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

Edzell 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
CHRISTISON333.99032,426.47
SMITH313.74852.65
MIDDLETON212.539348.36
ROBERTSON212.539315.15
DUNCAN202.418435.35
GOLD182.1765382.17
CARR161.934726.81
LINDSAY131.571948.24
BRUCE131.571933.56
KIDD121.451071.30
NAIRN111.3301268.95
LOW101.209257.08
MILNE101.209227.20
SCOTT101.20924.78
JOLLY91.088376.79
CRAIG91.088324.78
RITCHIE91.088331.50
JOHNSTON91.088313.49
DONALDSON80.967433.91
RATTRAY80.9674198.02
JACK80.967445.53
CRABB80.967493.24
VALENTINE80.967475.47
MAIN80.967459.08
FYFFE80.9674496.89
LYALL80.9674141.84
FERRIER80.9674166.32
GIBB80.967454.79
BELFORD80.96741,095.89
NAPIER80.9674120.30
MACKIE80.967445.25
GORDON70.846413.43
SHORT70.846421.67
COOPER70.84643.48
STRACHAN70.846449.09
SHEPHERD70.846411.55
BOWMAN70.846432.41
THOMSON70.84646.33
WEBSTER70.84649.73
MILLAR70.846423.19
STEEL70.846420.77
BLACKIE70.8464206.49
FALCONER60.725560.85
STORMONT60.7255952.38
DUNBAR60.725563.16
MOIR60.725552.77
KINNEAR60.7255149.63
CANDY60.7255203.39
SKINNER50.604611.91
BROOM50.604649.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHRISTISON0.838272426.4706
BYARS0.838271136.3636
VALINTINE0.838271111.1111
BELFORD0.838271095.8904
STORMONT0.83827952.3810
FYFFE0.83827496.8944
HOSEA0.83827454.5455
GOLD0.83827382.1656
KELMAN0.83827340.1361
PERSON0.83827322.5806
BERTIE0.83827298.5075
NAIRN0.83827268.9487
BLACKIE0.83827206.4897
CANDY0.83827203.3898
RATTRAY0.83827198.0198
BURNESS0.83827188.6792
LOWDEN0.83827184.5018
FERRIER0.83827166.3202
TINDAL0.83827161.2903
KINNEAR0.83827149.6259
LYALL0.83827141.8440
STONEHOUSE0.83827138.5042
GAULD0.83827138.2488
RAITT0.83827135.1351
FETTES0.83827133.3333
HUMPHERY0.83827125.0000
JAPP0.83827120.4819
NAPIER0.83827120.3008
MACQUEEN0.83827104.1667
CRABB0.8382793.2401
CLYNE0.8382789.2857
SADDLER0.8382780.6452
ARNOT0.8382778.4314
JOLLY0.8382776.7918
VALENTINE0.8382775.4717
MEARNS0.8382774.9064
DURIE0.8382771.9424
KIDD0.8382771.3012
HANTON0.8382769.4444
ALISON0.8382766.6667
FEARN0.8382764.8298
COPLAND0.8382764.7948
DUNBAR0.8382763.1579
FALCONER0.8382760.8519
MAIN0.8382759.0842
LOW0.8382757.0776
HOSIE0.8382756.8182
STOCKS0.8382755.5556
GIBB0.8382754.7945
KIRKLAND0.8382754.3478

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 827 people called CHRISTISON in Edzell 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 2426.4706 in Edzell means that 2426.4706% of the people in Edzell on census day were called CHRISTISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHRISTISON 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 CHRISTISON 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 CHRISTISON 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 CHRISTISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.83 in Edzell means that you are 0.83 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHRISTISON in Edzell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Edzell in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ADAMSON (1)  ALEXANDER (2)  ALLAN (1)  ALISON (1)  ANDERSON (3)  ANNANDALE (1)  ARBUTHNOTT (2)  ARCHIBALD (2)  ROBERTSON (ARCHIBALD) (2)  ARNOT (2)  BALFOUR (1)  BALLYNTINE (1)  BATESY (1)  BEATTIE (5)  BEGG (2)  BELFORD (8)  BELL (2)  BENNET (1)  BERTIE (2)  BIRSE (4)  BLACK (1)  BLACKIE (7)  BOWMAN (7)  BROOM (5)  BROWN (2)  BRUCE (13)  BURNETT (1)  BURNESS (3)  BYARS (5)  CAITHNESS (7)  CAMPBELL (2)  CANDY (6)  CARR (16)  CATHRO (7)  CHIRAS (1)  CHRISTIE ((SCOTT)) (2)  CHRISTIE (5)  CHRISTISON (33)  CLARK (2)  CLYNE (1)  COCHAR (6)  COOPER (7)  COPLAND (3)  PLENDERLEITH (COPLAND) (2)  COUTTS (1)  CRABB (8)  CRAIG (9)  CROCKETT (2)  CROCKATT (1)  CROW (1)  CUTHBERT (2)  DAKERS (2)  DAVIDSON (1)  DEARNESS (1)  DEWARS (1)  DONALDSON (8)  DOW (1)  DOWNIE (4)  DRUMMOND (1)  DUKE (3)  DUNBAR (6)  DUNCAN (20)  DUNDASS (3)  DURIE (1)  AYRE (2)  FARQUHAR (1)  FERRIER (8)  FALCONER (6)  MC PHEE (1)  FEARN (4)  FELL (1)  FERGUSON (1)  FETTES (1)  FYFFE (8)  FYFE (1)  GAULD (3)  GIBB (8)  GIBSON (2)  GLEN (1)  GORDON (7)  GOLD (18)  GRANT (3)  GREEN (1)  GREIG (1)  GRUAR (5)  HANTON (1)  HENDERSON (4)  HENDRY (1)  HEWISON (6)  HILL (1)  HOOD (4)  HOSEA (1)  HOSIE (1)  HUMPHERY (1)  HUNTER (4)  INGLIS (3)  JACK (8)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSTON (9)  JOLLY (9)  KELMAN (5)  MAC KIE (2)  KIDD (12)  KINNEAR (6)  KIRKLAND (4)  KNOX (1)  LAW (2)  LAWRENCE (1)  LAWSON (2)  LINDSAY (13)  LOWDEN (5)  LOW (10)  LYALL (8)  MAIN (8)  MATHER (2)  MC ANDREW (6)  MC DONALD (7)  MC GREGOR (4)  MC INTOSH (2)  MACKIE (8)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC LENNAN (1)  MACQUEEN (1)  MC TAVISH (3)  MEARNS (2)  MIDDLETON (21)  MILLAR (7)  MILLER (1)  MILNE (10)  MITCHELL (3)  MOIR (6)  MORRISON (1)  MURRAY (2)  NAIRN (11)  NAPIER (8)  NICOL (1)  NORIE (1)  PEACOCK (2)  PERSON (1)  PEDDIE (1)  PETER (1)  RAITT (1)  RAMSAY (1)  RATTRAY (8)  REID (3)  RICKARD (1)  RITCHIE (9)  ROBB (1)  ROBERTSON (21)  ROSS (2)  ROUGH (1)  RUXTON (1)  SADDLER (2)  SCOTT (10)  SHEPHERD (7)  SHERRET (6)  SHERET (SKINNER) (2)  SHORT (7)  SIMPSON (3)  SIM (1)  SKINNER (5)  SMART (3)  SMITH (31)  SOUTTAR (2)  STEEL (7)  STEPHEN (1)  STUART (1)  STEWART (3)  STOCKS (5)  STONEHOUSE (5)  STORMONT (6)  STOTT (4)  STRACHAN (7)  SUTHERLAND (1)  SWAN (1)  TAYLOR (4)  TAVENDALE (4)  THOMSON (7)  THOW (5)  TINDALL (2)  TINDAL (2)  TODD (1)  VALENTINE (8)  VALINTINE (1)  WALKER (2)  WATSON (1)  WEBSTER (7)  WHITE (4)  WILKIE (3)  WILLOX (2)  WILLOCKS (1)  WILSON (2)  WYLLIE (1)  JAPP (1)  YOUNG (1)