1881 census place

Balfron surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Balfron, Stirlingshire 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

56 surnames are listed for Balfron, Stirlingshire, covering 290 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Buchanan, with 35 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Balfron

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	Buchanan	35	2.63%	101.83x
2	Mulgrew	19	1.43%	2968.75x
3	Edmond	16	1.20%	356.35x
4	Neilson	16	1.20%	85.33x
5	Yuill	15	1.13%	531.91x
6	Fairweather	11	0.830%	106.80x
7	Gourlay	11	0.830%	149.25x
8	Fairlie	10	0.750%	308.64x
9	Halley	10	0.750%	200.00x
10	Bauchop	8	0.600%	1379.31x
11	Lockhart	8	0.600%	86.39x
12	Molloy	7	0.530%	96.42x
13	Cairney	6	0.450%	201.34x
14	Cordiner	6	0.450%	337.08x
15	Dewer	6	0.450%	1176.47x
16	Gallacher	6	0.450%	52.31x
17	Wardlaw	6	0.450%	247.93x
18	Clacher	5	0.380%	2083.33x
19	Lennie	5	0.380%	174.83x
20	Ure	5	0.380%	121.07x
21	Aire	4	0.300%	1904.76x
22	Bannerman	4	0.300%	85.84x
23	Coin	4	0.300%	1290.32x
24	Connel	4	0.300%	163.27x
25	Coubrough	4	0.300%	677.97x
26	Folan	4	0.300%	1142.86x
27	Harrower	4	0.300%	134.23x
28	Merrylees	4	0.300%	1111.11x
29	Connal	3	0.230%	300.00x
30	Dougan	3	0.230%	94.34x
31	Findlater	3	0.230%	153.06x
32	Meffen	3	0.230%	3333.33x
33	Risk	3	0.230%	189.87x
34	Carrack	2	0.150%	606.06x
35	Denovan	2	0.150%	317.46x
36	Gowans	2	0.150%	46.73x
37	Hosie	2	0.150%	70.42x
38	Jaffray	2	0.150%	108.70x
39	Murrie	2	0.150%	188.68x
40	Slessor	2	0.150%	196.08x
41	Townsley	2	0.150%	76.92x
42	Weatherspoon	2	0.150%	1250.00x
43	Bane	1	0.080%	60.98x
44	Battison	1	0.080%	67.11x
45	Blue	1	0.080%	43.48x
46	Bulloch	1	0.080%	37.59x
47	Crossan	1	0.080%	54.95x
48	Greenhorn	1	0.080%	112.36x
49	Haggan	1	0.080%	285.71x
50	Hutchieson	1	0.080%	106.38x
51	Loch	1	0.080%	96.15x
52	Lochrie	1	0.080%	116.28x
53	Macadam	1	0.080%	86.96x
54	Neven	1	0.080%	277.78x
55	Norval	1	0.080%	88.50x
56	Slaven	1	0.080%	51.55x