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

Fearn 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
SMITH196.01274.26
TOSH134.11391,830.99
ANDERSON123.797519.23
MITCHELL123.797518.72
THOMSON92.848121.32
SCOTT82.531610.01
WINTER82.531671.36
GOURLAY72.2152400.00
STORMONT72.21522,916.67
WISHART72.2152282.26
KENNEDY61.898731.50
CROLL61.89871,016.95
BIRNIE61.8987444.44
MACFARLANE61.8987331.49
EDWARDS51.58235.68
KEIR51.5823316.46
BROWN51.58232.40
MARTIN41.26585.14
PATERSON41.265818.60
KIDD41.265862.21
WALKER41.26583.78
FENWICK30.949472.46
YOUNG30.94944.42
MASSIE30.9494294.12
LINDSAY20.632919.42
MORRISON20.63298.05
CHAPLIN20.632944.15
MILNE20.632914.23
BUCHAN20.632949.02
JEFFREY20.632934.25
BOWMAN20.632924.24
PETER20.6329180.18
SINCLAIR20.632912.27
FALCONER20.632953.05
DUNCAN20.63299.25
REID20.63296.03
FERGUSSON20.6329125.00
MYLES20.6329135.14
BAILLIE10.316530.49
STUART10.316513.26
COOK10.31651.59
ALEXANDER10.31655.98
SHAW10.31651.72
EDWARD10.316534.13
WHITE10.31650.98
ROBERTSON10.31651.89
DONALD10.316515.72
MASTERTON10.316598.04
HENDERSON10.31652.91
MACGREGOR10.316575.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STORMONT0.323162916.6667
TOSH0.323161830.9859
CROLL0.323161016.9492
BIRNIE0.32316444.4444
GOURLAY0.32316400.0000
MACFARLANE0.32316331.4917
KEIR0.32316316.4557
MASSIE0.32316294.1176
WISHART0.32316282.2581
PETER0.32316180.1802
CATTO0.32316166.6667
MYLES0.32316135.1351
FERGUSSON0.32316125.0000
MASTERTON0.3231698.0392
LAMOND0.3231692.5926
COLLIE0.3231688.4956
MATHEW0.3231684.0336
SIME0.3231678.7402
MACGREGOR0.3231675.7576
FENWICK0.3231672.4638
WINTER0.3231671.3649
KIDD0.3231662.2084
FALCONER0.3231653.0504
MILL0.3231652.3560
BUCHAN0.3231649.0196
CHAPLIN0.3231644.1501
DEAR0.3231642.7350
STODDART0.3231637.8788
NICOLL0.3231634.8432
JEFFREY0.3231634.2466
EDWARD0.3231634.1297
GLEN0.3231631.9489
KENNEDY0.3231631.4961
BAILLIE0.3231630.4878
KEITH0.3231629.4985
DUNBAR0.3231627.5482
HOUSTON0.3231624.8756
BOWMAN0.3231624.2424
RODGER0.3231622.5225
THOMSON0.3231621.3169
LINDSAY0.3231619.4175
ANDERSON0.3231619.2277
MITCHELL0.3231618.7207
PATERSON0.3231618.6047
DONALD0.3231615.7233
IRVINE0.3231614.3678
MILNE0.3231614.2349
RAE0.3231613.8889
STUART0.3231613.2626
SINCLAIR0.3231612.2699

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 316 people called STORMONT in Fearn 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 2916.6667 in Fearn means that 2916.6667% of the people in Fearn on census day were called STORMONT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STORMONT 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 STORMONT 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 STORMONT 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 STORMONT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Fearn means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STORMONT in Fearn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fearn in 1881

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

ABERCROMBY (4)  ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERSON (12)  ANDREW (1)  BAILLIE (1)  BALNAVES (3)  BINNAY (1)  BOWMAN (2)  BROWN (5)  BRUCE (1)  BUCHAN (2)  BIRNIE (6)  CAMPBELL (1)  KAIRD (1)  CATTO (1)  CHAPLIN (2)  CHRISTIE (1)  COLLIE (1)  COOK (1)  CRAIG (1)  CROLL (6)  DINNIE (1)  DICKSON (1)  DUNBAR (1)  DUNCAN (2)  DEAR (1)  EDWARDS (5)  EDWARD (1)  FALCONER (2)  FENWICK (3)  FERGUSSON (2)  FORDALL (1)  MC GIBBON (1)  GLEN (1)  GOURLAY (7)  GRAHAM (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HOUSTON (1)  IRVINE (1)  JEFFREY (2)  KEIR (5)  KEITH (1)  KENNEDY (6)  KIDD (4)  KYDD (1)  LACHIE (6)  LAKIE (1)  LAMOND (1)  LINDSAY (2)  LONGMUIR (3)  MARTIN (4)  MASSIE (3)  MASTERTON (1)  MATHEW (1)  DONALD (1)  MC FARLANE (8)  MACFARLANE (6)  MACGREGOR (1)  MC HARDY (7)  MC HENYLE (10)  MC INTOSH (1)  MC INTYRE (4)  MC LEAN (3)  MC OMIE (4)  MYLES (2)  MILL (1)  MILNE (2)  MITCHELL (12)  MORGAN (1)  MORRISON (2)  MORRONSON (1)  MUG (1)  NICOLL (1)  MC NICOLL (2)  OGILVY (6)  PATERSON (4)  PATTERSON (1)  PETER (2)  RAE (1)  REID (2)  ROBERTSON (1)  RODGER (1)  SKAIR (1)  SCOTT (8)  SCRIMGEOUR (6)  SHAW (1)  SIME (1)  SINCLAIR (2)  SMITH (19)  STUART (1)  STODDART (1)  STORMONT (7)  STOVELLS (1)  THOMSON (9)  TOSH (13)  TOUGH (6)  WALKER (4)  WATT (1)  WHITE (1)  WINTER (8)  WISHART (7)  YOUNG (3)