Top surnames from the 1881 census in Strachan, Kincardineshire

Strachan 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
SMITH284.03462.86
DUNCAN243.458250.55
MIDDLETON192.737852.15
STEWART182.593716.58
SIM172.4496217.95
ROSS162.305521.09
FORBES152.161464.52
MILNE142.017345.37
CRAVEN142.0173104.48
ADAM142.0173117.45
BURNETT131.873267.71
HUNTER131.873218.24
LAING131.873293.26
COUTTS131.8732185.71
WILSON131.87324.08
HENDERSON121.729115.91
SHEPHERD111.585021.63
HARPER111.585024.76
REID111.585015.09
CARGILL111.5850400.00
TAYLOR101.44092.25
WALKER101.44094.30
HAY91.296835.36
FINDLAY91.296862.59
DAVIDSON91.296815.42
GRANT91.296813.07
CLARK91.29684.31
MAY71.008615.84
FRASER71.008611.33
LEYS71.00861,111.11
ABERNETHY60.8646375.00
BRAND60.864658.54
GILCHRIST60.864659.00
MALCOLM60.864665.72
RUSSELL60.86467.08
HENDRY60.864654.60
SMART60.864618.99
CAMERON50.72059.27
BUCHAN50.720555.74
MARR50.720563.13
SHAW50.72053.92
BROWN50.72051.09
ALEXANDER40.576410.89
FINDLEY40.5764218.58
TROUP40.5764248.45
BELL40.57643.07
MORRISON40.57647.33
TOWNS40.5764180.18
PIRIE40.576480.48
RAYER40.57642,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAYER0.696942000.0000
LEYS0.696941111.1111
CARGILL0.69694400.0000
DURWARD0.69694394.7368
STORMONT0.69694377.3585
ABERNETHY0.69694375.0000
CARNIE0.69694252.1008
HOTTON0.69694250.0000
TROUP0.69694248.4472
GLENNY0.69694227.2727
ANNAND0.69694224.7191
FINDLEY0.69694218.5792
SIM0.69694217.9487
COUTTS0.69694185.7143
TOWNS0.69694180.1802
MALCOM0.69694178.5714
ROBBIE0.69694125.0000
ADAM0.69694117.4497
CRAVEN0.69694104.4776
LEY0.6969499.0099
MASSON0.6969493.8967
LAING0.6969493.2568
RUST0.6969481.9672
PIRIE0.6969480.4829
FARQUHARSON0.6969476.5306
BURNETT0.6969467.7083
MALCOLM0.6969465.7174
FORBES0.6969464.5161
MARR0.6969463.1313
FINDLAY0.6969462.5869
GILCHRIST0.6969458.9971
BRAND0.6969458.5366
BUCHAN0.6969455.7414
HENDRY0.6969454.5951
MATHISON0.6969453.1915
MIDDLETON0.6969452.1548
DUNCAN0.6969450.5476
MILNE0.6969445.3662
OGG0.6969445.0450
FERRIS0.6969443.7318
GREER0.6969442.9185
FARQUHAR0.6969437.0370
HAY0.6969435.3635
EWEN0.6969433.8983
SPARK0.6969432.7869
EDWARD0.6969431.0559
MICHIE0.6969429.4118
DUTHIE0.6969426.8817
COPLAND0.6969425.7069
CRUICKSHANK0.6969425.6739

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 694 people called RAYER in Strachan 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 2000.0000 in Strachan means that 2000.0000% of the people in Strachan on census day were called RAYER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAYER 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 RAYER 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 RAYER 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 RAYER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.69 in Strachan means that you are 0.69 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAYER in Strachan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Strachan in 1881

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

ABERNETHY (6)  ADAM (14)  ALEXANDER (4)  ALLAN (1)  ANNAND (2)  MC CARTNEY (4)  MC ARTNEY (1)  AITKEN (1)  BAIN (2)  BARRON (1)  BELL (4)  BIRSE (4)  BIRSS (6)  BLACKLAWS (7)  BOWIE (1)  BOYLE (1)  BRAND (6)  BREMBER (1)  BROWN (5)  BUCHAN (5)  BURNETT (13)  CARNIE (3)  CALDER (1)  CAMERON (5)  CARGILL (11)  CHRISTIE (2)  CLARK (9)  COUPAR (1)  COPLAND (1)  CORMACK (1)  COUTTS (13)  CRAVEN (14)  CRUICKSHANK (2)  DAVIDSON (9)  DURWARD (3)  DRUMMIE (1)  DUNCAN (24)  DUNN (2)  DUTHIE (1)  EDWARD (2)  EWEN (1)  FARQUHAR (2)  FARQUHARSON (3)  FEARNSIDE (7)  FERGUSON (3)  FERRIS (3)  FINDLEY (4)  FINDLAY (9)  FINDLA (1)  FORBES (15)  FRASER (7)  FULTON (1)  GEORGE (1)  GILCHRIST (6)  GILLANDERS (1)  GLENNY (1)  GOODALL (1)  GORDON (3)  GRANT (9)  GREIG (2)  GREER (1)  HALL (3)  HARPER (11)  HAY (9)  HENDERSON (12)  HENDRY (6)  HENRY (1)  OGG (1)  HOTTON (1)  HUNTER (13)  HUTCHION (1)  INGRAM (1)  JAFFRA (1)  JAMIESON (3)  KENN (1)  KIRKLAND (1)  LAING (13)  LAWSON (1)  LEY (3)  LEYS (7)  LEIGHTON (1)  LIGHTON (2)  LOW (2)  MALCOLM (6)  MALCOM (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MASSON (4)  MASSIRE (9)  MATHISON (1)  MAY (7)  MC CARTENIE (1)  MC CONNACHIE (1)  DONALD (2)  MC DONALD (1)  MC GRIGOR (1)  MACKAY (1)  MC LEAN (9)  MC LENNAN (8)  MC PETRIE (1)  MC PHERSON (4)  MICHIE (1)  MIDDLETON (19)  MILNE (14)  MITCHELL (3)  MORRISON (4)  MOWAT (1)  MARR (5)  PATERSON (2)  PIRIE (4)  PHILIP (1)  RAE (1)  RAWER (3)  RAYER (4)  REID (11)  RIDDLE (1)  RITCHIE (1)  MC ROBB (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBBIE (2)  ROSS (16)  ROAS (1)  RUSSELL (6)  RUST (3)  SHAW (5)  SHEPHERD (11)  SHERRIFFS (1)  SHIRRIFFS (1)  SHERRIT (5)  SIDON (1)  SILVER (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SIM (17)  SEIVWRIGHT (1)  SMART (6)  SMITH (28)  SPARK (1)  SPENCE (1)  STEPHEN (1)  STEWART (18)  STUART (1)  STORMONT (2)  STRACHAN (1)  SUTHERLAND (3)  TAVANDALE (1)  TAYLOR (10)  TEVENDALE (3)  THOM (1)  THOW (1)  TOUGH (1)  TOWNS (4)  TROUP (4)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (10)  WATSON (1)  WATT (1)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (13)  YOUNG (3)