Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leslie, Aberdeenshire

Leslie 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
THOMSON417.839458.67
MILNE366.8834154.84
ANDERSON315.927330.01
REID193.632934.59
SMITH183.44172.44
LAING132.4857123.69
JOHNSTON122.294528.44
HALL112.10337.15
WOOD112.10336.60
WATT112.103354.84
MAIR101.9120207.04
ROBERTSON91.720810.27
RUSSELL91.720814.10
CRUICKSHANK91.7208153.32
FINDLAY91.720883.03
MITCHEL81.5296156.56
PETRIE81.5296128.62
INGRAM81.529650.09
BROWN71.33842.03
MITCHELL71.33846.60
MELDRUM71.3384212.77
DOWNIE71.3384114.19
LEITH61.1472221.40
RONALD61.1472320.86
SUTHERLAND61.147222.77
LESLIE61.147269.28
ROBSON61.147217.43
HERD61.1472156.25
CRAIG50.956021.77
MEARNS50.9560295.86
LEDINGHAM50.9560649.35
DUNCAN50.956013.97
COOPER50.95603.93
WALKER50.95602.86
MINTO40.7648275.86
RIDDELL40.764891.12
SKINNER40.764815.07
CHRYSTAL40.7648555.56
STEWART40.76484.89
NICOL40.764836.73
TOCHER30.5736441.18
FERRAR30.57361,500.00
GEDDES20.382431.90
SIM20.382434.07
CRAIGEN20.3824769.23
SIMPSON20.38242.19
JAMIESON20.382413.74
MATHIESON20.382436.30
LYNCH10.19127.25
BOYD10.19125.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FERRAR0.525231500.0000
CRAIGEN0.52523769.2308
WISELY0.52523666.6667
LEDINGHAM0.52523649.3506
CHRYSTAL0.52523555.5556
TOCHER0.52523441.1765
RONALD0.52523320.8556
FLORANCE0.52523312.5000
MEARNS0.52523295.8580
MINTO0.52523275.8621
LEITH0.52523221.4022
MELDRUM0.52523212.7660
MAIR0.52523207.0393
MITCHEL0.52523156.5558
HERD0.52523156.2500
MILNE0.52523154.8387
CRUICKSHANK0.52523153.3220
MENNIE0.52523136.9863
PETRIE0.52523128.6174
LAING0.52523123.6917
DOWNIE0.52523114.1925
RIDDELL0.5252391.1162
FINDLAY0.5252383.0258
GAULD0.5252372.9927
LESLIE0.5252369.2841
THOMSON0.5252358.6720
WATT0.5252354.8355
INGRAM0.5252350.0939
WILL0.5252346.9484
LITTLEJOHN0.5252339.6825
NICOL0.5252336.7309
MATHIESON0.5252336.2976
REID0.5252334.5895
SIM0.5252334.0716
FARQUHARSON0.5252333.7838
GEDDES0.5252331.8979
ANDERSON0.5252330.0097
PHILIP0.5252328.6533
JOHNSTON0.5252328.4360
SHAND0.5252327.8552
DAWKINS0.5252326.3852
SWANSON0.5252326.1097
SUTHERLAND0.5252322.7704
CRAIG0.5252321.7675
ROY0.5252321.0526
COUTTS0.5252318.9394
GLASS0.5252318.4843
ROBSON0.5252317.4317
DOW0.5252315.8730
SKINNER0.5252315.0659

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 523 people called FERRAR in Leslie 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 1500.0000 in Leslie means that 1500.0000% of the people in Leslie on census day were called FERRAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FERRAR 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 FERRAR 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 FERRAR 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 FERRAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Leslie means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FERRAR in Leslie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leslie in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERSON (31)  BEATTIE (1)  BOYD (1)  BRODIE (1)  BROWN (7)  CAIRNIE (1)  CAMERON (1)  CHRYSTAL (4)  CLARK (1)  COOPER (5)  COUTTS (1)  CRAIG (5)  CRAIGEN (2)  CRUICKSHANK (9)  DAWKINS (1)  DAWSON (1)  DOW (1)  DOWNIE (7)  DUNCAN (5)  ELMSLIE (8)  FARQUHARSON (1)  FERRAR (3)  FINDLAY (9)  FLORANCE (1)  FORBES (1)  GAULD (1)  GEDDES (2)  GERRIE (4)  GLASS (1)  GORDON (1)  HALL (11)  HAY (1)  HERD (6)  HENDRY (1)  INGRAM (8)  INNESS (8)  INNES (1)  JAMIESON (2)  JESSIMAN (9)  JOHNSTON (12)  MC KAY (4)  MAC KIE (3)  LAING (13)  LAWSON (1)  LEDINGHAM (5)  LEITH (6)  LESLIE (6)  LITTLEJOHN (1)  LYNCH (1)  MANN (1)  MATHIESON (2)  MAXWELL (1)  MACONACHIE (5)  MC DONALD (1)  MC GILLIVRAY (13)  MC HARDY (2)  MC LAGGAN (1)  MC LEAN (4)  MC LEOD (2)  MC PHERSON (3)  MC ROBBIE (1)  MEARNS (5)  MELDRUM (7)  MENNIE (1)  MILNE (36)  MILNER (1)  MINTO (4)  MITCHELL (7)  MITCHEL (8)  MORRISON (1)  MAIR (10)  NICOL (4)  OLIVER (1)  PETRIE (8)  PHILIP (1)  PITENDRIGH (1)  PORTER (1)  RAE (1)  REID (19)  RONALD (6)  RIDDELL (4)  ROBERTSON (9)  ROBSON (6)  ROSS (1)  ROY (1)  RUSSELL (9)  SCOTT (1)  SHAND (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SIM (2)  SEIVEWRIGHT (1)  SKINNER (4)  SMITH (18)  STEWART (4)  SUTHERLAND (6)  SWANSON (1)  THOMSON (41)  TOCHER (3)  TOUGH (1)  WALKER (5)  WATT (11)  WEIR (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WILL (1)  WILSON (1)  WISELY (1)  WOOD (11)  WRIGHT (1)