Top surnames from the 1881 census in Forglen, Banffshire

Forglen is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Banffshire

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
SMITH263.49462.48
MORRISON243.225841.04
PATERSON192.553837.53
ROSS192.553823.37
WATSON192.553811.01
HENDRY162.1505135.71
DUNCAN162.150531.43
WILSON162.15054.68
TAYLOR152.01613.15
ROBERTSON152.016112.03
WALKER141.88175.62
WOOD141.88175.91
LYON121.612976.97
STEWART121.612910.31
STEPHEN111.478584.29
ANDERSON111.47857.49
DAVIDSON111.478517.59
SMART101.344129.52
SCOTT101.34415.31
MURRAY101.344110.84
FRASER101.344115.10
ALEXANDER101.344125.39
JAMIESON101.344148.26
HENRY101.344153.16
HARPER91.209718.90
SIMPSON91.20976.92
LAMB70.940917.83
WALLACE70.940913.74
MACKIE70.940944.00
HENDERSON70.94098.66
FORREST70.940936.50
RAE70.940941.30
GILL60.806511.40
LOGIE60.8065277.78
GIBB60.806545.66
THOMPSON60.80652.69
CAMERON60.806510.38
OGSTON60.8065659.34
STUART60.806533.78
ALVES60.80651,538.46
BLACK50.672010.38
MICHIE50.6720137.36
BREMNER50.672078.25
JOINER50.6720189.39
GORDON50.672010.66
CLARK50.67202.24
DONALD40.537626.70
BOWMAN40.537620.59
COWIE40.537644.30
DINGWALL40.5376135.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALVES0.747441538.4615
LOBAN0.747441250.0000
OGSTON0.74744659.3407
TORRY0.74744508.4746
FETCH0.74744357.1429
LOGIE0.74744277.7778
JOINER0.74744189.3939
GAULD0.74744153.0612
MICHIE0.74744137.3626
HENDRY0.74744135.7082
DINGWALL0.74744135.5932
MINTY0.74744135.1351
LOBBAN0.74744116.2791
CRAIB0.74744108.6957
OGG0.7474484.3882
STEPHEN0.7474484.2912
BREMNER0.7474478.2473
LYON0.7474476.9724
JOSS0.7474473.5294
HALDANE0.7474453.1915
HENRY0.7474453.1632
SHANKS0.7474453.0035
CLERK0.7474451.8135
BISSET0.7474451.4580
JAMIESON0.7474448.2625
GIBB0.7474445.6621
COWIE0.7474444.2968
MACKIE0.7474443.9975
THAIN0.7474441.6667
RAE0.7474441.2979
MORRISON0.7474441.0397
PHILIP0.7474440.3226
FINNIE0.7474438.6100
DEMPSTER0.7474438.2409
ANGUS0.7474437.5587
PATERSON0.7474437.5272
FORREST0.7474436.4964
MATHEW0.7474435.8423
FAIRWEATHER0.7474434.7222
STUART0.7474433.7838
WESTERN0.7474431.9489
MURDOCH0.7474431.6456
DUNCAN0.7474431.4342
BRADY0.7474430.3721
TOWLER0.7474430.1205
SMART0.7474429.5159
DONALD0.7474426.7023
ALEXANDER0.7474425.3936
LESLIE0.7474424.3506
MARR0.7474423.5571

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 744 people called ALVES in Forglen 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 1538.4615 in Forglen means that 1538.4615% of the people in Forglen on census day were called ALVES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALVES 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 ALVES 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 ALVES 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 ALVES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Forglen means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALVES in Forglen than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Forglen in 1881

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

ABERCROMBY (1)  ADAM (2)  ADAMS (1)  ALEXANDER (10)  ALLAN (3)  ALVES (6)  ANDERSON (11)  ANDREW (2)  ANGUS (4)  BAIN (2)  BAIRD (1)  BARBER (3)  BARNETT (2)  BEATON (1)  BISSET (3)  BLACK (5)  BOOTH (1)  BOWMAN (4)  BRADY (4)  BRANDERS (5)  BREBNER (1)  BREMNER (5)  BRUCE (1)  BURGESS (1)  CAMERON (6)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (5)  CLERK (1)  CONNAN (6)  COOK (1)  COOPER (3)  COWE (3)  COWIE (4)  CRAIB (1)  CURRIE (1)  DAVIDSON (11)  DAWSON (1)  DEAN (1)  DEMPSTER (2)  DICK (1)  DINGWALL (4)  DUGUID (6)  DUNBAR (2)  DUNCAN (16)  ESSLEMONT (3)  FAIRWEATHER (2)  FETCH (1)  FIDDES (10)  FINDLATER (21)  FINNIE (1)  FORBES (2)  FORREST (7)  FRASER (10)  FRIENCH (1)  GAMMACK (4)  GARDINER (1)  GAULD (3)  GEDDES (2)  GERRARD (1)  GIBB (6)  GILL (6)  GORDON (5)  GRANT (2)  GRAY (1)  HALDANE (1)  HARPER (9)  HAY (3)  HENDERSON (7)  HENRY (10)  HENDRY (16)  OGG (2)  HORNE (1)  IEVEWRIGHT (4)  IMLACH (1)  INGRAM (3)  JAMIESON (10)  JOHNSTON (2)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JOSS (1)  JOINER (5)  MC KAY (7)  KINDNESS (1)  KYNOCH (1)  LAMB (7)  LARGUE (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LESLIE (3)  LOBAN (1)  LOBBAN (1)  LOGIE (6)  LYON (12)  MATHEW (1)  MC CONNACHIE (1)  MC DONALD (3)  DONALD (4)  MC HARDY (4)  MC INTOACH (1)  MC INTOSH (8)  MACKIE (7)  MC LENNAN (8)  MC LEOD (1)  MESTON (4)  MICHIE (5)  MINTY (2)  MITCHELL (1)  MORRISON (24)  MURDOCH (4)  MURRAY (10)  MARR (2)  MAIR (1)  MC NEIL (1)  OGSTON (6)  PATERSON (19)  PIRIE (1)  PETERS (1)  PHILIP (2)  REIDFORD (1)  RAE (7)  RAEBURN (1)  REID (2)  RENNIE (1)  RIDDLE (1)  ROBB (2)  MC ROBERT (7)  ROBERTSON (15)  ROSS (19)  RIDDOCH (4)  SCOTT (10)  SHAND (1)  SHANKS (3)  SHARP (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMPSON (9)  SIEVWRIGHT (1)  SIEVEWRIGHT (4)  SMART (10)  SMITH (26)  SPALDING (1)  SPENCE (2)  STEEL (1)  STEPHEN (11)  STEWART (12)  STUART (6)  TAYLOR (15)  THAIN (1)  THOMPSON (6)  TORRY (3)  TOWLER (1)  WALKER (14)  WALLACE (7)  WATSON (19)  WATT (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WESTERN (1)  MC WILLIAM (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (16)  WYNESS (1)  WOOD (14)  YOUNG (1)