1881 census place
Banchory Ternan surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Banchory Ternan, 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
128 surnames are listed for Banchory Ternan, Kincardineshire, covering 1,126 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Ross, with 125 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Banchory Ternan
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross | 125 | 37.18x |
| 2 | Davidson | 51 | 19.72x |
| 3 | Coutts | 41 | 132.13x |
| 4 | Tough | 37 | 312.76x |
| 5 | Strachan | 32 | 60.33x |
| 6 | Donald | 31 | 50.06x |
| 7 | Bisset | 25 | 103.69x |
| 8 | Masson | 24 | 127.12x |
| 9 | Burnett | 23 | 27.03x |
| 10 | Laing | 23 | 37.22x |
| 11 | Moir | 23 | 54.36x |
| 12 | Rae | 23 | 32.82x |
| 13 | Leighton | 22 | 66.51x |
| 14 | Birss | 21 | 1186.44x |
| 15 | Robbie | 21 | 296.19x |
| 16 | Littlejohn | 18 | 121.29x |
| 17 | Begg | 17 | 90.86x |
| 18 | Emslie | 17 | 183.98x |
| 19 | Craven | 16 | 26.95x |
| 20 | Cruickshank | 16 | 46.32x |
| 21 | Adam | 15 | 28.39x |
| 22 | Ewan | 15 | 214.29x |
| 23 | Collie | 14 | 127.04x |
| 24 | Shearer | 13 | 32.94x |
| 25 | Will | 13 | 103.59x |
| 26 | Duguid | 11 | 106.28x |
| 27 | Durward | 11 | 328.36x |
| 28 | Lumsden | 11 | 42.87x |
| 29 | Shand | 11 | 52.06x |
| 30 | Brebner | 10 | 253.16x |
| 31 | Carnie | 10 | 189.39x |
| 32 | Ewen | 10 | 76.39x |
| 33 | Lunan | 10 | 390.63x |
| 34 | Merson | 10 | 288.18x |
| 35 | Riddell | 10 | 38.76x |
| 36 | Brands | 9 | 703.13x |
| 37 | Burness | 9 | 152.54x |
| 38 | Farquhar | 9 | 37.61x |
| 39 | Hadden | 9 | 65.89x |
| 40 | Jarves | 9 | 803.57x |
| 41 | Laird | 9 | 26.06x |
| 42 | Steuart | 9 | 505.62x |
| 43 | Thow | 9 | 316.90x |
| 44 | Westland | 9 | 319.15x |
| 45 | Dickie | 8 | 33.14x |
| 46 | Dower | 8 | 210.53x |
| 47 | Ferries | 8 | 295.20x |
| 48 | Hosie | 8 | 121.95x |
| 49 | Lemmon | 8 | 143.37x |
| 50 | Leys | 8 | 287.77x |
| 51 | Reith | 8 | 148.15x |
| 52 | Spark | 8 | 59.17x |
| 53 | Bannerman | 7 | 64.94x |
| 54 | Gillanders | 7 | 172.84x |
| 55 | Sangster | 7 | 47.59x |
| 56 | Cosgrove | 6 | 40.03x |
| 57 | Edmond | 6 | 57.80x |
| 58 | Georgeson | 6 | 97.72x |
| 59 | Mundie | 6 | 271.49x |
| 60 | Craigen | 5 | 324.68x |
| 61 | Dowers | 5 | 381.68x |
| 62 | Elphinstone | 5 | 215.52x |
| 63 | Morrice | 5 | 55.49x |
| 64 | Mutch | 5 | 36.42x |
| 65 | Renny | 5 | 176.68x |
| 66 | Riddler | 5 | 485.44x |
| 67 | Bews | 4 | 84.03x |
| 68 | Birnie | 4 | 30.53x |
| 69 | Caird | 4 | 63.90x |
| 70 | Cobban | 4 | 144.40x |
| 71 | Fiddes | 4 | 69.81x |
| 72 | Glennie | 4 | 53.26x |
| 73 | Imray | 4 | 223.46x |
| 74 | Lawie | 4 | 1025.64x |
| 75 | Mennie | 4 | 93.68x |
| 76 | Sivewright | 4 | 196.08x |
| 77 | Tavendale | 4 | 250.00x |
| 78 | Blacklaws | 3 | 337.08x |
| 79 | Caie | 3 | 137.61x |
| 80 | Chaplain | 3 | 134.53x |
| 81 | Cran | 3 | 68.65x |
| 82 | Esson | 3 | 44.18x |
| 83 | Kiloh | 3 | 232.56x |
| 84 | Meston | 3 | 126.05x |
| 85 | Ogston | 3 | 79.58x |
| 86 | Benzie | 2 | 42.83x |
| 87 | Cassie | 2 | 38.68x |
| 88 | Diack | 2 | 61.35x |
| 89 | Eddie | 2 | 44.84x |
| 90 | Fowlie | 2 | 44.54x |
| 91 | Jaffray | 2 | 46.95x |
| 92 | Leggat | 2 | 28.09x |
| 93 | Minty | 2 | 32.68x |
| 94 | Scorgie | 2 | 60.98x |
| 95 | Third | 2 | 85.47x |
| 96 | Aberdeen | 1 | 80.00x |
| 97 | Arbuthnott | 1 | 87.72x |
| 98 | Blacklaw | 1 | 89.29x |
| 99 | Boyse | 1 | 78.74x |
| 100 | Cattanach | 1 | 25.71x |