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 Lowe, with 17 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
401	Lowe	17	0.030%	0.37x
402	Mess	17	0.030%	81.57x
403	Oliphant	17	0.030%	7.21x
404	Scorgie	17	0.030%	26.34x
405	Sheriffs	17	0.030%	103.72x
406	Auld	16	0.030%	4.38x
407	Carle	16	0.030%	24.26x
408	Fairweather	16	0.030%	3.41x
409	Fergusson	16	0.030%	5.22x
410	Fyfe	16	0.030%	2.88x
411	Gillis	16	0.030%	13.16x
412	Harvey	16	0.030%	0.25x
413	Largue	16	0.030%	213.90x
414	Mennie	16	0.030%	19.01x
415	Montgomery	16	0.030%	1.66x
416	Murphy	16	0.030%	0.33x
417	Sivewright	16	0.030%	39.74x
418	Allardyce	15	0.020%	24.96x
419	Kindness	15	0.020%	60.78x
420	Lindsay	15	0.020%	0.76x
421	Mathison	15	0.020%	9.15x
422	Nicholson	15	0.020%	0.35x
423	Rannie	15	0.020%	46.63x
424	Robinson	15	0.020%	0.08x
425	Slorach	15	0.020%	68.65x
426	Steinson	15	0.020%	211.86x
427	Troup	15	0.020%	10.70x
428	Wildgoose	15	0.020%	9.24x
429	Armstrong	14	0.020%	0.30x
430	Barlow	14	0.020%	0.43x
431	Bower	14	0.020%	1.26x
432	Burnet	14	0.020%	6.31x
433	Drummond	14	0.020%	1.16x
434	Flaws	14	0.020%	40.94x
435	Gifford	14	0.020%	2.66x
436	Hutcheson	14	0.020%	4.50x
437	Imlah	14	0.020%	104.87x
438	Kiloh	14	0.020%	54.92x
439	Leask	14	0.020%	5.62x
440	Loggie	14	0.020%	33.26x
441	Macpherson	14	0.020%	3.57x
442	Menzies	14	0.020%	1.78x
443	Philip	14	0.020%	3.46x
444	Tolmie	14	0.020%	14.18x
445	Ward	14	0.020%	0.11x
446	Abernethy	13	0.020%	9.28x
447	Blackhall	13	0.020%	11.96x
448	Bonner	13	0.020%	2.44x
449	Brandy	13	0.020%	94.48x
450	Brockie	13	0.020%	17.85x
451	Clarke	13	0.020%	0.11x
452	Conn	13	0.020%	7.82x
453	Copeland	13	0.020%	2.27x
454	Donn	13	0.020%	32.78x
455	Douglas	13	0.020%	0.44x
456	Duthie	13	0.020%	4.00x
457	Halket	13	0.020%	36.10x
458	Kissack	13	0.020%	15.26x
459	Knight	13	0.020%	0.17x
460	Leitch	13	0.020%	2.25x
461	Mitchal	13	0.020%	149.43x
462	Mustard	13	0.020%	15.08x
463	Rankin	13	0.020%	1.44x
464	Ronald	13	0.020%	6.02x
465	Sime	13	0.020%	5.35x
466	Williams	13	0.020%	0.03x
467	Asher	12	0.020%	4.68x
468	Baillie	12	0.020%	1.91x
469	Carr	12	0.020%	0.27x
470	Durno	12	0.020%	34.08x
471	Esslemont	12	0.020%	42.06x
472	Glass	12	0.020%	1.91x
473	Grigor	12	0.020%	17.04x
474	Maver	12	0.020%	31.55x
475	Niven	12	0.020%	2.85x
476	Patterson	12	0.020%	0.57x
477	Perie	12	0.020%	91.25x
478	Seller	12	0.020%	13.06x
479	Sherar	12	0.020%	144.58x
480	Shiach	12	0.020%	42.37x
481	Whitecross	12	0.020%	16.16x
482	Willox	12	0.020%	17.76x
483	Aitken	11	0.020%	0.69x
484	Brand	11	0.020%	1.23x
485	Buie	11	0.020%	37.24x
486	Carmichael	11	0.020%	1.27x
487	Catto	11	0.020%	9.62x
488	Dickie	11	0.020%	2.31x
489	Fettes	11	0.020%	20.14x
490	Gardner	11	0.020%	0.27x
491	Gatherer	11	0.020%	56.64x
492	Glennie	11	0.020%	7.44x
493	Hume	11	0.020%	1.28x
494	Ingles	11	0.020%	5.99x
495	Jessiman	11	0.020%	26.91x
496	Kitchen	11	0.020%	1.07x
497	Knowles	11	0.020%	0.34x
498	Laurence	11	0.020%	1.28x
499	Morrice	11	0.020%	6.20x
500	Morris	11	0.020%	0.08x