Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stirlingshire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
BROWN1,4011.30031.97
STEWART1,1611.07756.89
ROBERTSON1,1561.07296.40
WILSON1,1371.05522.30
ANDERSON1,1131.03305.23
SMITH1,0851.00700.71
CAMPBELL1,0660.98935.85
THOMSON9900.91886.88
TAYLOR9450.87701.37
MILLER9150.84924.75
PATERSON8600.798211.73
HUNTER8230.76387.44
MORRISON8180.75929.66
MARSHALL8050.74714.45
HENDERSON7370.68406.29
REID7170.66546.34
WALKER6820.63301.89
GRAHAM6810.63205.50
YOUNG6720.62372.90
MITCHELL6590.61163.02
STEVENSON6450.59868.53
FERGUSON6450.59868.45
SCOTT6350.58932.33
JOHNSTON6120.56807.04
BUCHANAN5350.496519.21
WATSON5220.48452.09
GRAY5190.48173.37
RUSSELL4800.44553.65
HAMILTON4630.42975.73
ALLAN4500.41766.65
WRIGHT4390.40741.27
BAIRD4280.397218.58
GILLESPIE4270.396324.99
KERR4160.38617.08
DUNCAN4090.37965.55
AITKEN4010.372214.18
CLARK3870.35921.20
MURRAY3830.35552.87
FLEMING3680.34158.22
SIMPSON3590.33321.90
BELL3510.32581.73
RAE3510.325814.30
CAMERON3490.32394.17
MARTIN3480.32301.31
FORSYTH3400.315614.79
BINNIE3400.315675.72
DONALDSON3330.309110.84
MILLAR3320.30818.44
SHAW3270.30351.65
RENNIE3210.297917.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GENTLEMAN79.72740.0687
BINNIE75.723400.3156
BENNIE71.842140.1986
LEISHMAN67.302460.2283
URE65.452190.2033
JARVIE62.951780.1652
WESTLAND58.63580.0538
RISK57.16730.0678
BRISBANE56.81560.0520
GENTLES56.42680.0631
HOGGAN52.24810.0752
COMRIE47.84840.0780
CALLANDER47.391040.0965
SNEDDON46.612990.2775
DOUGALL39.661330.1234
MUIRHEAD37.063080.2859
CUTHILL36.11760.0705
ABERCROMBIE35.34670.0622
LECKIE34.341160.1077
GILFILLAN33.60700.0650
CLELAND30.88880.0817
NIMMO30.211450.1346
PENMAN29.792100.1949
FOTHERINGHAM27.371240.1151
STRANG26.471280.1188
BOW25.41640.0594
GILLESPIE24.994270.3963
EADIE24.541250.1160
WARDROP23.98590.0548
LIDDELL21.862160.2005
STIRLING21.362990.2775
RONALD21.08810.0752
WADDELL20.501960.1819
ARNOT20.46680.0631
SHANKS19.901630.1513
LAIRD19.682380.2209
KIRKWOOD19.411890.1754
BUCHANAN19.215350.4965
BAIRD18.584280.3972
DRYSDALE18.221660.1541
MYLES17.83900.0835
EWING17.311720.1596
RENNIE17.063210.2979
FREW16.81910.0845
FORRESTER16.592400.2227
ERSKINE16.051070.0993
RALSTON15.99580.0538
BARRIE15.691220.1132
BRYCE15.391660.1541
LOCKHART15.061130.1049

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 74 people called GENTLEMAN in Stirlingshire 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 0.0687 in Stirlingshire means that 0.0687% of the people in Stirlingshire on census day were called GENTLEMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GENTLEMAN 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 GENTLEMAN 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 GENTLEMAN 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 GENTLEMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 79.72 in Stirlingshire means that you are 79.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GENTLEMAN in Stirlingshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Stirlingshire comprises 25 registration districts

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