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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 Bonthron, with 1 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.

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201Bonthron141.15x
202Bonthrone157.47x
203Boyack133.44x
204Buick114.60x
205Cormick122.32x
206Cossens144.05x
207Croal123.87x
208Dalgety122.99x
209Dargie115.75x
210Dorward18.20x
211Esplin111.93x
212Heary1135.14x
213Hobb123.87x
214Hosey143.10x
215Inches127.70x
216Inverarity135.09x
217Japp114.86x
218Kydd18.62x
219Leuchars154.05x
220Lownie146.73x
221Middelton1109.89x
222Obrine149.75x
223Purden130.12x
224Pyott133.22x
225Rolland113.11x
226Scrimgeour19.75x
227Sheperd122.52x
228Stothert148.78x
229Strahan130.96x
230Waterston110.33x
231Webester123.36x
232Wighton114.71x
233Wilke164.10x