Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunkeld Dowally, Perthshire

Dunkeld Dowally 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
CAMPBELL266.032535.65
CAMERON255.800574.63
DOUGLAS235.3364110.15
ROBERTSON214.872429.08
STEWART184.176326.69
SIM184.1763371.90
FORBES163.7123110.80
BUTTER153.4803731.71
KENNEDY153.480357.71
REID122.784226.51
DOW102.3202192.68
FERGUSSON92.0882412.84
LOW81.856187.62
GRAHAM61.392112.13
GILLESPIE61.392187.85
SHAW61.39217.58
FRASER61.392115.64
DUFF61.392178.23
DEWAR61.3921106.76
PULLAR51.1601892.86
SCOTT51.16014.59
BROWN40.92811.41
DYAS40.9281784.31
LAMOND30.6961204.08
JACK30.696132.75
GOW30.696187.98
SHIELDS20.464030.03
GARDINER20.464016.14
URQUHART20.464033.06
MORRISON20.46405.90
MALOY20.4640303.03
CALDER20.464033.17
KEAY20.4640108.70
SEATON20.464054.79
WALKER10.23200.69
FENWICK10.232017.70
ANDERSON10.23201.17
MUNRO10.23205.20
GORDON10.23203.68
COWPER10.232052.91
MARTIN10.23200.94
LESLIE10.232014.01
FLYNN10.232012.12
PEEBLES10.232055.25
STALKER10.232047.17
CLARK10.23200.77
ROGER10.232067.57
LEIGHTON10.232021.55
REEKIE10.232096.15
AULD10.232038.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PULLAR0.43431892.8571
DYAS0.43431784.3137
BUTTER0.43431731.7073
FERGUSSON0.43431412.8440
SIM0.43431371.9008
MALOY0.43431303.0303
LAMOND0.43431204.0816
DOW0.43431192.6782
GARVIE0.43431131.5789
FORBES0.43431110.8033
DOUGLAS0.43431110.1533
KEAY0.43431108.6957
DEWAR0.43431106.7616
REEKIE0.4343196.1538
GOW0.4343187.9765
GILLESPIE0.4343187.8477
LOW0.4343187.6232
DUFF0.4343178.2269
CAMERON0.4343174.6269
ROGER0.4343167.5676
KENNEDY0.4343157.7145
PEEBLES0.4343155.2486
SEATON0.4343154.7945
COWPER0.4343152.9101
STALKER0.4343147.1698
AULD0.4343138.4615
CAMPBELL0.4343135.6457
CALDER0.4343133.1675
URQUHART0.4343133.0579
JACK0.4343132.7511
SHIELDS0.4343130.0300
ROBERTSON0.4343129.0778
STEWART0.4343126.6904
REID0.4343126.5076
NICOLL0.4343125.5102
LEIGHTON0.4343121.5517
MENZIES0.4343117.8571
FENWICK0.4343117.6991
GARDINER0.4343116.1421
FRASER0.4343115.6372
LESLIE0.4343114.0056
GRAHAM0.4343112.1261
FLYNN0.4343112.1212
SWAN0.434318.9606
SHAW0.434317.5786
MORRISON0.434315.9032
MUNRO0.434315.1975
SCOTT0.434314.5851
GORDON0.434313.6819
BROWN0.434311.4079

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 431 people called PULLAR in Dunkeld Dowally 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 892.8571 in Dunkeld Dowally means that 892.8571% of the people in Dunkeld Dowally on census day were called PULLAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PULLAR 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 PULLAR 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 PULLAR 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 PULLAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Dunkeld Dowally means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PULLAR in Dunkeld Dowally than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dunkeld Dowally in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  AULD (1)  BORRIE (12)  BROWN (4)  BUTTER (15)  CALDER (2)  CAMERON (25)  CAMPBELL (26)  CLARK (1)  CONACHER (11)  COWPER (1)  DEWAR (6)  DIBBS (5)  DOUGLAS (23)  DOW (10)  DUFF (6)  DYAS (4)  FENWICK (1)  FERGUSSON (9)  FLYNN (1)  FORBES (16)  FRASER (6)  GARDINER (2)  GILLESPIE (6)  GORDON (1)  GOW (3)  GRAHAM (6)  JACK (3)  GARVIE (1)  KEAY (2)  KENNEDY (15)  LAMOND (3)  LEIGHTON (1)  LESLIE (1)  LOW (8)  MARTIN (1)  MC ARA (1)  MC CALLUM (3)  MC DONALD (10)  MC EWEN (1)  MC FARLANE (10)  MC GLASHAN (10)  MC GREGOR (4)  MC INNES (1)  MC INROY (2)  MC INTOSH (2)  MC INTYRE (6)  MC INTIRE (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC LACHLAN (1)  MC LAREN (18)  MC LEAN (8)  MC LEISH (3)  MC NAB (1)  MC PHERSON (2)  MC RAE (1)  MENZIES (1)  MALOY (2)  MORRISON (2)  MUNRO (1)  NICOLL (1)  PEEBLES (1)  PULLAR (5)  REEKIE (1)  REID (12)  ROBERTSON (21)  ROGER (1)  SCOTT (5)  SEATON (2)  SHAW (6)  CRERAR (2)  SHIELDS (2)  SIM (18)  STALKER (1)  STEWART (18)  SWAN (1)  URQUHART (2)  WALKER (1)