Top surnames from the 1881 census in Birse, Aberdeenshire

Birse is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Aberdeenshire

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
HARPER615.565786.93
COUTTS514.6533461.12
SMITH353.19342.26
ROSS343.102228.39
ANDERSON292.646013.40
GRANT292.646026.66
CATTANACH282.55472,014.39
YOUNG222.00739.34
MILNE181.642336.94
BEGG171.5511254.87
SIMPSON161.45998.35
LOW151.368664.60
LITTLEJOHN151.3686283.55
BRAND151.368692.71
BROWN131.18611.80
COLLIE131.1861330.79
CALDER131.186184.80
ROBBIE121.0949474.31
SIM121.094997.48
MALCOLM121.094983.28
VALENTINE111.003678.29
STEWART111.00366.41
MARTIN111.00364.07
DAVIDSON100.912410.85
RITCHIE100.912426.41
DUNCAN100.912413.34
PRAT90.82122,727.27
KNOX90.821247.85
EDWARD90.821288.50
TROUP80.7299314.96
MICHIE80.7299148.98
EWEN80.7299171.67
RAMSAY80.729928.34
LAWSON80.729912.38
BURNETT80.729926.39
MORTIMER80.729934.90
WATT70.638716.65
STRACHAN70.638737.04
BOWIE70.638773.30
LINDSAY70.638719.60
ESSON70.6387289.26
SHAW60.54742.98
STUART60.547422.94
PETERSON60.5474107.72
HENDRY60.547434.56
OGG60.5474171.43
MACKAY60.547415.14
MIDDLETON60.547410.43
FRASER60.54746.15
GILL50.45626.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAMBEL1.101,0964166.6667
PRAT1.101,0962727.2727
CATTANACH1.101,0962014.3885
FERRIES1.101,096515.4639
ROBBIE1.101,096474.3083
COUTTS1.101,096461.1212
PETTERSON1.101,096454.5455
COLLIE1.101,096330.7888
TROUP1.101,096314.9606
ESSON1.101,096289.2562
LITTLEJOHN1.101,096283.5539
BEGG1.101,096254.8726
EWEN1.101,096171.6738
OGG1.101,096171.4286
MICHIE1.101,096148.9758
HURRY1.101,096131.0044
WILL1.101,096111.8568
HENDRIE1.101,096111.5242
PETERSON1.101,096107.7199
SIM1.101,09697.4817
KINNEAR1.101,09693.9850
BRAND1.101,09692.7070
EDWARD1.101,09688.4956
HARPER1.101,09686.9317
MASSIE1.101,09685.2273
CALDER1.101,09684.8010
MALCOLM1.101,09683.2755
VALENTINE1.101,09678.2918
BOWIE1.101,09673.2984
LOW1.101,09664.5995
FARQUHARSON1.101,09664.5161
MELDRUM1.101,09657.9710
MERCHANT1.101,09654.2741
BREMNER1.101,09653.0786
FYFE1.101,09649.7018
KNOX1.101,09647.8469
COCKER1.101,09644.4939
WYLLIE1.101,09639.1134
SANGSTER1.101,09638.1679
STRACHAN1.101,09637.0370
MILNE1.101,09636.9382
TOWN1.101,09636.8324
MORTIMER1.101,09634.9040
HENDRY1.101,09634.5622
CRUICKSHANK1.101,09632.4939
WILKIE1.101,09631.9898
GREIG1.101,09628.8184
ROSS1.101,09628.3854
RAMSAY1.101,09628.3386
GRANT1.101,09626.6642

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,096 people called GAMBEL in Birse 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 4166.6667 in Birse means that 4166.6667% of the people in Birse on census day were called GAMBEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GAMBEL 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 GAMBEL 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 GAMBEL 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 GAMBEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.10 in Birse means that you are 1.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GAMBEL in Birse than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Birse in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (29)  MC ARTHUR (1)  AITKEN (1)  BEGRIE (1)  BAIN (5)  BARRON (1)  BEATTIE (1)  BEGG (17)  BERRY (1)  BIRSS (37)  BIRSE (2)  BOWIE (7)  BOWMAN (3)  BRAND (15)  BREMNER (5)  BROWN (13)  BURNETT (8)  BURRNET (18)  CALDER (13)  CAMERON (4)  CASSIE (8)  CATTANACH (28)  CATTNECH (1)  CHRISTIE (3)  CLARK (1)  COCKER (4)  COLLIE (13)  COUPLAND (1)  COUTTS (51)  COWIE (1)  CRAIGMILE (1)  CROMAR (4)  CRUICKSHANK (4)  DALGETY (1)  DAVIDSON (10)  DAWSON (2)  DINNIE (23)  DUNCAN (10)  DUN (1)  ESSON (7)  EDWARD (9)  EDWARDS (1)  ETTERSHANK (3)  EWEN (8)  EWAN (1)  FAIRWEATHER (1)  FARQUHAR (1)  FARQUHARSON (4)  FERRIES (5)  FERGURSON (1)  FINDLAY (1)  FLORANCE (1)  FORD (1)  FRASER (6)  FYFE (5)  GAMBEL (5)  GAULD (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILL (5)  GILLANDERS (1)  GLASS (3)  GOODING (1)  GORDON (4)  GRANT (29)  GREY (3)  GREIG (5)  GREWER (2)  HALL (1)  HARPER (61)  HENDERSON (4)  HENDRIE (3)  HENDRY (6)  OGG (6)  HOGG (1)  HUNTER (5)  INNES (4)  IRONSIDE (5)  JOLLY (3)  MC KAY (1)  KILOH (1)  KEMP (2)  KERR (5)  KING (2)  KINNEAR (5)  KNOX (9)  LAING (3)  LAW (1)  LAWSON (8)  LEDINGHAM (1)  LINDSAY (7)  LITTLEJOHN (15)  LOW (15)  LOWE (1)  LAYLE (1)  MALCOLM (12)  MERCHANT (4)  MARTIN (11)  MASSON (1)  MASSIE (3)  MC ALLAN (1)  MC CONDACH (6)  MC DONALD (9)  DONALD (3)  MC GREGOR (6)  MC HARDY (2)  MACKIE (2)  MACKAY (6)  MC KENZIE (2)  MACHRAY (4)  MC RAE (1)  MELDRUM (4)  MECHIE (2)  MICHIE (8)  MIDDLETON (6)  MILNE (18)  MITCHELL (1)  MITCHEL (1)  MOAR (2)  MOIR (4)  MORTIMER (8)  MARR (1)  NIVEN (1)  OGSTON (1)  PETTERSON (2)  PETERSON (6)  PATRIE (1)  PETRIE (1)  PRAT (9)  PRATT (1)  RAMSAY (8)  RAWER (4)  REID (4)  RONALD (1)  RITCHIE (10)  ROBERTSON (4)  ROBBIE (12)  ROBIE (1)  RODGER (3)  ROSS (34)  ROTHNIE (1)  ROY (1)  SANGSTER (2)  SCOTT (1)  SHAW (6)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHIACH (1)  SHIACH OR SHINCH (6)  SIMPHSON (1)  SIMPSON (16)  SIM (12)  SMART (5)  SMITH (35)  SECTOR (5)  SPINK (1)  STEPHEN (1)  STEVENSON (1)  STEWART (11)  STUART (6)  STRACHAN (7)  THOMSON (5)  THOW (9)  TOUGH (3)  TOWN (2)  TROUP (8)  HURRY (3)  VALENTINE (11)  WALKER (2)  WARD (1)  WATSON (2)  WATTIE (1)  WATT (7)  WILKIE (5)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILLIAMSON (3)  WILL (5)  WILSON (2)  WYLLIE (3)  YOUNG (22)