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 Massie, with 528 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
101	Massie	528	0.200%	60.75x
102	Tough	527	0.190%	50.64x
103	Wright	523	0.190%	0.60x
104	Farquhar	519	0.190%	24.66x
105	Ewen	509	0.190%	44.22x
106	Martin	509	0.190%	0.76x
107	Michie	497	0.180%	37.53x
108	Calder	495	0.180%	13.08x
109	Will	494	0.180%	44.75x
110	Cheyne	491	0.180%	54.57x
111	Lawson	488	0.180%	3.06x
112	Morrice	488	0.180%	61.59x
113	Geddes	484	0.180%	14.92x
114	Hall	481	0.180%	0.60x
115	Masson	469	0.170%	28.24x
116	Booth	465	0.170%	1.74x
117	Law	463	0.170%	3.78x
118	Mathieson	453	0.170%	15.89x
119	Dawson	450	0.170%	1.51x
120	King	448	0.170%	0.76x
121	Garden	446	0.160%	39.46x
122	Kemp	438	0.160%	2.92x
123	Smart	434	0.160%	3.52x
124	Catto	432	0.160%	84.63x
125	Hutcheon	432	0.160%	58.24x
126	Gall	425	0.160%	24.35x
127	Petrie	419	0.150%	13.03x
128	Skinner	418	0.150%	3.04x
129	Hendry	417	0.150%	9.73x
130	Farquharson	412	0.150%	26.94x
131	Bremner	410	0.150%	17.64x
132	Gibson	407	0.150%	1.24x
133	Gauld	402	0.150%	56.54x
134	Troup	401	0.150%	64.05x
135	Glennie	399	0.150%	60.42x
136	Maitland	398	0.150%	22.67x
137	Kennedy	393	0.150%	2.41x
138	Forrest	381	0.140%	5.46x
139	Tait	380	0.140%	4.77x
140	Copland	376	0.140%	24.82x
141	Johnstone	376	0.140%	3.07x
142	Baxter	372	0.140%	2.31x
143	Downie	371	0.140%	11.69x
144	Porter	369	0.140%	1.82x
145	Dunn	364	0.130%	1.62x
146	Mearns	364	0.130%	41.71x
147	Beaton	362	0.130%	11.64x
148	Lamb	361	0.130%	2.53x
149	Skene	361	0.130%	54.44x
150	Esson	357	0.130%	59.78x
151	Forsyth	356	0.130%	6.17x
152	Fyfe	350	0.130%	14.09x
153	Fowlie	349	0.130%	88.40x
154	Leith	348	0.130%	24.84x
155	Thompson	346	0.130%	0.43x
156	Littlejohn	341	0.130%	26.12x
157	Collie	340	0.130%	35.07x
158	Lumsden	336	0.120%	14.89x
159	Summers	335	0.120%	4.42x
160	Donaldson	331	0.120%	4.29x
161	Murdoch	326	0.120%	7.09x
162	Yule	326	0.120%	24.06x
163	Kelman	325	0.120%	67.75x
164	Ogg	325	0.120%	37.63x
165	Dunbar	324	0.120%	10.42x
166	Ferguson	321	0.120%	1.67x
167	Davie	318	0.120%	12.76x
168	Henry	318	0.120%	4.65x
169	Elrick	313	0.120%	78.74x
170	Irvine	307	0.110%	5.15x
171	Cormack	305	0.110%	14.91x
172	Melvin	305	0.110%	23.41x
173	Finnie	303	0.110%	32.22x
174	Cordiner	301	0.110%	83.08x
175	Harvey	299	0.110%	1.04x
176	Hepburn	299	0.110%	12.42x
177	Joss	299	0.110%	60.62x
178	Spence	299	0.110%	3.34x
179	Dickie	297	0.110%	13.99x
180	Begg	293	0.110%	17.80x
181	Mair	292	0.110%	11.68x
182	Gerrard	291	0.110%	8.42x
183	Cook	290	0.110%	0.54x
184	Hutchison	287	0.110%	6.45x
185	Ogston	286	0.110%	86.26x
186	Lyon	285	0.110%	5.03x
187	Aitken	282	0.100%	3.97x
188	Dow	282	0.100%	8.65x
189	Duff	281	0.100%	5.84x
190	Mann	278	0.100%	1.95x
191	White	272	0.100%	0.31x
192	Wyness	272	0.100%	79.86x
193	Marshall	270	0.100%	0.60x
194	Benzie	269	0.100%	65.44x
195	Gill	269	0.100%	1.41x
196	Ledingham	268	0.100%	67.58x
197	Knox	267	0.100%	5.75x
198	Miller	267	0.100%	0.55x
199	Mortimer	267	0.100%	4.72x
200	Cassie	262	0.100%	57.66x