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 Galbraith, with 6 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
1601	Galbraith	6	0.000%	0.24x
1602	Geekie	6	0.000%	2.14x
1603	Gibbs	6	0.000%	0.05x
1604	Glen	6	0.000%	0.22x
1605	Grahame	6	0.000%	0.85x
1606	Greenhow	6	0.000%	1.13x
1607	Greer	6	0.000%	0.66x
1608	Grierson	6	0.000%	0.40x
1609	Hanna	6	0.000%	1.40x
1610	Hanratty	6	0.000%	4.03x
1611	Haws	6	0.000%	1.99x
1612	Helman	6	0.000%	4.34x
1613	Hendrie	6	0.000%	0.90x
1614	Hillyard	6	0.000%	0.87x
1615	Hobb	6	0.000%	3.53x
1616	Hollis	6	0.000%	0.16x
1617	Homes	6	0.000%	1.30x
1618	Hope	6	0.000%	0.07x
1619	Howden	6	0.000%	0.44x
1620	Humphry	6	0.000%	0.71x
1621	Kaye	6	0.000%	0.15x
1622	Keil	6	0.000%	4.88x
1623	Keiller	6	0.000%	3.24x
1624	Kissack	6	0.000%	1.58x
1625	Lant	6	0.000%	3.34x
1626	Leed	6	0.000%	5.58x
1627	Lefevre	6	0.000%	2.83x
1628	Leishman	6	0.000%	0.65x
1629	Levack	6	0.000%	3.73x
1630	Long	6	0.000%	0.03x
1631	Lou	6	0.000%	47.47x
1632	Macbean	6	0.000%	2.98x
1633	Mackinnon	6	0.000%	0.62x
1634	Madders	6	0.000%	3.35x
1635	Malcolmson	6	0.000%	2.41x
1636	Maries	6	0.000%	6.58x
1637	Massey	6	0.000%	0.09x
1638	Mchattie	6	0.000%	73.89x
1639	Mctavish	6	0.000%	20.14x
1640	Meakin	6	0.000%	0.28x
1641	Medd	6	0.000%	1.23x
1642	Mercer	6	0.000%	0.08x
1643	Monks	6	0.000%	0.27x
1644	Montgomerie	6	0.000%	1.16x
1645	Moonie	6	0.000%	6.04x
1646	Moss	6	0.000%	0.04x
1647	Neal	6	0.000%	0.07x
1648	Noonan	6	0.000%	1.29x
1649	Orkney	6	0.000%	5.31x
1650	Packman	6	0.000%	0.90x
1651	Parker	6	0.000%	0.01x
1652	Parsons	6	0.000%	0.03x
1653	Peglar	6	0.000%	2.74x
1654	Phinn	6	0.000%	5.98x
1655	Playdon	6	0.000%	5.44x
1656	Portor	6	0.000%	17.03x
1657	Prest	6	0.000%	0.72x
1658	Primrose	6	0.000%	1.70x
1659	Randall	6	0.000%	0.07x
1660	Repper	6	0.000%	11.26x
1661	Rigby	6	0.000%	0.08x
1662	Roach	6	0.000%	0.15x
1663	Rocca	6	0.000%	17.03x
1664	Rowand	6	0.000%	5.19x
1665	Rowen	6	0.000%	2.15x
1666	Sands	6	0.000%	0.20x
1667	Scandrett	6	0.000%	3.67x
1668	Scullion	6	0.000%	1.47x
1669	Skeen	6	0.000%	2.42x
1670	Sloan	6	0.000%	0.24x
1671	Snowball	6	0.000%	0.68x
1672	Spittal	6	0.000%	2.12x
1673	Stevens	6	0.000%	0.02x
1674	Stocks	6	0.000%	0.20x
1675	Torry	6	0.000%	2.79x
1676	Trotter	6	0.000%	0.21x
1677	Twigg	6	0.000%	0.32x
1678	Tyre	6	0.000%	2.47x
1679	Tysoe	6	0.000%	1.82x
1680	Valantine	6	0.000%	6.78x
1681	Wardrop	6	0.000%	0.97x
1682	Westgarth	6	0.000%	1.27x
1683	Wiggins	6	0.000%	0.21x
1684	Wilkin	6	0.000%	0.40x
1685	Wilkinson	6	0.000%	0.01x
1686	Willock	6	0.000%	1.66x
1687	Winterbotham	6	0.000%	4.29x
1688	Witherspoon	6	0.000%	3.73x
1689	Woolhouse	6	0.000%	1.01x
1690	Wren	6	0.000%	0.20x
1691	Younger	6	0.000%	0.41x
1692	Aga	5	0.000%	111.36x
1693	Aitkin	5	0.000%	1.07x
1694	Arbuthnott	5	0.000%	4.99x
1695	Arkle	5	0.000%	1.35x
1696	Bathgate	5	0.000%	0.80x
1697	Bennie	5	0.000%	0.67x
1698	Bessy	5	0.000%	17.86x
1699	Binner	5	0.000%	4.10x
1700	Blackett	5	0.000%	0.48x