1881 census place

Banchory Devenick surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire 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

112 surnames are listed for Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire, covering 1,264 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wood, with 201 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Banchory Devenick

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	Wood	201	6.05%	18.98x
2	Leiper	145	4.36%	1900.39x
3	Reid	110	3.31%	31.52x
4	Main	101	3.04%	185.70x
5	Donald	34	1.02%	50.82x
6	Masson	33	0.990%	161.84x
7	Kenn	28	0.840%	2240.00x
8	Beattie	25	0.750%	35.15x
9	Findlay	22	0.660%	31.95x
10	Collie	21	0.630%	176.32x
11	Emslie	18	0.540%	180.18x
12	Nicol	18	0.540%	26.02x
13	Stuart	17	0.510%	21.44x
14	Ewen	16	0.480%	113.15x
15	Copland	13	0.390%	69.85x
16	Kean	13	0.390%	57.78x
17	Murdock	13	0.390%	108.06x
18	Valentine	13	0.390%	30.51x
19	Brebner	12	0.360%	281.03x
20	Silver	12	0.360%	63.09x
21	Cheyne	10	0.300%	90.50x
22	Cowie	10	0.300%	24.80x
23	Cruickshank	10	0.300%	26.80x
24	Joss	10	0.300%	165.02x
25	Leith	10	0.300%	58.11x
26	Ogston	10	0.300%	245.70x
27	Boddie	9	0.270%	891.09x
28	Gillanders	9	0.270%	205.95x
29	Meston	9	0.270%	350.19x
30	Nimmo	9	0.270%	60.81x
31	Ogg	9	0.270%	84.83x
32	Bridgeford	8	0.240%	457.14x
33	Buchan	8	0.240%	18.63x
34	Dempster	8	0.240%	34.22x
35	Duthie	8	0.240%	44.87x
36	Ferries	8	0.240%	273.04x
37	Kinnaird	8	0.240%	136.99x
38	Mavor	8	0.240%	331.95x
39	Sangster	8	0.240%	50.35x
40	Scorgie	8	0.240%	225.99x
41	Beverly	7	0.210%	252.71x
42	Camron	7	0.210%	933.33x
43	Cramond	7	0.210%	257.35x
44	Esson	7	0.210%	95.50x
45	Grahame	7	0.210%	80.46x
46	Hutcheon	7	0.210%	76.84x
47	Kydd	7	0.210%	121.32x
48	Tough	7	0.210%	54.77x
49	Will	7	0.210%	51.62x
50	Bothwell	6	0.180%	163.93x
51	Justice	6	0.180%	71.17x
52	Macbean	6	0.180%	242.92x
53	Pyper	6	0.180%	169.01x
54	Youngson	6	0.180%	145.28x
55	Connon	5	0.150%	116.82x
56	Daun	5	0.150%	704.23x
57	Durward	5	0.150%	138.12x
58	Mennie	5	0.150%	108.23x
59	Mowat	5	0.150%	21.93x
60	Bannerman	4	0.120%	34.33x
61	Couts	4	0.120%	487.80x
62	Edmonstone	4	0.120%	325.20x
63	Harrow	4	0.120%	50.19x
64	Minty	4	0.120%	60.51x
65	Morice	4	0.120%	199.01x
66	Ronald	4	0.120%	33.76x
67	Tocher	4	0.120%	92.59x
68	Wyness	4	0.120%	95.69x
69	Adlington	3	0.090%	55.97x
70	Burness	3	0.090%	47.10x
71	Catto	3	0.090%	47.85x
72	Cruikshank	3	0.090%	60.48x
73	Deuchar	3	0.090%	209.79x
74	Esplin	3	0.090%	71.94x
75	Junor	3	0.090%	92.02x
76	Pennie	3	0.090%	206.90x
77	Cromar	2	0.060%	79.37x
78	Fordyce	2	0.060%	27.70x
79	Muirden	2	0.060%	256.41x
80	Murrison	2	0.060%	118.34x
81	Robbie	2	0.060%	26.11x
82	Ronaldson	2	0.060%	40.90x
83	Switzer	2	0.060%	165.29x
84	Troup	2	0.060%	26.01x
85	Abercromby	1	0.030%	48.31x
86	Archbald	1	0.030%	108.70x
87	Beagrie	1	0.030%	128.21x
88	Beatie	1	0.030%	38.91x
89	Benzie	1	0.030%	19.80x
90	Byres	1	0.030%	44.64x
91	Craib	1	0.030%	24.45x
92	Dyce	1	0.030%	65.79x
93	Elrick	1	0.030%	20.49x
94	Findlayson	1	0.030%	61.73x
95	Gove	1	0.030%	25.13x
96	Jaffrey	1	0.030%	32.05x
97	Keer	1	0.030%	44.05x
98	Kelman	1	0.030%	16.98x
99	Kiloh	1	0.030%	71.43x
100	Knowels	1	0.030%	227.27x