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

Guthrie 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
DORWARD143.16031,728.40
OGILVIE122.7088279.72
CAMERON102.257329.04
PATERSON102.257333.17
HORNE92.031693.36
TAYLOR92.03163.18
BLACK92.031631.37
NICOLL92.0316223.33
WILLIAMSON92.031622.66
WHITTON92.0316330.88
MORTON81.805933.78
ANDERSON81.80599.14
CARGILL81.8059457.14
LINDSAY81.805955.40
RAMSAY81.805970.11
WARDEN81.8059252.37
SPENCE71.580147.78
GRAHAM71.580113.76
BALFOUR61.3544194.17
MITCHELL61.35446.68
POTTER61.354420.88
PIRIE61.3544189.27
GEDDES61.3544112.99
CHRISTIE61.354441.78
ROBERTSON61.35448.08
GREIG61.354485.59
MILLIGAN61.3544115.16
DUNCAN61.354419.80
MARTIN61.35445.50
SALMOND61.3544645.16
STIRLING51.128786.81
CLARK51.12873.76
WATSON51.12874.87
LOW51.128753.25
MURRAY51.12879.10
FINDLAY51.128754.47
GRANT40.90299.10
STURROCK40.9029250.00
RENNIE40.902951.68
EDMONDS40.902947.28
PATON40.902940.36
GARDINER40.902931.42
BENNETT40.90295.49
ROBBIE40.9029392.16
GIBSON30.67725.58
GALL30.6772104.90
MANN30.677212.85
LIVINGSTON30.677275.38
FARQUHAR30.677286.96
WHYTE30.677239.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DORWARD0.444431728.3951
CATANACH0.444431111.1111
SALMOND0.44443645.1613
CARGILL0.44443457.1429
ROBBIE0.44443392.1569
WHITTON0.44443330.8824
OGILVIE0.44443279.7203
WARDEN0.44443252.3659
STURROCK0.44443250.0000
NICOLL0.44443223.3251
BALFOUR0.44443194.1748
PIRIE0.44443189.2744
ESPLIN0.44443178.5714
CARRIE0.44443133.3333
MILLIGAN0.44443115.1631
GEDDES0.44443112.9944
GALL0.44443104.8951
FORDYCE0.44443104.1667
HORNE0.4444393.3610
FARQUHAR0.4444386.9565
STIRLING0.4444386.8056
GREIG0.4444385.5920
DOIG0.4444376.6284
LIVINGSTON0.4444375.3769
RAMSAY0.4444370.1139
MCKENZIE0.4444367.5676
KEITH0.4444363.1579
LAIRD0.4444360.3622
LINDSAY0.4444355.4017
FINDLAY0.4444354.4662
PEEBLES0.4444353.7634
LOW0.4444353.2481
RENNIE0.4444351.6796
SPARK0.4444351.2821
EDWARD0.4444348.6618
SPENCE0.4444347.7816
EDMONDS0.4444347.2813
CHRISTIE0.4444341.7827
GOURLAY0.4444340.6504
PATON0.4444340.3633
WHYTE0.4444339.9467
MILL0.4444337.4532
MORTON0.4444333.7838
HADDON0.4444333.6700
PATERSON0.4444333.1675
GARDINER0.4444331.4218
BLACK0.4444331.3698
SWANSON0.4444330.8642
CAMERON0.4444329.0444
WISHART0.4444328.8184

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 443 people called DORWARD in Guthrie 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 1728.3951 in Guthrie means that 1728.3951% of the people in Guthrie on census day were called DORWARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DORWARD 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 DORWARD 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 DORWARD 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 DORWARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Guthrie means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DORWARD in Guthrie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Guthrie in 1881

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

ADAM (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALLARDICE (3)  ANDERSON (8)  BALFOUR (6)  BELL (1)  BENNETT (4)  BENNET (1)  BLACK (9)  DARLING (BLACK) (2)  BLAIR (1)  BRUCE (2)  PEARSON (BRUCE) (2)  BAIRNER (1)  CALDER (1)  CAMERON (10)  CAMPBELL (1)  CANT (9)  CAIRD (1)  CARRIE (1)  CARGILL (8)  CARMICHAEL (1)  CARR (1)  CATANACH (1)  CHRISTIE (6)  CLARK (5)  COTHILL (1)  COUTTS (1)  DEWAR (1)  DICKSON (2)  DOIG (2)  DORWARD (14)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUNCAN (6)  EDMONDS (4)  EDWARD (2)  ESPLIN (1)  FAIRLIE (2)  FARQUHAR (3)  FINDLAY (5)  FLEMING (2)  FORD (2)  FORDYCE (1)  FRASER (1)  GALL (3)  GARDINER (4)  GEDDES (6)  GIBSON (3)  GOURLAY (1)  GRAHAM (7)  GRANT (4)  GUILD (GRANT) (2)  WALL (GRANT) (2)  GREIG (6)  HADDON (1)  HAY (1)  HENDERSON (3)  HORNE (9)  HUNTER (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOLLY (1)  KEITH (3)  KYDD (4)  KIDD (2)  KIRKWOOD (1)  KIDDIE (1)  LAIRD (3)  LAMB (1)  LAW (1)  LINDSAY (8)  LIVINGSTON (3)  LOW (5)  MANN (3)  MARTIN (6)  MC GREGOR (3)  MACKAY (1)  MC KENZIE (7)  MCKENZIE (1)  MC LENNAN (1)  MIFFEN (1)  MILLIGAN (6)  MILL (1)  MILNE (2)  MITCHELL (6)  MOIR (1)  MORTON (8)  MURRAY (5)  NICOLL (9)  NESBAT (1)  OGILVIE (12)  PATERSON (10)  PATTERSON (1)  PATON (4)  PEEBLES (1)  PIRIE (6)  POTTER (6)  RAMSAY (8)  RENNIE (4)  ROBERTSON (6)  ROBBIE (4)  RODGERS (1)  RUXTON (1)  SALMOND (6)  SCOTT (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SMART (1)  SPARK (1)  SPENCE (7)  STEELE (3)  STEWART (3)  STIRLING (5)  STRACHAN (2)  STURROCK (4)  SWAN (1)  SWAINTON (1)  SWANSON (1)  TAYLOR (9)  TODD (1)  WALKER (2)  WALLACE (1)  WARDEN (8)  WATSON (5)  WEST (1)  WHYTE (3)  WHITTON (9)  WILKIE (1)  WILLIAMSON (9)  WILSON (2)  WISHART (1)  WOOD (2)