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SHIRREFFS

Shirreffs in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Aberdeenshire

42

0.0155

73.8137

Lanarkshire

7

0.0007

3.5231

Kincardineshire

6

0.0169

80.2139

Forfarshire (Angus)

3

0.0011

5.2706

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

2

0.0005

2.4301

Argyll

2

0.0025

11.6959

Banffshire

1

0.0017

7.8493

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Aberdeen Old Machar

Aberdeenshire

21

0.0372

176.7677

Peterculter

Aberdeenshire

9

0.4715

2250.0000

Barony

Lanarkshire

7

0.0029

13.9193

Aberdeen St Nicholas

Aberdeenshire

6

0.0119

56.3380

Fetteresso

Kincardineshire

6

0.1076

512.8205

Dundee

Forfarshire (Angus)

3

0.0030

14.1176

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

2

0.0013

6.0405

Glassary

Argyll

2

0.0457

217.3913

Kincardine O Neil

Aberdeenshire

2

0.1035

487.8049

Old Deer

Aberdeenshire

2

0.0390

185.1852

Inverurie

Aberdeenshire

1

0.0327

156.2500

Newhills

Aberdeenshire

1

0.0181

85.4701

Ordiquhill

Banffshire

1

0.1395

666.6667

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