1881 census place

Brechin surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Brechin, Angus 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

375 surnames are listed for Brechin, Angus, covering 5,980 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Anderson, with 167 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Brechin

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	Anderson	167	1.57%	7.95x
2	Mitchell	153	1.44%	7.09x
3	Scott	153	1.44%	5.69x
4	Bruce	130	1.22%	26.10x
5	Stewart	130	1.22%	7.81x
6	Thomson	109	1.02%	7.67x
7	Young	109	1.02%	4.77x
8	Smart	107	1.01%	22.09x
9	Dakers	87	0.820%	605.01x
10	Davidson	81	0.760%	9.06x
11	Gordon	81	0.760%	12.08x
12	Fraser	76	0.710%	8.03x
13	Black	75	0.710%	10.89x
14	Ferrier	74	0.700%	119.61x
15	Low	69	0.650%	30.62x
16	Christie	62	0.580%	17.98x
17	Webster	61	0.570%	6.59x
18	Johnston	60	0.560%	6.99x
19	Strachan	57	0.540%	31.08x
20	Findlay	55	0.520%	24.96x
21	Paterson	52	0.490%	7.18x
22	Lindsay	48	0.450%	13.85x
23	Burnett	46	0.430%	15.63x
24	Kinnear	45	0.420%	87.21x
25	Dorward	44	0.410%	226.45x
26	Laing	44	0.410%	20.59x
27	Crabb	43	0.400%	38.97x
28	Hendry	43	0.400%	25.52x
29	Nicoll	42	0.390%	43.46x
30	Hood	41	0.390%	13.93x
31	Forbes	40	0.380%	11.22x
32	Watt	40	0.380%	9.81x
33	Adam	38	0.360%	20.80x
34	Donaldson	38	0.360%	12.53x
35	Stephen	37	0.350%	19.84x
36	Carnegie	36	0.340%	103.12x
37	Gold	36	0.340%	59.48x
38	Irons	36	0.340%	62.15x
39	Hampton	35	0.330%	20.84x
40	Hutton	35	0.330%	11.02x
41	Valentine	35	0.330%	25.66x
42	Whyte	34	0.320%	18.85x
43	Tindal	33	0.310%	207.42x
44	Buchan	32	0.300%	23.28x
45	Mackie	32	0.300%	14.07x
46	Soutter	32	0.300%	303.32x
47	Glen	31	0.290%	29.45x
48	Willocks	31	0.290%	525.42x
49	Hutcheon	30	0.280%	102.88x
50	Millar	30	0.280%	7.73x
51	Christison	29	0.270%	166.28x
52	Addison	28	0.260%	19.02x
53	Belford	28	0.260%	297.56x
54	Gibb	27	0.250%	14.38x
55	Mollison	27	0.250%	113.83x
56	Stott	27	0.250%	8.13x
57	Balfour	26	0.240%	35.10x
58	Fairweather	26	0.240%	31.56x
59	Farquharson	26	0.240%	43.24x
60	Jolly	26	0.240%	17.25x
61	Kidd	26	0.240%	12.01x
62	Stuart	26	0.240%	10.24x
63	Tosh	26	0.240%	109.29x
64	Keir	25	0.240%	47.02x
65	Napier	25	0.240%	29.25x
66	Birse	24	0.230%	200.50x
67	Croll	24	0.230%	120.24x
68	Dalgety	24	0.230%	346.32x
69	Kirkland	24	0.230%	25.35x
70	Nicol	24	0.230%	10.84x
71	Ogilvie	24	0.230%	23.33x
72	Barclay	22	0.210%	10.05x
73	Craik	22	0.210%	67.55x
74	Cuthbert	22	0.210%	14.40x
75	Greig	22	0.210%	13.07x
76	Will	22	0.210%	50.69x
77	Calder	21	0.200%	14.12x
78	Donald	21	0.200%	9.81x
79	Duthie	21	0.200%	36.80x
80	Edward	21	0.200%	21.28x
81	Eggo	21	0.200%	656.25x
82	Farquhar	21	0.200%	25.38x
83	Guthrie	21	0.200%	15.67x
84	Ireland	21	0.200%	8.51x
85	Sandeman	21	0.200%	144.93x
86	Whitelaw	21	0.200%	33.13x
87	Collie	20	0.190%	52.48x
88	Coutts	20	0.190%	18.64x
89	Crighton	20	0.190%	47.36x
90	Duke	20	0.190%	16.19x
91	Durie	20	0.190%	112.17x
92	Nairn	20	0.190%	38.00x
93	Petrie	20	0.190%	15.82x
94	Silver	20	0.190%	32.86x
95	Skene	20	0.190%	76.72x
96	Sturrock	20	0.190%	52.14x
97	Crockatt	19	0.180%	334.51x
98	Doig	19	0.180%	30.36x
99	Falconer	19	0.180%	14.98x
100	Fenton	19	0.180%	8.95x