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 Humphrey, with 16 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
1001	Humphrey	16	0.010%	0.22x
1002	Lennie	16	0.010%	2.75x
1003	Macbeth	16	0.010%	6.35x
1004	Mckenzie	16	0.010%	1.77x
1005	Moffat	16	0.010%	0.33x
1006	Norval	16	0.010%	6.97x
1007	Porterfield	16	0.010%	11.89x
1008	Ramage	16	0.010%	1.05x
1009	Ronaldson	16	0.010%	4.02x
1010	Sievwright	16	0.010%	17.71x
1011	Wells	16	0.010%	0.07x
1012	Barker	15	0.010%	0.04x
1013	Broadbent	15	0.010%	0.26x
1014	Cornwall	15	0.010%	1.30x
1015	Docherty	15	0.010%	0.37x
1016	Dunnet	15	0.010%	2.35x
1017	Dustan	15	0.010%	10.19x
1018	Ferrar	15	0.010%	14.83x
1019	Firth	15	0.010%	0.17x
1020	Frazer	15	0.010%	0.72x
1021	Ganson	15	0.010%	9.88x
1022	Gerard	15	0.010%	3.25x
1023	Haynes	15	0.010%	0.16x
1024	Hinderson	15	0.010%	61.53x
1025	Hobbs	15	0.010%	0.15x
1026	Hughes	15	0.010%	0.02x
1027	Hutchieson	15	0.010%	7.83x
1028	Hutchinson	15	0.010%	0.10x
1029	Lang	15	0.010%	0.25x
1030	Lockhart	15	0.010%	0.80x
1031	Macqueen	15	0.010%	4.79x
1032	Moorhouse	15	0.010%	0.45x
1033	Muckle	15	0.010%	4.90x
1034	Murchie	15	0.010%	3.35x
1035	Murry	15	0.010%	1.05x
1036	Pressley	15	0.010%	5.95x
1037	Quin	15	0.010%	0.52x
1038	Richards	15	0.010%	0.04x
1039	Rodgers	15	0.010%	0.20x
1040	Sinclar	15	0.010%	11.86x
1041	Smyth	15	0.010%	0.59x
1042	Stormonth	15	0.010%	18.87x
1043	Tester	15	0.010%	1.24x
1044	Thomas	15	0.010%	0.01x
1045	Ward	15	0.010%	0.03x
1046	Waters	15	0.010%	0.14x
1047	Wilcox	15	0.010%	0.29x
1048	Wink	15	0.010%	6.67x
1049	Wisley	15	0.010%	44.90x
1050	Alsop	14	0.010%	1.16x
1051	Bews	14	0.010%	3.35x
1052	Bone	14	0.010%	0.28x
1053	Bott	14	0.010%	0.66x
1054	Bulloch	14	0.010%	2.59x
1055	Burley	14	0.010%	0.55x
1056	Couts	14	0.010%	20.95x
1057	Dann	14	0.010%	0.82x
1058	Ferris	14	0.010%	0.52x
1059	Fulton	14	0.010%	0.41x
1060	Galt	14	0.010%	2.28x
1061	Gillen	14	0.010%	7.21x
1062	Griffith	14	0.010%	0.16x
1063	Halley	14	0.010%	1.38x
1064	High	14	0.010%	1.14x
1065	Hilton	14	0.010%	0.15x
1066	Kitson	14	0.010%	0.65x
1067	Ohare	14	0.010%	2.11x
1068	Peterson	14	0.010%	1.02x
1069	Saddler	14	0.010%	1.72x
1070	Towler	14	0.010%	1.16x
1071	Walton	14	0.010%	0.07x
1072	Wills	14	0.010%	0.17x
1073	Aberdeen	13	0.000%	11.80x
1074	Alcorn	13	0.000%	6.15x
1075	Armand	13	0.000%	19.45x
1076	Balmain	13	0.000%	7.91x
1077	Brooke	13	0.000%	0.32x
1078	Carter	13	0.000%	0.03x
1079	Clarkson	13	0.000%	0.18x
1080	Conner	13	0.000%	0.62x
1081	Corsie	13	0.000%	13.45x
1082	Darling	13	0.000%	0.50x
1083	Davies	13	0.000%	0.01x
1084	Dumbar	13	0.000%	19.45x
1085	Dunlop	13	0.000%	0.30x
1086	Eggo	13	0.000%	15.99x
1087	Fenwick	13	0.000%	0.37x
1088	Fullarton	13	0.000%	2.28x
1089	Gilles	13	0.000%	3.21x
1090	Glover	13	0.000%	0.11x
1091	Good	13	0.000%	0.39x
1092	Gorden	13	0.000%	2.74x
1093	Gutherie	13	0.000%	14.68x
1094	Hewit	13	0.000%	3.02x
1095	Howatt	13	0.000%	8.62x
1096	Howe	13	0.000%	0.12x
1097	Inkson	13	0.000%	17.99x
1098	Jeans	13	0.000%	1.43x
1099	Jeffray	13	0.000%	8.99x
1100	Keay	13	0.000%	1.13x