Top surnames from the 1881 census in Forgandenny, Perthshire

Forgandenny is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Perthshire

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
ROBERTSON243.827822.84
EADIE132.0734439.19
CARMICHAEL111.7544122.63
HENDERSON101.594914.67
YOUNG101.59497.42
STEWART101.594910.19
CHRISTIE91.435444.27
HAXTON91.4354978.26
CHALMERS91.435460.28
LAW91.435431.73
DINGWALL91.4354361.45
ANDERSON81.27596.46
HALLEY81.2759338.98
BAYNE81.2759349.35
THORBURN81.2759220.99
NICOLL81.2759140.35
MUNSTER71.11645,000.00
THOMSON71.11648.36
GRAHAM71.11649.72
AMOS71.116467.96
KERR71.116420.47
MONTEITH71.1164421.69
CHAMBERS71.116419.64
SCOTT71.11644.41
DEWAR71.116485.57
HUTTON60.956932.03
PROUDFOOT60.9569219.78
MOFFAT60.956952.82
WINDERS60.95691,016.95
BUCHAN60.956974.07
GUILD60.9569437.96
IMRIE60.9569244.90
WILLIAMSON60.956910.67
FERGUSON60.956913.50
LAMBERT50.797414.61
ROBSON50.797412.12
DUFF50.797444.80
PEARSON50.79746.87
WOOD50.79742.50
WILSON50.79741.74
NICHOLSON50.797411.22
BROWN50.79741.21
DRUMMOND50.797440.13
LAING50.797439.68
DUNCAN40.63809.33
DONALDSON40.638022.37
OGILVIE40.638065.90
BARCLAY40.638031.01
RICHARDSON40.63803.75
FERRIER40.6380109.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MUNSTER0.636275000.0000
WINDERS0.636271016.9492
HAXTON0.63627978.2609
BALLENTINE0.63627909.0909
WADDEL0.63627444.4444
EADIE0.63627439.1892
GUILD0.63627437.9562
MONTEITH0.63627421.6867
DINGWALL0.63627361.4458
BAYNE0.63627349.3450
HALLEY0.63627338.9831
IMRIE0.63627244.8980
THORBURN0.63627220.9945
PROUDFOOT0.63627219.7802
HEGGIE0.63627173.4104
NICOLL0.63627140.3509
BOYTON0.63627135.1351
HOWIESON0.63627129.8701
WINTON0.63627127.6596
CARMICHAEL0.63627122.6310
BLACKLEY0.63627117.6471
FERRIER0.63627109.5890
TEESDALE0.63627100.0000
FAIR0.6362790.9091
DEWAR0.6362785.5746
FLOCKHART0.6362784.0336
BUCHAN0.6362774.0741
HARKINS0.6362770.4225
AMOS0.6362767.9612
OGILVIE0.6362765.8979
CHALMERS0.6362760.2813
AINSLIE0.6362760.2410
MOFFAT0.6362752.8169
CARNEGIE0.6362748.5437
DUFF0.6362744.8029
CHRISTIE0.6362744.2696
TOD0.6362740.9836
COVENTRY0.6362740.1606
DRUMMOND0.6362740.1284
FALCONER0.6362740.1070
LAING0.6362739.6825
ROUTLEDGE0.6362737.5235
KETTLE0.6362736.4299
NESS0.6362735.0877
EDWARD0.6362734.3643
BRAND0.6362732.3974
HUTTON0.6362732.0342
LAW0.6362731.7348
BARCLAY0.6362731.0078
BEVERIDGE0.6362730.6279

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 627 people called MUNSTER in Forgandenny 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 5000.0000 in Forgandenny means that 5000.0000% of the people in Forgandenny on census day were called MUNSTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MUNSTER 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 MUNSTER 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 MUNSTER 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 MUNSTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Forgandenny means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MUNSTER in Forgandenny than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Forgandenny in 1881

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

AINSLIE (1)  ALLISON (1)  AMOS (7)  ANDERSON (8)  BAYNE (8)  BALLENTINE (2)  BARCLAY (4)  BAXTER (2)  BEGG (1)  BEVERIDGE (2)  BLACKLEY (2)  BLYTH (3)  BOYTON (1)  BRAND (3)  BROCK (2)  BROWN (5)  BURNFIELD (1)  BUCHAN (6)  BURNABY (4)  CALDER (1)  CAMERON (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARMICHAEL (11)  CARNEGIE (1)  CARSTAIRS (3)  CHALMERS (9)  CHAMBERS (7)  CHISHOLM (1)  CHRISTIE (9)  CLARK (3)  COOPER (1)  COVENTRY (1)  CRAIG (1)  CRICHTON (1)  CROSS (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DEVLIN (1)  DEWAR (7)  DINGWALL (9)  DONALDSON (4)  DRUMMOND (5)  DEUCHAR (1)  DUFF (5)  DUNCAN (4)  DUNN (4)  EADIE (13)  EDWARD (2)  IMRIE (6)  FAIR (2)  FERRIER (4)  FALCONER (3)  FERGUSON (6)  FISHER (1)  FLEMING (3)  FLOCKHART (1)  FORBES (1)  FORD (2)  FORSYTH (1)  FRASER (1)  GEEKIE (1)  GILLESPIE (1)  GRAHAM (7)  GREEN (1)  GUILD (6)  HEGGIE (3)  HARKINS (1)  HARRIS (1)  HAXTON (9)  HALLEY (8)  HENDERSON (10)  HEPBURN (1)  HOOD (4)  HOTHMAN (1)  HOWIESON (1)  HUTTON (6)  JOHNSTON (3)  KAY (4)  KERR (7)  KETTLE (2)  LAMB (1)  LAMBERT (5)  LAMONT (1)  LAING (5)  LAW (9)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEITCH (1)  LOW (2)  MC MAHON (5)  MAIN (1)  MALCOLM (2)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTIN (3)  MC ARA (10)  MC BRIDE (1)  MC COWEN (3)  MC CULLOCH (6)  MC CURRACH (3)  MAC DONALD (5)  MC DONALD (10)  MC DOUGALL (2)  MC GREGOR (5)  MC HARDY (8)  MC INNIS (1)  MC INTOSH (7)  MAC INTOSH (6)  MC INTYRE (7)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC KERRECHER (5)  KILLOP (4)  MC LAGGAN (1)  MAC LENNAN (1)  MC MILLAN (6)  MC EVOY (1)  MENZIES (1)  MC MILAN (1)  MILLER (2)  MILNE (1)  MUNSTER (7)  MITCHELL (1)  MOFFAT (6)  MONTEITH (7)  MORRIS (2)  MURRAY (1)  NAIRNE (3)  NESS (1)  NELSON (2)  NICOLL (8)  NICOL (2)  NICHOLSON (5)  NISBET (1)  OGILVEY (2)  OGILVIE (4)  PATERSON (2)  PEARSON (5)  PITKEATHLY (7)  PROUDFOOT (6)  MC QUEEN (8)  WINTON (3)  RICHARDSON (4)  REILLY (1)  ROBB (1)  ROBERTSON (24)  ROBSON (5)  RONALDSON (5)  ROUTLEDGE (2)  ROY (1)  RUMGAY (1)  SAUNDERS (3)  SCOTT (7)  SCRIMGEOUR (5)  SEATH (1)  STEPHEN (1)  STEVENSON (1)  STEWART (10)  TEESDALE (1)  THOMSON (7)  THORBURN (8)  TOD (1)  WADDEL (2)  WARNER (1)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILSON (5)  WINDERS (6)  WOOD (5)  WRIGHT (3)  YOUNG (10)