1881 census place

Cairney surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cairney, 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

52 surnames are listed for Cairney, Aberdeenshire, covering 388 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Christie, with 37 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cairney

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	Christie	37	2.35%	72.41x
2	Bremner	34	2.16%	251.11x
3	Morison	34	2.16%	422.89x
4	Hay	25	1.59%	43.25x
5	Pirie	21	1.33%	186.17x
6	Neish	19	1.21%	593.75x
7	Ogg	17	1.08%	337.97x
8	Lemon	16	1.02%	139.86x
9	Stables	15	0.950%	248.34x
10	Cormack	12	0.760%	100.76x
11	Brander	10	0.630%	423.73x
12	Craigen	9	0.570%	1139.24x
13	Curr	9	0.570%	489.13x
14	Raffan	9	0.570%	1323.53x
15	Cowieson	8	0.510%	2051.28x
16	Dey	8	0.510%	279.72x
17	Sey	8	0.510%	3200.00x
18	Lobban	7	0.440%	382.51x
19	Riach	7	0.440%	254.55x
20	Singer	7	0.440%	110.41x
21	Stronach	7	0.440%	264.15x
22	Ettles	6	0.380%	1463.41x
23	Lipp	6	0.380%	1621.62x
24	Merson	6	0.380%	337.08x
25	Pirrie	6	0.380%	222.22x
26	Gauld	5	0.320%	120.77x
27	Annand	4	0.250%	199.01x
28	Mellis	4	0.250%	158.73x
29	Rhind	4	0.250%	106.38x
30	Glennie	3	0.190%	77.92x
31	Castles	2	0.130%	208.33x
32	Garrow	2	0.130%	109.29x
33	Reaper	2	0.130%	571.43x
34	Brockie	1	0.060%	52.91x
35	Can	1	0.060%	169.49x
36	Cattanach	1	0.060%	50.25x
37	Clyne	1	0.060%	46.95x
38	Connon	1	0.060%	49.26x
39	Cow	1	0.060%	61.73x
40	Dalgarno	1	0.060%	68.03x
41	Dan	1	0.060%	106.38x
42	Diack	1	0.060%	59.88x
43	Duffus	1	0.060%	41.67x
44	Elrick	1	0.060%	43.10x
45	Giffard	1	0.060%	75.19x
46	Jessiman	1	0.060%	94.34x
47	Kelman	1	0.060%	35.84x
48	Loggie	1	0.060%	91.74x
49	Midcalf	1	0.060%	185.19x
50	Shad	1	0.060%	769.23x
51	Skeen	1	0.060%	69.44x
52	Strathdee	1	0.060%	66.67x