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 Rutherford, with 51 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
601	Rutherford	51	0.020%	0.77x
602	Turriff	51	0.020%	69.71x
603	Gibbon	50	0.020%	1.82x
604	Leighton	50	0.020%	1.72x
605	Leonard	50	0.020%	0.85x
606	Don	49	0.020%	7.95x
607	Harrison	49	0.020%	0.08x
608	Sorrie	49	0.020%	67.80x
609	Barrie	48	0.020%	2.46x
610	Colvin	48	0.020%	5.12x
611	Fenton	48	0.020%	0.89x
612	Ferrier	48	0.020%	3.05x
613	Finlayson	48	0.020%	1.54x
614	Lemon	48	0.020%	2.44x
615	Middler	48	0.020%	90.06x
616	Balfour	47	0.020%	2.49x
617	Bonner	47	0.020%	1.98x
618	Harrow	47	0.020%	7.25x
619	Nicholson	47	0.020%	0.24x
620	Rough	47	0.020%	7.70x
621	Winton	47	0.020%	4.63x
622	Barnet	46	0.020%	3.55x
623	Burness	46	0.020%	8.87x
624	Cummings	46	0.020%	1.10x
625	Drummond	46	0.020%	0.86x
626	Florance	46	0.020%	27.83x
627	Loggie	46	0.020%	24.48x
628	Phillip	46	0.020%	3.35x
629	Shinnie	46	0.020%	108.36x
630	Taggart	46	0.020%	4.50x
631	Benzies	45	0.020%	44.48x
632	Gammack	45	0.020%	75.50x
633	Nicolson	45	0.020%	1.44x
634	Oliver	45	0.020%	0.23x
635	Welsh	45	0.020%	0.42x
636	Dean	44	0.020%	0.23x
637	Erskine	44	0.020%	2.63x
638	Legg	44	0.020%	0.99x
639	Michael	44	0.020%	3.03x
640	Oldman	44	0.020%	11.82x
641	Rait	44	0.020%	21.08x
642	Small	44	0.020%	0.64x
643	Castel	43	0.020%	54.71x
644	French	43	0.020%	0.33x
645	Imlach	43	0.020%	29.20x
646	Lowe	43	0.020%	0.21x
647	Macpherson	43	0.020%	2.45x
648	Pithie	43	0.020%	32.17x
649	Quirie	43	0.020%	89.85x
650	Rogers	43	0.020%	0.12x
651	Sandieson	43	0.020%	48.09x
652	Sang	43	0.020%	40.69x
653	Banks	42	0.020%	0.30x
654	Glegg	42	0.020%	18.90x
655	Imlah	42	0.020%	70.47x
656	Lee	42	0.020%	0.10x
657	Shirreffs	42	0.020%	73.81x
658	Turnbull	42	0.020%	0.37x
659	Center	41	0.020%	79.63x
660	Craigie	41	0.020%	4.82x
661	Ruddiman	41	0.020%	51.01x
662	Cowan	40	0.010%	0.72x
663	Cay	39	0.010%	25.25x
664	Craik	39	0.010%	4.71x
665	Croll	39	0.010%	7.68x
666	Gillies	39	0.010%	1.01x
667	Holmes	39	0.010%	0.12x
668	Kinnear	39	0.010%	2.97x
669	Pennie	39	0.010%	32.96x
670	Stratton	39	0.010%	1.66x
671	Winchester	39	0.010%	3.78x
672	Boddie	38	0.010%	46.23x
673	Bridgeford	38	0.010%	26.63x
674	Cox	38	0.010%	0.09x
675	Cushnie	38	0.010%	37.90x
676	Ford	38	0.010%	0.14x
677	Forgie	38	0.010%	12.30x
678	Gow	38	0.010%	1.78x
679	Joiner	38	0.010%	3.95x
680	Lind	38	0.010%	8.28x
681	Mackintosh	38	0.010%	2.10x
682	Montgomery	38	0.010%	0.89x
683	Moore	38	0.010%	0.07x
684	Slater	38	0.010%	0.23x
685	Couper	37	0.010%	3.05x
686	Cryle	37	0.010%	75.85x
687	Frain	37	0.010%	10.39x
688	Garvie	37	0.010%	7.77x
689	Hodge	37	0.010%	0.54x
690	Morren	37	0.010%	25.60x
691	Bissett	36	0.010%	5.60x
692	Corbett	36	0.010%	0.68x
693	Foote	36	0.010%	3.47x
694	Grubb	36	0.010%	2.15x
695	Hopkins	36	0.010%	0.22x
696	Jones	36	0.010%	0.01x
697	Macgregor	36	0.010%	3.19x
698	Rice	36	0.010%	0.43x
699	Shanks	36	0.010%	1.75x
700	Sheed	36	0.010%	38.32x