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 George, with 118 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
101	George	118	0.190%	3.32x
102	Duff	112	0.180%	10.39x
103	Laing	110	0.180%	9.03x
104	Forsyth	109	0.180%	8.43x
105	Adam	108	0.180%	10.38x
106	Jamieson	107	0.180%	6.34x
107	Thom	104	0.170%	19.19x
108	Jappy	103	0.170%	417.34x
109	Mann	102	0.170%	3.20x
110	Williamson	102	0.170%	1.88x
111	Rae	101	0.170%	7.32x
112	Lovie	100	0.170%	181.03x
113	Rennie	100	0.170%	9.45x
114	Raeburn	99	0.160%	73.57x
115	Dey	97	0.160%	88.12x
116	Smart	95	0.160%	3.44x
117	Paul	94	0.160%	6.20x
118	Runcie	94	0.160%	243.27x
119	Angus	93	0.150%	10.73x
120	Bain	92	0.150%	6.12x
121	Gibb	92	0.150%	8.60x
122	Michie	92	0.150%	31.01x
123	Newlands	92	0.150%	37.58x
124	Calder	89	0.150%	10.50x
125	Cormack	89	0.150%	19.43x
126	Stables	89	0.150%	38.31x
127	Burgess	88	0.150%	2.09x
128	Sellar	88	0.150%	61.17x
129	Donaldson	85	0.140%	4.92x
130	Horne	84	0.140%	6.37x
131	Imlach	84	0.140%	254.70x
132	Legg	84	0.140%	8.40x
133	Meldrum	84	0.140%	22.01x
134	Spence	84	0.140%	4.19x
135	Strathdee	84	0.140%	145.66x
136	Collie	82	0.140%	37.77x
137	Coutts	81	0.130%	13.25x
138	Findlater	81	0.130%	90.56x
139	Ogg	80	0.130%	41.36x
140	Raffan	80	0.130%	304.18x
141	Gill	79	0.130%	1.84x
142	Stronach	79	0.130%	77.47x
143	Winchester	79	0.130%	34.22x
144	Inglis	78	0.130%	7.71x
145	King	78	0.130%	0.59x
146	Goodbrand	77	0.130%	271.89x
147	Henry	77	0.130%	5.03x
148	Shaw	77	0.130%	0.69x
149	Skinner	75	0.120%	2.44x
150	Whyte	74	0.120%	7.20x
151	Will	74	0.120%	29.93x
152	Lorimer	73	0.120%	30.14x
153	Currie	72	0.120%	4.22x
154	Petrie	72	0.120%	10.00x
155	Farquharson	71	0.120%	20.73x
156	Badenoch	70	0.120%	235.37x
157	Greig	70	0.120%	7.30x
158	Porter	70	0.120%	1.54x
159	Chapman	69	0.110%	0.80x
160	Merson	69	0.110%	100.89x
161	Herd	68	0.110%	15.28x
162	Kelman	68	0.110%	63.29x
163	Sandison	67	0.110%	43.97x
164	Thompson	67	0.110%	0.37x
165	Kidd	66	0.110%	5.35x
166	Buchan	65	0.110%	8.30x
167	Symon	65	0.110%	64.12x
168	Bonnyman	64	0.110%	219.63x
169	Ogilvie	64	0.110%	10.92x
170	Gibson	63	0.100%	0.86x
171	Roy	62	0.100%	11.26x
172	Johnstone	61	0.100%	2.23x
173	Ferguson	59	0.100%	1.37x
174	Kennedy	58	0.100%	1.59x
175	Edward	57	0.090%	10.14x
176	Skene	57	0.090%	38.38x
177	Beaton	56	0.090%	8.04x
178	Bennett	56	0.090%	0.56x
179	Cooper	56	0.090%	0.38x
180	Lamb	56	0.090%	1.75x
181	Pirrie	55	0.090%	52.88x
182	Dunbar	54	0.090%	7.76x
183	Gammie	53	0.090%	97.37x
184	Massie	53	0.090%	27.23x
185	Urquhart	53	0.090%	6.23x
186	Weir	53	0.090%	3.36x
187	Brander	52	0.090%	57.24x
188	Ewing	52	0.090%	9.31x
189	Fleming	52	0.090%	2.07x
190	Goodall	52	0.090%	4.01x
191	Main	52	0.090%	5.24x
192	Nicolson	52	0.090%	7.43x
193	Riach	52	0.090%	49.23x
194	Annand	51	0.080%	65.99x
195	Dow	51	0.080%	6.99x
196	Ewen	51	0.080%	19.78x
197	Robson	51	0.080%	1.28x
198	Garrow	50	0.080%	71.21x
199	Shepherd	50	0.080%	1.13x
200	Duguid	49	0.080%	24.02x