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Surname Figures

Details of the occurrence of surnames per the censuses indicate the main families such as Drevers, Harcuses, Drummonds, Groats and Burgars and also give an indication of the changes that took place over time..

Surname	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Sinclair	11	2	-	-	-	1	-
Drever	16	20	36	24	19	17	9
Harcus	13	11	20	20	16	16	5
Drummond	14	15	10	16	15	3	1
Groat	10	12	13	12	11	6	9
Burgar/Burgess	-	5	3	5	6	5	5
Shearer	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Donaldson	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peace	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Allan	-	1	-	4	5	-	-
Muir	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Stout	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Seatter	-	-	-	1	-	-	4
Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Cowper	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
McCallum	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Stevenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Dearness	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Reid	1	1	-	-	-	8	7
Total	67	69	82	83	72	58	47

Looking at the surnames as a percentage of the population may highlight more the dominance of a few names.