Top surnames from the 1881 census in Durris, Kincardineshire

Durris is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Kincardineshire

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
SMITH373.63462.57
DUNCAN363.536351.69
ROSS272.652324.27
FRASER201.964622.07
MILNE181.768239.77
ROBERTSON181.768210.55
REID181.768216.83
GRANT181.768217.82
SHEPHERD181.768224.13
MATHIESON171.6699158.58
DAVIDSON171.669919.86
MANN171.669931.70
WATSON151.47356.35
FARQUHARSON141.3752243.48
LOW141.375264.91
MIDDLETON141.375226.20
GRAY141.37529.63
CHRISTIE131.277039.38
REITH131.2770726.26
MARSHALL111.08066.44
KENNEDY111.080617.92
CLARK111.08063.60
MOIR111.080678.57
RAE100.982343.12
GORDON100.982315.59
GREY100.982345.31
AITKEN100.982337.44
MACKIE90.884141.34
STUART80.785932.94
FARQUHAR80.7859101.01
WEBSTER80.78599.04
GREIG80.785949.66
THOMSON80.78595.88
ALVES70.68761,296.30
OGILVIE70.687671.07
KING70.68763.16
CADENHEAD70.68761,400.00
ALEXANDER70.687612.99
STEWART70.68764.39
FOWLER70.687612.04
DUFF70.687638.65
COUTTS70.687668.16
TOSH70.6876307.02
MUTCH60.5894132.16
THOM60.589465.93
GAULD60.5894223.88
BEGG60.589496.93
MARR60.589451.68
CAMPBELL60.58943.48
COLVIN60.5894169.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CADENHEAD1.021,0181400.0000
ALVES1.021,0181296.2963
CRAIGMYLE1.021,018833.3333
REITH1.021,018726.2570
TOSH1.021,018307.0175
SMILLIE1.021,018297.0297
GREGOR1.021,018294.1176
FARQUHARSON1.021,018243.4783
CARNIE1.021,018228.5714
GAULD1.021,018223.8806
SALMOND1.021,018186.9159
COLVIN1.021,018169.9717
MATHIESON1.021,018158.5821
CHEYNE1.021,018147.4926
MOLLISON1.021,018132.1586
MUTCH1.021,018132.1586
EWEN1.021,018115.4734
LITTLEJOHN1.021,018101.8330
FARQUHAR1.021,018101.0101
BEGG1.021,01896.9305
MASSIE1.021,01891.7431
MOIR1.021,01878.5714
DUTHIE1.021,01873.2601
MERCHANT1.021,01872.9927
OGILVIE1.021,01871.0660
COUTTS1.021,01868.1597
THOM1.021,01865.9341
LOW1.021,01864.9050
CORMACK1.021,01851.9481
DUNCAN1.021,01851.6944
MARR1.021,01851.6796
GREIG1.021,01849.6586
GREY1.021,01845.3104
RAE1.021,01843.1220
MACKIE1.021,01841.3413
MILNE1.021,01839.7702
CHRISTIE1.021,01839.3820
DUFF1.021,01838.6527
AITKEN1.021,01837.4392
MALCOLM1.021,01837.3413
LEIGHTON1.021,01836.5297
CALDER1.021,01835.1124
STUART1.021,01832.9354
DOW1.021,01832.6264
MANN1.021,01831.6987
HENDRY1.021,01830.9981
MIDDLETON1.021,01826.1976
ROSS1.021,01824.2697
SHEPHERD1.021,01824.1319
LESLIE1.021,01823.7389

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,018 people called CADENHEAD in Durris 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 1400.0000 in Durris means that 1400.0000% of the people in Durris on census day were called CADENHEAD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CADENHEAD 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 CADENHEAD 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 CADENHEAD 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 CADENHEAD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.02 in Durris means that you are 1.02 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CADENHEAD in Durris than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Durris in 1881

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

ABERDEIN (11)  ADAMS (3)  ALEXANDER (7)  ALVES (7)  ANDERSON (3)  ANDREW (1)  ANGUS (3)  AITKEN (10)  BALNAVES (7)  BARNETT (2)  BARRON (2)  BEATON (1)  BEGG (6)  BELL (1)  BENZIE (1)  BERRY (1)  BISSET (1)  BLACKHALL (1)  BREBNER (28)  BROWN (2)  BRUCE (1)  BURNETT (2)  BIRNIE (1)  CADENHEAD (7)  CARNIE (4)  CALDER (5)  CAMPBELL (6)  CURR (1)  CHALMERS (4)  CHEYNE (5)  CHRISTIE (13)  CLARK (11)  COLLIE (1)  COLLIN (1)  COLVIN (6)  COOPER (1)  CORMACK (4)  COUTTS (7)  COWIE (1)  CRAIG (2)  CRAIGMYLE (2)  CROCKART (1)  CUMMING (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DAVIDSON (17)  DAVIE (1)  DUIRS (2)  DONALDSON (1)  DON (1)  LEY OR DON (2)  DOUGLAS (3)  DOW (4)  DRUMMOND (1)  DUFF (7)  DUGUID (1)  DUNCAN (36)  DURIWARD (1)  DUTHIE (4)  ESSON (1)  EDDIE (1)  EDWARD (1)  ELRICK (1)  EMSLIE (1)  ENGLAND (1)  ESSLEMONT (1)  ETTLE (1)  EWEN (5)  FARQUHAR (8)  FARQUHARSON (14)  FALCONER (2)  FERGUSON (1)  FIDDES (8)  FINDALY (1)  FINDLAY (4)  FLET (1)  FORBES (3)  FORREST (3)  FOWLER (7)  FRASER (20)  FYFE (1)  GAULD (6)  GERRIE (1)  GIBB (1)  GILLANDERS (1)  GLASS (2)  GORDON OR WEBSTER (2)  GORDON (10)  GRANT (18)  GRAY (14)  GREY (10)  GREIG (8)  GUILD (1)  HARPER (6)  HARRIS (1)  HEDDLE (5)  HENDRY (5)  HOGG (3)  OGG (1)  HUNTER (2)  HUTCHEON (7)  HUTTON (1)  IRONSIDE (2)  JOHNSTON (4)  JOHNSTONE (1)  KEMP (6)  KENNEDY (11)  KING (7)  LAW (2)  LAWRENCE (3)  LEYS (1)  LEIGHTON (4)  LEMOND (1)  LESELEY (1)  LESLIE (4)  LITTLEJOHN (5)  LOW (14)  MACHARDIE (1)  MACHELLAN (4)  MAITLAND (1)  MALCOLM (5)  MANN (17)  MERCHANT (5)  MARSHALL (11)  MASSIE (3)  MATHIESON (17)  MATHEW (1)  MC ARA (11)  MC BETH (9)  MC CONNICH (3)  MC COOK (3)  DONALD (4)  MC DONALD (2)  MC GREGOR (2)  GREGOR (5)  MC HARDY (9)  MACKIE (9)  MC KENZIE (10)  WATT OR MC KENZIE (2)  MC LENNEN (1)  MC LEOD (1)  MC PHERSON (1)  MACRAY (1)  MESTON (6)  MIDDLETON (14)  MILNE (18)  MILTON (1)  MITCHELL (3)  MOLLISON (3)  MOIR (11)  MORRISON (4)  MUNDY (1)  MURRAY (1)  MUTCH (6)  MARR (6)  NAPIER (1)  OGILVIE (7)  ORD (1)  PATERSON (3)  PERRY (3)  PRITCHARD (1)  RAE (10)  RAWES (1)  REID (18)  REITH (13)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIDDLER (8)  REICH (1)  ROBB (1)  ROBERTSON (18)  ROSS (27)  ROSE (1)  ROTHNIE (1)  RIDDOCH (4)  SALMOND (4)  SANDSON (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHAND (1)  SHEPHERD (18)  SIMPSON (4)  SLICER (1)  SMILLIE (6)  SMITH (37)  SMITH OR WATSON (2)  SOUTER (1)  STEPHEN (3)  STEWART (7)  STUART (8)  TAYLOR (2)  THOM (6)  THOMSON (8)  TOSH (7)  TOUGH (1)  TAWSE (1)  URQUHART (1)  WALKER (4)  WATSON (15)  WATT (2)  WELSH (1)  WEBSTER (8)  WIGHT (1)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILL (1)  WRIGHT (4)  YOUNG (4)