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 Turnbull, with 255 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
201	Turnbull	255	0.090%	2.24x
202	Russell	253	0.090%	0.77x
203	Sime	253	0.090%	23.33x
204	Stark	253	0.090%	6.83x
205	Menzies	252	0.090%	7.16x
206	Crighton	251	0.090%	23.36x
207	Balfour	250	0.090%	13.26x
208	Robbie	250	0.090%	40.09x
209	Thom	250	0.090%	10.33x
210	Angus	249	0.090%	6.43x
211	Esplin	248	0.090%	72.98x
212	Wishart	248	0.090%	11.70x
213	Fox	247	0.090%	0.98x
214	King	246	0.090%	0.42x
215	Lowden	246	0.090%	27.72x
216	Cochrane	244	0.090%	5.82x
217	Crawford	240	0.090%	1.81x
218	Lynch	238	0.090%	3.33x
219	Batchelor	237	0.090%	5.16x
220	Lamond	236	0.090%	25.53x
221	Philip	236	0.090%	13.07x
222	Knight	233	0.090%	0.70x
223	Peters	232	0.090%	2.44x
224	Grieve	231	0.090%	7.37x
225	Downie	229	0.080%	7.21x
226	Hampton	225	0.080%	5.27x
227	Aitken	224	0.080%	3.15x
228	Calder	224	0.080%	5.92x
229	Spalding	224	0.080%	11.56x
230	Wyllie	224	0.080%	11.82x
231	Galloway	223	0.080%	4.78x
232	Jolly	223	0.080%	5.81x
233	Mathers	223	0.080%	13.84x
234	Christison	221	0.080%	49.81x
235	Hutcheson	221	0.080%	15.91x
236	Mackay	221	0.080%	2.26x
237	Shaw	220	0.080%	0.44x
238	Urquhart	219	0.080%	5.76x
239	Brand	218	0.080%	5.46x
240	Cowie	218	0.080%	6.64x
241	Dunbar	217	0.080%	6.98x
242	Farquhar	216	0.080%	10.26x
243	Sim	216	0.080%	7.10x
244	Stirling	216	0.080%	6.14x
245	Hardie	214	0.080%	6.07x
246	Davie	212	0.080%	8.50x
247	Morton	211	0.080%	1.46x
248	Bisset	210	0.080%	9.90x
249	Napier	210	0.080%	9.65x
250	Dargie	209	0.080%	81.15x
251	Henry	208	0.080%	3.04x
252	Keay	206	0.080%	17.84x
253	Yule	206	0.080%	15.20x
254	Moore	204	0.080%	0.38x
255	Gardiner	203	0.080%	2.61x
256	Leighton	203	0.080%	6.97x
257	Fisher	202	0.070%	0.64x
258	Easson	201	0.070%	38.41x
259	Bain	200	0.070%	2.98x
260	Swan	200	0.070%	2.85x
261	Gowans	199	0.070%	22.84x
262	Buick	198	0.070%	71.37x
263	Glen	198	0.070%	7.39x
264	Cant	197	0.070%	11.73x
265	Bremner	196	0.070%	8.43x
266	Cuthill	196	0.070%	37.07x
267	Hall	196	0.070%	0.25x
268	Neave	196	0.070%	15.41x
269	Winter	196	0.070%	2.04x
270	Bennet	195	0.070%	5.22x
271	Dakers	195	0.070%	53.28x
272	Steven	195	0.070%	9.51x
273	Croll	194	0.070%	38.20x
274	Birse	193	0.070%	63.38x
275	Thoms	193	0.070%	39.92x
276	Keir	192	0.070%	14.19x
277	Buchan	191	0.070%	5.46x
278	Duffy	190	0.070%	3.21x
279	Gourlay	190	0.070%	12.67x
280	Pearson	190	0.070%	0.60x
281	Stuart	190	0.070%	2.94x
282	Mills	189	0.070%	0.54x
283	Geekie	187	0.070%	66.54x
284	Steele	187	0.070%	2.58x
285	Caird	185	0.070%	33.61x
286	Dawson	185	0.070%	0.62x
287	Lawrence	185	0.070%	1.05x
288	Nairn	184	0.070%	13.74x
289	Proctor	184	0.070%	2.77x
290	Macdonald	183	0.070%	1.70x
291	Moncur	183	0.070%	34.32x
292	Rose	180	0.070%	0.90x
293	Irons	179	0.070%	12.14x
294	Drummond	178	0.070%	3.31x
295	Swankie	178	0.070%	105.33x
296	Addison	177	0.070%	4.73x
297	Porter	176	0.070%	0.87x
298	Weir	176	0.070%	2.50x
299	Brady	175	0.060%	3.65x
300	Souter	175	0.060%	11.90x