Top surnames from the 1881 census in Deskford, Banffshire

Deskford is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Banffshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
DUNCAN283.229547.21
GRAY273.114221.81
WOOD252.88359.05
REID242.768226.35
TAYLOR242.76824.33
MILTON232.6528192.47
STEPHEN232.6528151.32
MORRISON182.076126.41
WRIGHT182.07616.47
SMITH171.96081.39
CLARK171.96086.52
BRANDER161.84541,230.77
GEDDES161.8454153.99
GRANT151.730117.43
LOBBAN131.49941,300.00
MILNE131.499433.72
WILSON131.49943.26
BREMNER121.3841161.07
LAWRENCE121.384121.31
KITCHEN111.268774.48
COULL111.2687370.37
FORBES91.038130.98
LONGMORE91.0381424.53
ROSS80.92278.44
SUTHERLAND80.922718.32
LORIMER80.9227230.55
DONALD80.922745.85
CALDER80.922766.01
MUNRO70.807418.08
RUSSELL70.80746.61
MACKINTOSH70.8074120.69
CHRISTIE70.807424.90
THOMSON60.69205.18
LEGGE60.6920155.04
GREEN60.69202.46
MAITLAND60.6920106.57
CRAIB50.5767467.29
SIMPSON50.57673.30
INGLIS50.576734.53
MURRAY50.57674.65
MURDOCH50.576733.94
TOPP50.5767252.53
GORDON50.57679.15
MASSON50.576793.99
HARPER50.57679.01
DAVIDSON40.46145.49
FARQUHAR40.461459.26
JAMIESON40.461416.57
HENDRY40.461429.13
KER40.4614220.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOBBAN0.878671300.0000
BRANDER0.878671230.7692
CRAIB0.87867467.2897
LONGMORE0.87867424.5283
COULL0.87867370.3704
REICH0.87867312.5000
TOPP0.87867252.5253
LORIMER0.87867230.5476
KER0.87867220.9945
MILTON0.87867192.4686
AIRTH0.87867185.1852
BREMNER0.87867161.0738
LEGGE0.87867155.0388
GEDDES0.87867153.9942
STEPHEN0.87867151.3158
OGG0.87867144.4043
FERRIES0.87867131.5789
MACKINTOSH0.87867120.6897
GARDEN0.87867110.4972
SCORGIE0.87867108.6957
THAIN0.87867107.1429
MAITLAND0.87867106.5719
FORDYCE0.87867106.3830
MASSON0.8786793.9850
BURGES0.8786792.1659
PRIMROSE0.8786788.4956
EDDIE0.8786779.3651
DUFFUS0.8786775.7576
PETERKIN0.8786774.6269
KITCHEN0.8786774.4753
BARNET0.8786772.2892
SYMON0.8786768.9655
STRONACH0.8786768.4932
CALDER0.8786766.0066
FARQUHAR0.8786759.2593
NEVIN0.8786757.4713
GRACIE0.8786755.2486
HOSSACK0.8786752.3560
EWAN0.8786750.7614
DUNCAN0.8786747.2096
LILLIE0.8786747.1698
HOWIE0.8786747.0035
KEIR0.8786746.1894
DONALD0.8786745.8453
GAULD0.8786743.8596
REDFORD0.8786742.8266
TRACY0.8786741.8410
CRUICKSHANK0.8786741.0678
MASSIE0.8786735.9712
INGLIS0.8786734.5304

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 867 people called LOBBAN in Deskford at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 1300.0000 in Deskford means that 1300.0000% of the people in Deskford on census day were called LOBBAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LOBBAN in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called LOBBAN as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called LOBBAN here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called LOBBAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.87 in Deskford means that you are 0.87 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LOBBAN in Deskford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Deskford in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ADAM (1)  AIRTH (1)  ALEXANDER (2)  ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (2)  ARCHER OR ELDER (2)  BAGRIE (1)  BAIN (1)  BANNERMAN (GREEN) (2)  BARCLAY (2)  BARNET (3)  BARRON (1)  BEATON (1)  BENZIES (8)  BARRIE (1)  BLACK (1)  BOWIE (1)  BRANDER (16)  BREMNER (12)  BRODIE (1)  BROWN (HARPER) (2)  BURGES (2)  CALDER (8)  CAMPBELL (1)  CASSIE (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHRISTIE (7)  CLARK (17)  MITCHELL (CLARK) (2)  COULL (11)  COLLIE (1)  COWIE (2)  CRAIB (5)  CRUICKSHANK (4)  MC KINNEY (CRUICKSHANK) (2)  CURRIE (2)  DALGARDNO (1)  DAVIDSON (4)  MC LEAN (DAVIDSON) (10)  DONALDSON (2)  DOW (1)  DUFF (2)  DUFFUS (1)  DUNCAN (28)  EDDIE (1)  ELDER (1)  ELLIS (1)  ELLICE (1)  EWAN (1)  FARQUHAR (4)  FERRIES (1)  FINDLATER (2)  FINNIE (1)  FLAWES (1)  FLETT (1)  FORBES (9)  FORBES OR WOOD (2)  FORDYCE (2)  FRASER (3)  GARDEN (4)  GARVOCK (1)  GAULD (1)  GEDDES (16)  GERRIE (7)  GIBB (3)  GIFFORD (1)  GOODBRAND (1)  GORDON (5)  GRACIE (1)  GRANT (15)  GRAY (27)  TAYLOR OR GRAY (2)  KEIR (GREEN) (2)  GREEN (6)  HARPER (5)  WATT (HARPER) (2)  HENDERSON (1)  HENDRY (4)  OGG (4)  HOSSACK (1)  HOWIE (4)  INGLIS (5)  INGRAM (2)  INNES (3)  JAMIESON (4)  JENKINS (1)  JOHNSTON (4)  MC KAY (5)  KEIR (2)  KEMP (KEIR) (2)  KEMP (1)  KER (4)  KIDD (1)  KITCHEN (11)  LAWRENCE (12)  LAWRANCE (1)  LEGGE (6)  LEGG (2)  MILTON (LEGGE) (2)  LESLIE (1)  LILLIE (1)  LOBBAN (13)  LONGMORE (9)  LORIMER (8)  MAITLAND (6)  MANN (1)  MASSON (5)  MASSIE (1)  MC BAIN (6)  MC COMBIE (1)  MC CONACHIE (5)  MC CONNACHIE (1)  DONALD (8)  MC DONALD (1)  GRIGOR (1)  MC GRIGOR (1)  MC HATTIE (10)  MACKINTOSH (7)  MC INTOSH (4)  MACKAY (1)  MC KENZIE (7)  MC KINNEY (1)  MC LEAN (4)  MC LENNAN (2)  MACRAE (1)  MC WILLIE (5)  MILNE (13)  MILTON (23)  TOUGH OR MILTON (2)  MILTON (MURRAY) (2)  MITCHELL (4)  MOGGACH (3)  MORRISON (18)  MUNRO (7)  MURDOCH (5)  MURRAY (5)  NEVIN (1)  PIRIE (1)  PETERKIN (1)  PHIMISTER (1)  PRIMROSE (1)  PROCTOR (2)  MC QUEEN (1)  REIDFORD (1)  REDFORD (2)  RAFFAN (6)  REID (24)  REIDFOARD (6)  RHYND (1)  RITCHIE (4)  REICH (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROSS (8)  RIDDOCH (11)  RUMBLES (12)  RUSSELL (7)  RUSSEL (1)  SCORGIE (1)  SCOTT (1)  SCOTT (STEPHEN) (2)  SHAND (1)  SHEPHERD (3)  SYMON (1)  SIMPSON (5)  SIM (1)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (17)  SPALDING (1)  SPENCE (1)  STEPHEN (23)  WATT (STEPHEN) (2)  STEINSON (8)  STUART (3)  STRONACH (1)  SUTHERLAND (8)  TAYLOR (24)  TAYLOR ((WILSON)) (2)  THAIN (3)  THOM (1)  THOMSON (6)  THOMPSON (1)  TOPP (5)  TRACY (1)  WALKER (2)  WATSON (1)  WATT (2)  WHITECROSS (2)  WHYNTIE (2)  MC WILLIAM (1)  WILSON (13)  WINTER (1)  WISEMAN (1)  WOOD (25)  WRIGHT (18)  YOUNG (1) 

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