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 Chrystal, with 35 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
701	Chrystal	35	0.010%	9.38x
702	Fenty	35	0.010%	102.01x
703	Leel	35	0.010%	77.50x
704	Pickard	35	0.010%	0.93x
705	Rankine	35	0.010%	2.55x
706	Salter	35	0.010%	0.57x
707	Spalding	35	0.010%	1.81x
708	Wildgoose	35	0.010%	4.83x
709	Bird	34	0.010%	0.16x
710	Bodie	34	0.010%	57.05x
711	Boyle	34	0.010%	0.48x
712	Brockie	34	0.010%	10.45x
713	Carrol	34	0.010%	2.77x
714	Corbet	34	0.010%	4.57x
715	Halliday	34	0.010%	0.61x
716	Insch	34	0.010%	64.91x
717	Longmuir	34	0.010%	6.77x
718	Newlands	34	0.010%	3.11x
719	Pickford	34	0.010%	1.54x
720	Stark	34	0.010%	0.92x
721	Cobb	33	0.010%	0.86x
722	Day	33	0.010%	0.13x
723	Fairweather	33	0.010%	1.57x
724	Foreman	33	0.010%	0.93x
725	Gaul	33	0.010%	10.68x
726	Gellan	33	0.010%	54.53x
727	Hacket	33	0.010%	9.74x
728	Hood	33	0.010%	0.44x
729	Junor	33	0.010%	12.42x
730	Lipp	33	0.010%	51.47x
731	Melville	33	0.010%	1.16x
732	Richardson	33	0.010%	0.07x
733	Riley	33	0.010%	0.15x
734	Sievewright	33	0.010%	29.95x
735	Cantley	32	0.010%	26.63x
736	Copeland	32	0.010%	1.25x
737	Courage	32	0.010%	15.81x
738	Dalziel	32	0.010%	2.68x
739	Finlay	32	0.010%	1.15x
740	Hurry	32	0.010%	5.65x
741	Moncur	32	0.010%	6.00x
742	Obrien	32	0.010%	0.80x
743	Riddoch	32	0.010%	9.89x
744	Runcie	32	0.010%	18.55x
745	Brooks	31	0.010%	0.12x
746	Bryce	31	0.010%	1.14x
747	Cannon	31	0.010%	0.63x
748	Galloway	31	0.010%	0.67x
749	Garioch	31	0.010%	70.04x
750	Illingworth	31	0.010%	1.01x
751	Keir	31	0.010%	2.29x
752	Lees	31	0.010%	0.26x
753	Mark	31	0.010%	2.28x
754	Mather	31	0.010%	0.46x
755	Metcalf	31	0.010%	0.57x
756	Muir	31	0.010%	0.30x
757	Parley	31	0.010%	45.16x
758	Perrie	31	0.010%	10.00x
759	Pittendreigh	31	0.010%	49.73x
760	Riddler	31	0.010%	34.31x
761	Seivwright	31	0.010%	41.85x
762	Soutar	31	0.010%	3.22x
763	Aird	30	0.010%	2.13x
764	Badenoch	30	0.010%	22.59x
765	Barry	30	0.010%	0.61x
766	Brook	30	0.010%	0.29x
767	Davis	30	0.010%	0.05x
768	Flett	30	0.010%	2.56x
769	Grey	30	0.010%	0.51x
770	Groundwater	30	0.010%	13.78x
771	Hampton	30	0.010%	0.70x
772	Lonie	30	0.010%	9.52x
773	Mowatt	30	0.010%	7.20x
774	Procter	30	0.010%	0.85x
775	Reidford	30	0.010%	39.07x
776	Shee	30	0.010%	15.30x
777	Stoddart	30	0.010%	1.33x
778	Towns	30	0.010%	3.46x
779	Baillie	29	0.010%	1.03x
780	Chrystall	29	0.010%	45.86x
781	Collier	29	0.010%	0.32x
782	Greenlaw	29	0.010%	15.97x
783	Minto	29	0.010%	3.87x
784	Stalker	29	0.010%	2.18x
785	Struthers	29	0.010%	2.40x
786	Allison	28	0.010%	0.36x
787	Baigrie	28	0.010%	68.90x
788	Bonnyman	28	0.010%	21.52x
789	Bower	28	0.010%	0.56x
790	Creighton	28	0.010%	2.62x
791	Fiddler	28	0.010%	4.79x
792	Gardener	28	0.010%	0.58x
793	Gilmore	28	0.010%	1.77x
794	Kinnaird	28	0.010%	5.89x
795	Lemmon	28	0.010%	5.71x
796	Simon	28	0.010%	1.57x
797	Curr	27	0.010%	8.54x
798	Cuthbert	27	0.010%	0.69x
799	Gallow	27	0.010%	31.80x
800	Gove	27	0.010%	8.33x