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 Diack, with 262 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
201	Diack	262	0.100%	91.48x
202	Thain	262	0.100%	29.99x
203	Falconer	260	0.100%	8.06x
204	Edwards	255	0.090%	0.34x
205	Main	254	0.090%	5.74x
206	May	254	0.090%	1.47x
207	Ogilvie	252	0.090%	9.63x
208	Sharp	250	0.090%	1.11x
209	Matthew	248	0.090%	12.14x
210	Mennie	247	0.090%	65.72x
211	Shearer	245	0.090%	7.06x
212	Hadden	244	0.090%	20.31x
213	Singer	244	0.090%	22.43x
214	Norrie	243	0.090%	28.98x
215	Lawrence	242	0.090%	1.38x
216	Reith	242	0.090%	50.93x
217	Willox	242	0.090%	80.20x
218	Chapman	240	0.090%	0.62x
219	Gerrie	240	0.090%	78.60x
220	Hardie	239	0.090%	6.78x
221	Berry	237	0.090%	1.10x
222	Mowat	236	0.090%	12.71x
223	Macdonald	234	0.090%	2.18x
224	Arthur	233	0.090%	3.95x
225	Paul	229	0.080%	3.38x
226	Penny	229	0.080%	4.76x
227	Tocher	229	0.080%	65.16x
228	Cow	228	0.080%	81.94x
229	Jaffray	228	0.080%	60.81x
230	Souter	228	0.080%	15.51x
231	Howie	226	0.080%	8.51x
232	Knowles	226	0.080%	1.56x
233	Brebner	225	0.080%	64.69x
234	Still	225	0.080%	13.21x
235	Dey	224	0.080%	45.58x
236	Douglas	223	0.080%	1.70x
237	Meldrum	223	0.080%	13.09x
238	Stevenson	223	0.080%	1.17x
239	Abel	222	0.080%	12.74x
240	Burr	221	0.080%	10.16x
241	Malcolm	221	0.080%	6.21x
242	Robbie	219	0.080%	35.13x
243	Stott	219	0.080%	2.59x
244	Youngson	219	0.080%	65.17x
245	Deans	218	0.080%	11.88x
246	Jack	218	0.080%	3.79x
247	Rose	217	0.080%	1.08x
248	Shaw	217	0.080%	0.44x
249	Riddel	216	0.080%	52.66x
250	Bannerman	214	0.080%	22.56x
251	Riddell	214	0.080%	9.43x
252	Connon	213	0.080%	61.08x
253	Cardno	212	0.080%	97.37x
254	Dalgarno	211	0.080%	83.71x
255	Horn	210	0.080%	3.42x
256	Mackay	210	0.080%	2.15x
257	Pratt	207	0.080%	1.33x
258	Horne	206	0.080%	3.50x
259	Tawse	205	0.080%	71.36x
260	Bowman	202	0.070%	2.86x
261	Laird	201	0.070%	6.62x
262	Trail	199	0.070%	40.34x
263	Russell	198	0.070%	0.60x
264	Bell	197	0.070%	0.39x
265	Charles	197	0.070%	3.52x
266	Cran	197	0.070%	51.31x
267	Florence	197	0.070%	36.90x
268	Slessor	195	0.070%	93.84x
269	Bowie	194	0.070%	8.23x
270	Gillespie	192	0.070%	4.48x
271	Shewan	192	0.070%	55.64x
272	Aiken	188	0.070%	43.08x
273	Cruden	188	0.070%	58.29x
274	Knight	187	0.070%	0.56x
275	Kidd	186	0.070%	3.38x
276	Ellis	183	0.070%	0.47x
277	Pirrie	182	0.070%	39.19x
278	Archibald	181	0.070%	7.75x
279	Daniel	181	0.070%	3.03x
280	Lamont	181	0.070%	7.52x
281	Leask	180	0.070%	16.19x
282	Murison	180	0.070%	68.00x
283	Crombie	179	0.070%	11.79x
284	Duffus	179	0.070%	43.36x
285	Kerr	178	0.070%	1.21x
286	Wishart	177	0.070%	8.35x
287	Scorgie	174	0.060%	60.38x
288	Williams	174	0.060%	0.09x
289	Napier	173	0.060%	7.96x
290	Niven	170	0.060%	9.03x
291	Dickson	169	0.060%	1.69x
292	Gammie	168	0.060%	69.13x
293	Third	168	0.060%	81.56x
294	Brodie	167	0.060%	4.60x
295	George	167	0.060%	1.05x
296	West	167	0.060%	0.64x
297	Annand	166	0.060%	48.10x
298	Dick	165	0.060%	2.73x
299	Peter	165	0.060%	17.43x
300	Ramsay	165	0.060%	2.37x