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1881 census place

Montrose surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Montrose, 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

567 surnames are listed for Montrose, Angus, covering 10,299 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lamond, with 12 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Montrose

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
201Lamond1221.42x
202Laurence125.15x
203Macpherson1211.30x
204Malcolm125.56x
205Mathew1219.49x
206Officer1273.26x
207Ogilvy1232.51x
208Fullerton1115.85x
209Gellan11299.73x
210Glennie1127.47x
211Grandison1195.65x
212Hoskins116.88x
213Lackie11147.65x
214Lumsden118.04x
215Menmuir11177.71x
216Mouatt11352.56x
217Mustard1147.15x
218Myles1114.32x
219Neil115.07x
220Oliphant1117.23x
221Peebles1115.98x
222Sturrock1118.60x
223Sweetmore11299.73x
224Braine1040.93x
225Buick1059.49x
226Darroch1023.38x
227Farquharson1010.79x
228Hadden1013.73x
229Hebenton10210.08x
230Hickford1060.28x
231Kiddie1060.06x
232Kydd1035.11x
233Masson109.93x
234Mouat1034.98x
235Murison1062.31x
236Queen1014.88x
237Ryrie10104.93x
238Silver1010.65x
239Brannan98.11x
240Candy915.40x
241Crocket942.47x
242Cruickshanks933.67x
243Eddie937.86x
244Garry930.55x
245Kirkwood96.07x
246Neill98.29x
247Neish926.99x
248Reith931.24x
249Reoch9104.05x
250Tough914.27x
251Benzie832.10x
252Brackenridge836.15x
253Byers89.41x
254Cadzow8102.83x
255Cargill812.32x
256Carnie828.42x
257Cram825.02x
258Dalgetty8148.98x
259Durie829.10x
260Ewan821.42x
261Fearn86.53x
262Fettes854.09x
263Gauld818.56x
264Gouck8394.09x
265Gow86.17x
266Grassie899.38x
267Hanna830.82x
268Hector829.15x
269Hermon854.72x
270Irons88.96x
271Matthew86.46x
272Melvin810.13x
273Motion878.51x
274Spink86.05x
275Tindall88.06x
276Whamond8131.58x
277Will811.95x
278Willocks888.01x
279Abernethy718.47x
280Airth768.69x
281Cammeron7148.62x
282Crockatt779.91x
283Dowie717.70x
284Durward739.22x
285Findlayson787.50x
286Forfar773.07x
287Gourlay77.70x
288Harkins718.88x
289Hobb767.96x
290Honeyman713.05x
291Kinley736.94x
292Lesslie762.33x
293Longmuir722.99x
294Lowden713.02x
295Niven76.13x
296Peter712.20x
297Rait755.34x
298Scrimgeour727.79x
299Shankland723.93x
300Swankie768.36x