Top surnames from the 1881 census in Inchture, Perthshire

Inchture 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
SCOTT152.30069.09
SIME152.3006574.71
STEWART142.147213.72
WATSON142.14729.26
ROBERTSON142.147212.81
TAYLOR131.99393.12
PEEBLES131.9939474.45
CAMERON131.993925.65
CRIGHTON111.6871424.71
BROWN101.53372.33
KEAY101.5337359.71
ANTON91.38041,525.42
LAWSON91.380423.41
SPEED91.3804171.76
FRASER91.380415.51
HOLLINGWORTH91.3804170.78
SMALL81.227048.37
MILNE81.227027.60
RATTRAY81.2270250.78
GRANT81.227012.36
DAVIDSON81.227014.59
MITCHELL71.07365.29
CLARK71.07363.57
RUSSELL71.07368.80
ALISON71.0736593.22
YOUNG60.92024.28
CUMMINGS60.920259.76
FORBES60.920227.46
HEPBURN60.9202103.45
ANDERSON60.92024.66
WHITE60.92022.86
MORTON60.920217.22
MURRAY60.92027.42
SIMPSON60.92025.26
BRUCE60.920219.65
BOYLE50.766929.55
JAMIESON50.766927.53
BISSET50.766997.85
DUNCAN50.766911.21
THORNTON50.766915.25
BIRRELL50.7669157.23
MARTIN50.76693.11
CONSTABLE50.766969.35
BANNERMAN50.7669218.34
LILBURN50.76691,111.11
GRIEVE40.613552.98
DONALDSON40.613521.52
ALEXANDER40.613511.59
GRAY40.61354.30
TAIT40.613520.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEAHAN0.656522500.0000
LOVERN0.656522000.0000
ANTON0.656521525.4237
LILBURN0.656521111.1111
CLINK0.656521000.0000
ALISON0.65652593.2203
SIME0.65652574.7126
PEEBLES0.65652474.4526
CRIGHTON0.65652424.7104
KEAY0.65652359.7122
RATTRAY0.65652250.7837
BANNERMAN0.65652218.3406
SPEED0.65652171.7557
HOLLINGWORTH0.65652170.7780
ROBERTON0.65652163.9344
MARS0.65652161.2903
BIRRELL0.65652157.2327
HAGGART0.65652126.5823
SCOTLAND0.65652107.5269
HEPBURN0.65652103.4483
BISSET0.6565297.8474
IMRIE0.6565278.4314
DOIG0.6565278.1250
HONEY0.6565275.0000
CONSTABLE0.6565269.3481
STRANG0.6565268.2594
LOCKHART0.6565266.0793
BISSETT0.6565264.5161
CUMMINGS0.6565259.7610
GRIEVE0.6565252.9801
WYLIE0.6565252.7009
SMALL0.6565248.3676
SANDY0.6565244.2478
LUMSDEN0.6565236.7647
THOM0.6565234.3053
WILKIE0.6565232.2581
SEMPLE0.6565232.1543
YULE0.6565230.5810
BOYLE0.6565229.5508
PRINGLE0.6565229.2113
MILNE0.6565227.5957
JAMIESON0.6565227.5330
FORBES0.6565227.4600
DUFF0.6565225.8621
CAMERON0.6565225.6511
BEGG0.6565225.1889
GOFF0.6565223.7530
LAWSON0.6565223.4131
DONALDSON0.6565221.5169
TAIT0.6565220.8333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 652 people called BEAHAN in Inchture 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 2500.0000 in Inchture means that 2500.0000% of the people in Inchture on census day were called BEAHAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEAHAN 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 BEAHAN 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 BEAHAN 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 BEAHAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Inchture means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEAHAN in Inchture than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Inchture in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (4)  ALISON (7)  ANDERSON (6)  ANTON (9)  MC CARTHY (1)  ARTHUR (1)  BAILEY (1)  BANNERMAN (5)  BARLAS (3)  BAXTER (1)  BEAHAN (3)  MC BEAN (9)  BEGG (1)  BISSET (5)  BISSETT (1)  BLACKNEY (1)  BOYD (1)  BOYLE (5)  BRIGGS (1)  BROWN (10)  BRUCE (6)  BULLAMORE (9)  BURNS (1)  BIRRELL (5)  BIRREL (1)  BUTCHART (1)  CAMERON (13)  CAMPBELL (3)  CLARK (7)  CLINK (2)  CONACHER (2)  CONSTABLE (5)  CRIGHTON (11)  CUMMINGS (6)  DAVIDSON (8)  DOIG (3)  DONALDSON (4)  DOUGLAS (3)  DOW (1)  DREW (1)  DUFF (3)  DUNCAN (5)  IMRIE (2)  MC PHEE (1)  FENWICK (1)  FERGUSON (1)  FORBES (6)  FRASER (9)  GARDENER (1)  GEEKIE (1)  GOFF (1)  GRANT (8)  GRAY (4)  GRIEVE (4)  GUDGEON (4)  HAGGART (2)  HALLYBURTON (1)  HEPBURN (6)  HOLLINGWORTH (9)  HONEY (3)  INVERARITY (2)  JACK (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMIESON (5)  JOHNSTON (1)  KEAY (10)  KENNEDY OR SHARP (2)  KETTLES (3)  KING (1)  KITCHINSON (1)  KNOX (1)  LAWSON (9)  LILBURN (5)  LISTER (2)  LOCKHART (3)  LOGAN (3)  LOVERN (1)  LOWE (1)  LOW (1)  LUMSDEN (2)  MARTIN (5)  MATHER (3)  MC DONALD (13)  MC DOUGALL (8)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC GREGOR (6)  MC INNES (1)  MC INTOSH (9)  MC INTYRE (2)  MC KEDDIE (1)  MC KENZIE (20)  MC LAGAN (8)  MC LEAN (2)  MC LEISH (5)  MC LEOD (6)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC NAB (1)  MILLER (1)  MILNE (8)  MITCHELL (7)  MUIR (1)  MORRIS (1)  MORTON (6)  MURRAY (6)  MARS (1)  MC NEIL (7)  NICOL (1)  PEEBLES (13)  PETERS (1)  PITKETHLEY (1)  POPE (2)  PRINGLE (3)  RATTRAY (8)  REEBLES (2)  REID (3)  RITCHIE (3)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBERTSON (14)  ROBERTON (1)  RUSSELL (7)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SANDY (1)  SCOTLAND (2)  SCOTT (15)  SCOTT OR STEVEN (2)  SCRIMGEOUR (1)  SEMPLE (1)  SHARP (4)  SHEPHERD (3)  SILLEARS (1)  SIMMONS (1)  SIMPSON (6)  SIME (15)  SINCLAIR (3)  SMALL (8)  SMEATON (6)  SMITH (2)  SPEED (9)  STARK (1)  STEVEN (1)  STEWART (14)  STRANG (2)  STURT (1)  SWAN (1)  TAIT (4)  TAYLOR (13)  THOM (2)  THORNTON (5)  TURNBULL (1)  TURNER (2)  OUDNEY (1)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (14)  WEDDIE (1)  WHITE (6)  WILKIE (3)  WILSON (1)  WYND (1)  WYLIE (4)  YOUNG (6)  YULE (1)