Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aberfoyle, Perthshire

Aberfoyle is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Perthshire

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
CAMPBELL285.957435.20
KEIR265.53191,106.38
STEWART194.042625.84
BUCHANAN142.9787115.23
ROBERTSON132.766016.51
FERGUSON102.127730.01
BLAIR102.127782.10
SINCLAIR102.127741.25
CLELAND91.9149725.81
MENZIES91.9149147.30
COVENTRY71.4894376.34
THOMSON61.27669.55
CRAM61.2766652.17
GRANT61.276612.86
GRAHAM40.85117.41
ADAM40.851149.57
INNES40.851154.95
TODD40.851116.72
CAMERON30.63838.21
MACKINTOSH30.638395.24
STRICKLAND30.638380.00
FORBES30.638319.05
BROWN30.63830.97
HOGG30.638317.67
TAYLOR20.42550.67
LAMBERT20.42557.80
STEVENSON20.42556.06
WILSON20.42550.93
DILLWORTH20.42554,000.00
LOGAN20.425517.94
FORGIE20.4255370.37
MORRISON20.42555.41
STEUART20.4255740.74
MACFARLANE20.425574.35
JOHNSON20.42551.27
LOWE10.21282.84
ARMSTRONG10.21282.78
ROSS10.21281.95
STRANG10.212847.39
FORSYTH10.21289.97
NAPIER10.212826.46
MILLER10.21281.19
HENERSON10.21282,500.00
SMITH10.21280.15
BARR10.21288.80
GRAY10.21281.49
SELLARS10.212834.36
ANDERSON10.21281.08
STUART10.21288.91
GLEN10.212821.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DILLWORTH0.474704000.0000
HENERSON0.474702500.0000
KEIR0.474701106.3830
STEUART0.47470740.7407
CLELAND0.47470725.8065
FRAISER0.47470666.6667
CRAM0.47470652.1739
COVENTRY0.47470376.3441
FORGIE0.47470370.3704
THOBURN0.47470322.5806
BENNY0.47470178.5714
CROCKET0.47470163.9344
MENZIES0.47470147.2995
BUCHANAN0.47470115.2263
MACKINTOSH0.4747095.2381
HAGGART0.4747087.7193
BLAIR0.4747082.1018
STRICKLAND0.4747080.0000
MACFARLANE0.4747074.3494
STARKIE0.4747066.6667
MASTERTON0.4747066.2252
INNES0.4747054.9451
ADAM0.4747049.5663
STRANG0.4747047.3934
SINCLAIR0.4747041.2541
CAMPBELL0.4747035.2024
SELLARS0.4747034.3643
FERGUSON0.4747030.0120
BISSET0.4747027.1739
NAPIER0.4747026.4550
STEWART0.4747025.8363
LIVINGSTON0.4747023.6967
GLEN0.4747021.5054
FORBES0.4747019.0476
LOGAN0.4747017.9372
HOGG0.4747017.6678
TODD0.4747016.7224
ROBERTSON0.4747016.5058
CUMMINGS0.4747013.8122
DUNLOP0.4747013.2100
GRANT0.4747012.8645
STRACHAN0.4747012.3457
DUFF0.4747011.9617
FORSYTH0.474709.9701
THOMSON0.474709.5541
STUART0.474708.9127
BARR0.474708.7951
BAIN0.474708.5763
CAMERON0.474708.2124
LAMBERT0.474707.7973

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 470 people called DILLWORTH in Aberfoyle 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 4000.0000 in Aberfoyle means that 4000.0000% of the people in Aberfoyle on census day were called DILLWORTH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DILLWORTH 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 DILLWORTH 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 DILLWORTH 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 DILLWORTH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Aberfoyle means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DILLWORTH in Aberfoyle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aberfoyle in 1881

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

MC DONALD (ADAM) (2)  CAMPBELL (ADAM) (2)  ADAM (4)  ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  MC ARTHUR (7)  BAIN (1)  BARR (1)  BENNY (1)  BISSET (1)  BLAIR (10)  BRYDSON (1)  BROWN (3)  BROWN OR TODD (2)  BUCHANAN (14)  MC CALL (5)  CAMERON (3)  CAMPBELL (28)  CHRISTIE (1)  COUBROUGH (1)  COWBROUGH (1)  COVENTRY (7)  CRAM (6)  CROCKET (1)  CUMMINGS (1)  DILLWORTH (2)  DUFF (1)  DUNLOP (1)  FARBRIDGE (1)  FERGUSON (10)  FORBES (3)  FORGIE (2)  FORSYTH (1)  FRAISER (1)  MC GASKELL (1)  GLEN (1)  MC FARLANE (MC GOWAN) (2)  MC GOWAN (2)  GRAHAM (4)  GRANT (6)  GRAY (1)  HAGGART (1)  HALL (1)  HENERSON (1)  HOGG (3)  HUNTER (1)  INNES (4)  MC ISAAC (1)  JOHNSON (2)  MC KAY (10)  MC KEICH (16)  KEIR (26)  LAMBERT (2)  LIVINGSTON (1)  LOGAN (2)  LOWE (1)  MASTERTON (1)  MC ALPINE (4)  MC BETH (4)  MC CALLUM (3)  MC DERMOTT (1)  MC DIARMID (1)  MC DONALD (10)  MC DOUGALL (2)  MC DOUGAL (1)  MC FARLANE (13)  MACFARLANE (2)  MC GREGOR (9)  MC INNES (1)  MACKINTOSH (3)  MC INTYRE (12)  MC KELLAR (6)  MC KERRACHAR (4)  MC LAGGAN (1)  MC LAREN (40)  MC LAUCHLAN (1)  MC LEAN (2)  CLELAND (9)  MC LEOD (1)  MC MASTER (1)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC MORRAN (2)  MC NAB (9)  MC NEE (2)  MC PHAIL (3)  MC QUARRY (1)  MC VEAN (1)  MENZIES (9)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MORRISON (2)  NAPIER (1)  RICE (1)  ROBERTSON (13)  ROSS (1)  SCOTT (1)  SELLARS (1)  SHEU OR SHELL (2)  SIMMONS (1)  SYME (7)  SINCLAIR (10)  SMITH (1)  STARKIE (1)  STEVENSON (2)  STEWART (19)  STUART (1)  STEUART (2)  STRACHAN (1)  STRICKLAND (3)  STRANG (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TELFERT (1)  THOBURN (1)  THOMSON (6)  TODD (4)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (2)  WORDIE (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (1)