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 Gracie, with 52 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
701	Gracie	52	0.020%	9.21x
702	Lewis	52	0.020%	0.07x
703	Malcom	52	0.020%	23.88x
704	Melvin	52	0.020%	3.99x
705	Moncrieff	52	0.020%	7.63x
706	Nicolson	52	0.020%	1.66x
707	Cairnie	51	0.020%	31.35x
708	Clunie	51	0.020%	12.83x
709	Deas	51	0.020%	6.42x
710	Fulton	51	0.020%	1.49x
711	Gauld	51	0.020%	7.17x
712	Goodfellow	51	0.020%	2.13x
713	Queen	51	0.020%	4.60x
714	Reith	51	0.020%	10.73x
715	Brannan	50	0.020%	2.73x
716	Connolly	50	0.020%	1.59x
717	Coventry	50	0.020%	4.66x
718	Greive	50	0.020%	13.69x
719	Haxton	50	0.020%	12.55x
720	Liddle	50	0.020%	1.57x
721	Newton	50	0.020%	0.24x
722	Pyott	50	0.020%	40.99x
723	Richmond	50	0.020%	0.84x
724	Wylie	50	0.020%	1.59x
725	Doctor	49	0.020%	51.64x
726	Dollan	49	0.020%	22.04x
727	Ferry	49	0.020%	5.73x
728	Garland	49	0.020%	1.37x
729	Peat	49	0.020%	2.27x
730	Wills	49	0.020%	0.61x
731	Daily	48	0.020%	6.84x
732	Ducat	48	0.020%	47.44x
733	Hackney	48	0.020%	4.07x
734	Hastings	48	0.020%	1.39x
735	Lormer	48	0.020%	82.99x
736	Massie	48	0.020%	5.52x
737	Moran	48	0.020%	0.97x
738	Riley	48	0.020%	0.22x
739	Sherret	48	0.020%	55.91x
740	Spankie	48	0.020%	74.84x
741	Blues	47	0.020%	38.53x
742	Borland	47	0.020%	4.02x
743	Curr	47	0.020%	14.86x
744	Fairley	47	0.020%	3.55x
745	Grimmond	47	0.020%	28.89x
746	Hannah	47	0.020%	1.34x
747	Hoy	47	0.020%	3.02x
748	Penman	47	0.020%	2.65x
749	Rielly	47	0.020%	12.04x
750	Tarbet	47	0.020%	17.81x
751	Binnie	46	0.020%	4.08x
752	Deuchar	46	0.020%	39.46x
753	Hagan	46	0.020%	3.40x
754	Maiden	46	0.020%	6.18x
755	Matheson	46	0.020%	1.24x
756	Moyes	46	0.020%	3.96x
757	Rowan	46	0.020%	2.64x
758	Scrymgeour	46	0.020%	37.71x
759	Waterston	46	0.020%	11.73x
760	Chambers	45	0.020%	0.29x
761	Charles	45	0.020%	0.80x
762	Donachie	45	0.020%	13.00x
763	Durward	45	0.020%	15.27x
764	Foote	45	0.020%	4.33x
765	Gibbons	45	0.020%	0.52x
766	Herschell	45	0.020%	58.59x
767	Laurence	45	0.020%	1.17x
768	Nolan	45	0.020%	1.22x
769	Pryde	45	0.020%	6.01x
770	Walsh	45	0.020%	0.31x
771	Air	44	0.020%	26.90x
772	Carver	44	0.020%	1.80x
773	Emslie	44	0.020%	5.41x
774	Hunt	44	0.020%	0.12x
775	Laburn	44	0.020%	81.17x
776	Lister	44	0.020%	0.57x
777	Little	44	0.020%	0.34x
778	Macpherson	44	0.020%	2.51x
779	Proudfoot	44	0.020%	3.73x
780	Shields	44	0.020%	1.05x
781	Smeaton	44	0.020%	5.78x
782	Tolmie	44	0.020%	9.98x
783	Whitecross	44	0.020%	13.27x
784	Beath	43	0.020%	26.14x
785	Cavanagh	43	0.020%	2.11x
786	Dalziel	43	0.020%	3.59x
787	Fairlie	43	0.020%	6.53x
788	Flight	43	0.020%	9.20x
789	Frazer	43	0.020%	2.05x
790	Grahame	43	0.020%	6.07x
791	Keddie	43	0.020%	5.31x
792	Livingston	43	0.020%	1.77x
793	Sangster	43	0.020%	3.32x
794	Sheret	43	0.020%	39.01x
795	Shield	43	0.020%	3.49x
796	Whytock	43	0.020%	25.18x
797	Bradley	42	0.020%	0.19x
798	Cormack	42	0.020%	2.05x
799	Kidney	42	0.020%	12.95x
800	Sanderson	42	0.020%	0.38x