1881 census place

Clackmannan surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire 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

108 surnames are listed for Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, covering 2,308 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hunter, with 248 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Clackmannan

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	Hunter	248	5.44%	52.96x
2	Paterson	194	4.25%	62.52x
3	Mitchell	122	2.68%	13.19x
4	Sharp	121	2.65%	31.84x
5	Allan	114	2.50%	39.82x
6	Fyfe	110	2.41%	262.78x
7	Ferguson	105	2.30%	32.48x
8	Snaddon	101	2.21%	2285.07x
9	Harrower	83	1.82%	812.13x
10	Forsyth	76	1.67%	78.13x
11	Blair	67	1.47%	56.68x
12	Drysdale	55	1.21%	142.67x
13	Love	52	1.14%	48.11x
14	Bernard	49	1.07%	259.53x
15	Ramsay	38	0.830%	32.36x
16	Malcolm	31	0.680%	51.70x
17	Scotland	31	0.680%	238.46x
18	Whyte	29	0.640%	37.51x
19	Adamson	24	0.530%	19.90x
20	Hutton	24	0.530%	17.62x
21	Strang	22	0.480%	107.53x
22	Bonnar	21	0.460%	339.81x
23	Drummond	20	0.440%	22.07x
24	Archibald	19	0.420%	48.27x
25	Cairns	19	0.420%	19.27x
26	Rankine	19	0.420%	82.14x
27	Cochrane	18	0.390%	25.48x
28	Philp	18	0.390%	57.92x
29	Laing	16	0.350%	17.46x
30	Cousin	15	0.330%	167.79x
31	Syme	15	0.330%	87.51x
32	Walls	14	0.310%	25.52x
33	Wylie	14	0.310%	26.39x
34	Ramage	13	0.290%	50.72x
35	Mill	12	0.260%	43.64x
36	Condie	11	0.240%	182.12x
37	Cram	11	0.240%	123.73x
38	Dougall	10	0.220%	70.47x
39	Stenhouse	10	0.220%	53.05x
40	Dempster	9	0.200%	28.05x
41	Fotheringham	9	0.200%	46.95x
42	Frew	9	0.200%	39.27x
43	Kettrick	9	0.200%	1956.52x
44	Nussey	9	0.200%	302.01x
45	Stein	9	0.200%	83.33x
46	Bardner	8	0.180%	1230.77x
47	Beatson	8	0.180%	93.79x
48	Conelly	8	0.180%	242.42x
49	Haldane	8	0.180%	69.38x
50	Johanson	8	0.180%	683.76x
51	Michie	8	0.180%	35.84x
52	Pitcairn	8	0.180%	211.08x
53	Scobie	8	0.180%	80.73x
54	Sneddon	8	0.180%	29.47x
55	Summer	8	0.180%	76.48x
56	Westwater	8	0.180%	134.68x
57	Foord	7	0.150%	35.19x
58	Halley	7	0.150%	40.86x
59	Lochhead	7	0.150%	85.16x
60	Porteous	7	0.150%	23.02x
61	Calley	6	0.130%	201.34x
62	Culbert	6	0.130%	172.91x
63	Dobbie	6	0.130%	30.12x
64	Fyffe	6	0.130%	67.57x
65	Malcom	6	0.130%	163.49x
66	Masterton	6	0.130%	40.84x
67	Monteath	6	0.130%	142.86x
68	Moodie	6	0.130%	28.02x
69	Atwell	5	0.110%	51.81x
70	Deas	5	0.110%	37.37x
71	Dunsmore	5	0.110%	42.66x
72	Kinsella	5	0.110%	73.64x
73	Marlin	5	0.110%	126.26x
74	Methven	5	0.110%	48.03x
75	Mullan	5	0.110%	60.46x
76	Scobbie	5	0.110%	114.42x
77	Stobie	5	0.110%	74.63x
78	Bogie	4	0.090%	64.41x
79	Breslin	4	0.090%	222.22x
80	Farish	4	0.090%	72.20x
81	Finigan	4	0.090%	56.50x
82	Forsythe	4	0.090%	90.29x
83	Gowans	4	0.090%	27.25x
84	Louden	4	0.090%	50.70x
85	Monteith	4	0.090%	33.06x
86	Peggie	4	0.090%	160.00x
87	Chrystal	3	0.070%	47.69x
88	Fogo	3	0.070%	245.90x
89	Lothian	3	0.070%	28.99x
90	Scoular	3	0.070%	51.81x
91	Snadden	3	0.070%	160.43x
92	Sommers	3	0.070%	95.54x
93	Michel	2	0.040%	51.15x
94	Polson	2	0.040%	18.90x
95	Sandiland	2	0.040%	122.70x
96	Steen	2	0.040%	22.50x
97	Aberdeen	1	0.020%	53.76x
98	Aikman	1	0.020%	10.60x
99	Bonar	1	0.020%	13.68x
100	Bracken	1	0.020%	13.30x