1881 census place

St Vigeans surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in St Vigeans, 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

479 surnames are listed for St Vigeans, Angus, covering 8,814 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Anderson, with 264 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in St Vigeans

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	Anderson	264	1.81%	9.15x
2	Christie	197	1.35%	41.59x
3	Robertson	175	1.20%	7.15x
4	Cargill	173	1.18%	299.05x
5	Scott	171	1.17%	4.63x
6	Stewart	136	0.930%	5.95x
7	Reid	135	0.920%	8.80x
8	Petrie	125	0.860%	72.00x
9	Davidson	114	0.780%	9.28x
10	Carrie	106	0.730%	427.76x
11	Low	105	0.720%	33.92x
12	Watt	92	0.630%	16.42x
13	Gray	89	0.610%	4.27x
14	Strachan	88	0.600%	34.93x
15	Kydd	83	0.570%	327.16x
16	Ritchie	83	0.570%	16.44x
17	Alexander	74	0.510%	9.57x
18	Ramsay	73	0.500%	19.40x
19	Forbes	72	0.490%	14.71x
20	Nicol	72	0.490%	23.68x
21	Black	70	0.480%	7.40x
22	Donaldson	70	0.480%	16.80x
23	Fairweather	69	0.470%	60.97x
24	Mill	68	0.470%	77.19x
25	Mann	65	0.440%	8.45x
26	Millar	65	0.440%	12.19x
27	Shepherd	65	0.440%	6.07x
28	Gordon	63	0.430%	6.84x
29	Sutherland	62	0.420%	8.42x
30	Paterson	61	0.420%	6.14x
31	Grant	60	0.410%	4.14x
32	Smart	59	0.400%	8.87x
33	Spink	59	0.400%	50.06x
34	Ferrier	56	0.380%	65.90x
35	Ruxton	56	0.380%	361.06x
36	Beattie	55	0.380%	17.59x
37	Napier	53	0.360%	45.14x
38	Jamieson	52	0.360%	12.78x
39	Leslie	52	0.360%	21.50x
40	Wallace	52	0.360%	5.20x
41	Esplin	50	0.340%	272.63x
42	Stephen	50	0.340%	19.52x
43	Swankie	49	0.340%	537.28x
44	Bruce	48	0.330%	7.01x
45	Matthew	48	0.330%	43.52x
46	Weir	47	0.320%	12.37x
47	Whyte	47	0.320%	18.97x
48	Doig	45	0.310%	52.36x
49	Guild	45	0.310%	141.07x
50	Caird	43	0.290%	144.73x
51	Nicoll	43	0.290%	32.40x
52	Hay	42	0.290%	7.84x
53	Winton	42	0.290%	76.67x
54	Coutts	41	0.280%	27.82x
55	Nairn	41	0.280%	56.72x
56	Peter	41	0.280%	80.20x
57	Raitt	41	0.280%	312.50x
58	Sturrock	41	0.280%	77.83x
59	Greig	40	0.270%	17.30x
60	Lindsay	40	0.270%	8.40x
61	Buick	38	0.260%	253.67x
62	Rennie	38	0.260%	14.89x
63	Soutar	38	0.260%	73.01x
64	Carnegie	37	0.250%	77.16x
65	Glen	37	0.250%	25.59x
66	Adam	36	0.250%	14.35x
67	Boath	36	0.250%	220.32x
68	Balfour	35	0.240%	34.39x
69	Blair	35	0.240%	9.24x
70	Butchart	35	0.240%	106.29x
71	Donald	35	0.240%	11.90x
72	Rodger	34	0.230%	16.56x
73	Suttie	34	0.230%	80.76x
74	Airth	33	0.230%	363.84x
75	Fettes	33	0.230%	250.57x
76	Findlay	33	0.230%	10.90x
77	Cuthill	32	0.220%	112.12x
78	Falconer	32	0.220%	18.36x
79	Gibb	31	0.210%	12.02x
80	Bowman	30	0.210%	7.86x
81	Lundie	30	0.210%	118.48x
82	Braid	29	0.200%	54.09x
83	Chalmers	29	0.200%	8.34x
84	Mollison	29	0.200%	88.98x
85	Whitton	29	0.200%	32.36x
86	Calder	28	0.190%	13.71x
87	Patterson	28	0.190%	5.50x
88	Peters	28	0.190%	5.47x
89	Valentine	28	0.190%	14.95x
90	Jack	27	0.180%	8.70x
91	Robb	27	0.180%	10.69x
92	Adamson	26	0.180%	6.73x
93	Cowie	26	0.180%	14.67x
94	Moir	26	0.180%	12.94x
95	Shand	26	0.180%	25.91x
96	Souter	26	0.180%	32.76x
97	Steven	26	0.180%	23.49x
98	Wilkie	26	0.180%	12.48x
99	Laing	25	0.170%	8.52x
100	Malcolm	25	0.170%	13.01x