Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weem, Perthshire

Weem 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
CAMERON306.276280.75
STEWART306.276240.11
MENZIES275.6485434.78
CAMPBELL275.648533.38
ROBERTSON153.138118.73
LESLIE91.8828113.78
ANDERSON91.88289.53
IRVINE71.464466.48
SCOTT61.25524.96
BEALE51.046082.37
ROSS51.04609.57
DUNN40.836810.06
DEWAR40.836864.21
FERGUSON40.836811.81
GRANT30.62766.32
EWING30.627668.03
COWAN30.627630.77
STEVENS20.41844.01
LAIDLAW20.418447.17
DUNBAR20.418436.43
WILSON20.41840.91
WALKER20.41841.25
GOW20.418452.91
CARMICHAEL20.418429.24
WRIGHT20.41841.30
FRASER20.41844.70
BOAZ10.2092714.29
ALLAN10.20923.33
IRELAND10.20929.01
CRAIG10.20924.76
RANKIN10.209214.08
CLARK10.20920.70
MORTON10.20923.91
FLYNN10.209210.93
LOCKHART10.209230.03
SMITH10.20920.15
JOHNSTON10.20922.59
DUFF10.209211.75
HENDERSON10.20921.92
PARK10.20926.75
WATERS10.20925.21
FISHER10.20921.79
BROWN10.20920.32
SHAW10.20921.14
HAMILTON10.20922.79
COMRIE10.2092128.21
MURRAY10.20921.69
WARD10.20920.96
MANN10.20923.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOAZ0.48478714.2857
MENZIES0.48478434.7826
COMRIE0.48478128.2051
LESLIE0.48478113.7800
BEALE0.4847882.3723
CAMERON0.4847880.7537
EWING0.4847868.0272
IRVINE0.4847866.4767
DEWAR0.4847864.2055
GOW0.4847852.9101
LAIDLAW0.4847847.1698
STEWART0.4847840.1123
DUNBAR0.4847836.4299
CAMPBELL0.4847833.3787
COWAN0.4847830.7692
LOCKHART0.4847830.0300
CARMICHAEL0.4847829.2398
ROBERTSON0.4847818.7266
RANKIN0.4847814.0845
FERGUSON0.4847811.8064
DUFF0.4847811.7509
FLYNN0.4847810.9290
DUNN0.4847810.0629
ROSS0.484789.5712
ANDERSON0.484789.5329
IRELAND0.484789.0090
PARK0.484786.7476
GRANT0.484786.3238
WATERS0.484785.2056
SCOTT0.484784.9611
CRAIG0.484784.7642
FRASER0.484784.7004
STEVENS0.484784.0080
MANN0.484783.9714
MORTON0.484783.9139
ALLAN0.484783.3322
HAMILTON0.484782.7886
JOHNSTON0.484782.5927
HENDERSON0.484781.9246
FISHER0.484781.7873
MURRAY0.484781.6872
WRIGHT0.484781.3043
WALKER0.484781.2498
SHAW0.484781.1390
WARD0.484780.9577
WILSON0.484780.9110
CLARK0.484780.6960
BROWN0.484780.3174
SMITH0.484780.1482

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 478 people called BOAZ in Weem 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 714.2857 in Weem means that 714.2857% of the people in Weem on census day were called BOAZ.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOAZ 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 BOAZ 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 BOAZ 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 BOAZ here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in Weem means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOAZ in Weem than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weem in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (9)  MC ARTHUR (1)  BEALE (5)  BOAZ (1)  BROWN (1)  CAIRNCROSS (1)  CAMERON (30)  CAMPBELL (27)  CARMICHAEL (2)  CLARK (1)  COLQUHOUN (3)  COMRIE (1)  CONNACHER (1)  COWAN (3)  CRAIG (1)  DEWAR (4)  DUFF (1)  DUNBAR (2)  DUNN (4)  EWING (3)  FAICHNEY (1)  FERGUSON (4)  FISHER (1)  FISKEN (1)  FLYNN (1)  FRASER (2)  MC GIBBON (2)  GOW (2)  GRANT (3)  HALLYDAY (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HENDERSON (1)  IRELAND (1)  IRVINE (7)  JOHNSTON (1)  LACHY (1)  LESLIE (9)  LAIDLAW (2)  LOCKHART (1)  MALKEE (9)  MANN (1)  MC ANDREW (16)  MC BETH (1)  MC CALLUM (2)  MC DIARMID (7)  MC DONALD (16)  MC DOUGAL (12)  MC EWEN (3)  MC FARLANE (6)  MC GREGOR (21)  MC INTOSH (5)  MC INTYRE (2)  MC KERCHAR (12)  MC KILLOP (4)  MC KINNON (6)  MC LAREN (28)  MC LAUCHLAN (1)  MC LEAN (2)  MC LEISH (11)  MC LELLAN (2)  MC MARTAN (1)  MC NIELL (MC MARTAN) (2)  MC MARTIN (MC MARTAN) (4)  MC MARTIN (2)  MC NAB (2)  MC NEE (1)  MC NAUGHTON (17)  MC NIVEN (1)  MC PHAIL (4)  MC PHERSON (9)  MC TAVISH (2)  MENZIES (27)  MORTON (1)  MURRAY (1)  MC NICOL (1)  PARK (1)  RANKIN (1)  ROBERTSON (15)  ROSS (5)  SCOTT (6)  SHAW (1)  CRERAR (21)  SMITH (1)  STEVENS (2)  STEWART (30)  WALKER (2)  MC WAN (1)  WARD (1)  WATERS (1)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (2)