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 Duffus, with 27 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
301	Duffus	27	0.040%	29.20x
302	Forrest	27	0.040%	1.73x
303	Hosie	27	0.040%	20.88x
304	Millar	27	0.040%	1.22x
305	Priest	27	0.040%	3.40x
306	Benzie	26	0.040%	28.24x
307	Cockburn	26	0.040%	3.36x
308	Elrick	26	0.040%	29.20x
309	Hall	26	0.040%	0.15x
310	Kellas	26	0.040%	58.68x
311	Kynoch	26	0.040%	46.39x
312	Mowat	26	0.040%	6.25x
313	Strachen	26	0.040%	91.81x
314	Barbour	25	0.040%	7.51x
315	Dickson	25	0.040%	1.11x
316	Dunn	25	0.040%	0.50x
317	Howat	25	0.040%	13.44x
318	Humphrey	25	0.040%	1.55x
319	Masson	25	0.040%	6.72x
320	Noble	25	0.040%	0.99x
321	Penny	25	0.040%	2.32x
322	Adams	24	0.040%	0.27x
323	Bannerman	24	0.040%	11.30x
324	Copland	24	0.040%	7.07x
325	Cuthbert	24	0.040%	2.76x
326	Ettles	24	0.040%	152.09x
327	Fetch	24	0.040%	104.08x
328	Macrae	24	0.040%	5.08x
329	Mitchel	24	0.040%	4.05x
330	Richardson	24	0.040%	0.23x
331	Bisset	23	0.040%	4.84x
332	Boyne	23	0.040%	24.08x
333	Burns	23	0.040%	0.57x
334	Callum	23	0.040%	33.73x
335	Ellis	23	0.040%	0.26x
336	Joss	23	0.040%	20.82x
337	Logie	23	0.040%	13.07x
338	Macintosh	23	0.040%	8.79x
339	Rhind	23	0.040%	15.90x
340	Roger	23	0.040%	11.05x
341	Russel	23	0.040%	5.50x
342	Adamson	22	0.040%	1.37x
343	Cattanach	22	0.040%	28.69x
344	Colville	22	0.040%	10.61x
345	Gerrie	22	0.040%	32.17x
346	Hastie	22	0.040%	5.73x
347	Lumsden	22	0.040%	4.35x
348	Matthew	22	0.040%	4.81x
349	Mundie	22	0.040%	50.57x
350	Paton	22	0.040%	1.62x
351	Youngson	22	0.040%	29.23x
352	Cruikshank	21	0.030%	23.22x
353	Fletcher	21	0.030%	0.30x
354	Hird	21	0.030%	4.49x
355	Leith	21	0.030%	6.69x
356	Lemon	21	0.030%	4.77x
357	Littlejohn	21	0.030%	7.18x
358	Mavor	21	0.030%	47.84x
359	Nicoll	21	0.030%	3.81x
360	Peddie	21	0.030%	12.99x
361	Redford	21	0.030%	6.43x
362	Souter	21	0.030%	6.38x
363	Younie	21	0.030%	55.81x
364	Cruden	20	0.030%	27.69x
365	Galt	20	0.030%	14.56x
366	Gaul	20	0.030%	28.90x
367	Hutchison	20	0.030%	2.01x
368	Lawerance	20	0.030%	66.80x
369	Metcalf	20	0.030%	1.63x
370	Mortimer	20	0.030%	1.58x
371	Napier	20	0.030%	4.11x
372	Topp	20	0.030%	14.45x
373	Craigen	19	0.030%	62.60x
374	Dalgarno	19	0.030%	33.66x
375	Lauder	19	0.030%	5.97x
376	Melvin	19	0.030%	6.51x
377	Munroe	19	0.030%	11.59x
378	Packman	19	0.030%	12.74x
379	Reaper	19	0.030%	140.12x
380	Rumbles	19	0.030%	77.61x
381	Rutherford	19	0.030%	1.28x
382	Tulloch	19	0.030%	4.73x
383	Fearnside	18	0.030%	33.70x
384	Gault	18	0.030%	22.24x
385	Gregor	18	0.030%	17.79x
386	Grieve	18	0.030%	2.56x
387	Lillie	18	0.030%	12.17x
388	Monro	18	0.030%	14.30x
389	Spalding	18	0.030%	4.15x
390	Bell	17	0.030%	0.15x
391	Bremmer	17	0.030%	82.40x
392	Burness	17	0.030%	14.64x
393	Connon	17	0.030%	21.76x
394	Ellice	17	0.030%	61.77x
395	Fortune	17	0.030%	5.37x
396	Geddie	17	0.030%	63.17x
397	Harris	17	0.030%	0.11x
398	Jenkins	17	0.030%	0.24x
399	Kinnaird	17	0.030%	15.97x
400	Lawrance	17	0.030%	4.30x