Top surnames from the 1881 census in Auchterhouse, Forfarshire (Angus)

Auchterhouse is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Forfarshire (Angus)

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
SMITH253.75382.66
LOW182.7027127.57
ROBERTSON172.552615.23
HUNTER152.252321.93
STEWART142.102113.44
CLARK142.10216.99
LAING121.801889.69
OGILVIE111.6517170.81
THOMSON111.651712.36
BUCHAN111.6517127.76
FENWICK101.5015114.55
MARTIN91.35145.49
BURGESS91.351419.46
DEWAR91.3514103.57
LINDSAY81.201236.85
SCOTT81.20124.75
HILL81.20124.72
FENTON81.201260.20
BELL81.20126.39
BRYSON81.2012156.56
MILLAR71.051128.79
TODD71.051120.66
LYALL71.0511154.19
WHITE71.05113.27
FAIRWEATHER71.0511135.66
ANDERSON71.05115.32
PATERSON71.051115.45
CHALMERS71.051144.16
ELDER71.051199.57
KINNEAR60.9009185.76
DAVIDSON60.900910.71
HARRIS60.90093.54
NICOLL60.900999.17
REID60.90098.58
CHISHOLM60.900962.05
MARSHALL60.90095.37
CAMERON60.900911.59
MURRAY60.90097.27
DONALD50.750837.29
YOUNG50.75083.49
FARQUHARSON50.7508132.98
HENDERSON50.75086.91
JOHNSTONE50.750816.61
CAMPBELL50.75084.44
GLEN50.750875.87
LUNDIE50.7508434.78
BROWN50.75081.14
TAYLOR50.75081.17
WHITTET50.7508757.58
CONSTABLE50.750867.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITTET0.67666757.5758
BOYLEN0.67666500.0000
LUNDIE0.67666434.7826
FYFFE0.67666384.6154
BRIDGEFORD0.67666285.7143
BRYMER0.67666270.2703
MOLLISON0.67666201.3423
KINNEAR0.67666185.7585
OGILVIE0.67666170.8075
STURROCK0.67666166.6667
BRYSON0.67666156.5558
LYALL0.67666154.1850
CREE0.67666150.7538
FAIRWEATHER0.67666135.6589
FARQUHARSON0.67666132.9787
BUCHAN0.67666127.7584
LOW0.67666127.5691
WINCHESTER0.67666118.1102
HUTCHESON0.67666116.9591
PULLAR0.67666116.2791
FENWICK0.67666114.5475
CLYNE0.67666111.1111
DEWAR0.67666103.5673
ELDER0.6766699.5733
NICOLL0.6766699.1736
BETHUNE0.6766697.0874
LAING0.6766689.6861
ROW0.6766687.7193
GLEN0.6766675.8725
CONSTABLE0.6766667.8426
CHISHOLM0.6766662.0476
FENTON0.6766660.1956
BISSET0.6766657.4713
GAIR0.6766656.8182
NUGENT0.6766656.6572
SCOTLAND0.6766652.6316
MILL0.6766649.7512
WHITTON0.6766648.8998
LECKIE0.6766647.8469
COUTTS0.6766644.6429
CHALMERS0.6766644.1640
SLY0.6766639.6825
IMRIE0.6766638.4615
DONALD0.6766637.2856
LINDSAY0.6766636.8494
CRICHTON0.6766635.2113
BORLAND0.6766634.7222
SMALL0.6766629.5858
LEITH0.6766628.9855
MILLAR0.6766628.7947

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 666 people called WHITTET in Auchterhouse 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 757.5758 in Auchterhouse means that 757.5758% of the people in Auchterhouse on census day were called WHITTET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITTET 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 WHITTET 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 WHITTET 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 WHITTET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.67 in Auchterhouse means that you are 0.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITTET in Auchterhouse than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Auchterhouse in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ADAM (1)  ADDISON (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERSON (7)  MC AURTHER (1)  BAILLIE (1)  BALLANTYNE (1)  BALLARD (1)  BELL (8)  BARRIE (1)  BETHUNE (1)  BISSET (3)  BLACK (4)  BLACKESIE (1)  BLYTH (1)  BORLAND (1)  BOYLEN (1)  BRAID (1)  BRYMER (1)  BRIDGEFORD (1)  BRIGGS (4)  BROWN (5)  BRYSON (8)  BUCHAN (11)  BURGESS (9)  BUTCHART (2)  KEDDIE (3)  CAMERON (6)  CAMPBELL (5)  STEWART (CAMPBELL) (2)  MURRAY (CAMPBELL) (2)  CANT (8)  CARDEAN (1)  CARR (1)  CARSTAIRS (5)  CHALMERS (7)  CHISHOLM (6)  CHRISTIE (3)  CLARK (14)  CLYNE (1)  CONSTABLE (5)  COUSINS (1)  COUTTS (3)  COX (2)  CRAIG (2)  CREE (3)  CRICHTON (2)  CULIEN (1)  CUMMING (2)  DAVIDSON (6)  DEWAR (9)  DOIG (1)  DRAPER (1)  DUNCAN (1)  ELDER (7)  IMRIE (1)  FAIRWEATHER (7)  FARQUHARSON (5)  FENTON (8)  FENWICK (10)  FINDLAY (1)  FISHER (1)  FLEMING (2)  FORBES (3)  FORREST (2)  FRASER (1)  FYFFE (5)  GAIR (1)  GALBRAITH (1)  GIBSON (4)  GLEN (5)  GOW (1)  GRAHAME (6)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (2)  HALKET (1)  HARRIS (6)  HAY (3)  HEADRIDGE (8)  HENDERSON (5)  HENDRY (2)  HILL (8)  SMITH OR HOSIE (2)  HUME (1)  HUNTER (15)  HUTCHESON (4)  INGLIS (2)  INGRAM (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMIESON (4)  JOHNSTONE (5)  MC KAY (6)  KETTLES (1)  KINNEAR (6)  LAING (12)  LAW (2)  LECKIE (1)  LEITH (1)  LINDSAY (8)  LOW (18)  LUNDIE (5)  LYALL (7)  MARSHALL (6)  MARTIN (9)  MATHERS (1)  DONALD (5)  MC DONALD (3)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC FARLAN (1)  MACKAY (2)  MC KENZIE (5)  MC LAGAN (1)  MILLAR (7)  MILL (2)  MITCHELL (3)  MOLLISON (3)  MOIR (1)  MORRIS (1)  MORRISON (1)  MURRAY (6)  NEWINN (1)  MC NICOLL (7)  NICOL (3)  NICOLL (6)  NUGENT (2)  OGILVIE (11)  OGILVY (5)  PALMER (2)  PATERSON (7)  PENMAN (1)  PLAYFAIR (1)  PULLAR (1)  RAMSAY (4)  REID (6)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBERTSON (17)  ROSS (1)  ROW (3)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SANDEMAN (5)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCOTLAND (1)  SCOTT (8)  SCRYMGEOR (2)  SHARP (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SIVEWRIGHT (1)  SLY (1)  SMALL (5)  SMITH (25)  SMOLLETT (4)  STEWART (14)  STIRLING (1)  STORRAR (1)  STRACHAN (1)  STURROCK (4)  TAYLOR (5)  WILSON (TAYLOR) (4)  THOMSON (11)  TODD (7)  WALKER (2)  WALLACE (2)  WATSON (2)  WEMYSS (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WHITE (7)  WHITTET (5)  WHITTON (2)  WINCHESTER (3)  WISHART (1)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (5)  YOUNGER (1)