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 Weir, with 165 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
301	Weir	165	0.060%	2.35x
302	Craib	163	0.060%	48.90x
303	Edward	163	0.060%	6.49x
304	Fordyce	163	0.060%	27.72x
305	Rettie	163	0.060%	86.75x
306	Roger	161	0.060%	17.32x
307	Barnett	160	0.060%	1.31x
308	Green	160	0.060%	0.21x
309	Crawford	158	0.060%	1.19x
310	Manson	157	0.060%	4.96x
311	Robson	155	0.060%	0.87x
312	Grassick	154	0.060%	79.28x
313	Kelly	154	0.060%	0.52x
314	Lawrie	154	0.060%	5.94x
315	Yeats	154	0.060%	20.61x
316	Minty	153	0.060%	28.42x
317	Sellar	153	0.060%	23.82x
318	Proctor	152	0.060%	2.29x
319	Turner	152	0.060%	0.20x
320	Allardyce	151	0.060%	56.28x
321	Fullerton	151	0.060%	13.19x
322	Kellas	151	0.060%	76.33x
323	Lobban	151	0.060%	48.17x
324	Valentine	147	0.050%	4.24x
325	Gavin	146	0.050%	10.91x
326	Milton	146	0.050%	3.91x
327	Craighead	144	0.050%	59.25x
328	Andrew	142	0.050%	1.66x
329	Fiddes	142	0.050%	28.17x
330	Rhind	142	0.050%	21.98x
331	Argo	139	0.050%	98.00x
332	Ewan	139	0.050%	22.56x
333	Jackson	139	0.050%	0.18x
334	Crichton	138	0.050%	5.98x
335	Hill	138	0.050%	0.20x
336	Graham	136	0.050%	0.44x
337	Lindsay	136	0.050%	1.54x
338	Lovie	136	0.050%	55.15x
339	Riach	135	0.050%	28.63x
340	Cadger	134	0.050%	86.75x
341	Durward	134	0.050%	45.50x
342	Kynoch	132	0.050%	52.75x
343	Stronach	132	0.050%	28.99x
344	Clubb	131	0.050%	27.73x
345	Kilgour	131	0.050%	13.16x
346	Merchant	131	0.050%	7.20x
347	Cobban	130	0.050%	53.30x
348	Phillips	130	0.050%	0.27x
349	Carle	129	0.050%	43.80x
350	Roy	129	0.050%	5.25x
351	Durno	128	0.050%	81.42x
352	Murrison	128	0.050%	93.22x
353	Cockburn	127	0.050%	3.68x
354	Ronald	127	0.050%	13.16x
355	Jessiman	126	0.050%	69.04x
356	Mackenzie	126	0.050%	1.66x
357	Gatt	125	0.050%	63.19x
358	Chisholm	124	0.050%	3.16x
359	Mellis	124	0.050%	28.66x
360	Mundie	124	0.050%	63.84x
361	Rattray	124	0.050%	9.38x
362	Auld	123	0.050%	7.54x
363	Burgess	123	0.050%	0.65x
364	Guthrie	123	0.050%	3.61x
365	Gillanders	122	0.050%	34.27x
366	Wight	122	0.050%	8.76x
367	Crighton	121	0.040%	11.26x
368	Morison	121	0.040%	8.77x
369	Brand	120	0.040%	3.00x
370	Findlater	120	0.040%	30.05x
371	Herd	119	0.040%	5.99x
372	Inglis	119	0.040%	2.63x
373	Bothwell	118	0.040%	39.58x
374	Steele	118	0.040%	1.63x
375	Baird	117	0.040%	2.02x
376	Leys	117	0.040%	47.79x
377	Esslemont	116	0.040%	91.07x
378	Millar	116	0.040%	1.17x
379	Sandison	116	0.040%	17.05x
380	Cocker	113	0.040%	5.09x
381	Eddie	113	0.040%	28.82x
382	Silver	113	0.040%	7.30x
383	Macintosh	112	0.040%	9.59x
384	Dingwall	111	0.040%	10.35x
385	Forman	110	0.040%	7.90x
386	Fyvie	110	0.040%	94.40x
387	Glass	110	0.040%	3.93x
388	Matthews	110	0.040%	0.47x
389	Cantlay	108	0.040%	106.76x
390	Cromar	108	0.040%	52.67x
391	Kirton	108	0.040%	8.74x
392	Logan	108	0.040%	1.68x
393	Edmond	107	0.040%	11.72x
394	Nicoll	107	0.040%	4.35x
395	Adie	106	0.040%	18.16x
396	Gillan	106	0.040%	11.14x
397	Wiseman	106	0.040%	2.85x
398	Barber	105	0.040%	0.64x
399	Dempster	105	0.040%	5.52x
400	Simmers	105	0.040%	60.86x