANT0.201955.1680
STEWART0.201953.2776

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 195 people called LESSLIE in Ruthven 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 6153.8462 in Ruthven means that 6153.8462% of the people in Ruthven on census day were called LESSLIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LESSLIE 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 LESSLIE 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 LESSLIE 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 LESSLIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Ruthven means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LESSLIE in Ruthven than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ruthven in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ALLAN (7)  BARNET (1)  BROWN (3)  BRUCE (1)  BALLOCH (1)  BURNESS (1)  BIRNIE (3)  CAMERON (3)  CARR (5)  CARVER (1)  CLARK (1)  COUPER (5)  CORMACK (5)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DAVID (1)  DENHOLM (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DRUMMOND (3)  DUNCAN (2)  FINNES (1)  FRASER (6)  GRANT (1)  GUILD (2)  GUTHRIE (4)  HENDRY (4)  HUNTER (6)  JACK (6)  MC KAY (3)  KEIR (2)  KEITH (9)  KENNEDY (1)  MC KIMMIE (1)  LESSLIE (8)  LESSIE (1)  LINDSAY (1)  LOWE (3)  LUMSDEN (1)  MC ANDREW (1)  MC BAIN (10)  MC DONALD (11)  MCDONALD (1)  MC EWAN (1)  MC GILLIVRAY (1)  MC INTOSH (1)  MC LAUCHLAN (2)  MC LEISH (1)  MC PHERSON (1)  MILNE (1)  MITCHEL (1)  MOLLISON (2)  MOIR (5)  NICOL (5)  PATTERSON (3)  PROUDFOOT (1)  REID (3)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBERTSON (2)  RUMGAY (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SMITH (3)  STEWART (1)  SUTTIE (2)  THOMSON (9)  THOMPSON (1)  WALLACE (1)  WATSON (1)  WEBSTER (4)  WHYTE (4)  WHITTON (3)  YOUNG (1)