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 Bonnar, with 20 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
901	Bonnar	20	0.010%	5.45x
902	Cosgrove	20	0.010%	1.52x
903	Curtis	20	0.010%	0.13x
904	Daun	20	0.010%	34.59x
905	Douglass	20	0.010%	1.16x
906	Faith	20	0.010%	8.05x
907	Fearn	20	0.010%	0.99x
908	Frater	20	0.010%	4.03x
909	Freeland	20	0.010%	2.79x
910	Gorrod	20	0.010%	25.45x
911	Inverarity	20	0.010%	17.30x
912	Kellman	20	0.010%	73.86x
913	Logie	20	0.010%	2.54x
914	Malcom	20	0.010%	9.19x
915	Myles	20	0.010%	1.58x
916	Naughton	20	0.010%	3.70x
917	Ness	20	0.010%	1.63x
918	Read	20	0.010%	0.11x
919	Sheret	20	0.010%	18.15x
920	Spring	20	0.010%	1.52x
921	Webester	20	0.010%	11.53x
922	Addie	19	0.010%	6.32x
923	Burt	19	0.010%	0.30x
924	Callum	19	0.010%	6.24x
925	Gale	19	0.010%	0.23x
926	Gallacher	19	0.010%	0.81x
927	Goodbrand	19	0.010%	15.02x
928	Ingles	19	0.010%	2.32x
929	Kane	19	0.010%	0.87x
930	Norie	19	0.010%	18.61x
931	Piggot	19	0.010%	7.54x
932	Skea	19	0.010%	8.58x
933	Walls	19	0.010%	0.58x
934	Binnie	18	0.010%	1.60x
935	Blacklaws	18	0.010%	22.90x
936	Caithness	18	0.010%	8.74x
937	Caldwell	18	0.010%	0.43x
938	Chesser	18	0.010%	18.11x
939	Cochrane	18	0.010%	0.43x
940	David	18	0.010%	0.64x
941	Doyle	18	0.010%	0.27x
942	Dundas	18	0.010%	3.51x
943	Dunningham	18	0.010%	14.87x
944	Edgar	18	0.010%	0.43x
945	Ettles	18	0.010%	25.55x
946	Geater	18	0.010%	17.32x
947	Georgeson	18	0.010%	3.33x
948	Greive	18	0.010%	4.93x
949	Harvie	18	0.010%	2.03x
950	Howarth	18	0.010%	0.14x
951	Jamison	18	0.010%	3.34x
952	Lowden	18	0.010%	2.03x
953	Mathews	18	0.010%	0.18x
954	Maxwell	18	0.010%	0.28x
955	Runcieman	18	0.010%	47.46x
956	Souden	18	0.010%	20.13x
957	Steven	18	0.010%	0.88x
958	Stirton	18	0.010%	5.93x
959	Whitton	18	0.010%	1.08x
960	Andrews	17	0.010%	0.07x
961	Arnot	17	0.010%	2.04x
962	Baker	17	0.010%	0.03x
963	Barrow	17	0.010%	0.30x
964	Blackwood	17	0.010%	1.08x
965	Carmichael	17	0.010%	0.44x
966	Cartney	17	0.010%	25.09x
967	Castell	17	0.010%	3.65x
968	Constable	17	0.010%	0.57x
969	Cooney	17	0.010%	1.51x
970	Crystal	17	0.010%	19.61x
971	Doig	17	0.010%	1.07x
972	Gabriel	17	0.010%	2.37x
973	Goldie	17	0.010%	1.01x
974	Gorman	17	0.010%	0.52x
975	Gowans	17	0.010%	1.95x
976	Grieg	17	0.010%	9.27x
977	Guild	17	0.010%	2.88x
978	Harman	17	0.010%	0.42x
979	Hastings	17	0.010%	0.49x
980	Inness	17	0.010%	8.22x
981	Johnson	17	0.010%	0.02x
982	Laws	17	0.010%	0.57x
983	Leeds	17	0.010%	3.26x
984	Munroe	17	0.010%	2.32x
985	Rebecca	17	0.010%	58.82x
986	Robinson	17	0.010%	0.02x
987	Rourke	17	0.010%	1.27x
988	Say	17	0.010%	2.59x
989	Styles	17	0.010%	0.59x
990	Vass	17	0.010%	1.85x
991	Barr	16	0.010%	0.24x
992	Bishop	16	0.010%	0.08x
993	Buckner	16	0.010%	9.68x
994	Chambers	16	0.010%	0.10x
995	Connell	16	0.010%	0.34x
996	Cramond	16	0.010%	7.23x
997	Durham	16	0.010%	0.69x
998	Foggo	16	0.010%	5.66x
999	Halcrow	16	0.010%	3.61x
1000	Hinchcliffe	16	0.010%	0.97x