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 Sheriffs, with 27 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
801	Sheriffs	27	0.010%	36.91x
802	Winter	27	0.010%	0.28x
803	Airth	26	0.010%	15.47x
804	Arnott	26	0.010%	1.14x
805	Bennett	26	0.010%	0.06x
806	Brandie	26	0.010%	106.64x
807	Cock	26	0.010%	0.87x
808	Cullen	26	0.010%	0.55x
809	Garland	26	0.010%	0.73x
810	Heron	26	0.010%	1.00x
811	Lawerance	26	0.010%	19.45x
812	Morton	26	0.010%	0.18x
813	Nichol	26	0.010%	0.89x
814	Rafferty	26	0.010%	1.86x
815	Wemyss	26	0.010%	6.94x
816	Bartlet	25	0.010%	9.41x
817	Forest	25	0.010%	3.22x
818	Grigor	25	0.010%	7.95x
819	Hatt	25	0.010%	4.31x
820	Inch	25	0.010%	3.25x
821	Isaac	25	0.010%	0.74x
822	Levie	25	0.010%	31.81x
823	Ley	25	0.010%	2.12x
824	Linklater	25	0.010%	3.94x
825	Longmore	25	0.010%	3.78x
826	Pearson	25	0.010%	0.08x
827	Salmond	25	0.010%	4.39x
828	Slesser	25	0.010%	48.55x
829	Thornton	25	0.010%	0.18x
830	Watts	25	0.010%	0.11x
831	Alcock	24	0.010%	0.61x
832	Armstrong	24	0.010%	0.12x
833	Collins	24	0.010%	0.06x
834	Connor	24	0.010%	0.30x
835	Dixon	24	0.010%	0.08x
836	Edmonston	24	0.010%	18.98x
837	Freeman	24	0.010%	0.14x
838	Hackett	24	0.010%	0.75x
839	Heslop	24	0.010%	1.03x
840	Lynch	24	0.010%	0.34x
841	Milner	24	0.010%	0.39x
842	Muirden	24	0.010%	37.96x
843	Neave	24	0.010%	1.89x
844	Sleigh	24	0.010%	3.98x
845	Allanach	23	0.010%	84.93x
846	Asher	23	0.010%	2.01x
847	Bertram	23	0.010%	1.78x
848	Brandy	23	0.010%	37.45x
849	Caird	23	0.010%	4.18x
850	Clayton	23	0.010%	0.16x
851	Edmonstone	23	0.010%	22.94x
852	Ellice	23	0.010%	18.72x
853	Gatherer	23	0.010%	26.53x
854	Grainger	23	0.010%	0.55x
855	Hanton	23	0.010%	4.89x
856	Hossack	23	0.010%	3.86x
857	Laurence	23	0.010%	0.60x
858	Macrae	23	0.010%	1.09x
859	Metcalfe	23	0.010%	0.37x
860	Raffan	23	0.010%	19.59x
861	Samuel	23	0.010%	0.71x
862	Sey	23	0.010%	53.07x
863	Traill	23	0.010%	6.16x
864	Benson	22	0.010%	0.30x
865	Blaikie	22	0.010%	6.75x
866	Butler	22	0.010%	0.08x
867	Byers	22	0.010%	1.57x
868	Cowieson	22	0.010%	32.47x
869	Fergusson	22	0.010%	1.61x
870	Fyffe	22	0.010%	4.18x
871	Halkett	22	0.010%	13.53x
872	Harley	22	0.010%	0.63x
873	Kenn	22	0.010%	21.55x
874	Linton	22	0.010%	0.99x
875	Luke	22	0.010%	0.84x
876	Mathewson	22	0.010%	3.36x
877	Milligan	22	0.010%	0.69x
878	Patrick	22	0.010%	0.41x
879	Perie	22	0.010%	37.47x
880	Reaper	22	0.010%	36.35x
881	Seivewright	22	0.010%	36.91x
882	Abercrombie	21	0.010%	4.41x
883	Alves	21	0.010%	14.62x
884	Anton	21	0.010%	8.64x
885	Austin	21	0.010%	0.16x
886	Blow	21	0.010%	2.08x
887	Bonar	21	0.010%	4.84x
888	Dutch	21	0.010%	6.72x
889	Ewart	21	0.010%	1.38x
890	Galashan	21	0.010%	50.53x
891	Laurance	21	0.010%	2.94x
892	Lawie	21	0.010%	61.21x
893	Leitch	21	0.010%	0.81x
894	Maclean	21	0.010%	0.70x
895	Newton	21	0.010%	0.10x
896	Paxton	21	0.010%	0.97x
897	Redford	21	0.010%	1.44x
898	Tindal	21	0.010%	5.19x
899	Tindall	21	0.010%	1.28x
900	Woodman	21	0.010%	0.70x