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 Sweeney, with 42 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
801	Sweeney	42	0.020%	1.16x
802	Trail	42	0.020%	8.51x
803	Tulloch	42	0.020%	2.34x
804	Vannet	42	0.020%	101.03x
805	Bogue	41	0.020%	27.33x
806	Buttar	41	0.020%	84.02x
807	Byars	41	0.020%	28.72x
808	Crockett	41	0.020%	3.22x
809	Crook	41	0.020%	0.53x
810	Dand	41	0.020%	18.29x
811	Fender	41	0.020%	9.93x
812	Fife	41	0.020%	5.69x
813	Foley	41	0.020%	1.20x
814	Gaffney	41	0.020%	4.47x
815	Gerrard	41	0.020%	1.19x
816	Goldie	41	0.020%	2.43x
817	Kean	41	0.020%	2.24x
818	Laurie	41	0.020%	1.76x
819	Moonie	41	0.020%	41.24x
820	Mowatt	41	0.020%	9.84x
821	Phinn	41	0.020%	40.88x
822	Savage	41	0.020%	0.39x
823	Sheridan	41	0.020%	2.52x
824	Stalker	41	0.020%	3.08x
825	Taggart	41	0.020%	4.01x
826	Toy	41	0.020%	4.11x
827	Traill	41	0.020%	10.99x
828	Briggs	40	0.010%	0.27x
829	Cockburn	40	0.010%	1.16x
830	Collier	40	0.010%	0.44x
831	Craighead	40	0.010%	16.45x
832	Cree	40	0.010%	4.95x
833	Crerar	40	0.010%	7.58x
834	Harley	40	0.010%	1.15x
835	Ledingham	40	0.010%	10.08x
836	Loney	40	0.010%	10.39x
837	Mathews	40	0.010%	0.40x
838	Mitchel	40	0.010%	1.51x
839	Monaghan	40	0.010%	2.04x
840	Nixon	40	0.010%	0.49x
841	Rankin	40	0.010%	0.99x
842	Silver	40	0.010%	2.58x
843	Sloan	40	0.010%	1.57x
844	Smyth	40	0.010%	1.58x
845	Swinton	40	0.010%	7.17x
846	Templeman	40	0.010%	3.83x
847	Trayner	40	0.010%	15.48x
848	Woods	40	0.010%	0.23x
849	Annan	39	0.010%	10.28x
850	Auld	39	0.010%	2.39x
851	Benvie	39	0.010%	37.53x
852	Crowe	39	0.010%	1.44x
853	Fawns	39	0.010%	46.41x
854	Field	39	0.010%	0.29x
855	Gowrie	39	0.010%	47.95x
856	Lyell	39	0.010%	21.26x
857	Panton	39	0.010%	4.27x
858	Seaton	39	0.010%	1.70x
859	Sheriff	39	0.010%	5.17x
860	Simons	39	0.010%	1.09x
861	Skelly	39	0.010%	7.62x
862	Thain	39	0.010%	4.46x
863	Westwood	39	0.010%	0.86x
864	Annandale	38	0.010%	25.03x
865	Cowley	38	0.010%	0.76x
866	Croal	38	0.010%	22.37x
867	Gilligan	38	0.010%	5.50x
868	Harkins	38	0.010%	6.21x
869	Joss	38	0.010%	7.70x
870	Millan	38	0.010%	9.80x
871	Morison	38	0.010%	2.75x
872	Pithie	38	0.010%	28.42x
873	Purvis	38	0.010%	1.45x
874	Sievwright	38	0.010%	42.05x
875	Steedman	38	0.010%	5.44x
876	Bowie	37	0.010%	1.57x
877	Bunch	37	0.010%	8.46x
878	Clyne	37	0.010%	10.11x
879	Croall	37	0.010%	21.22x
880	Dalgetty	37	0.010%	41.78x
881	Dempsey	37	0.010%	2.18x
882	Dun	37	0.010%	12.60x
883	Eadie	37	0.010%	2.89x
884	Fergusson	37	0.010%	2.70x
885	Fitzgerald	37	0.010%	0.78x
886	Haddon	37	0.010%	2.04x
887	Joiner	37	0.010%	3.85x
888	Waldie	37	0.010%	6.38x
889	Anton	36	0.010%	14.81x
890	Ballantine	36	0.010%	4.34x
891	Carcary	36	0.010%	84.79x
892	Culross	36	0.010%	44.26x
893	Dingwall	36	0.010%	3.36x
894	Dron	36	0.010%	20.54x
895	Ewart	36	0.010%	2.37x
896	Fegan	36	0.010%	11.35x
897	Goodall	36	0.010%	0.62x
898	Hadden	36	0.010%	3.00x
899	Lownie	36	0.010%	41.50x
900	Oliver	36	0.010%	0.19x