Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kinfauns, Perthshire

Kinfauns 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
ROBERTSON315.210131.09
STEWART203.361321.48
THOMPSON142.35297.85
NICOLL132.1849240.30
MURRAY111.848714.91
SCOTT111.84877.31
GILLESPIE111.8487116.53
BROUGH111.8487151.31
MILLER101.68079.39
OSLER101.68071,470.59
BONAR91.5126947.37
BRUCE91.512632.29
SHARP91.512618.15
CRUICKSHANK91.5126134.73
GRANT91.512615.24
DAVIDSON81.344515.99
LESLIE81.344581.22
HERD71.1765160.18
CARR71.176516.31
LAIRD71.1765104.79
KEITH71.1765109.72
CLARK71.17653.91
BROWN71.17651.78
MIDDLETON71.176522.41
BLACK61.008415.57
ROSS61.00849.23
HAY61.008427.50
STRACHAN61.008458.48
DUFF61.008456.66
ADAMSON50.840331.77
SIMPSON50.84034.80
WELLS50.840310.10
CAMPBELL50.84034.97
JACKSON50.84033.01
CURRIE50.840329.87
ANDERSON40.67233.40
MENZIES40.672351.75
MACDONALD40.672316.94
GREIG40.672342.46
THOM40.672375.19
COCHRANE40.672343.38
DEMPSTER40.672395.47
LINDSAY40.672320.63
ENGLAND40.672332.63
BEATTIE40.672331.40
WALLACE40.67239.82
SNELL40.672335.49
SHEPHERD40.67239.17
STRONG30.504233.78
LAWSON30.50428.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEARY0.605953333.3333
OSLER0.605951470.5882
BONAR0.60595947.3684
IRLAND0.60595769.2308
MILLEY0.60595714.2857
NICOLL0.60595240.2957
CLUNIE0.60595229.8851
MALCOM0.60595208.3333
WHITTET0.60595169.4915
HERD0.60595160.1831
BROUGH0.60595151.3067
STEIN0.60595141.8440
CRUICKSHANK0.60595134.7305
CRIGHTON0.60595127.1186
GILLESPIE0.60595116.5254
STRANG0.60595112.3596
KEITH0.60595109.7179
SAMPLE0.60595107.5269
LAIRD0.60595104.7904
DEMPSTER0.6059595.4654
DORWARD0.6059591.7431
WOLF0.6059586.9565
BLOCK0.6059584.7458
LESLIE0.6059581.2183
THOM0.6059575.1880
BIRRELL0.6059568.9655
RATTRAY0.6059568.7285
CLEGHORN0.6059561.3497
PRYDE0.6059560.6061
STRACHAN0.6059558.4795
DUFF0.6059556.6572
CREE0.6059556.1798
MENZIES0.6059551.7464
DOBIE0.6059550.2513
KILGOUR0.6059545.6621
WINTON0.6059544.8430
COCHRANE0.6059543.3839
IMRIE0.6059542.9185
GREIG0.6059542.4628
DINGWALL0.6059542.3729
POWERS0.6059541.1523
KEAY0.6059539.3701
DALGLEISH0.6059537.4532
SNELL0.6059535.4925
WILKIE0.6059535.3357
STRONG0.6059533.7838
ENGLAND0.6059532.6264
BEVERIDGE0.6059532.3102
BRUCE0.6059532.2928
ADAMSON0.6059531.7662

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 595 people called BEARY in Kinfauns 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 3333.3333 in Kinfauns means that 3333.3333% of the people in Kinfauns on census day were called BEARY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEARY 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 BEARY 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 BEARY 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 BEARY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.60 in Kinfauns means that you are 0.60 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEARY in Kinfauns than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kinfauns in 1881

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

ADAMSON (5)  ADDISON (1)  GRAHAM ((ALLAN)) (2)  ALLAN (3)  ANDERSON (4)  BALFOUR (1)  WALKER OR BALFOUR (2)  BARKER (1)  MC BEAN (3)  BEATTIE (4)  BEARY (1)  BELL (1)  BENVIE (1)  BEVERIDGE (2)  GRIEVE OR BLACK (2)  BLACK (6)  BLOCK (1)  BLYTH (2)  BONAR (9)  BORTHWICK (1)  BROOMFIELD (1)  BROUGH (11)  BROWN (7)  BRUCE (9)  BREWESTER (3)  BIRRELL (2)  TODD ((BUCHAR)) (2)  BUTCHART OR SMYTON (2)  MC CALL (2)  CAMERON (1)  CAMPBELL (5)  CARR (7)  CHRISTIE (3)  CLARK (7)  CLEGHORN (1)  CLUNIE (2)  COCHRANE (4)  COWN (1)  COOK (1)  COCK (1)  CREE (1)  CRAWFORD (1)  KEIR OR CRIGHTON (2)  CRIGHTON (3)  CRUICKSHANK (9)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  CURRIE (5)  DALGLEISH (1)  DAVIDSON (8)  DAVIE (1)  DEMPSTER (4)  DEWAR (1)  DICK (2)  DICK OR NICOLL (2)  DINGWALL (1)  DOBIE (1)  DONALDSON (1)  DORWARD (1)  DUFF (6)  DUNBAR (1)  DUNCAN (3)  DURIAN (1)  MC EWEN ((EDWARDS)) (2)  IMRIE (1)  ENGLAND (4)  FARQUHAR (1)  FARRER (1)  FENTON (1)  FERGUSON (1)  FORBES (1)  GAIRNS (3)  GEEKIE (2)  GIBSON (1)  GILLESPIE (11)  GLEN (1)  GOWIE (1)  GRAHAM (2)  GRANT (9)  GRAY (1)  GREIG (4)  HALL (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HARLEY (1)  HAY (6)  HERD (7)  HENDERSON (1)  HONEY (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HORTON (1)  HOUSTON (1)  HUNTER (1)  HUTCHISON (2)  IRLAND (1)  JACKSON (5)  JEMRIE (1)  JOHNSTONE (1)  KAY (2)  KEAY (1)  KEITH (7)  KEMP (1)  KETTLES (1)  KIDSDALE (1)  KILGOUR (1)  KINNMONTH (1)  KINNONT (1)  LAIRD (7)  LAMB (1)  LAW (1)  LAWSON (3)  LESLIE (8)  LINDSAY (4)  MALCOM (1)  MATHER OR WALLACE (2)  MC ANCH (1)  MACDONALD (4)  MC DONALD (2)  MC EWAN (3)  MC EWEN (1)  MC FARLANE (6)  MC FARLAND (1)  MC GUIR (1)  MC INTOSH (11)  MC LAGAN (3)  MC LEARN (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MC LEISH (1)  MELVILLE (1)  MENZIES (4)  MIDDLETON (7)  MILLER (10)  MILLEY (1)  MILVILLE (6)  MITCHELL (1)  MURRAY (11)  NAPIER (1)  NICOLL (13)  MC NICOLL (5)  ROBERTS OR NICOLL (2)  OGILVY (1)  OGILVIE (1)  OSLER (10)  PATERSON (1)  PATTERSON (1)  PATON (1)  PEARSON (1)  PETRIE (2)  PHILIP (1)  PITCAITHLY (2)  POWERS (1)  POWRIE (7)  POURIE (2)  PRYDE (1)  WINTON (1)  RATTRAY (2)  REID (1)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBERTSON (31)  RODGERS (1)  ROSS (6)  SLIDDEN OR ROSS (2)  SAMPLE (1)  SCOTT (11)  SHARP (9)  SHEPHERD (4)  SHEPHERD ((TRAIL)) (2)  SIMPSON (5)  SIM (1)  SINCLAR (1)  SMYTON (1)  SNELL (4)  SOUTAR (1)  STEIN (2)  STEWART (20)  STRACHAN (6)  STRANG (3)  STRONG (3)  SUNNIE (1)  TANISH (1)  TASKER (1)  THOM (4)  THOMPSON (14)  THOMSON (1)  TODD (1)  VON ENDIE (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLS (1)  WALLACE (4)  WATSON (1)  WELLS (5)  WHITTET (1)  WILKIE (3)  WOLF (1)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (1)