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 Lister, with 7 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
1501	Lister	7	0.000%	0.09x
1502	Love	7	0.000%	0.11x
1503	Lownie	7	0.000%	8.07x
1504	Lowson	7	0.000%	1.13x
1505	Loyd	7	0.000%	0.66x
1506	Macadie	7	0.000%	11.40x
1507	Macbeath	7	0.000%	4.30x
1508	Macher	7	0.000%	23.50x
1509	Maguire	7	0.000%	0.25x
1510	Marsh	7	0.000%	0.04x
1511	Maurice	7	0.000%	2.32x
1512	Moffatt	7	0.000%	0.40x
1513	Mulholland	7	0.000%	0.70x
1514	Mulloy	7	0.000%	1.75x
1515	Norris	7	0.000%	0.06x
1516	Pegler	7	0.000%	1.01x
1517	Potter	7	0.000%	0.04x
1518	Prior	7	0.000%	0.11x
1519	Ray	7	0.000%	0.13x
1520	Rayner	7	0.000%	0.10x
1521	Rilley	7	0.000%	2.23x
1522	Ripley	7	0.000%	0.39x
1523	Robie	7	0.000%	17.22x
1524	Robison	7	0.000%	1.16x
1525	Rule	7	0.000%	0.38x
1526	Ruthven	7	0.000%	2.04x
1527	Scougall	7	0.000%	5.70x
1528	Shelley	7	0.000%	0.33x
1529	Sherar	7	0.000%	18.90x
1530	Sheridan	7	0.000%	0.43x
1531	Sherriff	7	0.000%	0.84x
1532	Siddons	7	0.000%	1.32x
1533	Sime	7	0.000%	0.65x
1534	Simmons	7	0.000%	0.06x
1535	Speirs	7	0.000%	0.66x
1536	Spencer	7	0.000%	0.03x
1537	Steward	7	0.000%	0.20x
1538	Stjohn	7	0.000%	2.28x
1539	Stobbie	7	0.000%	7.45x
1540	Summerville	7	0.000%	4.23x
1541	Sutor	7	0.000%	11.40x
1542	Tavendale	7	0.000%	4.97x
1543	Terras	7	0.000%	5.03x
1544	Tom	7	0.000%	4.87x
1545	Webb	7	0.000%	0.02x
1546	Wilkison	7	0.000%	8.81x
1547	Willet	7	0.000%	2.88x
1548	William	7	0.000%	0.30x
1549	Woollard	7	0.000%	0.74x
1550	Wynes	7	0.000%	12.71x
1551	Yates	7	0.000%	0.04x
1552	Youle	7	0.000%	2.15x
1553	Yull	7	0.000%	5.46x
1554	Albiston	6	0.000%	2.69x
1555	Ambrose	6	0.000%	0.25x
1556	Barran	6	0.000%	3.53x
1557	Beath	6	0.000%	3.65x
1558	Beaumont	6	0.000%	0.07x
1559	Board	6	0.000%	0.60x
1560	Boswell	6	0.000%	0.24x
1561	Bowers	6	0.000%	0.12x
1562	Boynes	6	0.000%	5.03x
1563	Browne	6	0.000%	0.12x
1564	Burd	6	0.000%	2.29x
1565	Burnie	6	0.000%	1.80x
1566	Callander	6	0.000%	1.09x
1567	Calvert	6	0.000%	0.11x
1568	Castles	6	0.000%	3.63x
1569	Chappell	6	0.000%	0.13x
1570	Clarkin	6	0.000%	7.14x
1571	Cockerill	6	0.000%	0.46x
1572	Coghill	6	0.000%	1.12x
1573	Conboy	6	0.000%	6.78x
1574	Connel	6	0.000%	1.21x
1575	Conners	6	0.000%	3.91x
1576	Cooke	6	0.000%	0.04x
1577	Coutt	6	0.000%	17.03x
1578	Cownie	6	0.000%	8.98x
1579	Crann	6	0.000%	5.03x
1580	Creagh	6	0.000%	5.19x
1581	Crone	6	0.000%	1.21x
1582	Crowden	6	0.000%	2.53x
1583	Crum	6	0.000%	3.88x
1584	Dalgety	6	0.000%	3.41x
1585	Dan	6	0.000%	3.73x
1586	Doran	6	0.000%	0.27x
1587	Dott	6	0.000%	3.37x
1588	Dowman	6	0.000%	1.89x
1589	Drake	6	0.000%	0.08x
1590	Drew	6	0.000%	0.08x
1591	Dryburgh	6	0.000%	0.94x
1592	Dugan	6	0.000%	1.14x
1593	Fairley	6	0.000%	0.45x
1594	Faulkner	6	0.000%	0.08x
1595	Fewtrell	6	0.000%	2.35x
1596	Finch	6	0.000%	0.07x
1597	Fox	6	0.000%	0.02x
1598	Fuller	6	0.000%	0.05x
1599	Gage	6	0.000%	0.39x
1600	Gair	6	0.000%	0.84x