Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fowlis Easter, Perthshire

Fowlis Easter 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
SMITH185.78784.10
DOWNIE103.2154273.97
ROBERTSON103.215419.19
EDMONDS82.5723134.68
LIVINGSTON82.5723286.74
BELL82.572313.69
RAE82.5723112.84
HERON72.2508234.90
SADLER72.250895.50
TURNBULL72.250853.39
PAUL72.250889.97
BARRIE72.2508312.50
HUTCHESON72.2508437.50
EDWARDS72.25088.08
KIDD72.2508110.58
FRASER72.250825.29
CRABB61.9293185.76
FORBES61.929357.58
ANDERSON61.92939.77
JACKS51.6077704.23
STEELE51.607760.10
FYFFE51.6077819.67
MILLAR51.607744.05
KINNISON51.60776,250.00
THORNTON51.607731.97
CAMPBELL51.60779.50
REID41.286212.24
SWAYNE41.28621,290.32
GUILD41.2862588.24
YOUNG41.28625.99
ANGUS30.964667.42
ELDER30.964691.46
COLSTON30.9646526.32
LAWSON30.964616.37
WHYTE30.964656.93
FARQUHARSON20.6431113.64
LAMB20.643112.19
KAY20.643112.38
INCHES20.64311,176.47
GRANT20.64316.48
JACKSON20.64312.30
MATTHEW20.643185.11
SCOTT20.64312.54
PROCTOR10.321513.09
ARMSTRONG10.32154.21
TAYLOR10.32150.50
MURRAY10.32152.59
ABERNETHY10.3215138.89
GRAY10.32152.25
WHITTET10.3215322.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KINNISON0.313116250.0000
SWAYNE0.313111290.3226
INCHES0.313111176.4706
FYFFE0.31311819.6721
JACKS0.31311704.2254
GUILD0.31311588.2353
COLSTON0.31311526.3158
HUTCHESON0.31311437.5000
WHITTET0.31311322.5806
BARRIE0.31311312.5000
LIVINGSTON0.31311286.7384
DOWNIE0.31311273.9726
HERON0.31311234.8993
CRABB0.31311185.7585
ABERNETHY0.31311138.8889
EDMONDS0.31311134.6801
FARQUHARSON0.31311113.6364
RAE0.31311112.8350
KIDD0.31311110.5845
SADLER0.3131195.4980
EDMOND0.3131195.2381
ELDER0.3131191.4634
PAUL0.3131189.9743
MATTHEW0.3131185.1064
ANGUS0.3131167.4157
STEELE0.3131160.0962
FORBES0.3131157.5816
WHYTE0.3131156.9260
FERRIER0.3131155.2486
TURNBULL0.3131153.3944
MILLAR0.3131144.0529
FYFE0.3131135.0877
THORNTON0.3131131.9693
PARKS0.3131130.8642
GRIEVE0.3131127.7778
FRASER0.3131125.2890
URQUHART0.3131122.8833
ROBERTSON0.3131119.1902
LAWSON0.3131116.3666
BELL0.3131113.6893
PROCTOR0.3131113.0890
KAY0.3131112.3762
REID0.3131112.2436
LAMB0.3131112.1877
LINDSAY0.313119.8619
ANDERSON0.313119.7672
CAMPBELL0.313119.5003
EDWARDS0.313118.0757
GRANT0.313116.4809
YOUNG0.313115.9871

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 311 people called KINNISON in Fowlis Easter 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 6250.0000 in Fowlis Easter means that 6250.0000% of the people in Fowlis Easter on census day were called KINNISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KINNISON 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 KINNISON 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 KINNISON 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 KINNISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Fowlis Easter means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KINNISON in Fowlis Easter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fowlis Easter in 1881

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

ABERNETHY (1)  ANDERSON (6)  ANGUS (3)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BELL (8)  BARRIE (7)  BONTHORN (2)  CAMPBELL (5)  COLSTON (3)  COUPAR (1)  CRABB (6)  DOWNIE (10)  EDMONDS (8)  EDMOND (1)  EDWARDS (7)  ELDER (3)  FARQUHARSON (2)  FERRIER (1)  FORBES (6)  FRASER (7)  FYFFE (5)  FYFE (1)  GIBSON (1)  GRAHAME (2)  GRANT (2)  GRAY (1)  GRIEVE (1)  GREWAR (3)  GUILD (4)  HERON (7)  HUTCHESON (7)  HUTCHESSON (5)  INCHES (2)  JACKS (5)  JACKSON (2)  KAY (2)  KILLAN (3)  KIDD (7)  KINNISON (5)  LAKIE (1)  LAMB (2)  LAWSON (3)  LINDSAY (1)  LIVINGSTON (8)  MATTHEW (2)  MC DONALD (7)  MC GREGOR (4)  MC INTOSH (11)  MC KENZIE (3)  MC LEAN (1)  MC LENNAN (10)  MILLAR (5)  MURRAY (1)  PARKS (1)  PAUL (7)  PINGAVIE (5)  PROCTOR (1)  RAE (8)  REID (4)  ROBERTSON (10)  ROSE (1)  SADLER (7)  SCOTT (2)  SMITH (18)  STEELE (5)  STEWART (1)  SWAYNE (4)  TARBIT (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THORNTON (5)  TURNBULL (7)  URQUHART (1)  MC WALTER (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHYTE (3)  WHITTET (1)  YOUNG (4)