1881 census place

Forres surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Forres, Morayshire 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

140 surnames are listed for Forres, Morayshire, covering 1,866 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Scroggie, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Forres

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	Scroggie	3	0.060%	76.34x
102	Soutar	3	0.060%	17.65x
103	Anton	2	0.040%	46.62x
104	Brackenridge	2	0.040%	31.06x
105	Cobban	2	0.040%	46.51x
106	Cramond	2	0.040%	51.28x
107	Cruickshanks	2	0.040%	25.74x
108	Findlayson	2	0.040%	85.84x
109	Fridge	2	0.040%	263.16x
110	Gillanders	2	0.040%	31.85x
111	Gregor	2	0.040%	25.09x
112	Hobb	2	0.040%	66.89x
113	Lochart	2	0.040%	99.50x
114	Merton	2	0.040%	37.04x
115	Pullar	2	0.040%	32.52x
116	Rourk	2	0.040%	133.33x
117	Torry	2	0.040%	52.77x
118	Brims	1	0.020%	31.75x
119	Cruden	1	0.020%	17.57x
120	Dowthwaite	1	0.020%	23.58x
121	Galton	1	0.020%	22.32x
122	Gollan	1	0.020%	28.90x
123	Goulder	1	0.020%	14.90x
124	Hector	1	0.020%	12.53x
125	Hinchcliff	1	0.020%	17.73x
126	Hopkirk	1	0.020%	36.23x
127	Kellas	1	0.020%	28.65x
128	Lily	1	0.020%	44.25x
129	Macleay	1	0.020%	57.14x
130	Murchison	1	0.020%	20.79x
131	Oconnel	1	0.020%	120.48x
132	Perrie	1	0.020%	18.32x
133	Pitblado	1	0.020%	333.33x
134	Servant	1	0.020%	48.31x
135	Sinclar	1	0.020%	44.84x
136	Steuart	1	0.020%	36.23x
137	Storm	1	0.020%	16.39x
138	Strathdee	1	0.020%	22.03x
139	Sutter	1	0.020%	47.85x
140	Younie	1	0.020%	33.78x