1881 census place

Forfar surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Forfar, 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

420 surnames are listed for Forfar, Angus, covering 9,663 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lamond, with 30 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Forfar

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
101	Lamond	30	0.200%	59.93x
102	Boyle	29	0.200%	7.63x
103	Callander	29	0.200%	97.15x
104	Easson	29	0.200%	102.37x
105	Keay	29	0.200%	46.37x
106	Rae	29	0.200%	8.69x
107	Rennie	29	0.200%	11.33x
108	Crighton	28	0.190%	48.13x
109	Leighton	28	0.190%	17.76x
110	Rattray	28	0.190%	39.08x
111	Robbie	28	0.190%	82.91x
112	Dargie	27	0.180%	193.55x
113	Wishart	27	0.180%	23.52x
114	Kidd	26	0.180%	8.72x
115	Donaldson	25	0.170%	5.98x
116	Gibb	25	0.170%	9.66x
117	Andrew	24	0.160%	5.17x
118	Balfour	24	0.160%	23.51x
119	Duff	24	0.160%	9.20x
120	Hastings	24	0.160%	12.86x
121	High	24	0.160%	36.22x
122	Matthew	24	0.160%	21.69x
123	Stephen	24	0.160%	9.34x
124	Hood	23	0.160%	5.67x
125	Ireland	23	0.160%	6.76x
126	Laing	23	0.160%	7.81x
127	Moffat	23	0.160%	8.66x
128	Moir	23	0.160%	11.41x
129	Winter	23	0.160%	4.43x
130	Dundas	22	0.150%	79.28x
131	Farquharson	22	0.150%	26.55x
132	Lamont	22	0.150%	16.88x
133	Massie	22	0.150%	46.74x
134	Paton	22	0.150%	6.71x
135	Rea	22	0.150%	26.71x
136	Richard	22	0.150%	17.41x
137	Waterston	22	0.150%	103.58x
138	Allardice	21	0.140%	108.36x
139	Burnett	21	0.140%	5.18x
140	Caird	21	0.140%	70.47x
141	Cargill	21	0.140%	36.18x
142	Edward	21	0.140%	15.44x
143	Rolland	21	0.140%	125.52x
144	Warden	21	0.140%	20.05x
145	Yeaman	21	0.140%	124.41x
146	Barclay	20	0.140%	6.63x
147	Constable	20	0.140%	12.34x
148	Gowans	20	0.140%	42.40x
149	Littlejohn	20	0.140%	28.28x
150	Rough	20	0.140%	60.46x
151	Urquhart	20	0.140%	9.71x
152	Wighton	20	0.140%	134.05x
153	Bennet	19	0.130%	9.39x
154	Cant	19	0.130%	20.90x
155	Coutts	19	0.130%	12.85x
156	Ferrier	19	0.130%	22.29x
157	Grewar	19	0.130%	323.68x
158	Norrie	19	0.130%	41.84x
159	Carnegie	18	0.120%	37.42x
160	Cowie	18	0.120%	10.12x
161	Dakers	18	0.120%	90.82x
162	Glen	18	0.120%	12.41x
163	Hosie	18	0.120%	57.56x
164	Menzies	18	0.120%	9.45x
165	Methven	18	0.120%	53.78x
166	Sim	17	0.120%	10.33x
167	Souter	17	0.120%	21.35x
168	Whitton	17	0.120%	18.91x
169	Blyth	16	0.110%	6.93x
170	Cobb	16	0.110%	7.68x
171	Gourlay	16	0.110%	19.70x
172	Hardie	16	0.110%	8.38x
173	Mollison	16	0.110%	48.94x
174	Davie	15	0.100%	11.11x
175	Haxton	15	0.100%	69.51x
176	Howie	15	0.100%	10.43x
177	Peffers	15	0.100%	176.26x
178	Piggot	15	0.100%	109.89x
179	Waddell	15	0.100%	11.53x
180	Christison	14	0.100%	58.26x
181	Liddle	14	0.100%	8.11x
182	Masson	14	0.100%	15.57x
183	Strang	14	0.100%	21.29x
184	Falconer	13	0.090%	7.44x
185	Gellatly	13	0.090%	64.64x
186	Gracie	13	0.090%	42.51x
187	Hendry	13	0.090%	5.60x
188	Leslie	13	0.090%	5.36x
189	Stormonth	13	0.090%	301.62x
190	Dall	12	0.080%	44.43x
191	Spalding	12	0.080%	11.44x
192	Steven	12	0.080%	10.81x
193	Storrier	12	0.080%	163.49x
194	Troup	12	0.080%	35.39x
195	Airth	11	0.080%	120.88x
196	Binny	11	0.080%	250.00x
197	Buick	11	0.080%	73.24x
198	Dear	11	0.080%	10.15x
199	Dorward	11	0.080%	41.09x
200	Geekie	11	0.080%	72.27x