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 Cumming, with 174 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
301	Cumming	174	0.060%	3.37x
302	Mason	174	0.060%	0.48x
303	Brodie	172	0.060%	4.73x
304	Allardice	171	0.060%	47.78x
305	Howie	171	0.060%	6.44x
306	Cobb	167	0.060%	4.34x
307	Gellatly	167	0.060%	44.96x
308	Blyth	165	0.060%	3.87x
309	Forsyth	164	0.060%	2.84x
310	Finlayson	163	0.060%	5.23x
311	Muir	163	0.060%	1.57x
312	Collins	162	0.060%	0.42x
313	Burness	161	0.060%	31.04x
314	Meldrum	161	0.060%	9.45x
315	Rollo	161	0.060%	25.89x
316	Neilson	160	0.060%	4.19x
317	Peebles	160	0.060%	14.08x
318	Stott	160	0.060%	1.89x
319	Tait	160	0.060%	2.01x
320	Clarke	159	0.060%	0.29x
321	Inglis	158	0.060%	3.50x
322	Baillie	155	0.060%	5.52x
323	Hume	155	0.060%	4.04x
324	Thornton	154	0.060%	1.13x
325	Heron	153	0.060%	5.89x
326	Burgess	152	0.060%	0.81x
327	Roy	152	0.060%	6.18x
328	Littlejohn	151	0.060%	11.56x
329	Mearns	150	0.060%	17.18x
330	Neish	150	0.060%	27.25x
331	Duke	149	0.060%	4.74x
332	Ward	149	0.060%	0.25x
333	Warden	149	0.060%	7.70x
334	Ellis	148	0.050%	0.38x
335	Saunders	148	0.050%	0.60x
336	Cathro	147	0.050%	86.99x
337	High	147	0.050%	12.01x
338	Winton	146	0.050%	14.39x
339	Yeaman	146	0.050%	46.83x
340	Haggart	145	0.050%	22.16x
341	Lumsden	145	0.050%	6.42x
342	Cox	144	0.050%	0.35x
343	Forrest	144	0.050%	2.06x
344	Mathew	144	0.050%	14.18x
345	Phillips	144	0.050%	0.30x
346	Cairns	143	0.050%	2.44x
347	Dalgety	143	0.050%	81.15x
348	Keillor	143	0.050%	75.00x
349	Marr	143	0.050%	4.63x
350	Beaton	142	0.050%	4.56x
351	Abbot	141	0.050%	11.03x
352	Mathewson	141	0.050%	21.55x
353	Sandeman	140	0.050%	37.97x
354	Spink	139	0.050%	6.37x
355	Lyon	138	0.050%	2.43x
356	Tasker	138	0.050%	4.80x
357	Buist	137	0.050%	25.65x
358	Masterton	137	0.050%	15.71x
359	Powrie	137	0.050%	55.94x
360	Salmond	136	0.050%	23.89x
361	Hamilton	135	0.050%	0.66x
362	Lee	135	0.050%	0.31x
363	Colville	132	0.050%	14.25x
364	Logan	131	0.050%	2.04x
365	Higgins	129	0.050%	0.94x
366	Heggie	128	0.050%	17.13x
367	Mather	128	0.050%	1.91x
368	Phin	128	0.050%	63.23x
369	Hutcheon	127	0.050%	17.12x
370	Meek	127	0.050%	4.04x
371	Archer	126	0.050%	1.13x
372	Murdoch	126	0.050%	2.74x
373	Storrier	126	0.050%	92.96x
374	Ruxton	124	0.050%	43.15x
375	Hodge	123	0.050%	1.80x
376	Lorimer	122	0.050%	11.28x
377	Scrimgeour	122	0.050%	29.35x
378	Gorrie	121	0.040%	20.99x
379	Crockatt	120	0.040%	83.00x
380	Finlay	120	0.040%	4.32x
381	Shand	120	0.040%	6.46x
382	Crow	119	0.040%	2.91x
383	Docherty	119	0.040%	2.96x
384	Foreman	119	0.040%	3.36x
385	Innes	119	0.040%	2.84x
386	Kay	119	0.040%	0.85x
387	Ness	119	0.040%	9.69x
388	Chapman	117	0.040%	0.30x
389	Couper	116	0.040%	9.56x
390	Wighton	116	0.040%	42.09x
391	Flynn	115	0.040%	2.22x
392	Jones	115	0.040%	0.04x
393	Ogg	115	0.040%	13.31x
394	Banks	114	0.040%	0.82x
395	Carmichael	114	0.040%	2.94x
396	Don	114	0.040%	18.50x
397	Glass	114	0.040%	4.07x
398	Hanton	114	0.040%	24.21x
399	Potter	114	0.040%	0.65x
400	Braid	113	0.040%	11.38x