1881 census place
Rattray surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Rattray, Perthshire 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
117 surnames are listed for Rattray, Perthshire, covering 778 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Stewart, with 110 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Rattray
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewart | 110 | 23.04x |
| 2 | Low | 34 | 52.58x |
| 3 | Laing | 23 | 37.51x |
| 4 | Keir | 22 | 144.17x |
| 5 | Dewar | 21 | 52.75x |
| 6 | Jack | 21 | 32.38x |
| 7 | Bisset | 20 | 83.61x |
| 8 | Thom | 19 | 69.62x |
| 9 | Clyde | 14 | 324.07x |
| 10 | Pyott | 14 | 1014.49x |
| 11 | Moncur | 13 | 216.31x |
| 12 | Pennycook | 13 | 282.00x |
| 13 | Doig | 12 | 66.82x |
| 14 | Downie | 12 | 33.52x |
| 15 | Birmingham | 11 | 145.12x |
| 16 | Falconer | 11 | 30.22x |
| 17 | Herron | 11 | 100.73x |
| 18 | Mowbray | 11 | 86.61x |
| 19 | Grewar | 10 | 819.67x |
| 20 | Monro | 10 | 157.73x |
| 21 | Bracken | 9 | 178.93x |
| 22 | Fernie | 9 | 98.79x |
| 23 | Gorrie | 9 | 138.46x |
| 24 | Lamond | 9 | 86.29x |
| 25 | Soutar | 9 | 82.80x |
| 26 | Spottiswood | 9 | 1250.00x |
| 27 | Ayling | 8 | 36.20x |
| 28 | Ballantyne | 8 | 34.57x |
| 29 | Neish | 8 | 128.82x |
| 30 | Rattray | 8 | 53.62x |
| 31 | Boland | 7 | 116.86x |
| 32 | Craik | 7 | 74.87x |
| 33 | Erskine | 7 | 37.08x |
| 34 | Gavin | 7 | 46.39x |
| 35 | Molison | 7 | 958.90x |
| 36 | Queen | 7 | 56.00x |
| 37 | Sturrock | 7 | 63.58x |
| 38 | Templeman | 7 | 59.37x |
| 39 | Wardlaw | 7 | 126.35x |
| 40 | Beardall | 6 | 188.09x |
| 41 | Birrel | 6 | 375.00x |
| 42 | Blackie | 6 | 47.96x |
| 43 | Dingwall | 6 | 49.59x |
| 44 | Jaffray | 6 | 141.84x |
| 45 | Lawder | 6 | 1363.64x |
| 46 | Morn | 6 | 560.75x |
| 47 | Slaven | 6 | 135.14x |
| 48 | Strain | 6 | 101.69x |
| 49 | Boyack | 5 | 364.96x |
| 50 | Campbel | 5 | 354.61x |
| 51 | Collie | 5 | 45.70x |
| 52 | Cruden | 5 | 137.36x |
| 53 | Durward | 5 | 150.60x |
| 54 | Haxton | 5 | 111.36x |
| 55 | Herdman | 5 | 65.10x |
| 56 | Renny | 5 | 177.94x |
| 57 | Stobie | 5 | 111.61x |
| 58 | Butchart | 4 | 58.14x |
| 59 | Croal | 4 | 208.33x |
| 60 | Fife | 4 | 49.26x |
| 61 | Gaffney | 4 | 38.65x |
| 62 | Inches | 4 | 242.42x |
| 63 | Kermack | 4 | 344.83x |
| 64 | Lunan | 4 | 157.48x |
| 65 | Scrimgeour | 4 | 85.29x |
| 66 | Sidey | 4 | 122.32x |
| 67 | Sneddon | 4 | 22.01x |
| 68 | Clarey | 3 | 107.91x |
| 69 | Duffus | 3 | 64.38x |
| 70 | Gilruth | 3 | 365.85x |
| 71 | Langlands | 3 | 42.19x |
| 72 | Wedderburn | 3 | 118.58x |
| 73 | Westwater | 3 | 75.57x |
| 74 | Annandale | 2 | 116.96x |
| 75 | Beverly | 2 | 78.43x |
| 76 | Borrie | 2 | 135.14x |
| 77 | Crossan | 2 | 47.96x |
| 78 | Donally | 2 | 153.85x |
| 79 | Dougal | 2 | 35.97x |
| 80 | Easson | 2 | 33.90x |
| 81 | Fairgrieve | 2 | 42.64x |
| 82 | Gellatly | 2 | 47.73x |
| 83 | Glasgow | 2 | 29.90x |
| 84 | Halson | 2 | 181.82x |
| 85 | Ormond | 2 | 30.82x |
| 86 | Otoole | 2 | 109.89x |
| 87 | Roake | 2 | 81.30x |
| 88 | Sawers | 2 | 56.02x |
| 89 | Winning | 2 | 29.20x |
| 90 | Abercromby | 1 | 52.36x |
| 91 | Belle | 1 | 500.00x |
| 92 | Boath | 1 | 29.33x |
| 93 | Bran | 1 | 51.81x |
| 94 | Brownley | 1 | 51.28x |
| 95 | Carry | 1 | 43.29x |
| 96 | Cathie | 1 | 61.35x |
| 97 | Donachie | 1 | 25.64x |
| 98 | Fairnie | 1 | 156.25x |
| 99 | Forgan | 1 | 32.57x |
| 100 | Gairns | 1 | 77.52x |