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 Guthrie, with 49 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
201	Guthrie	49	0.080%	6.42x
202	Joiner	49	0.080%	22.76x
203	Still	49	0.080%	12.84x
204	Birnie	48	0.080%	18.61x
205	Gunn	48	0.080%	3.23x
206	Laird	48	0.080%	7.06x
207	Yeats	48	0.080%	28.68x
208	Begg	47	0.080%	12.75x
209	Gerrard	47	0.080%	6.07x
210	Low	47	0.080%	3.66x
211	Mathieson	47	0.080%	7.36x
212	Park	47	0.080%	2.50x
213	Horn	46	0.080%	3.34x
214	Howie	46	0.080%	7.74x
215	Jack	46	0.080%	3.57x
216	Mearns	46	0.080%	23.53x
217	Wallace	46	0.080%	1.11x
218	Burnett	45	0.070%	2.68x
219	Ironside	45	0.070%	21.55x
220	Turner	45	0.070%	0.27x
221	Cook	44	0.070%	0.37x
222	Morison	44	0.070%	14.24x
223	Sharp	44	0.070%	0.87x
224	White	44	0.070%	0.23x
225	Ewan	43	0.070%	31.16x
226	Hutcheon	43	0.070%	25.88x
227	Seivwright	43	0.070%	259.19x
228	Chisholm	42	0.070%	4.77x
229	Mackenzie	41	0.070%	2.42x
230	Miller	41	0.070%	0.38x
231	Rose	41	0.070%	0.91x
232	Sangster	41	0.070%	14.15x
233	Bennet	40	0.070%	4.78x
234	Dean	40	0.070%	0.95x
235	Irvine	40	0.070%	3.00x
236	Longmore	40	0.070%	26.97x
237	Marshall	40	0.070%	0.39x
238	Moggach	40	0.070%	395.65x
239	Boyd	39	0.060%	1.83x
240	Hunter	39	0.060%	0.63x
241	Keir	39	0.060%	12.87x
242	Macdonald	39	0.060%	1.62x
243	Ramsay	39	0.060%	2.50x
244	Steele	39	0.060%	2.41x
245	Tough	39	0.060%	16.73x
246	Barrie	38	0.060%	8.69x
247	Cran	38	0.060%	44.19x
248	Legge	38	0.060%	14.04x
249	Proctor	38	0.060%	2.55x
250	Brodie	37	0.060%	4.55x
251	Fowlie	37	0.060%	41.84x
252	Ord	37	0.060%	9.27x
253	Reidford	37	0.060%	215.12x
254	Cheyne	36	0.060%	17.86x
255	Downie	35	0.060%	4.92x
256	Edwards	35	0.060%	0.21x
257	Rattray	35	0.060%	11.81x
258	Archibald	34	0.060%	6.50x
259	Baxter	33	0.050%	0.91x
260	Dustan	33	0.050%	100.06x
261	Fiddes	33	0.050%	29.23x
262	Gall	33	0.050%	8.44x
263	Maitland	33	0.050%	8.39x
264	Marr	33	0.050%	4.77x
265	Neish	33	0.050%	26.78x
266	Beattie	32	0.050%	2.47x
267	Greenlaw	32	0.050%	78.68x
268	Manson	32	0.050%	4.52x
269	Peterkin	32	0.050%	34.16x
270	Wilkie	32	0.050%	3.70x
271	Booth	31	0.050%	0.52x
272	Finnie	31	0.050%	14.72x
273	Hadden	31	0.050%	11.52x
274	Harthill	31	0.050%	148.75x
275	Martin	31	0.050%	0.21x
276	Tocher	31	0.050%	39.39x
277	Winton	31	0.050%	13.64x
278	Barber	30	0.050%	0.82x
279	Benzies	30	0.050%	132.39x
280	Dallas	30	0.050%	13.11x
281	Dick	30	0.050%	2.22x
282	Eddie	30	0.050%	34.16x
283	Esson	30	0.050%	22.43x
284	Kerr	30	0.050%	0.91x
285	Lawson	30	0.050%	0.84x
286	Ledingham	30	0.050%	33.77x
287	Phimister	30	0.050%	81.02x
288	Sclater	30	0.050%	48.29x
289	Crawford	29	0.050%	0.98x
290	Hossack	29	0.050%	21.75x
291	Keith	29	0.050%	4.46x
292	Matheson	29	0.050%	3.50x
293	Cobban	28	0.050%	51.25x
294	Dempster	28	0.050%	6.57x
295	Elder	28	0.050%	4.37x
296	Minty	28	0.050%	23.22x
297	Burges	27	0.040%	17.84x
298	Cassie	27	0.040%	26.53x
299	Davie	27	0.040%	4.84x
300	Dingwall	27	0.040%	11.24x