Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buchanan, Stirlingshire

Buchanan is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Stirlingshire

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
STEWART366.545541.84
CAMPBELL183.272719.34
MACFARLANE132.3636412.70
BUCHANNAN101.81821,282.05
CLARK101.81826.05
SCOTT91.63646.47
TURNER91.63645.88
BLAIR81.454556.10
ARCHIBALD81.4545168.42
MACDOUGALL81.4545963.86
CLELLAND81.4545526.32
MACLAREN81.45451,568.63
ANDERSON81.45457.36
BALL71.272715.41
HAGGART71.2727526.32
GRAHAM71.272711.08
DAVIE71.2727138.07
JOHNSON61.09093.25
CAMERON50.909111.70
DEMPSTER50.9091129.20
BLACK50.909114.04
ROBERTSON50.90915.43
BATTERSON50.90912,941.18
MACKELLAR50.90914,166.67
STEUART50.90911,562.50
MURPHY50.909111.38
DUNN40.72738.75
FERGUSON40.727310.26
MACGREGOR40.7273173.91
MITCHELL40.72733.59
WILKIE40.727351.02
AITKEN30.545520.79
JARRATT30.5455236.22
HENDERSON30.54555.02
MORRISON30.54556.94
GALL30.545584.51
LOGAN30.545523.01
MACKINTOSH20.363654.35
CARRICK20.363650.51
WEIR20.363613.99
KEER20.3636526.32
ANNAN20.3636259.74
DONALDSON20.363612.75
REID20.36363.46
SMILLIE20.3636183.49
EADIE20.363676.92
GREEN10.18180.65
MACPHAIL10.1818185.19
DICK10.18188.15
TILLEY10.181813.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACKELLAR4,166.6750.9091
BATTERSON2,941.1850.9091
MILDRUM2,500.0010.1818
MACLAREN1,568.6381.4545
STEUART1,562.5050.9091
BUCHANNAN1,282.05101.8182
MACDOUGALL963.8681.4545
KEER526.3220.3636
HAGGART526.3271.2727
CLELLAND526.3281.4545
MACNAUGHTON416.6710.1818
MACFARLANE412.70132.3636
MULGREW370.3710.1818
ANNAN259.7420.3636
JARRATT236.2230.5455
MACPHAIL185.1910.1818
SMILLIE183.4920.3636
MACGREGOR173.9140.7273
ARCHIBALD168.4281.4545
DAVIE138.0771.2727
DEMPSTER129.2050.9091
BONAR113.6410.1818
GALL84.5130.5455
EADIE76.9220.3636
NESBIT59.1710.1818
BLAIR56.1081.4545
MACKINTOSH54.3520.3636
WILKIE51.0240.7273
MACKINNON50.5110.1818
CARRICK50.5120.3636
MACINTOSH42.1910.1818
STEWART41.84366.5455
ERSKINE29.4110.1818
ALSTON27.9310.1818
LOGAN23.0130.5455
GOW22.9910.1818
AITKEN20.7930.5455
LIVINGSTON20.2410.1818
KIRKWOOD20.1210.1818
EWING19.7210.1818
JARDINE19.4910.1818
LIVINGSTONE19.4910.1818
CAMPBELL19.34183.2727
FINLAY17.7010.1818
SANDS16.2310.1818
DALEY15.4610.1818
BALL15.4171.2727
BLACK14.0450.9091
WEIR13.9920.3636
TILLEY13.8510.1818

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called MACKELLAR in Buchanan 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 0.9091 in Buchanan means that 0.9091% of the people in Buchanan on census day were called MACKELLAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACKELLAR 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 MACKELLAR 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 MACKELLAR 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 MACKELLAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,166.67 in Buchanan means that you are 4,166.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACKELLAR in Buchanan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buchanan in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  ALSTON (1)  ANDERSON (8)  ANNAN (2)  ARCHIBALD (8)  ARMSTRONG (1)  AITKEN (3)  BAIRD (1)  BALL (7)  BATTERSON (5)  BETTISON (1)  BEGGE (1)  BLACK (5)  BLAIR (8)  BONAR (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCHANNAN (10)  BURNS (1)  CAMERON (5)  CAMPBELL (18)  KENOVAN (1)  CARMICHAEL (1)  CARRICK (2)  CLARK (10)  MC ONIE (5)  MC CRIPPS (1)  CROSSBIE (6)  CUNER (1)  DALEY (1)  DAVIE (7)  DEMPSTER (5)  DICK (1)  DONALDSON (2)  DUNN (4)  EADIE (2)  EHERMAN (1)  ERSKINE (1)  EWING (1)  FARRELL (1)  MC PHIE (5)  FERGUSON (4)  FINLAY (1)  GALL (3)  JARRATT (3)  MC GARRIGAN (4)  GILLESPIE (1)  JARDINE (1)  GOW (1)  MC GOWN (1)  GRAHAM (7)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (1)  HAGGART (7)  HENDERSON (3)  HUNTER (1)  JOHNSON (6)  JOHNSTON (1)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JONES (1)  MC KAY (1)  KEER (2)  KIMMETT (4)  KIRKWOOD (1)  MC LEWIS (1)  LIVINGSTONE (1)  LIVINGSTON (1)  LOGAN (3)  MACKLELLAN (1)  MACKNAUGHTON (1)  MAC LAUCHLAN (1)  MC CALLUM (3)  MACALLUM (18)  MC CLURE (6)  MC DONALD (1)  MACDONALD (1)  MC DOUGALL (4)  MACDOUGALL (8)  MACFARLANE (13)  MC FARLANE (15)  MAC FARLANE (1)  MACGREGOR (4)  MC GRIGOR (6)  MC GREGOR (29)  MACKINTOSH (2)  MC INTOSH (1)  MACINTOSH (1)  MACKINTYRE (16)  MC INTYRE (16)  MC KELLAR (2)  MACKELLAR (5)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC KERRACHAR (1)  MC KINLAY (2)  MACKINLEY (1)  MACKINNON (1)  MC LAGGAN (1)  MC LAREN (18)  MACLAREN (8)  MC LAUCHLAN (1)  MC LEAN (10)  CLELLAND (8)  MC LELLAN (2)  MC LENNAN (1)  MC LEOD (1)  MC MURTRIE (1)  MACKNAB (1)  MC NAB (1)  MC NEE (1)  MACNAUGHTON (1)  MC NAUGHTON (1)  MACPHAIL (1)  MILDRUM (1)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MORRAN (3)  MORRISON (3)  MULGREW (1)  MURPHY (5)  MC NICOLL (8)  NESBIT (1)  PROCTOR (1)  REID (2)  MC READY (1)  ROBERTSON (5)  ROSS (1)  ROUSE (1)  SANDS (1)  SCOTT (9)  SHAW (1)  CRERAR (7)  SHOOTER (1)  SINCLAIR (1)  SMILLIE (2)  STARK (1)  STEEL (1)  STEWART (36)  STEUART (5)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (1)  THORPE (1)  TILLEY (1)  TURNER (9)  WEIR (2)  WILKIE (4)  WILLIAMSON (1)  YOUNG (1)