1881 census county

Banffshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Banffshire 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

1,288 surnames are listed for Banffshire, covering 51,234 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,901 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Banffshire

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
1	Smith	1,901	3.14%	2.22x
2	Grant	1,330	2.19%	22.12x
3	Wilson	982	1.62%	3.53x
4	Reid	886	1.46%	13.92x
5	Watt	795	1.31%	34.21x
6	Stuart	744	1.23%	51.45x
7	Morrison	722	1.19%	15.16x
8	Murray	718	1.18%	9.56x
9	Cowie	691	1.14%	93.97x
10	Robertson	665	1.10%	6.55x
11	Thomson	635	1.05%	7.84x
12	Gordon	589	0.970%	15.42x
13	Stewart	588	0.970%	6.20x
14	Taylor	581	0.960%	1.50x
15	Innes	562	0.930%	59.90x
16	Wood	559	0.920%	2.90x
17	Simpson	552	0.910%	5.21x
18	Fraser	513	0.850%	9.51x
19	Anderson	501	0.830%	4.19x
20	Geddes	492	0.810%	67.73x
21	Clark	480	0.790%	2.64x
22	Ross	478	0.790%	7.22x
23	Gray	475	0.780%	5.49x
24	Pirie	474	0.780%	109.31x
25	Watson	469	0.770%	3.34x
26	Mitchell	468	0.770%	3.81x
27	Findlay	454	0.750%	36.16x
28	Mair	439	0.720%	78.38x
29	Hay	433	0.710%	19.48x
30	Davidson	428	0.710%	8.40x
31	Cruickshank	380	0.630%	55.84x
32	Munro	371	0.610%	13.71x
33	Forbes	359	0.590%	17.68x
34	Allan	352	0.580%	9.25x
35	Flett	347	0.570%	132.32x
36	Scott	336	0.550%	2.19x
37	Paterson	323	0.530%	7.83x
38	Bruce	317	0.520%	11.17x
39	Sutherland	315	0.520%	10.32x
40	Cameron	314	0.520%	6.67x
41	Ingram	306	0.510%	16.54x
42	Coull	285	0.470%	137.41x
43	Stephen	271	0.450%	25.50x
44	Walker	271	0.450%	1.34x
45	Henderson	258	0.430%	3.92x
46	Donald	255	0.420%	20.90x
47	Hendry	252	0.420%	26.25x
48	Brown	247	0.410%	0.62x
49	Johnston	241	0.400%	4.93x
50	Christie	239	0.390%	12.16x
51	Farquhar	239	0.390%	50.69x
52	Ritchie	237	0.390%	11.32x
53	Barclay	233	0.380%	18.68x
54	Wiseman	217	0.360%	26.07x
55	Moir	212	0.350%	25.44x
56	Mackie	210	0.350%	16.21x
57	Green	205	0.340%	1.20x
58	Chalmers	196	0.320%	13.59x
59	Leslie	196	0.320%	19.54x
60	Garden	195	0.320%	77.04x
61	Shand	192	0.320%	46.13x
62	West	192	0.320%	3.29x
63	Webster	189	0.310%	3.59x
64	Bremner	183	0.300%	35.15x
65	Cumming	183	0.300%	15.83x
66	Wright	180	0.300%	0.93x
67	Nicol	177	0.290%	14.03x
68	Stevenson	170	0.280%	4.00x
69	Addison	168	0.280%	20.03x
70	Riddoch	168	0.280%	231.92x
71	Harper	164	0.270%	4.23x
72	Sim	161	0.270%	23.65x
73	Campbell	159	0.260%	1.55x
74	Dawson	158	0.260%	2.37x
75	Gardiner	158	0.260%	9.07x
76	Thain	157	0.260%	80.24x
77	Russell	155	0.260%	2.10x
78	Slater	154	0.250%	4.20x
79	Alexander	149	0.250%	4.65x
80	Barron	149	0.250%	15.88x
81	Milton	147	0.240%	17.60x
82	Murdoch	146	0.240%	14.18x
83	Strachan	145	0.240%	13.88x
84	Young	145	0.240%	1.11x
85	Lawrence	142	0.230%	3.61x
86	Lyall	138	0.230%	33.40x
87	Lyon	137	0.230%	10.79x
88	Hepburn	134	0.220%	24.86x
89	Shearer	134	0.220%	17.23x
90	Mackay	133	0.220%	6.07x
91	Kemp	132	0.220%	3.93x
92	Lobban	131	0.220%	186.58x
93	Andrew	127	0.210%	6.61x
94	Falconer	125	0.210%	17.29x
95	Black	124	0.200%	3.16x
96	Gauld	124	0.200%	77.87x
97	Robb	123	0.200%	11.74x
98	Craib	119	0.200%	159.39x
99	Bowie	118	0.190%	22.35x
100	Fordyce	118	0.190%	89.58x