Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lethendy, Perthshire

Lethendy 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
ROBERTSON149.396056.07
SMITH96.04034.28
MCLAREN74.69805,384.62
DONALDSON64.0268141.18
GOW64.0268508.47
CAMPBELL53.355719.83
REID42.684625.56
GRANT42.684627.05
HENDERSON42.684624.69
DUFF32.0134113.21
DOUGLAS32.013441.55
BROUGH32.0134164.84
ROBERTS32.01345.35
HAY32.013454.95
WATSON21.34235.79
BUTTER21.3423281.69
FLEMING21.342332.31
ANDERSON21.34236.80
STEWART21.34238.58
GOWANS21.3423416.67
KEAY21.3423312.50
ARCHER10.671116.23
ALLAN10.671110.70
MCBEATH10.671110,000.00
CRAIG10.671115.29
HOBAN10.6711714.29
SOUTER10.6711123.46
BARCLEY10.67111,666.67
PANTON10.6711200.00
WILLIAMSON10.67117.49
MACKIE10.671131.35
BARCLAY10.671132.57
FERGUSSON10.6711133.33
ALLEN10.67113.55
WHITE10.67112.09
CAMERON10.67118.64
SPENCE10.671120.28
BEGG10.6711109.89
SMART10.671114.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCBEATH0.1514910000.0000
MCLAREN0.151495384.6154
BARCLEY0.151491666.6667
HOBAN0.15149714.2857
GOW0.15149508.4746
GOWANS0.15149416.6667
KEAY0.15149312.5000
BUTTER0.15149281.6901
PANTON0.15149200.0000
BROUGH0.15149164.8352
DONALDSON0.15149141.1765
FERGUSSON0.15149133.3333
SOUTER0.15149123.4568
DUFF0.15149113.2075
BEGG0.15149109.8901
ROBERTSON0.1514956.0673
HAY0.1514954.9451
DOUGLAS0.1514941.5512
BARCLAY0.1514932.5733
FLEMING0.1514932.3102
MACKIE0.1514931.3480
GRANT0.1514927.0453
REID0.1514925.5591
HENDERSON0.1514924.6914
SPENCE0.1514920.2840
CAMPBELL0.1514919.8255
ARCHER0.1514916.2338
CRAIG0.1514915.2905
SMART0.1514914.7493
ALLAN0.1514910.6952
CAMERON0.151498.6356
STEWART0.151498.5800
WILLIAMSON0.151497.4850
ANDERSON0.151496.7958
WATSON0.151495.7870
ROBERTS0.151495.3514
SMITH0.151494.2780
ALLEN0.151493.5524
WHITE0.151492.0881

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 149 people called MCBEATH in Lethendy 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 10000.0000 in Lethendy means that 10000.0000% of the people in Lethendy on census day were called MCBEATH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCBEATH 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 MCBEATH 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 MCBEATH 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 MCBEATH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Lethendy means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCBEATH in Lethendy than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lethendy in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (2)  ARCHER (1)  MC ARTHUR (8)  BARCLAY (1)  BARCLEY (1)  BARTY (7)  BEGG (1)  BORRIE (1)  BROUGH (3)  BUTTER (2)  CAMERON (1)  CAMPBELL (5)  CANNISON (1)  CHAPLAIN (1)  CRAIG (1)  DONALDSON (6)  DOUGLAS (3)  DUFF (3)  DUIGANS (1)  FARQUARSON (2)  FERGUSSON (1)  PHIN (1)  FLEMING (2)  FLYN (1)  GOW (6)  GOWANS (2)  GRANT (4)  HAY (3)  HENDERSON (4)  HOBAN (1)  KEAY (2)  MCBEATH (1)  MC DONALD (5)  O'DONNELL (3)  MC DOUGAL (2)  MC FARLANE (1)  MACKIE (1)  MC LAREN (2)  MCLAREN (7)  MC LENAN (5)  MC LENEN (1)  PANTON (1)  REID (4)  ROBERTS (3)  ROBERTSON (14)  SIMMIE (1)  SMART (1)  SMITH (9)  SOUTER (1)  SPENCE (1)  STEWART (2)  WATSON (2)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)