1881 census place

Bute North surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bute North, Buteshire 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

43 surnames are listed for Bute North, Buteshire, covering 253 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lamont, with 33 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bute North

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	Lamont	33	2.75%	309.86x
2	Weir	29	2.42%	93.10x
3	Currie	21	1.75%	62.30x
4	Lyon	21	1.75%	83.63x
5	Hyndman	20	1.67%	1470.59x
6	Malcolm	14	1.17%	88.89x
7	Hogarth	12	1.00%	151.90x
8	Loch	11	0.920%	1170.21x
9	Meldrum	11	0.920%	145.89x
10	Dickie	9	0.750%	95.74x
11	Barbour	6	0.500%	91.19x
12	Frame	6	0.500%	78.95x
13	Auchterlonie	5	0.420%	609.76x
14	Carswell	5	0.420%	114.16x
15	Roberton	5	0.420%	446.43x
16	Malcom	4	0.330%	416.67x
17	Bannatyne	3	0.250%	208.33x
18	Breton	3	0.250%	344.83x
19	Lusk	3	0.250%	272.73x
20	Macphail	3	0.250%	254.24x
21	Pinkerton	3	0.250%	101.69x
22	Craighead	2	0.170%	185.19x
23	Crumley	2	0.170%	1428.57x
24	Montgomerie	2	0.170%	87.72x
25	Wark	2	0.170%	138.89x
26	Biggam	1	0.080%	147.06x
27	Briton	1	0.080%	82.64x
28	Cairney	1	0.080%	37.31x
29	Clydesdale	1	0.080%	125.00x
30	Comrie	1	0.080%	51.28x
31	Dinsmore	1	0.080%	256.41x
32	Farlie	1	0.080%	344.83x
33	Hynds	1	0.080%	136.99x
34	Lauderdale	1	0.080%	204.08x
35	Macdougald	1	0.080%	769.23x
36	Mcgilp	1	0.080%	0.00x
37	Mckechnie	1	0.080%	1000.00x
38	Ororke	1	0.080%	357.14x
39	Primrose	1	0.080%	64.10x
40	Sprunt	1	0.080%	131.58x
41	Sweenie	1	0.080%	96.15x
42	Thunder	1	0.080%	322.58x
43	Torrie	1	0.080%	117.65x