1881 census place

Auchterarder surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Auchterarder, Perthshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

122 surnames are listed for Auchterarder, Perthshire, covering 1,189 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Mailer, with 102 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Auchterarder

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Mailer	102	2.79%	2297.30x
2	Dewar	59	1.61%	123.59x
3	Christie	53	1.45%	44.66x
4	Gow	46	1.26%	159.06x
5	Cairns	38	1.04%	48.00x
6	Smitton	38	1.04%	1919.19x
7	Dow	37	1.01%	83.92x
8	Eadie	35	0.960%	202.20x
9	Faichney	31	0.850%	1178.71x
10	Hally	30	0.820%	1010.10x
11	Maltman	28	0.770%	591.97x
12	Donaldson	27	0.740%	25.87x
13	Callum	23	0.630%	558.25x
14	Duff	22	0.600%	33.78x
15	Drummond	21	0.570%	28.87x
16	Riddoch	20	0.550%	456.62x
17	Smeaton	20	0.550%	194.36x
18	Steele	20	0.550%	20.42x
19	Hepburn	19	0.520%	58.35x
20	Menzies	18	0.490%	37.83x
21	Moir	16	0.440%	31.78x
22	Guthrie	15	0.410%	32.52x
23	Mallis	15	0.410%	3061.22x
24	Bayne	14	0.380%	104.56x
25	Deuchars	12	0.330%	419.58x
26	Dougall	12	0.330%	105.36x
27	Haxton	11	0.300%	204.08x
28	Tran	11	0.300%	1447.37x
29	Crombie	10	0.270%	48.71x
30	Farquharson	10	0.270%	48.33x
31	Grahame	10	0.270%	104.38x
32	Monro	10	0.270%	131.58x
33	Moodie	10	0.270%	58.21x
34	Neish	10	0.270%	134.41x
35	Newlands	10	0.270%	67.61x
36	Penney	10	0.270%	49.48x
37	Somerville	10	0.270%	32.82x
38	Speirs	10	0.270%	69.88x
39	Johnman	9	0.250%	720.00x
40	Sellars	9	0.250%	39.67x
41	Stalker	9	0.250%	49.97x
42	Hurry	8	0.220%	104.44x
43	Isdale	8	0.220%	487.80x
44	Reekie	8	0.220%	90.70x
45	Buchannan	7	0.190%	135.66x
46	Cathro	7	0.190%	305.68x
47	Caw	7	0.190%	256.41x
48	Imrie	7	0.190%	48.92x
49	Valley	7	0.190%	933.33x
50	Ayton	6	0.160%	52.63x
51	Comrie	6	0.160%	100.67x
52	Couper	6	0.160%	36.59x
53	Hopson	6	0.160%	62.31x
54	Malloch	6	0.160%	115.61x
55	Maxton	6	0.160%	242.92x
56	Meade	6	0.160%	57.36x
57	Pitkeathly	6	0.160%	495.87x
58	Salmond	6	0.160%	77.92x
59	Barnet	5	0.140%	28.51x
60	Doig	5	0.140%	23.22x
61	Lundie	5	0.140%	78.86x
62	Moyes	5	0.140%	31.85x
63	Whittet	5	0.140%	137.74x
64	Whytock	5	0.140%	216.45x
65	Band	4	0.110%	47.90x
66	Connal	4	0.110%	145.45x
67	Gorham	4	0.110%	54.50x
68	Louden	4	0.110%	63.19x
69	Moncrieff	4	0.110%	43.43x
70	Playfair	4	0.110%	142.35x
71	Riddock	4	0.110%	434.78x
72	Scrimgeour	4	0.110%	71.17x
73	Shannan	4	0.110%	208.33x
74	Sorley	4	0.110%	141.84x
75	Wannan	4	0.110%	330.58x
76	Balmain	3	0.080%	135.14x
77	Dias	3	0.080%	344.83x
78	Ewan	3	0.080%	36.01x
79	Fowlis	3	0.080%	166.67x
80	Glasgow	3	0.080%	37.41x
81	Gowans	3	0.080%	25.47x
82	Guild	3	0.080%	37.55x
83	Haldane	3	0.080%	32.43x
84	Jonston	3	0.080%	319.15x
85	Marjoribanks	3	0.080%	326.09x
86	Scobbie	3	0.080%	85.47x
87	Sherar	3	0.080%	600.00x
88	Sommerville	3	0.080%	20.79x
89	Arkley	2	0.050%	51.81x
90	Benvie	2	0.050%	141.84x
91	Dron	2	0.050%	84.39x
92	Flockhart	2	0.050%	28.86x
93	Garrick	2	0.050%	36.04x
94	Harkins	2	0.050%	24.18x
95	Loane	2	0.050%	400.00x
96	Tainsh	2	0.050%	69.44x
97	Tudhope	2	0.050%	72.73x
98	Afflick	1	0.030%	80.00x
99	Batchlor	1	0.030%	47.39x
100	Bonar	1	0.030%	17.04x