1881 census place

Kirriemuir surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kirriemuir, 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

233 surnames are listed for Kirriemuir, Angus, covering 3,289 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lindsay, with 149 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kirriemuir

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	Lindsay	149	2.23%	68.46x
2	Stewart	126	1.89%	12.06x
3	Robertson	106	1.59%	9.47x
4	Ogilvy	86	1.29%	572.19x
5	Irvine	85	1.27%	57.77x
6	Wilkie	83	1.24%	87.15x
7	Morrison	70	1.05%	13.34x
8	Barrie	67	1.00%	139.03x
9	Low	65	0.970%	45.94x
10	Rattray	65	0.970%	199.08x
11	Doig	56	0.840%	142.53x
12	Whyte	50	0.750%	44.16x
13	Fairweather	46	0.690%	88.92x
14	Findlay	45	0.670%	32.52x
15	Robb	44	0.660%	38.10x
16	Lowdon	42	0.630%	446.33x
17	Nicoll	42	0.630%	69.23x
18	Donald	41	0.610%	30.50x
19	Ogilvie	40	0.600%	61.92x
20	Winter	38	0.570%	16.05x
21	Alexander	37	0.550%	10.47x
22	Davie	37	0.550%	60.14x
23	Lawson	37	0.550%	9.40x
24	Forrest	35	0.520%	20.33x
25	Millar	35	0.520%	14.36x
26	Farquharson	34	0.510%	90.07x
27	Ramsay	32	0.480%	18.61x
28	Patterson	31	0.460%	13.31x
29	Robbie	31	0.460%	201.43x
30	Strachan	31	0.460%	26.92x
31	Fyfe	30	0.450%	48.94x
32	Kermack	30	0.450%	1181.10x
33	Burnett	28	0.420%	15.16x
34	Craik	28	0.420%	136.92x
35	Guild	27	0.400%	185.19x
36	Hood	27	0.400%	14.61x
37	David	26	0.390%	37.39x
38	Duke	26	0.390%	33.51x
39	Donaldson	25	0.370%	13.13x
40	Edward	25	0.370%	40.34x
41	Lowson	24	0.360%	157.38x
42	Duthie	23	0.340%	64.19x
43	Valentine	23	0.340%	26.86x
44	Deuchar	22	0.330%	763.89x
45	Falconer	22	0.330%	27.62x
46	Farquhar	22	0.330%	42.34x
47	Moncur	22	0.330%	167.17x
48	Wylie	22	0.330%	28.31x
49	Coutts	20	0.300%	29.69x
50	Lowden	20	0.300%	91.32x
51	Hume	19	0.280%	20.06x
52	Leighton	19	0.280%	26.46x
53	Ballentine	18	0.270%	762.71x
54	Crabb	18	0.270%	25.98x
55	Philip	18	0.270%	40.40x
56	Samson	18	0.270%	37.74x
57	Adam	17	0.250%	14.82x
58	Carrie	17	0.250%	150.04x
59	Marnie	17	0.250%	508.98x
60	Mill	17	0.250%	42.22x
61	Beattie	16	0.240%	11.19x
62	Dundass	16	0.240%	634.92x
63	Fotheringham	16	0.240%	57.00x
64	Heron	16	0.240%	24.98x
65	Kinnear	16	0.240%	49.38x
66	Malcolm	16	0.240%	18.22x
67	Myles	16	0.240%	51.13x
68	Kidd	15	0.220%	11.04x
69	Leslie	15	0.220%	13.57x
70	Gall	14	0.210%	32.50x
71	Peter	14	0.210%	59.91x
72	Tosh	14	0.210%	93.71x
73	Chisholm	13	0.190%	13.40x
74	Crighton	13	0.190%	49.04x
75	Hackney	13	0.190%	44.64x
76	Hardie	13	0.190%	14.93x
77	Langlands	13	0.190%	83.55x
78	Hutchison	12	0.180%	10.93x
79	Neill	12	0.180%	27.14x
80	Stirling	12	0.180%	13.83x
81	Birse	11	0.160%	146.47x
82	Boath	11	0.160%	147.26x
83	Dakers	11	0.160%	121.82x
84	Lyall	11	0.160%	24.16x
85	Osler	11	0.160%	143.79x
86	Torrance	11	0.160%	37.38x
87	Whamond	11	0.160%	445.34x
88	Annand	10	0.150%	117.37x
89	Chyne	10	0.150%	561.80x
90	Coupar	10	0.150%	101.73x
91	Cruickshanks	10	0.150%	91.91x
92	Gow	10	0.150%	18.95x
93	Herald	10	0.150%	177.94x
94	Howie	10	0.150%	15.26x
95	Ballantine	9	0.130%	43.97x
96	Cathro	9	0.130%	215.83x
97	Eggo	9	0.130%	447.76x
98	Soutar	9	0.130%	37.83x
99	Bolland	8	0.120%	36.13x
100	Buttar	8	0.120%	666.67x