1881 census county

Angus surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Angus 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

4,666 surnames are listed for Angus, covering 230,893 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Orrock, with 36 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Angus

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
901	Orrock	36	0.010%	21.19x
902	Potts	36	0.010%	0.40x
903	Rice	36	0.010%	0.43x
904	Sellars	36	0.010%	2.15x
905	Slaven	36	0.010%	9.14x
906	Weston	36	0.010%	0.33x
907	Baker	35	0.010%	0.06x
908	Barber	35	0.010%	0.21x
909	Connely	35	0.010%	7.02x
910	Gilruth	35	0.010%	48.42x
911	Handy	35	0.010%	3.75x
912	Hudson	35	0.010%	0.16x
913	Liddell	35	0.010%	1.41x
914	Matthewson	35	0.010%	9.01x
915	Rait	35	0.010%	16.77x
916	Soutter	35	0.010%	13.04x
917	Tyrell	35	0.010%	3.54x
918	Adie	34	0.010%	5.82x
919	Ballingall	34	0.010%	8.73x
920	Burry	34	0.010%	11.00x
921	Cleary	34	0.010%	3.04x
922	Dutch	34	0.010%	10.87x
923	Eddie	34	0.010%	8.67x
924	Findlayson	34	0.010%	25.77x
925	Gallagher	34	0.010%	0.83x
926	Gilroy	34	0.010%	3.10x
927	Holden	34	0.010%	0.23x
928	Johnson	34	0.010%	0.04x
929	Kemlo	34	0.010%	43.76x
930	Leggat	34	0.010%	5.43x
931	Linn	34	0.010%	5.51x
932	Lockhart	34	0.010%	1.80x
933	Owler	34	0.010%	50.86x
934	Sidey	34	0.010%	11.72x
935	Thomas	34	0.010%	0.03x
936	Tully	34	0.010%	2.35x
937	Walton	34	0.010%	0.18x
938	Arnott	33	0.010%	1.45x
939	Batchlor	33	0.010%	21.11x
940	Blackwood	33	0.010%	2.09x
941	Bryson	33	0.010%	1.59x
942	Jaffray	33	0.010%	8.80x
943	Jeffrey	33	0.010%	0.66x
944	Macrae	33	0.010%	1.56x
945	Matthews	33	0.010%	0.14x
946	Moss	33	0.010%	0.20x
947	Paris	33	0.010%	3.86x
948	Rock	33	0.010%	2.14x
949	Rolland	33	0.010%	10.68x
950	Rourke	33	0.010%	2.47x
951	Scotland	33	0.010%	4.28x
952	Timmons	33	0.010%	22.82x
953	Auchterlonie	32	0.010%	17.19x
954	Binny	32	0.010%	39.35x
955	Boase	32	0.010%	10.93x
956	Corrigan	32	0.010%	2.64x
957	Dale	32	0.010%	0.28x
958	Dougal	32	0.010%	6.49x
959	Dye	32	0.010%	1.78x
960	Fiddes	32	0.010%	6.35x
961	Greenhill	32	0.010%	2.74x
962	Halkett	32	0.010%	19.67x
963	Mack	32	0.010%	1.18x
964	Motion	32	0.010%	19.04x
965	Oneill	32	0.010%	1.86x
966	Pirrie	32	0.010%	6.89x
967	Symons	32	0.010%	0.86x
968	Brewster	31	0.010%	1.18x
969	Casey	31	0.010%	0.78x
970	Colligan	31	0.010%	13.14x
971	Connel	31	0.010%	6.23x
972	Conner	31	0.010%	1.48x
973	Croft	31	0.010%	0.48x
974	Cummings	31	0.010%	0.74x
975	Deans	31	0.010%	1.69x
976	Dixon	31	0.010%	0.10x
977	Farley	31	0.010%	0.91x
978	Farrel	31	0.010%	5.04x
979	Fell	31	0.010%	0.82x
980	Flockhart	31	0.010%	6.05x
981	Hogan	31	0.010%	1.14x
982	Justice	31	0.010%	4.51x
983	Leisk	31	0.010%	19.38x
984	Lennox	31	0.010%	1.93x
985	Macintosh	31	0.010%	2.65x
986	Orkney	31	0.010%	27.45x
987	Philp	31	0.010%	1.68x
988	Ramsey	31	0.010%	1.05x
989	Ryan	31	0.010%	0.37x
990	Third	31	0.010%	15.05x
991	Tindall	31	0.010%	1.89x
992	Bett	30	0.010%	4.62x
993	Burnet	30	0.010%	3.03x
994	Carruthers	30	0.010%	0.84x
995	Conacher	30	0.010%	12.12x
996	Dair	30	0.010%	59.31x
997	Fettis	30	0.010%	40.99x
998	Garvin	30	0.010%	12.43x
999	Glennie	30	0.010%	4.54x
1000	Gorman	30	0.010%	0.92x