1881 census county

Aberdeenshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Aberdeenshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

3,405 surnames are listed for Aberdeenshire, covering 235,538 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 6,070 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Aberdeenshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	6,070	2.24%	1.59x
2	Robertson	3,537	1.31%	7.80x
3	Anderson	3,421	1.26%	6.40x
4	Davidson	3,407	1.26%	14.98x
5	Reid	3,150	1.16%	11.08x
6	Thomson	2,898	1.07%	8.02x
7	Mitchell	2,735	1.01%	4.98x
8	Taylor	2,648	0.980%	1.53x
9	Fraser	2,519	0.930%	10.46x
10	Gordon	2,490	0.920%	14.60x
11	Wilson	2,383	0.880%	1.92x
12	Stephen	2,253	0.830%	47.49x
13	Ross	2,234	0.830%	7.56x
14	Walker	2,223	0.820%	2.45x
15	Clark	2,117	0.780%	2.60x
16	Watt	2,099	0.780%	20.23x
17	Stewart	2,093	0.770%	4.94x
18	Brown	1,965	0.730%	1.10x
19	Grant	1,956	0.720%	7.29x
20	Simpson	1,952	0.720%	4.12x
21	Murray	1,947	0.720%	5.80x
22	Forbes	1,943	0.720%	21.43x
23	Buchan	1,881	0.700%	53.79x
24	Morrison	1,818	0.670%	8.55x
25	Gray	1,767	0.650%	4.57x
26	Cruickshank	1,711	0.630%	56.32x
27	Scott	1,673	0.620%	2.44x
28	Henderson	1,636	0.600%	5.56x
29	Bruce	1,634	0.600%	12.89x
30	Allan	1,467	0.540%	8.64x
31	Ritchie	1,415	0.520%	15.14x
32	Strachan	1,378	0.510%	29.54x
33	Watson	1,302	0.480%	2.07x
34	Hay	1,298	0.480%	13.08x
35	Donald	1,284	0.470%	23.57x
36	Mackie	1,277	0.470%	22.08x
37	Paterson	1,249	0.460%	6.78x
38	Coutts	1,147	0.420%	42.03x
39	Christie	1,125	0.420%	12.82x
40	Moir	1,097	0.410%	29.48x
41	Webster	1,090	0.400%	4.63x
42	Sim	1,079	0.400%	35.50x
43	Rennie	1,049	0.390%	22.20x
44	Pirie	1,048	0.390%	54.13x
45	Johnston	1,005	0.370%	4.60x
46	Sutherland	978	0.360%	7.17x
47	Robb	936	0.350%	20.00x
48	Greig	932	0.340%	21.76x
49	Rae	915	0.340%	14.84x
50	Nicol	901	0.330%	16.00x
51	Leslie	895	0.330%	19.98x
52	Cooper	891	0.330%	1.35x
53	Alexander	866	0.320%	6.05x
54	Wood	861	0.320%	1.00x
55	Cowie	848	0.310%	25.83x
56	Innes	836	0.310%	19.96x
57	Duthie	825	0.300%	56.83x
58	Campbell	820	0.300%	1.79x
59	Burnett	819	0.300%	10.94x
60	Stuart	780	0.290%	12.08x
61	Black	778	0.290%	4.44x
62	Chalmers	770	0.280%	11.96x
63	Noble	757	0.280%	6.74x
64	Cameron	756	0.280%	3.60x
65	Low	750	0.280%	13.08x
66	Laing	742	0.270%	13.65x
67	Sangster	737	0.270%	56.97x
68	Mutch	720	0.270%	59.61x
69	Thom	717	0.270%	29.64x
70	Adam	706	0.260%	15.19x
71	Ironside	701	0.260%	75.19x
72	Birnie	690	0.260%	59.90x
73	Beattie	689	0.250%	11.90x
74	Ingram	688	0.250%	8.33x
75	Findlay	679	0.250%	12.11x
76	Shand	663	0.250%	35.68x
77	Duguid	657	0.240%	72.15x
78	Cumming	650	0.240%	12.59x
79	Young	650	0.240%	1.12x
80	Park	649	0.240%	7.74x
81	Jamieson	647	0.240%	8.59x
82	Barclay	642	0.240%	11.53x
83	Hunter	642	0.240%	2.31x
84	Gibb	641	0.240%	13.42x
85	Adams	627	0.230%	1.57x
86	Bain	627	0.230%	9.34x
87	Keith	619	0.230%	21.34x
88	Munro	618	0.230%	5.12x
89	Philip	609	0.230%	33.74x
90	Angus	608	0.220%	15.71x
91	Harper	606	0.220%	3.50x
92	Urquhart	590	0.220%	15.52x
93	Marr	589	0.220%	19.09x
94	Wallace	582	0.220%	3.14x
95	Shepherd	573	0.210%	2.89x
96	Bisset	568	0.210%	26.79x
97	Williamson	562	0.210%	2.32x
98	Whyte	542	0.200%	11.81x
99	Emslie	529	0.200%	65.06x
100	Barron	528	0.200%	12.60x