1881 census place

Rathven surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rathven, Banffshire 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

181 surnames are listed for Rathven, Banffshire, covering 7,356 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 722 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rathven

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	Smith	722	6.34%	4.49x
2	Cowie	484	4.25%	350.39x
3	Reid	398	3.50%	33.29x
4	Murray	338	2.97%	23.95x
5	Flett	336	2.95%	682.10x
6	Geddes	306	2.69%	224.26x
7	Mair	246	2.16%	233.82x
8	Coull	204	1.79%	523.61x
9	Wood	191	1.68%	5.27x
10	Thomson	190	1.67%	12.49x
11	Sutherland	175	1.54%	30.51x
12	Innes	164	1.44%	93.05x
13	Farquhar	156	1.37%	176.15x
14	Bruce	155	1.36%	29.07x
15	Clark	140	1.23%	4.09x
16	Grant	128	1.12%	11.33x
17	Thain	121	1.06%	329.25x
18	Stewart	113	0.990%	6.34x
19	Hay	106	0.930%	25.39x
20	Jappy	103	0.900%	2219.83x
21	Pirie	102	0.900%	125.23x
22	Hendry	99	0.870%	54.90x
23	Stuart	99	0.870%	36.44x
24	Gordon	95	0.830%	13.24x
25	Slater	94	0.830%	13.64x
26	Davidson	93	0.820%	9.72x
27	Ross	84	0.740%	6.75x
28	Garden	82	0.720%	172.45x
29	Forbes	72	0.630%	18.88x
30	Herd	57	0.500%	68.20x
31	Paterson	57	0.500%	7.36x
32	Johnston	54	0.470%	5.88x
33	Imlach	52	0.460%	840.06x
34	Forsyth	50	0.440%	20.59x
35	Donaldson	46	0.400%	14.17x
36	Bowie	45	0.400%	45.38x
37	Winchester	43	0.380%	99.15x
38	Cormack	41	0.360%	47.65x
39	Munro	39	0.340%	7.67x
40	Falconer	38	0.330%	27.99x
41	Newlands	34	0.300%	73.93x
42	Wiseman	33	0.290%	21.11x
43	Calder	32	0.280%	20.10x
44	Ingram	31	0.270%	8.92x
45	Legg	30	0.260%	15.96x
46	Findlay	28	0.250%	11.87x
47	Bonnyman	27	0.240%	493.60x
48	Donald	27	0.240%	11.78x
49	Badenoch	23	0.200%	411.45x
50	Chalmers	23	0.200%	8.49x
51	Bremner	22	0.190%	22.49x
52	Barron	21	0.180%	11.91x
53	Goodbrand	21	0.180%	394.74x
54	Lobban	21	0.180%	159.21x
55	Merson	21	0.180%	163.42x
56	Symon	21	0.180%	110.29x
57	Gibb	20	0.180%	9.95x
58	Pirrie	20	0.180%	102.35x
59	Bain	19	0.170%	6.73x
60	Fordyce	19	0.170%	76.80x
61	Phimister	19	0.170%	272.99x
62	Barclay	18	0.160%	7.68x
63	Packman	18	0.160%	64.26x
64	Cruickshank	16	0.140%	12.52x
65	Whyte	16	0.140%	8.29x
66	Leslie	15	0.130%	7.96x
67	Logie	15	0.130%	45.36x
68	Main	15	0.130%	8.05x
69	Milton	15	0.130%	9.56x
70	Riddoch	15	0.130%	110.21x
71	Sclater	15	0.130%	128.53x
72	Hepburn	14	0.120%	13.83x
73	Shand	14	0.120%	17.91x
74	Annand	13	0.110%	89.53x
75	Mitchal	13	0.110%	797.55x
76	Moir	13	0.110%	8.30x
77	Dustan	12	0.110%	193.86x
78	Macintosh	12	0.110%	24.42x
79	Copland	11	0.100%	17.26x
80	Legge	11	0.100%	21.63x
81	Loggie	11	0.100%	139.06x
82	Raffan	11	0.100%	222.67x
83	Stronach	11	0.100%	57.41x
84	Coupland	10	0.090%	13.87x
85	Duguid	10	0.090%	26.10x
86	Grieve	10	0.090%	7.58x
87	Perie	10	0.090%	404.86x
88	Wight	10	0.090%	17.07x
89	Yeats	10	0.090%	31.82x
90	Hossack	9	0.080%	35.93x
91	Macrae	9	0.080%	10.14x
92	Michie	9	0.080%	16.15x
93	Scorgie	9	0.080%	74.26x
94	Fortune	8	0.070%	13.45x
95	Gauld	8	0.070%	26.75x
96	Hadden	8	0.070%	15.83x
97	Hector	8	0.070%	42.02x
98	Kelman	8	0.070%	39.64x
99	Moggach	8	0.070%	421.05x
100	Neish	8	0.070%	34.56x