1881 census place

Fordyce surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Fordyce, Banffshire 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

156 surnames are listed for Fordyce, Banffshire, covering 1,611 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Grant, with 65 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Fordyce

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	Grant	65	1.49%	15.02x
2	Sutherland	59	1.35%	26.86x
3	Mair	52	1.19%	129.03x
4	Innes	51	1.17%	75.54x
5	Mackay	40	0.920%	25.37x
6	Geddes	38	0.870%	72.70x
7	Cumming	37	0.850%	44.48x
8	Forbes	37	0.850%	25.33x
9	Christie	36	0.830%	25.47x
10	Stephen	35	0.800%	45.78x
11	Ingram	34	0.780%	25.54x
12	Munro	34	0.780%	17.47x
13	Pirie	33	0.760%	105.77x
14	Barclay	31	0.710%	34.55x
15	Hay	30	0.690%	18.76x
16	Milton	30	0.690%	49.92x
17	Badenoch	29	0.670%	1355.14x
18	Horne	28	0.640%	29.51x
19	Lyon	28	0.640%	30.64x
20	Cruickshank	25	0.570%	51.06x
21	Ewing	25	0.570%	62.19x
22	Bremner	21	0.480%	56.06x
23	Gardiner	21	0.480%	16.76x
24	Leslie	21	0.480%	29.09x
25	Main	21	0.480%	29.42x
26	Ogilvie	20	0.460%	47.42x
27	Sandison	18	0.410%	164.23x
28	Cowie	17	0.390%	32.13x
29	Merson	17	0.390%	345.53x
30	Hendry	16	0.370%	23.16x
31	Addison	14	0.320%	23.20x
32	Priest	14	0.320%	24.53x
33	Esson	13	0.300%	135.14x
34	Peterkin	13	0.300%	192.88x
35	Abernethy	12	0.280%	119.17x
36	Begg	12	0.280%	45.23x
37	Benzies	12	0.280%	736.20x
38	Craib	12	0.280%	223.46x
39	Findlater	12	0.280%	186.63x
40	Flaws	12	0.280%	487.80x
41	Rhind	12	0.280%	115.27x
42	Farquhar	11	0.250%	32.43x
43	Fergusson	11	0.250%	49.84x
44	Imlach	11	0.250%	464.14x
45	Plouman	11	0.250%	5500.00x
46	Falconer	10	0.230%	19.23x
47	Hepburn	10	0.230%	25.79x
48	Matthew	10	0.230%	30.38x
49	Mearns	10	0.230%	71.12x
50	Raeburn	10	0.230%	103.31x
51	Raffan	10	0.230%	529.10x
52	Riach	10	0.230%	131.58x
53	Sherar	10	0.230%	1666.67x
54	Bremmer	9	0.210%	608.11x
55	Colville	9	0.210%	60.32x
56	Fortune	9	0.210%	39.51x
57	Goodbrand	9	0.210%	441.18x
58	Massie	9	0.210%	64.24x
59	Strathdee	9	0.210%	216.87x
60	Buttress	8	0.180%	134.45x
61	Callum	8	0.180%	162.93x
62	Fairweather	8	0.180%	23.68x
63	Garden	8	0.180%	43.93x
64	Nicolson	8	0.180%	15.88x
65	Simmers	8	0.180%	287.77x
66	Slorach	8	0.180%	509.55x
67	Farquharson	7	0.160%	28.40x
68	Fordyce	7	0.160%	73.84x
69	Hutcheson	7	0.160%	31.28x
70	Kissack	7	0.160%	114.19x
71	Maver	7	0.160%	255.47x
72	Seivwright	7	0.160%	588.24x
73	Topp	7	0.160%	70.28x
74	Tough	7	0.160%	41.74x
75	Cheyne	6	0.140%	41.38x
76	Collie	6	0.140%	38.41x
77	Dey	6	0.140%	75.76x
78	Eddie	6	0.140%	94.94x
79	Gatherer	6	0.140%	428.57x
80	Gerrie	6	0.140%	121.95x
81	Joiner	6	0.140%	38.73x
82	Ogg	6	0.140%	43.10x
83	Sommers	6	0.140%	200.00x
84	Corbet	5	0.110%	41.67x
85	Coull	5	0.110%	33.51x
86	Fiddes	5	0.110%	61.58x
87	Gault	5	0.110%	85.91x
88	Hutcheon	5	0.110%	41.84x
89	Lorimer	5	0.110%	28.69x
90	Mitcalf	5	0.110%	862.07x
91	Neish	5	0.110%	56.37x
92	Selbie	5	0.110%	248.76x
93	Steinson	5	0.110%	980.39x
94	Wyness	5	0.110%	91.07x
95	Bissett	4	0.090%	38.57x
96	Brander	4	0.090%	61.16x
97	Buie	4	0.090%	187.79x
98	Caird	4	0.090%	45.10x
99	Craigie	4	0.090%	29.20x
100	Craik	4	0.090%	29.96x