1881 census place

Premnay surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Premnay, Aberdeenshire 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

45 surnames are listed for Premnay, Aberdeenshire, covering 266 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ledingham, with 23 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Premnay

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	Ledingham	23	2.47%	1691.18x
2	Souter	23	2.47%	455.45x
3	Gauld	20	2.15%	819.67x
4	Gerrie	13	1.40%	1238.10x
5	Dempster	12	1.29%	183.49x
6	Duffus	12	1.29%	845.07x
7	Philip	11	1.18%	177.42x
8	Glennie	10	1.08%	440.53x
9	Collie	9	0.970%	270.27x
10	Mennie	9	0.970%	697.67x
11	Tough	9	0.970%	251.40x
12	Beverly	8	0.860%	1025.64x
13	Rugg	8	0.860%	444.44x
14	Meldrum	7	0.750%	119.45x
15	Yeats	7	0.750%	272.37x
16	Dey	6	0.650%	355.03x
17	Kelman	6	0.650%	363.64x
18	Mutch	6	0.650%	144.58x
19	Benzie	5	0.540%	354.61x
20	Emslie	5	0.540%	179.21x
21	Fettes	5	0.540%	595.24x
22	Person	5	0.540%	1428.57x
23	Riddel	5	0.540%	354.61x
24	Skene	5	0.540%	219.30x
25	Florence	4	0.430%	217.39x
26	Troup	4	0.430%	186.05x
27	Will	4	0.430%	105.54x
28	Cheyne	3	0.320%	97.09x
29	Fearnside	3	0.320%	365.85x
30	Galashan	3	0.320%	2142.86x
31	Daun	2	0.220%	1000.00x
32	Archbald	1	0.110%	384.62x
33	Argo	1	0.110%	204.08x
34	Badenoch	1	0.110%	217.39x
35	Brander	1	0.110%	71.94x
36	Brownie	1	0.110%	322.58x
37	Croll	1	0.110%	57.14x
38	Durno	1	0.110%	185.19x
39	Ferries	1	0.110%	121.95x
40	Fowlie	1	0.110%	73.53x
41	Gammie	1	0.110%	119.05x
42	Hacket	1	0.110%	86.21x
43	Mellis	1	0.110%	67.11x
44	Sey	1	0.110%	666.67x
45	Tocher	1	0.110%	82.64x