1881 census place

Tarves surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Tarves, 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

112 surnames are listed for Tarves, Aberdeenshire, covering 901 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Morrison, with 58 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Tarves

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	Morrison	58	2.27%	28.84x
2	Burr	54	2.11%	262.52x
3	Davidson	51	1.99%	23.70x
4	Marr	31	1.21%	106.20x
5	Strachan	27	1.06%	61.18x
6	Littlejohn	20	0.780%	161.94x
7	Simmers	20	0.780%	1226.99x
8	Annand	19	0.740%	582.82x
9	Cheyne	19	0.740%	223.27x
10	Cruickshank	19	0.740%	66.11x
11	Duguid	18	0.700%	209.06x
12	Mearns	17	0.660%	206.06x
13	Rennie	17	0.660%	38.03x
14	Moir	16	0.630%	45.45x
15	Scorgie	16	0.630%	586.08x
16	Thom	16	0.630%	69.93x
17	Will	16	0.630%	153.26x
18	Cumming	15	0.590%	30.72x
19	Greig	15	0.590%	37.04x
20	Sim	14	0.550%	48.71x
21	Argo	13	0.510%	970.15x
22	Ironside	13	0.510%	147.39x
23	Emslie	12	0.470%	156.05x
24	Mutch	12	0.470%	105.08x
25	Fyvie	11	0.430%	1000.00x
26	Norrie	11	0.430%	138.71x
27	Ogston	11	0.430%	350.32x
28	Yule	11	0.430%	85.80x
29	Cowie	10	0.390%	32.21x
30	Strath	10	0.390%	719.42x
31	Lawrie	9	0.350%	36.72x
32	Maclean	9	0.350%	31.79x
33	Mathewson	9	0.350%	145.40x
34	Yeats	9	0.350%	127.30x
35	Allardyce	8	0.310%	314.96x
36	Ewen	8	0.310%	73.46x
37	Frater	8	0.310%	170.21x
38	Lind	8	0.310%	184.33x
39	Massie	8	0.310%	97.32x
40	Matthew	8	0.310%	41.41x
41	Pirie	8	0.310%	43.69x
42	Clubb	7	0.270%	156.60x
43	Crighton	7	0.270%	68.90x
44	Dey	7	0.270%	150.54x
45	Hutcheon	7	0.270%	99.72x
46	Marnoch	7	0.270%	560.00x
47	Skene	7	0.270%	111.64x
48	Swanson	7	0.270%	37.35x
49	Third	7	0.270%	358.97x
50	Aiken	6	0.230%	145.28x
51	Esslemont	6	0.230%	500.00x
52	Garden	6	0.230%	56.13x
53	Leask	6	0.230%	57.03x
54	Minty	6	0.230%	117.88x
55	Rankine	6	0.230%	46.23x
56	Rattray	6	0.230%	47.96x
57	Wyness	6	0.230%	186.34x
58	Duffus	5	0.200%	128.21x
59	Sangster	5	0.200%	40.85x
60	Castel	4	0.160%	540.54x
61	Coull	4	0.160%	45.66x
62	Dinnes	4	0.160%	396.04x
63	Duthie	4	0.160%	29.13x
64	Edmond	4	0.160%	46.30x
65	Glennie	4	0.160%	64.00x
66	Kelman	4	0.160%	88.11x
67	Leys	4	0.160%	172.41x
68	Meston	4	0.160%	202.02x
69	Cadger	3	0.120%	205.48x
70	Godsman	3	0.120%	454.55x
71	Jaffray	3	0.120%	84.51x
72	Ledingham	3	0.120%	80.00x
73	Rettie	3	0.120%	168.54x
74	Auchterlonie	2	0.080%	113.64x
75	Chyne	2	0.080%	294.12x
76	Cranna	2	0.080%	270.27x
77	Gauld	2	0.080%	29.76x
78	Jaffery	2	0.080%	312.50x
79	Jaffrey	2	0.080%	83.33x
80	Lovie	2	0.080%	85.84x
81	Mennie	2	0.080%	56.34x
82	Pyper	2	0.080%	73.26x
83	Rannie	2	0.080%	147.06x
84	Souden	2	0.080%	235.29x
85	Tawse	2	0.080%	73.53x
86	Thow	2	0.080%	84.39x
87	Barrack	1	0.040%	67.11x
88	Bodie	1	0.040%	178.57x
89	Brebner	1	0.040%	30.40x
90	Brechin	1	0.040%	43.10x
91	Brockie	1	0.040%	32.47x
92	Buyers	1	0.040%	85.47x
93	Cantlay	1	0.040%	104.17x
94	Cardno	1	0.040%	48.54x
95	Carrie	1	0.040%	23.04x
96	Connon	1	0.040%	30.30x
97	Dowers	1	0.040%	91.74x
98	Elrick	1	0.040%	26.60x
99	Garrow	1	0.040%	33.78x
100	Gerrie	1	0.040%	34.60x