1881 census place

Birse surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Birse, Aberdeenshire 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

47 surnames are listed for Birse, Aberdeenshire, covering 460 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Harper, with 61 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Birse

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	Harper	61	5.57%	86.93x
2	Coutts	51	4.65%	461.12x
3	Birss	37	3.38%	5873.02x
4	Cattanach	28	2.55%	2014.39x
5	Dinnie	23	2.10%	4259.26x
6	Begg	17	1.55%	254.87x
7	Brand	15	1.37%	92.71x
8	Littlejohn	15	1.37%	283.55x
9	Low	15	1.37%	64.60x
10	Calder	13	1.19%	84.80x
11	Collie	13	1.19%	330.79x
12	Malcolm	12	1.09%	83.28x
13	Robbie	12	1.09%	474.31x
14	Sim	12	1.09%	97.48x
15	Edward	9	0.820%	88.50x
16	Prat	9	0.820%	2727.27x
17	Thow	9	0.820%	891.09x
18	Cassie	8	0.730%	434.78x
19	Ewen	8	0.730%	171.67x
20	Michie	8	0.730%	148.98x
21	Troup	8	0.730%	314.96x
22	Bowie	7	0.640%	73.30x
23	Esson	7	0.640%	289.26x
24	Ogg	6	0.550%	171.43x
25	Peterson	6	0.550%	107.72x
26	Ferries	5	0.460%	515.46x
27	Gambel	5	0.460%	4166.67x
28	Ironside	5	0.460%	132.28x
29	Will	5	0.460%	111.86x
30	Cromar	4	0.370%	481.93x
31	Machray	4	0.370%	952.38x
32	Hendrie	3	0.270%	111.52x
33	Hurry	3	0.270%	131.00x
34	Birse	2	0.180%	162.60x
35	Moar	2	0.180%	116.28x
36	Petterson	2	0.180%	454.55x
37	Dalgety	1	0.090%	140.85x
38	Dun	1	0.090%	84.03x
39	Florance	1	0.090%	149.25x
40	Gillanders	1	0.090%	69.44x
41	Kiloh	1	0.090%	217.39x
42	Ledingham	1	0.090%	62.11x
43	Ogston	1	0.090%	74.63x
44	Robie	1	0.090%	625.00x
45	Rothnie	1	0.090%	238.10x
46	Shiach	1	0.090%	196.08x
47	Wattie	1	0.090%	250.00x