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

Farnell 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
STEWART223.542722.64
WEIR152.415592.88
MILNE142.254450.71
LAWSON121.932432.78
NORRIE121.9324625.00
DUNCAN111.771325.89
MITCHELL101.61037.94
ANDERSON101.61038.15
SHARP101.610319.32
SEMPLE91.4493304.05
MYLES91.4493309.28
FLETT81.2882297.40
MORRISON81.288216.39
HARRISON81.28825.80
LOW81.288260.79
LAMB81.288224.42
BEATTIE81.288260.20
BURNETT81.288246.57
LAIRD81.2882114.78
HANTON81.2882740.74
SCOTT81.28825.09
BRUCE81.288227.50
ROBERTSON71.12726.73
ADDISON71.127281.40
CARNEGIE71.1272343.14
SMITH71.12720.80
WALKER71.12723.37
FYFFE71.1272578.51
BAILLIE71.1272108.70
DAWSON71.127210.23
CUTHILL60.9662495.87
BELL60.96625.14
FRASER60.966210.85
DAVIDSON60.966211.49
GRANT60.96629.74
ROBERTS60.96622.57
WALLACE60.966214.11
DENHOLM60.9662230.77
GRAHAM60.96628.42
JOHNSTONE60.966221.38
WILSON50.80521.75
JOLLY50.805256.82
HAIG50.8052204.92
ROSS50.80527.37
STRACHAN50.805246.69
EASTON50.805253.08
GIBSON50.80526.63
CAMERON50.805210.36
WEBSTER40.64417.41
CHRISTIE40.644119.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AIRTH0.626211025.6410
HANTON0.62621740.7407
NORRIE0.62621625.0000
FYFFE0.62621578.5124
CUTHILL0.62621495.8678
CARNEGIE0.62621343.1373
MYLES0.62621309.2784
SEMPLE0.62621304.0541
FLETT0.62621297.3978
LATTA0.62621256.4103
DENHOLM0.62621230.7692
POLLY0.62621217.3913
HAIG0.62621204.9180
BERTIE0.62621196.0784
DORWARD0.62621176.9912
LOTHIAN0.62621141.8440
TEBBS0.62621121.9512
BAILIE0.62621116.2791
LAIRD0.62621114.7776
BAILLIE0.62621108.6957
TINDAL0.62621107.5269
WEIR0.6262192.8793
MATTHEW0.6262185.2878
ADDISON0.6262181.3953
GUILD0.6262173.5294
LUKE0.6262166.2252
CRABB0.6262162.1118
LOW0.6262160.7903
BEATTIE0.6262160.1956
JOLLY0.6262156.8182
MATHERS0.6262154.0541
MARTEN0.6262153.1915
EASTON0.6262153.0786
MILNE0.6262150.7063
MCKENZIE0.6262148.0769
MOIR0.6262146.8384
STRACHAN0.6262146.6853
BURNETT0.6262146.5658
KEITH0.6262145.0450
MATHEW0.6262142.9185
DALLAS0.6262142.5532
SELBY0.6262140.4313
BLACKIE0.6262139.2157
COLLISON0.6262139.2157
GARDEN0.6262138.6100
BARRY0.6262135.6189
BERTRAM0.6262133.6700
LAWSON0.6262132.7779
GOLD0.6262128.3286
BRUCE0.6262127.5009

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 621 people called AIRTH in Farnell 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 1025.6410 in Farnell means that 1025.6410% of the people in Farnell on census day were called AIRTH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AIRTH 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 AIRTH 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 AIRTH 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 AIRTH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Farnell means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AIRTH in Farnell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farnell in 1881

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

ADDISON (7)  AIRTH (4)  ALEXANDER (4)  ALLAN (3)  ANDERSON (10)  BAILLIE (7)  BAILIE (1)  BAIN (1)  BARRON (1)  BEADDIE (4)  ROBERTS OR BEADDIE (2)  BEATTIE (8)  MILNE OR BEATTIE (2)  NOBLE OR BEATTIE (2)  BEGBIE (1)  BELL (6)  BARRY (4)  BERTIE (1)  BERTRAM (1)  BLACKHALL (9)  BLACKIE (1)  BOWICK (1)  BOYLE (4)  BROWN (2)  BRUCE (8)  BUCHAN (LAWSON) (2)  BURNETT (8)  BURTON (1)  CAMERON (5)  CARNEGIE (7)  CATHRO (1)  CRISTIE (2)  CHRISTIE (4)  CLARK (1)  CONNER (1)  COLLISON (1)  COUTTS OR LOW (2)  CRABB (4)  CHRICHTON (1)  CROLE (6)  CROSS (1)  CUSHNIE (5)  CUTHILL (6)  DALLAS (1)  DAVIDSON (6)  DAWSON (7)  DENHOLM (6)  DORWARD (2)  DRUMMOND (1)  DUNBAR (1)  DUNCAN (11)  EASTON (5)  EDWARDS (1)  ELDER OR GRUBB (2)  ELLIS (1)  FEARN (1)  FINDLAY (1)  FITCHET (1)  FLETT (8)  FOWLER (1)  FRASER (6)  FYFFE (7)  GARDEN (1)  GEORGE (1)  GIBSON (5)  GORDON (1)  GOLD (1)  GRAHAM (6)  GRANT (6)  GREEN (1)  GREGORY (1)  GUILD (1)  GUTHRIE (2)  HAMPTON (1)  HANTON (8)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (8)  HAIG (5)  HENDERSON (4)  HILL (3)  HOOD (1)  HOWE (1)  HUNTER (1)  HUTCHISON (2)  JACK (1)  JEFFREY (1)  JOHNSTONE (6)  JOLLY (5)  KEITH (3)  KYDD (3)  NORRIE (KYDD) (4)  KIDD (1)  KING (2)  KIRKLAND (1)  LAIRD (8)  LAMB (8)  LATTA (2)  LAWSON (12)  LESLIE (1)  LEWINS (8)  LINDSAY (1)  LOTHIAN (2)  LOW (8)  LUKE (4)  MARNIE (1)  MARTEN (1)  MATHERS (2)  MATTHEW (4)  MATHEW (1)  MC DONALD (4)  MC INTYRE (1)  MACKIE (1)  MAC KENZIE (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MCKENZIE (1)  MC LEISH (1)  MAILER (1)  MIDDLETON (3)  MYLES (9)  MILLER (2)  MILLAR (1)  MILNE (14)  MITCHELL (10)  MOIR (4)  MOORE (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRISON (8)  MAIR (1)  NICOL (1)  NICOLL (1)  NORRIE (12)  OLIVER (4)  PARKER (1)  PATERSON (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSON (1)  POLLY (1)  PORTER (1)  PRATT (1)  PRESHAW (1)  PURVIS (1)  REID (3)  RITCHIE (4)  ROBERTS (6)  ROBERTSON (7)  ROSS (5)  RUSSELL (1)  SCOTT (8)  SELBY (3)  SEMPLE (9)  SHARP (10)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHERIFFS (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SEIVWRIGHT (2)  SMITH (7)  STEEL (1)  STEWART (22)  STUART (1)  STRACHAN (5)  STRACHEN (2)  SUTHERLAND (1)  TEBBS (1)  TAVENDALE (6)  THOMPSON (1)  THOMSON (2)  TIETKENS (1)  TINDAL (1)  VALENTINE (1)  WALKER (7)  WALLACE (6)  WEIR (15)  WEBSTER (4)  MC WILLIAM (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILLOCKS (1)  WILSON (5)