1881 census place

Gamrie surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Gamrie, 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

197 surnames are listed for Gamrie, Banffshire, covering 3,552 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Watt, with 393 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Gamrie

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	Watt	393	5.81%	151.49x
2	West	189	2.79%	29.02x
3	Lyall	130	1.92%	281.81x
4	Morrison	126	1.86%	23.70x
5	Wiseman	124	1.83%	133.46x
6	Paterson	108	1.60%	23.46x
7	Nicol	96	1.42%	68.17x
8	Ingram	93	1.37%	45.02x
9	Gray	74	1.09%	7.66x
10	Cruickshank	71	1.05%	93.46x
11	Mackay	71	1.05%	29.02x
12	Davidson	69	1.02%	12.13x
13	Reid	69	1.02%	9.71x
14	Grant	60	0.890%	8.94x
15	Hepburn	46	0.680%	76.44x
16	Stephen	44	0.650%	37.09x
17	Chalmers	42	0.620%	26.08x
18	Andrew	40	0.590%	18.66x
19	Kidd	40	0.590%	29.05x
20	Pirie	39	0.580%	80.56x
21	Alexander	38	0.560%	10.61x
22	Ritchie	38	0.560%	16.26x
23	Laird	35	0.520%	46.08x
24	Fordyce	33	0.490%	224.34x
25	Raeburn	33	0.490%	219.71x
26	Forbes	32	0.470%	14.12x
27	Mackie	31	0.460%	21.43x
28	Donald	29	0.430%	21.29x
29	Geddes	29	0.430%	35.76x
30	Henry	29	0.430%	16.96x
31	Innes	28	0.410%	26.73x
32	Massie	28	0.410%	128.85x
33	Angus	27	0.400%	27.89x
34	Birnie	27	0.400%	93.75x
35	Lovie	26	0.380%	421.39x
36	Shand	24	0.350%	51.65x
37	Barron	22	0.330%	21.00x
38	Cowie	22	0.330%	26.80x
39	Craib	22	0.330%	263.79x
40	Fowlie	22	0.330%	222.90x
41	Murdoch	22	0.330%	19.15x
42	Ewan	20	0.300%	129.79x
43	Mair	20	0.300%	31.98x
44	Skene	20	0.300%	120.63x
45	Strachan	20	0.300%	17.15x
46	Greig	19	0.280%	17.75x
47	Lawerance	19	0.280%	568.86x
48	Nicolson	19	0.280%	24.31x
49	Whyte	19	0.280%	16.56x
50	Farquhar	18	0.270%	34.20x
51	Robb	18	0.270%	15.39x
52	Cobban	17	0.250%	278.69x
53	Ord	17	0.250%	38.14x
54	Sim	16	0.240%	21.06x
55	Thom	16	0.240%	26.45x
56	Gerrard	15	0.220%	17.35x
57	Ironside	15	0.220%	64.35x
58	Still	15	0.220%	35.21x
59	Collie	14	0.210%	57.76x
60	Coull	14	0.210%	60.48x
61	Farquharson	14	0.210%	36.61x
62	Brodie	13	0.190%	14.32x
63	Cassie	13	0.190%	114.44x
64	Connon	13	0.190%	149.08x
65	Kindness	13	0.190%	471.01x
66	Winchester	13	0.190%	50.45x
67	Badenoch	12	0.180%	361.45x
68	Davie	12	0.180%	19.26x
69	Edward	12	0.180%	19.11x
70	Ewen	12	0.180%	41.70x
71	Roy	12	0.180%	19.52x
72	Dempster	11	0.160%	23.11x
73	Galt	11	0.160%	71.71x
74	Wildgoose	11	0.160%	60.71x
75	Winton	11	0.160%	43.36x
76	Beedie	10	0.150%	225.73x
77	Dalgarno	10	0.150%	158.73x
78	Joss	10	0.150%	81.10x
79	Michie	10	0.150%	30.19x
80	Repper	10	0.150%	751.88x
81	Sangster	10	0.150%	30.91x
82	Stables	10	0.150%	38.57x
83	Carle	9	0.130%	122.28x
84	Gaul	9	0.130%	116.58x
85	Maitland	9	0.130%	20.51x
86	Mathieson	9	0.130%	12.63x
87	Rettie	9	0.130%	191.49x
88	Sales	9	0.130%	21.81x
89	Yeats	9	0.130%	48.18x
90	Bannerman	8	0.120%	33.73x
91	Bremner	8	0.120%	13.76x
92	Cruden	8	0.120%	99.26x
93	Gall	8	0.120%	18.33x
94	Hacket	8	0.120%	94.45x
95	Kelman	8	0.120%	66.72x
96	Minty	8	0.120%	59.44x
97	Renton	8	0.120%	19.28x
98	Symon	8	0.120%	70.67x
99	Tocher	8	0.120%	91.01x
100	Barren	7	0.100%	292.89x