Top surnames from the 1881 census in Speymouth, Elginshire (Morayshire)

Speymouth is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Elginshire (Morayshire)

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
WILLIAMSON263.957444.14
ROY253.8052418.76
SUTHERLAND213.196363.44
RUSSELL203.044124.94
MILNE203.044168.47
SHAND182.7397399.11
DAVIDSON182.739732.59
TAYLOR172.58754.05
ALLAN142.130933.94
SIMPSON142.130912.18
CAMERON142.130927.41
LEE121.826511.18
THOMSON111.674312.53
DUNBAR101.5221132.45
NEISH91.3699671.64
GEDDES91.3699114.21
FRENCH81.217724.94
URQUHART81.217786.67
DAY81.217712.93
MOIR81.217788.50
HAY81.217733.21
INNES81.217778.66
FORSYTH81.217757.06
MURRAY71.06548.59
YOUNIE71.06541,707.32
HENDRY60.913257.64
ELLIS60.91326.29
HORNE60.913241.96
MARSHALL60.91325.44
BRUCE60.913219.50
FRASER60.913210.26
WILKIE60.913264.03
ADAMS60.91326.20
BEGG60.9132150.00
PAUL50.761030.41
INGLIS50.761045.58
PIRIE50.7610106.38
SMITH50.76100.54
HOOD50.761027.49
STEVENSON50.761010.85
CLARK50.76102.53
YOUNG50.76103.54
CRAN50.7610537.63
ROSS50.76106.96
MITCHELL40.60883.00
GRANT40.60886.14
LOGIE40.6088209.42
SELLAR40.6088256.41
CUMMING40.608831.90
ANNAND30.4566357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
YOUNIE0.666571707.3171
TOUCH0.66657769.2308
NEISH0.66657671.6418
BUIE0.66657625.0000
CRAN0.66657537.6344
ROY0.66657418.7605
TORY0.66657416.6667
MAYON0.66657400.0000
SHAND0.66657399.1131
ANNAND0.66657357.1429
DENOON0.66657294.1176
PETERKIN0.66657294.1176
SELLAR0.66657256.4103
LOGIE0.66657209.4241
BEGG0.66657150.0000
DUNBAR0.66657132.4503
LOBBAN0.66657131.5789
GEDDES0.66657114.2132
PIRIE0.66657106.3830
MOIR0.6665788.4956
URQUHART0.6665786.6739
JOSS0.6665783.3333
INNES0.6665778.6627
MARSHAL0.6665771.9424
MILNE0.6665768.4697
WILKIE0.6665764.0342
SUTHERLAND0.6665763.4441
FARQUHAR0.6665758.7084
HENDRY0.6665757.6369
FORSYTH0.6665757.0613
INGLIS0.6665745.5789
MACKINTOSH0.6665745.4545
WILLIAMSON0.6665744.1426
GILLAN0.6665743.2900
COLLIE0.6665742.5532
HORNE0.6665741.9580
WINCHESTER0.6665740.0000
TOD0.6665739.0625
DINGWALL0.6665738.4615
ALLAN0.6665733.9394
HAY0.6665733.2088
DAVIDSON0.6665732.5851
CUMMING0.6665731.8979
MELVIN0.6665731.6456
GILCHRIST0.6665731.1526
PAUL0.6665730.4136
HOOD0.6665727.4876
CAMERON0.6665727.4134
MURDOCH0.6665726.8817
FRENCH0.6665724.9377

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 657 people called YOUNIE in Speymouth 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 1707.3171 in Speymouth means that 1707.3171% of the people in Speymouth on census day were called YOUNIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called YOUNIE 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 YOUNIE 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 YOUNIE 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 YOUNIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Speymouth means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of YOUNIE in Speymouth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Speymouth in 1881

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

ADAM (2)  ADAMS (6)  ALLAN (14)  ANNAND (3)  BARRON (1)  BEGG (6)  BARRY (1)  BLACKHALL (6)  BUIE (2)  BRUCE (6)  CAMERON (14)  CANTLIE (2)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHRISTIE (2)  CLARK (5)  CLARKE (1)  COLLIE (1)  COWIE (1)  CRAIG (1)  CRAN (5)  CRUICKSHANKS (MARSHALL) (2)  CUMMING (4)  DARLING (1)  DAVIDSON (18)  DAY (8)  DINGWALL (1)  DOUGLAS (3)  DUNBAR (10)  DUNCAN (1)  DUNN (1)  DENOON (1)  ELLIS (6)  FARQUHAR (3)  FINDLAY (3)  FORSYTH (8)  FRASER (6)  FRENCH (8)  GEDDES (9)  GILCHRIST (3)  GILLIES (2)  GILLAN (1)  GLASS (1)  GLENNIE (2)  GRANT (4)  HAY (8)  HENDERSON (1)  HENDRY (6)  HOOD (5)  HORNE (6)  HUNTER (1)  HUTTON (1)  INGLIS (5)  INNES (8)  JACK (2)  JOSS (1)  KIERO (7)  KIERS (2)  KING (1)  LEE (12)  LESLIE (1)  LOBBAN (1)  LOGIE (4)  LEEL (2)  LYON (1)  MAYON (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MARSHAL (1)  MC COMBIE (1)  MC DONALD (1)  GRIGOR (11)  MC GREGOR (21)  MC HATTIE (4)  MACKINTOSH (2)  MC INTOSH (1)  MACKIE (3)  MC KENZIE (4)  MC CLAREN (1)  MC LEAN (8)  MC LENNAN (6)  MC PHERSON (7)  MC RAE (4)  MC ROAB (1)  MELVIN (1)  MENZIES (1)  MILLER (1)  MILNE (20)  MILTON (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MOIR (8)  MORRISON (1)  MUNRO (1)  MURDOCH (3)  MURRAY (7)  NEISH (9)  NEWLANDS (8)  PATERSON (3)  PAUL (5)  PIRIE (5)  PETERKIN (3)  PHEMISTER (1)  REES (1)  REID (1)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROSS (5)  ROY (25)  RIDDOCH (1)  RUSSELL (20)  SCOTT (2)  SELLAR (4)  SHAND (18)  SHIACH (1)  SIMPSON (14)  SIEVWRIGHT (7)  SLORACH (2)  SMITH (5)  STEPHEN (1)  STEVENSON (5)  STEWART (2)  STUART (1)  SUTHERLAND (21)  TAYLOR (17)  THOMSON (11)  TOD (1)  TORY (1)  TOUCH (1)  URQUHART (8)  WATSON (1)  WATT (2)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (1)  WILKIE (6)  WILLIAMSON (26)  WILSON (1)  WINCHESTER (1)  WISEMAN (1)  YOUNG (5)  YOUNIE (7)