1881 census place

Monifieth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Monifieth, 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

387 surnames are listed for Monifieth, Angus, covering 4,487 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Anderson, with 174 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Monifieth

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	Anderson	174	1.82%	9.21x
2	Stewart	161	1.68%	10.76x
3	Robertson	151	1.58%	9.43x
4	Scott	144	1.51%	5.95x
5	Gall	99	1.04%	160.53x
6	Knight	87	0.910%	7.38x
7	Webster	87	0.910%	10.46x
8	Ferrier	77	0.810%	138.46x
9	Kidd	74	0.770%	38.03x
10	Lorimer	67	0.700%	175.35x
11	Norrie	64	0.670%	216.07x
12	Nicoll	60	0.630%	69.08x
13	Davidson	59	0.620%	7.34x
14	Grant	59	0.620%	6.22x
15	Low	57	0.600%	28.14x
16	Sturrock	51	0.530%	147.91x
17	Strachan	49	0.510%	29.72x
18	Lormer	48	0.500%	2352.94x
19	Findlay	47	0.490%	23.73x
20	Alexander	44	0.460%	8.70x
21	Butchart	44	0.460%	204.18x
22	Ramsay	43	0.450%	17.46x
23	Doig	41	0.430%	72.89x
24	Gordon	40	0.420%	6.64x
25	Lowson	39	0.410%	178.65x
26	Watt	38	0.400%	10.37x
27	Chalmers	37	0.390%	16.26x
28	Small	36	0.380%	14.84x
29	Duff	34	0.360%	19.99x
30	Rodger	34	0.360%	25.30x
31	Christie	33	0.350%	10.65x
32	Johnstone	33	0.350%	7.64x
33	Kinnear	33	0.350%	71.15x
34	Suttie	32	0.330%	116.15x
35	Forbes	31	0.320%	9.68x
36	Ritchie	31	0.320%	9.39x
37	Dorward	30	0.310%	171.82x
38	Fyffe	27	0.280%	145.08x
39	Petrie	27	0.280%	23.77x
40	Stephen	27	0.280%	16.11x
41	Ogilvie	26	0.270%	28.11x
42	Hendry	25	0.260%	16.51x
43	Dargie	24	0.250%	263.74x
44	Greig	24	0.250%	15.86x
45	Dick	23	0.240%	10.79x
46	Gibb	23	0.240%	13.63x
47	Phillip	23	0.240%	47.37x
48	Stark	23	0.240%	17.57x
49	Angus	22	0.230%	16.08x
50	Baird	22	0.230%	10.76x
51	Hutchison	22	0.230%	14.00x
52	Nicol	22	0.230%	11.06x
53	Don	21	0.220%	96.46x
54	Donaldson	21	0.220%	7.70x
55	Fairweather	21	0.220%	28.36x
56	Barrie	20	0.210%	28.99x
57	Cowan	20	0.210%	10.26x
58	Laird	20	0.210%	18.64x
59	Beaton	19	0.200%	17.29x
60	Soutar	19	0.200%	55.78x
61	Miln	18	0.190%	402.68x
62	Bisset	17	0.180%	22.69x
63	Mudie	17	0.180%	78.09x
64	Paton	17	0.180%	7.95x
65	Robb	17	0.180%	10.28x
66	Shanks	17	0.180%	23.39x
67	Elder	16	0.170%	15.85x
68	Urquhart	16	0.170%	11.91x
69	Cant	15	0.160%	25.29x
70	Cumming	15	0.160%	8.22x
71	Hanton	15	0.160%	90.20x
72	Lamond	15	0.160%	45.93x
73	Myles	15	0.160%	33.49x
74	Philip	15	0.160%	23.52x
75	Sherriff	15	0.160%	51.12x
76	Archibald	14	0.150%	16.97x
77	Crabb	14	0.150%	14.12x
78	Gilroy	14	0.150%	36.13x
79	Keay	14	0.150%	34.31x
80	Kydd	14	0.150%	84.34x
81	Moir	14	0.150%	10.65x
82	Murry	14	0.150%	27.71x
83	Sandeman	14	0.150%	107.53x
84	Grimmond	13	0.140%	226.09x
85	Heggie	13	0.140%	49.24x
86	Hutcheson	13	0.140%	26.50x
87	Malcolm	13	0.140%	10.34x
88	Peddie	13	0.140%	50.96x
89	Crighton	12	0.130%	31.61x
90	Ewan	12	0.130%	55.12x
91	Gellatly	12	0.130%	91.46x
92	Key	12	0.130%	9.10x
93	Stormont	12	0.130%	164.84x
94	Bremner	11	0.120%	13.39x
95	Carver	11	0.120%	12.71x
96	Coutts	11	0.120%	11.41x
97	Croll	11	0.120%	61.32x
98	Frain	11	0.120%	87.44x
99	Mathers	11	0.120%	19.33x
100	Mollison	11	0.120%	51.59x