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 Day, with 2 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
901	Day	2	0.000%	0.04x
902	Donally	2	0.000%	7.72x
903	Douglass	2	0.000%	0.52x
904	Doyle	2	0.000%	0.14x
905	Eaton	2	0.000%	0.12x
906	Edie	2	0.000%	5.92x
907	Flanagan	2	0.000%	0.42x
908	Flood	2	0.000%	0.38x
909	Forgan	2	0.000%	3.28x
910	Fox	2	0.000%	0.04x
911	Gabriel	2	0.000%	1.25x
912	Gair	2	0.000%	1.25x
913	Gallie	2	0.000%	2.53x
914	Gillmore	2	0.000%	3.46x
915	Goodsman	2	0.000%	22.99x
916	Gould	2	0.000%	0.09x
917	Gowan	2	0.000%	2.17x
918	Hannigan	2	0.000%	4.07x
919	Head	2	0.000%	0.14x
920	Hedley	2	0.000%	0.32x
921	Hill	2	0.000%	0.01x
922	Houston	2	0.000%	0.26x
923	Inch	2	0.000%	1.16x
924	Jenkin	2	0.000%	0.42x
925	Jupp	2	0.000%	0.59x
926	Kissock	2	0.000%	8.17x
927	Lamont	2	0.000%	0.37x
928	Laurie	2	0.000%	0.38x
929	Linn	2	0.000%	1.45x
930	Linton	2	0.000%	0.40x
931	Macqueen	2	0.000%	2.85x
932	Malcolm	2	0.000%	0.25x
933	Marnoch	2	0.000%	6.77x
934	Matthews	2	0.000%	0.04x
935	Middlemas	2	0.000%	2.09x
936	Midleton	2	0.000%	9.15x
937	Moffat	2	0.000%	0.18x
938	Morton	2	0.000%	0.06x
939	Murrison	2	0.000%	6.50x
940	Musker	2	0.000%	3.58x
941	Neil	2	0.000%	0.25x
942	Oliver	2	0.000%	0.05x
943	Orr	2	0.000%	0.20x
944	Oswald	2	0.000%	0.72x
945	Palmar	2	0.000%	24.10x
946	Pearey	2	0.000%	13.18x
947	Peebles	2	0.000%	0.79x
948	Phillips	2	0.000%	0.02x
949	Pittendrigh	2	0.000%	12.67x
950	Raff	2	0.000%	19.78x
951	Reich	2	0.000%	8.90x
952	Richie	2	0.000%	3.51x
953	Riddell	2	0.000%	0.39x
954	Robbie	2	0.000%	1.43x
955	Rome	2	0.000%	1.68x
956	Scotland	2	0.000%	1.16x
957	Shirras	2	0.000%	14.75x
958	Soutter	2	0.000%	3.33x
959	Sparrow	2	0.000%	0.26x
960	Stockdale	2	0.000%	0.42x
961	Strauss	2	0.000%	7.97x
962	Suttie	2	0.000%	1.15x
963	Taggart	2	0.000%	0.87x
964	Torrie	2	0.000%	4.66x
965	Towler	2	0.000%	0.74x
966	Trail	2	0.000%	1.81x
967	Underwood	2	0.000%	0.12x
968	Wans	2	0.000%	41.24x
969	Wattie	2	0.000%	9.07x
970	Wattson	2	0.000%	9.89x
971	Wild	2	0.000%	0.08x
972	Wilkinson	2	0.000%	0.02x
973	Wisely	2	0.000%	11.77x
974	Wishart	2	0.000%	0.42x
975	Woodend	2	0.000%	3.26x
976	Wordie	2	0.000%	27.47x
977	Wyatt	2	0.000%	0.11x
978	Wylie	2	0.000%	0.28x
979	Abbot	1	0.000%	0.35x
980	Airth	1	0.000%	2.66x
981	Alsop	1	0.000%	0.37x
982	Arnot	1	0.000%	0.53x
983	Aubert	1	0.000%	3.46x
984	Aylward	1	0.000%	0.79x
985	Baker	1	0.000%	0.01x
986	Ballie	1	0.000%	4.26x
987	Barcley	1	0.000%	4.22x
988	Barker	1	0.000%	0.01x
989	Bartlett	1	0.000%	0.04x
990	Bayley	1	0.000%	0.10x
991	Beath	1	0.000%	2.72x
992	Beatton	1	0.000%	5.10x
993	Bennie	1	0.000%	0.60x
994	Bethune	1	0.000%	1.07x
995	Beveridge	1	0.000%	0.16x
996	Bick	1	0.000%	0.95x
997	Bishop	1	0.000%	0.02x
998	Blanchard	1	0.000%	0.20x
999	Blow	1	0.000%	0.44x
1000	Boa	1	0.000%	3.89x