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 Kinnear, with 431 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
101	Kinnear	431	0.160%	32.82x
102	Mackie	430	0.160%	7.43x
103	Kelly	428	0.160%	1.44x
104	Valentine	424	0.160%	12.22x
105	Fyfe	421	0.160%	16.95x
106	Mill	421	0.160%	25.79x
107	Malcolm	413	0.150%	11.60x
108	Whitton	409	0.150%	24.64x
109	Douglas	407	0.150%	3.10x
110	Morris	402	0.150%	0.67x
111	Dickson	399	0.150%	3.98x
112	Kydd	399	0.150%	84.91x
113	Burns	397	0.150%	2.18x
114	Munro	395	0.150%	3.27x
115	Barrie	390	0.140%	19.97x
116	Rattray	389	0.140%	29.40x
117	Fyffe	387	0.140%	73.45x
118	Patterson	387	0.140%	4.10x
119	Wright	383	0.140%	0.44x
120	Coull	378	0.140%	40.81x
121	Lowson	375	0.140%	60.67x
122	Falconer	373	0.140%	11.55x
123	Edward	372	0.140%	14.81x
124	Carnegie	370	0.140%	41.65x
125	Johnstone	369	0.140%	3.02x
126	Mudie	369	0.140%	59.87x
127	Rodger	369	0.140%	9.70x
128	Reilly	368	0.140%	12.81x
129	Dorward	367	0.140%	74.24x
130	Blair	363	0.130%	5.17x
131	Matthew	363	0.130%	17.77x
132	Myles	359	0.130%	28.31x
133	Sutherland	359	0.130%	2.63x
134	Hendry	358	0.130%	8.35x
135	Jamieson	358	0.130%	4.75x
136	Hutchison	349	0.130%	7.84x
137	Duff	346	0.130%	7.18x
138	Pert	344	0.130%	59.85x
139	Cuthbert	340	0.130%	8.74x
140	Leslie	340	0.130%	7.59x
141	Cook	339	0.130%	0.63x
142	Barclay	337	0.120%	6.05x
143	Hood	337	0.120%	4.50x
144	Rae	336	0.120%	5.45x
145	Cooper	335	0.120%	0.51x
146	Crabb	333	0.120%	11.86x
147	Langlands	333	0.120%	52.79x
148	Coutts	327	0.120%	11.98x
149	Thompson	325	0.120%	0.40x
150	Fenton	320	0.120%	5.92x
151	Ogilvy	320	0.120%	52.54x
152	Law	318	0.120%	2.60x
153	Dewar	317	0.120%	8.98x
154	Guthrie	317	0.120%	9.29x
155	Hutton	314	0.120%	3.88x
156	Ireland	312	0.120%	4.97x
157	Boath	311	0.110%	102.73x
158	Irvine	311	0.110%	5.22x
159	Norrie	311	0.110%	37.08x
160	Guild	309	0.110%	52.28x
161	Roberts	308	0.110%	0.30x
162	Laird	307	0.110%	10.10x
163	Rennie	307	0.110%	6.49x
164	Farquharson	305	0.110%	19.93x
165	Sharp	304	0.110%	1.35x
166	Baird	303	0.110%	5.24x
167	Boyle	303	0.110%	4.32x
168	Stevenson	303	0.110%	1.60x
169	Lyall	302	0.110%	16.37x
170	Carr	301	0.110%	1.54x
171	Carrie	301	0.110%	65.57x
172	Bowman	299	0.110%	4.23x
173	Keith	298	0.110%	10.27x
174	Crichton	297	0.110%	12.86x
175	Spence	297	0.110%	3.32x
176	Suttie	297	0.110%	38.08x
177	Maxwell	296	0.110%	4.60x
178	Tosh	295	0.110%	48.72x
179	Ford	292	0.110%	1.11x
180	Dunn	290	0.110%	1.29x
181	Duthie	287	0.110%	19.76x
182	Coupar	285	0.110%	71.51x
183	Elder	285	0.110%	9.97x
184	Will	282	0.100%	25.54x
185	Dow	281	0.100%	8.62x
186	Gow	279	0.100%	13.05x
187	Melville	279	0.100%	9.76x
188	Welsh	275	0.100%	2.57x
189	Murphy	274	0.100%	1.27x
190	Todd	273	0.100%	1.98x
191	Harris	267	0.100%	0.39x
192	Samson	265	0.100%	13.71x
193	West	263	0.100%	1.01x
194	Mollison	261	0.100%	43.23x
195	Boyd	260	0.100%	2.74x
196	Hughes	259	0.100%	0.34x
197	Gall	258	0.100%	14.78x
198	Craik	256	0.090%	30.89x
199	Peter	256	0.090%	27.03x
200	Jackson	255	0.090%	0.34x