Top surnames from the 1881 census in Blair Athole, Perthshire

Blair Athole 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
STEWART26415.111696.58
ROBERTSON1609.158654.66
CAMPBELL704.006923.68
CAMERON533.033839.03
DOW452.5758213.78
FRASER352.003422.51
GOW331.8890239.13
MENZIES321.8317140.91
FORBES261.488344.41
SCOTT221.25934.98
ROSE221.259316.98
RITCHIE201.144833.13
HENDERSON181.03039.48
KEIR160.9159183.28
DOUGLAS150.858617.72
DUFF150.858648.25
REID140.80147.63
ANDERSON130.74413.77
GORDON120.686910.90
CUMMING120.686936.00
THOMSON120.68695.14
LAMOND110.6297184.25
BAIN100.572423.07
PANTON100.5724169.78
MURRAY90.51524.15
DUTHIE90.515296.05
GRAY80.45793.21
FERGUSON80.45796.46
MORRIS80.45792.06
GRIEVE80.457939.53
BUCHAN80.457935.43
SEATON80.457954.13
WHITTET70.4007404.62
GUILD70.4007183.25
KENNEDY70.40076.65
FARQUHARSON70.400770.85
MACNAUGHTON60.3434800.00
SMALL60.343413.54
MACGREGOR60.343482.19
HAY60.34349.36
FERGUSSON50.286256.56
GRANT50.28622.88
LAURIE50.286233.31
IRVINE50.286212.99
COOPER50.28621.18
TURNBULL50.28626.79
JOHNSTON40.22902.84
MACDONALD40.22905.77
CALDER40.229016.37
WALKER40.22900.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACNAUGHTON1.751,747800.0000
WHITTET1.751,747404.6243
GOW1.751,747239.1304
DOW1.751,747213.7767
LAMOND1.751,747184.2546
KEIR1.751,747183.2761
GUILD1.751,747183.2461
PANTON1.751,747169.7793
MENZIES1.751,747140.9071
STEWART1.751,74796.5830
DUTHIE1.751,74796.0512
MUNROE1.751,74784.5666
MACGREGOR1.751,74782.1918
FARQUHARSON1.751,74770.8502
FERGUSSON1.751,74756.5611
ROBERTSON1.751,74754.6560
BRYDON1.751,74754.5455
SEATON1.751,74754.1272
DUFF1.751,74748.2470
FORBES1.751,74744.4141
GRIEVE1.751,74739.5257
CAMERON1.751,74739.0309
CUMMING1.751,74736.0036
BUCHAN1.751,74735.4296
RALSTON1.751,74734.0136
LAURIE1.751,74733.3111
RITCHIE1.751,74733.1345
MACFARLANE1.751,74730.0300
CAMPBELL1.751,74723.6766
RATTRAY1.751,74723.4192
BAIN1.751,74723.0681
FRASER1.751,74722.5051
LAMONT1.751,74719.3175
DOUGLAS1.751,74717.7242
ROSE1.751,74716.9805
CALDER1.751,74716.3733
BALLANTYNE1.751,74715.0943
BROUGH1.751,74714.0449
SMALL1.751,74713.5379
IRVINE1.751,74712.9904
NICOLL1.751,74712.6024
CHISHOLM1.751,74711.8250
GORDON1.751,74710.8982
HENDERSON1.751,7479.4792
HAY1.751,7479.3648
BRODIE1.751,7478.5288
MOON1.751,7478.1411
BEATTIE1.751,7478.0235
REID1.751,7477.6294
STUART1.751,7477.1960

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,747 people called MACNAUGHTON in Blair Athole 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 800.0000 in Blair Athole means that 800.0000% of the people in Blair Athole on census day were called MACNAUGHTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACNAUGHTON 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 MACNAUGHTON 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 MACNAUGHTON 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 MACNAUGHTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.75 in Blair Athole means that you are 1.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACNAUGHTON in Blair Athole than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Blair Athole in 1881

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

ADAM (1)  ALLAN (2)  ANDERSON (13)  MC ARTHUR (2)  AUDUS (1)  BAIN (10)  BALLANTYNE (2)  MC BEAN (3)  BEATON (1)  BEATTIE (3)  BEGBIE (5)  RITCHIE ((BELL)) (2)  BORRIE (1)  BRODIE (2)  BROUGH (3)  BROWN (1)  BRUCE (1)  BRYDONE (5)  BRYDON (3)  BUCHAN (8)  CALDER (4)  CAMERON (53)  CAMPBELL (70)  CAMPBLE (1)  CARR (1)  CATTO (1)  CATHRO (3)  CHALMERS (2)  CHISHOLM (3)  CLARK (3)  CLARKE (1)  COOPER (5)  CULPIN (1)  CUMMING (12)  DARGAVEL (9)  DAVIDSON (2)  DENHOLM (1)  DICKIE (1)  DOUGLAS (15)  DOW (45)  DUFF (15)  MC DUFF (7)  DULY (1)  DUNCAN (3)  DUTHIE (9)  EDISON (1)  FARQUHARSON (7)  FERGUSSON (5)  FERGUSON (8)  FORBES (26)  FRASER (35)  GORDON (12)  JARDINE (1)  GOW (33)  GRANT (5)  GRAY (8)  GRIEVE (8)  GUILD (7)  GUTHRIE (1)  HALDANE (1)  HARDIE (1)  HAY (6)  HENDERSON (18)  HOFRICHTER (3)  HUTCHISON (1)  IMRIG (1)  IRVINE (5)  JOHNSTON (4)  JUNOR (1)  KEAY (1)  MC KAY (1)  KEIR (16)  KENNEDY (7)  KERR (1)  KING (4)  LAMB (1)  LAMNISE (7)  LAMOND (11)  LAMONT (3)  LAMOND (MUNROE) (2)  LAURIE (5)  MC KENZIE ((LAWSON)) (2)  LINDSAY (1)  LIVINGSTONE (1)  LUGTON (1)  MALLOCH (1)  MARNIE (8)  MARTIN (1)  MASSIE (1)  MATHIESON (1)  MC ARA (8)  MC BEATH (21)  MC CALLUM (1)  MC CASKEL (1)  MC DAIRMID (1)  MC DONALD (91)  MACDONALD (4)  MC DOUGALL (5)  MACFARLANE (3)  MC FARLANE (26)  MC GILLIVRAY (7)  MACGLASHAN (2)  MC GLASHAN (11)  MC GREGOR (28)  MACGREGOR (6)  MC INNES (1)  MC INROY (2)  MC INTOSH (38)  MACKINTOSH (1)  MC INTYRE (10)  MC KENZIE (34)  MC KILLOP (1)  MC KINNON (1)  MC LACHLAN (41)  MC LAGAN (1)  MC LAREN (15)  MACLAREN (1)  MC LAUCHLAN (7)  MC LAUGHLAN (3)  MC LEAN (17)  MACLEAN (1)  MC LEISH (5)  MC LELLAN (1)  MC LENNAN (3)  MC LEOD (1)  MC MARTIN (1)  MC MASTER (1)  MC MILLAN (2)  MC NAB (9)  MACNAUGHTON (6)  MC NAUGHTON (7)  MC PHAIL (1)  MC PHERSON (20)  MC RAE (1)  MENZIES (32)  MILLER (2)  MILL (1)  MILNE (2)  MOON (3)  MUIR (1)  MORRIS (8)  MORRISON (3)  MUNDY (1)  MUNROE (4)  MUNRO (3)  MURDOCH (1)  MURRAY (9)  NICELSON (2)  NICOLL (2)  NICOLSON (1)  OGILVY (1)  PANTON (10)  PATERSON (2)  PATTERSON (1)  PATON (1)  PEATTIE (2)  PETTIE (PEATTIE) (2)  PITCAITHLY (1)  PRATT (1)  RALSTON (2)  RANKIN (1)  RATTRAY (2)  REID (14)  REILLY (1)  RITCHIE (20)  ROBERTSON (160)  STEWART ((ROBERTSON)) (2)  RODGERS (1)  ROSE (22)  ROSS (1)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SCOTT (22)  SEATON (8)  SHAW (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SINCLAIR (3)  SMALL (6)  SMART (1)  SMITH (2)  SOUTAR (1)  STEWART (264)  STUART (3)  SUTHERLAND (2)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMSON (12)  THOMPSON (1)  TULLY (1)  TURNBULL (5)  TWEEDIE (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WALKER (4)  WARK (1)  WHANNEL (5)  WHITTET (7)  WILKIE (1)  MC WILLIAM (7)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (3)  YOUNG (1)