Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gartly, Aberdeenshire

Gartly 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
SMITH444.93833.50
GRANT283.142531.67
FORBES252.805883.72
SIMPSON212.356913.48
STUART192.132489.37
MITCHELL192.132410.51
STRONACH171.90801,133.33
WATSON161.79577.74
CRAN161.79571,269.84
THOMSON161.795713.44
ROBERTSON151.683510.05
WATT141.571340.97
THOM131.4590163.11
GORDON131.459023.15
HARPER131.459022.79
DUNCAN121.346819.69
MATHIESON121.3468127.80
HORN111.234654.32
WILSON111.23462.69
ANDERSON111.23466.25
DONALD111.234661.32
STEPHEN111.234670.42
DALLAS111.2346327.38
ADAM101.122365.36
MILNE101.122325.25
DINGWALL101.1223283.29
CLARK91.01013.36
INGRAM91.010133.08
SMART91.010122.18
CALDER91.010172.23
CRUICKSHANK91.010189.91
DOW91.010183.88
GIBSON91.01018.32
LEMON91.0101139.10
NICOL80.897943.13
SHAND80.8979130.72
FRASER70.78568.83
GERRARD70.785661.46
MACKIE70.785636.75
LYON70.785637.49
PROCTOR70.785631.96
MELDRUM70.7856124.78
GEDDES70.785665.54
ORD70.7856119.25
MILTON70.785657.00
GAULD60.6734256.41
BLACK60.673410.40
JAMIESON60.673424.18
CHRISTIE60.673420.77
WEIR60.673425.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CRAN0.898911269.8413
STRONACH0.898911133.3333
COBBIN0.898911034.4828
BODDIE0.89891370.3704
DALLAS0.89891327.3810
DINGWALL0.89891283.2861
GAULD0.89891256.4103
LEMMON0.89891246.9136
RIDDEL0.89891222.2222
DUFFUS0.89891220.5882
TOCHER0.89891172.4138
THOM0.89891163.1117
MENNIE0.89891161.2903
LEMON0.89891139.1036
SHAND0.89891130.7190
MATHIESON0.89891127.7955
FETTES0.89891125.0000
MELDRUM0.89891124.7772
DEY0.89891123.4568
ORD0.89891119.2504
RATTRAY0.89891114.6789
SELLAR0.8989194.3396
CRUICKSHANK0.8989189.9101
STUART0.8989189.3697
DOW0.8989183.8770
FORBES0.8989183.7240
SCULLION0.8989174.6269
CALDER0.8989172.2311
STEPHEN0.8989170.4225
MELLIS0.8989169.9301
MEARNS0.8989169.6864
GEDDES0.8989165.5431
ADAM0.8989165.3595
ALISON0.8989162.1118
GERRARD0.8989161.4574
DONALD0.8989161.3155
CROLL0.8989159.8802
MILTON0.8989157.0033
FLORENCE0.8989156.8182
HORN0.8989154.3210
HOSIE0.8989152.6316
FORDYCE0.8989151.5464
LAIRD0.8989150.0000
LEIPER0.8989148.7805
LITTLEJOHN0.8989146.5116
NICOL0.8989143.1267
PEDDIE0.8989142.0168
MICHAEL0.8989141.7537
WATT0.8989140.9716
BREMNER0.8989139.1645

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 891 people called CRAN in Gartly 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 1269.8413 in Gartly means that 1269.8413% of the people in Gartly on census day were called CRAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CRAN 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 CRAN 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 CRAN 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 CRAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.89 in Gartly means that you are 0.89 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CRAN in Gartly than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gartly in 1881

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

ADAM (10)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALLARDYCE (6)  ALLAN (3)  ALISON (1)  ANDERSON (11)  ANDREW (1)  ANGUS (3)  AITKEN (2)  BARNET (1)  BEATTIE (6)  BLACK (6)  BODDIE (1)  BREMNER (3)  BREWSTER (3)  BREWSTOR (2)  BRODIE (1)  BROWN (2)  BRUCE (5)  BUCHAN (1)  CALDER (9)  CHALMERS (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHRISTIE (6)  CLARK (9)  COBBIN (3)  COOK (1)  CORMACH (1)  COWIE (1)  CRAIG (1)  CRAN (16)  CROLL (1)  CRUICKSHANK (9)  CUMMING (3)  MC RAE OR CUMMING (2)  DALLAS (11)  DAVIDSON (4)  DAWSON (1)  DEY (2)  DICKIE (1)  DINGWALL (10)  DIVORTY (1)  DICKSON (1)  DONALDSON (1)  DOW (9)  DOWNIE (3)  DUFFUS (3)  DUNCAN (12)  DYKER (4)  ELMSLIE (1)  FETTES (1)  FINNIE (1)  FLORENCE (1)  FORBES (25)  FORDYCE (1)  FORSYTH (2)  FRASER (7)  GALL (1)  GAMIE (1)  GARDENER (1)  GARTLY (2)  GATHERER (2)  GAULD (6)  GEDDES (7)  GERRARD (7)  GIBSON (9)  GILCHRIST (1)  GORDON (13)  GRANT (28)  GRAY (4)  HALL (2)  HARPER (13)  HARVY (3)  HARVEY (4)  HAY (5)  HENDERSON (4)  HENRY (2)  HORNE (5)  HORN (11)  HOSIE (1)  HOWIE (1)  HUTTON (1)  IMLACH (1)  INGRAM (9)  INNES (5)  JAMIESON (6)  JESSIMAN (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  MC KAY (1)  LAIRD (5)  LAING (1)  LAW (1)  LEIPER (1)  LEMMON (4)  LEMON (9)  LESLIE (3)  LITTLEJOHN (2)  LOGIE (1)  LYON (7)  MANTACH (1)  MEESON (3)  MATHIESON (12)  MATHESON (1)  MATTHEW (1)  MC ADAM (1)  MC CONNACHIE (5)  DONALD (11)  MACDONALD (1)  MC DONALD (5)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC GRIMMAN (1)  MC HARDY (2)  MC INTOSH (11)  MACKAY (2)  MACKIE (7)  MC KENZIE (2)  MC LEAN (1)  MC PHERSON (2)  MC RAE (3)  MC ROBBIE (1)  MEARNS (2)  MELDRUM (7)  MELLIS (1)  MENNIE (2)  MILNE (10)  MILTON (7)  MICHAEL (2)  MITCHELL (19)  MOIR (2)  MORRISON (6)  NICOL (8)  OGILVIE (1)  ORD (7)  PATERSON (1)  PAUL (1)  PEDDIE (1)  PIRIE (1)  PETRIE (1)  PROCTOR (7)  REIDFORD (1)  RATTRAY (5)  REID (4)  RIDDEL (3)  MC ROBB (4)  ROBERTSON (15)  ROBSON (2)  ROSE (3)  ROSS (4)  ROY (1)  RUSSEL (2)  SCOTT (6)  SCULLION (1)  SELLAR (2)  SHAND (8)  SHAW (2)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHEARER (1)  SIMPSON (21)  SIM (1)  SIEVWRIGHT (1)  SKINNER (1)  SMART (9)  SMITH (44)  SOUTER (1)  SPALDING (1)  SPENCE (4)  STEPHEN (11)  STUART (19)  STEWART (2)  STIRLING (1)  STRONACH (17)  SUTHERLAND (3)  TAYLOR (3)  THOM (13)  THOMSON (16)  TOCHER (2)  URQUHART (1)  WALLACE (1)  WATSON (16)  WATT (14)  WEIR (6)  MC WILLIAM (14)  WILSON (11)  YOUNG (6)