1881 census place

Strathdon surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Strathdon, 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

47 surnames are listed for Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, covering 508 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Farquharson, with 52 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Strathdon

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	Farquharson	52	3.95%	699.87x
2	Forbes	51	3.88%	115.75x
3	Stuart	50	3.80%	159.34x
4	Coutts	39	2.97%	293.90x
5	Michie	35	2.66%	543.48x
6	Grassick	24	1.83%	2553.19x
7	Glennie	21	1.60%	654.21x
8	Downie	17	1.29%	110.18x
9	Beattie	16	1.22%	56.84x
10	Dunbar	15	1.14%	99.27x
11	Don	13	0.990%	434.78x
12	Kellas	13	0.990%	1354.17x
13	Bremner	12	0.910%	106.19x
14	Wattie	12	0.910%	2500.00x
15	Riddel	10	0.760%	502.51x
16	Benzie	9	0.680%	450.00x
17	Duguid	9	0.680%	203.16x
18	Tocher	9	0.680%	526.32x
19	Allanach	8	0.610%	6153.85x
20	Emslie	8	0.610%	202.53x
21	Keir	8	0.610%	121.77x
22	Murrison	8	0.610%	1194.03x
23	Ness	8	0.610%	134.00x
24	Durward	6	0.460%	419.58x
25	Riach	6	0.460%	262.01x
26	Dallas	5	0.380%	100.60x
27	Pirrie	5	0.380%	221.24x
28	Symon	5	0.380%	227.27x
29	Cran	4	0.300%	213.90x
30	Mollison	4	0.300%	136.52x
31	Brechin	3	0.230%	252.10x
32	Reith	3	0.230%	129.87x
33	Birss	2	0.150%	263.16x
34	Esson	2	0.150%	68.97x
35	Ferries	2	0.150%	172.41x
36	Hosie	2	0.150%	71.17x
37	Jessiman	2	0.150%	224.72x
38	Argo	1	0.080%	144.93x
39	Birse	1	0.080%	67.57x
40	Callam	1	0.080%	175.44x
41	Clink	1	0.080%	243.90x
42	Eddie	1	0.080%	52.36x
43	Kier	1	0.080%	172.41x
44	Leys	1	0.080%	84.03x
45	Rettie	1	0.080%	109.89x
46	Sherriffs	1	0.080%	156.25x
47	Steuart	1	0.080%	131.58x