1881 census place

Rothesay surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rothesay, Buteshire 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

256 surnames are listed for Rothesay, Buteshire, covering 2,526 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Campbell, with 220 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rothesay

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	Campbell	220	2.57%	15.17x
2	Morrison	116	1.35%	17.22x
3	Stewart	96	1.12%	7.16x
4	Black	93	1.08%	16.75x
5	Ferguson	86	1.00%	14.15x
6	Currie	58	0.680%	24.04x
7	Crawford	43	0.500%	10.25x
8	Lamont	43	0.500%	56.42x
9	Blue	40	0.470%	270.27x
10	Weir	40	0.470%	17.94x
11	Macfie	38	0.440%	614.89x
12	Gillies	35	0.410%	28.55x
13	Buchanan	33	0.390%	14.90x
14	Rankin	32	0.370%	25.13x
15	Leitch	31	0.360%	37.91x
16	Blair	30	0.350%	13.50x
17	Muir	30	0.350%	9.14x
18	Whyte	29	0.340%	19.95x
19	Boyle	27	0.320%	12.14x
20	Jamieson	26	0.300%	10.89x
21	Gilchrist	25	0.290%	19.90x
22	Dewar	22	0.260%	19.68x
23	Heron	20	0.230%	24.33x
24	Connell	19	0.220%	12.75x
25	Faulds	19	0.220%	72.63x
26	Maitland	19	0.220%	34.17x
27	Innes	18	0.210%	13.56x
28	Keith	18	0.210%	19.59x
29	Murdoch	18	0.210%	12.36x
30	Fyfe	17	0.200%	21.61x
31	Livingstone	17	0.200%	21.27x
32	Nisbet	17	0.200%	18.78x
33	Bowie	16	0.190%	21.42x
34	Glen	16	0.190%	18.86x
35	Haig	16	0.190%	47.49x
36	Hyndman	16	0.190%	163.93x
37	Lauder	16	0.190%	35.52x
38	Moodie	16	0.190%	39.76x
39	Waugh	16	0.190%	13.69x
40	Carswell	15	0.180%	47.86x
41	Derby	15	0.180%	94.58x
42	Dougan	15	0.180%	73.21x
43	Napier	15	0.180%	21.77x
44	Angus	14	0.160%	11.41x
45	Leckie	14	0.160%	52.08x
46	Docherty	13	0.150%	10.20x
47	Gallacher	13	0.150%	17.58x
48	Orkney	13	0.150%	363.13x
49	Slaven	13	0.150%	104.17x
50	Thorburn	13	0.150%	26.27x
51	Whiteford	13	0.150%	57.19x
52	Cassidy	12	0.140%	11.45x
53	Laidlaw	12	0.140%	15.80x
54	Lusk	12	0.140%	152.48x
55	Montgomerie	12	0.140%	73.44x
56	Ogilvie	12	0.140%	14.47x
57	Canning	11	0.130%	18.06x
58	Livingston	11	0.130%	14.29x
59	Lyle	11	0.130%	27.43x
60	Macfarlane	11	0.130%	22.44x
61	Mackinnon	11	0.130%	35.71x
62	Maclean	11	0.130%	11.60x
63	Shand	11	0.130%	18.68x
64	Boag	10	0.120%	40.29x
65	Halbert	10	0.120%	90.01x
66	Robison	10	0.120%	52.22x
67	Stoddart	10	0.120%	13.97x
68	Telfer	10	0.120%	19.51x
69	Comrie	9	0.110%	64.42x
70	Curran	9	0.110%	12.54x
71	Ewing	9	0.110%	11.39x
72	Kell	9	0.110%	26.25x
73	Luff	9	0.110%	16.30x
74	Macintyre	9	0.110%	42.10x
75	Milloy	9	0.110%	127.84x
76	Roy	9	0.110%	11.55x
77	Service	9	0.110%	43.25x
78	Sproul	9	0.110%	83.41x
79	Aitcheson	8	0.090%	96.74x
80	Dobbie	8	0.090%	21.37x
81	Forfar	8	0.090%	159.68x
82	Galbraith	8	0.090%	10.20x
83	Glenn	8	0.090%	29.73x
84	Kane	8	0.090%	11.59x
85	Kean	8	0.090%	13.78x
86	Mackechnie	8	0.090%	377.36x
87	Pendreigh	8	0.090%	372.09x
88	Pinkerton	8	0.090%	37.93x
89	Woodburn	8	0.090%	29.46x
90	Agnew	7	0.080%	14.51x
91	Cosgrove	7	0.080%	16.76x
92	Finnie	7	0.080%	23.49x
93	Fleck	7	0.080%	72.16x
94	Gillie	7	0.080%	79.91x
95	Grierson	7	0.080%	14.70x
96	Jaffray	7	0.080%	58.92x
97	Mackinlay	7	0.080%	127.97x
98	Macnab	7	0.080%	90.21x
99	Mullan	7	0.080%	45.05x
100	Ormsby	7	0.080%	66.99x