Top surnames from the 1881 census in Premnay, Aberdeenshire

Premnay 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
ANDERSON424.516122.86
SMITH404.30113.05
MILNE353.763484.64
REID293.118329.69
STEWART242.580616.49
LEDINGHAM232.47311,691.18
SOUTER232.4731455.45
GAULD202.1505819.67
DAVIDSON181.935523.02
DUNCAN161.720425.15
ROSS161.720415.74
MITCHELL131.39786.89
THOMSON121.29039.66
DUFFUS121.2903845.07
DEMPSTER121.2903183.49
WALKER111.18283.53
PHILIP111.1828177.42
ROBERTSON101.07536.42
GORDON101.075317.06
BROWN101.07531.63
COLLIE90.9677270.27
MALCOLM90.967773.59
MENNIE90.9677697.67
LYON90.967746.18
WILSON90.96772.11
BEVERLY80.86021,025.64
ROBB80.860249.75
RUGG80.8602444.44
SHARP80.860210.32
JAMIESON70.752727.03
YEATS70.7527272.37
GEDDES70.752762.78
MELDRUM70.7527119.45
MORTIMER70.752735.99
FINDLAY70.752736.33
MUTCH60.6452144.58
DEY60.6452355.03
ROY60.645271.01
RIDDELL60.645276.92
WATT60.645216.83
KELMAN60.6452363.64
INGRAM60.645221.13
LAING60.645232.10
WEIR50.537620.68
BISSET50.537668.59
BEATTIE50.537625.11
DAVIE50.537658.34
MAIR50.537658.14
FETTES50.5376595.24
BREWSTER50.537655.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEDINGHAM0.939301691.1765
PERSON0.939301428.5714
BEVERLY0.939301025.6410
DUFFUS0.93930845.0704
GAULD0.93930819.6721
MENNIE0.93930697.6744
SEY0.93930666.6667
FETTES0.93930595.2381
SOUTER0.93930455.4455
RUGG0.93930444.4444
KELMAN0.93930363.6364
DEY0.93930355.0296
BENZIE0.93930354.6099
RIDDEL0.93930354.6099
BROWNIE0.93930322.5806
YEATS0.93930272.3735
COLLIE0.93930270.2703
SKENE0.93930219.2982
FLORENCE0.93930217.3913
BADENOCH0.93930217.3913
ARGO0.93930204.0816
TROUP0.93930186.0465
DEMPSTER0.93930183.4862
EMSLIE0.93930179.2115
PHILIP0.93930177.4194
MUTCH0.93930144.5783
PETER0.93930123.0769
FERRIES0.93930121.9512
MELDRUM0.93930119.4539
WILL0.93930105.5409
CHEYNE0.9393097.0874
MILNE0.9393084.6433
TOCHER0.9393082.6446
REDFORD0.9393079.8403
GARDEN0.9393077.3196
RIDDELL0.9393076.9231
MALCOLM0.9393073.5895
FOWLIE0.9393073.5294
BRANDER0.9393071.9424
ROY0.9393071.0059
BISSET0.9393068.5871
MELLIS0.9393067.1141
MEARNS0.9393066.6667
GEDDES0.9393062.7803
BREMNER0.9393062.5782
DAVIE0.9393058.3431
MAIR0.9393058.1395
COPLAND0.9393057.5816
CROLL0.9393057.1429
TAGGART0.9393056.9801

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 930 people called LEDINGHAM in Premnay 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 1691.1765 in Premnay means that 1691.1765% of the people in Premnay on census day were called LEDINGHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEDINGHAM 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 LEDINGHAM 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 LEDINGHAM 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 LEDINGHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.93 in Premnay means that you are 0.93 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEDINGHAM in Premnay than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Premnay in 1881

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

ACHNIE (1)  ANDERSON (42)  ANGUS (1)  ARCHBALD (1)  ARCHIBALD (1)  ARGO (1)  BADENOCH (1)  BARCLAY (2)  BEATON (4)  BEATTIE (5)  BENZIE (5)  BARRY (1)  BEVERLY (8)  BISSET (5)  BLACK (1)  BOOTH (2)  BRANDER (1)  BREMNER (5)  BREWSTER (5)  BROWN (10)  BROWNIE (1)  BURNETT (1)  BURR (3)  CAMERON (2)  CAMPBELL (1)  MC KERRON (10)  CATCHER (3)  CHEYNE (3)  CHRISTIE (1)  COLLIE (9)  COOPER (1)  COPLAND (3)  COWIE (3)  CRAIG (1)  CROLL (1)  CRUICKSHANK (3)  DAUN (2)  DAVIDSON (18)  DAVIE (5)  DAWSON (1)  DEY (6)  DEMPSTER (12)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUFFUS (12)  DUNCAN (16)  DURNO (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EMSLIE (5)  ETTERSHANK (1)  EWAN (1)  FERRIES (1)  FEARNSIDE (3)  FETTES (5)  FINDLAY (7)  FLORENCE (4)  FOWLIE (1)  FORBES (1)  FORSYTH (1)  FRASER (1)  FYFE (3)  GAMMIE (1)  GARDEN (3)  GARTLY (1)  GAULD (20)  GEDDES (7)  GERRIE (13)  GIBB (2)  GIBSON (3)  GILCHRIST (2)  GILL (1)  GLENNIE (10)  GORDON (10)  GRAY (2)  GUTHRIE (2)  HACKET (1)  HARPER (1)  HENDERSON (4)  HUNTER (1)  INGRAM (6)  INNES (4)  ISAAC (3)  JAMIESON (7)  JESSAMIN (1)  JOHNSTON (2)  JOHNSTONE (2)  MC KAY (1)  KELMAN (6)  KENNEDY (1)  LAING (6)  LAUDER (2)  LAW (1)  LAWSON (1)  LEDINGHAM (23)  LESLIE (4)  LINDSAY (1)  LUMSDEN (1)  LYON (9)  MAITLAND (1)  MALCOLM (9)  MARTIN (2)  MATTIESON (2)  MATTHIESON (7)  MATHIESON (1)  MC DONALD (7)  MC GILLIVRAY (1)  GALASHAN (3)  MC GRIGOR (1)  MC HATTIE (3)  MC INTOSH (3)  MC INTYRE (1)  MACKIE (4)  MC KENZIE (8)  MC PHERSON (3)  MC ROBBIE (3)  TAGGART (2)  MEARNS (2)  MELDRUM (7)  MELLIS (1)  MELVIN (1)  MENNIE (9)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILNE (35)  MILTON (1)  MITCHELL (13)  MITCHEL (2)  MOIR (3)  MORRISON (3)  MORTIMER (7)  MURRAY (3)  MUTCH (6)  MAIR (5)  MARR (1)  NICOL (5)  OLIVER (5)  PATERSON (1)  PAUL (4)  PERSON (5)  PEARSON (1)  PIRRIE (1)  PETER (4)  PHILIP (11)  PROCTOR (1)  REDFORD (4)  RAE (3)  RAMSAY (1)  RATTRAY (1)  REID (29)  RIDDELL (6)  RIDDEL (5)  RIGG (4)  ROBB (8)  MC ROBB (1)  ROBERTSON (10)  ROBSON (1)  ROSS (16)  ROY (6)  RUGG (8)  SANGSTER (2)  SARGENT (3)  SEY (1)  SCATTERTY (4)  SCOTT (1)  SHARP (8)  SHEARER (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SKENE (5)  SKINNER (1)  SMART (1)  SMITH (40)  SOUTER (23)  STILL (1)  STEPHEN (2)  STEWART (24)  STUART (1)  SOWDAN (8)  TAIT (2)  TAYLOR (1)  THOM (2)  THOMSON (12)  TOCHER (1)  TOUGH (9)  TROUP (4)  WALKER (11)  WATSON (4)  WATT (6)  WEIR (5)  WIGHT (1)  WILL (4)  WILSON (9)  WYSLIE (1)  YEATS (7)