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 Barbar, with 3 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
801	Barbar	3	0.010%	19.78x
802	Bean	3	0.010%	0.38x
803	Bettie	3	0.010%	20.89x
804	Bews	3	0.010%	3.20x
805	Blacklock	3	0.010%	1.17x
806	Blyth	3	0.010%	0.31x
807	Borrowman	3	0.010%	9.04x
808	Brewster	3	0.010%	0.51x
809	Caie	3	0.010%	6.99x
810	Colins	3	0.010%	9.82x
811	Conlin	3	0.010%	2.66x
812	Coul	3	0.010%	19.26x
813	Cowe	3	0.010%	1.84x
814	Cowel	3	0.010%	14.54x
815	Crowden	3	0.010%	5.64x
816	Crowe	3	0.010%	0.50x
817	Crum	3	0.010%	8.67x
818	Dawn	3	0.010%	5.91x
819	Dykes	3	0.010%	0.72x
820	Dymond	3	0.010%	1.41x
821	Ferries	3	0.010%	5.62x
822	Forman	3	0.010%	0.96x
823	Gavin	3	0.010%	1.00x
824	Gemmel	3	0.010%	5.51x
825	Gillin	3	0.010%	9.69x
826	Goodfellow	3	0.010%	0.56x
827	Gribble	3	0.010%	1.38x
828	Halliday	3	0.010%	0.24x
829	Hardie	3	0.010%	0.38x
830	Harold	3	0.010%	2.28x
831	Hattie	3	0.010%	46.37x
832	Hogan	3	0.010%	0.49x
833	Hughes	3	0.010%	0.02x
834	Jamison	3	0.010%	2.48x
835	Jobling	3	0.010%	1.29x
836	Joyce	3	0.010%	0.20x
837	Kay	3	0.010%	0.10x
838	Kettles	3	0.010%	5.03x
839	Lemmon	3	0.010%	2.73x
840	Longmuir	3	0.010%	2.67x
841	Lowdon	3	0.010%	3.51x
842	Macadam	3	0.010%	5.70x
843	Macgregor	3	0.010%	1.19x
844	March	3	0.010%	0.46x
845	Mathew	3	0.010%	1.32x
846	May	3	0.010%	0.08x
847	Moore	3	0.010%	0.02x
848	Mowatt	3	0.010%	3.22x
849	Nairn	3	0.010%	1.00x
850	Obrien	3	0.010%	0.34x
851	Osborne	3	0.010%	0.10x
852	Parr	3	0.010%	0.20x
853	Pittendreigh	3	0.010%	21.49x
854	Raper	3	0.010%	1.18x
855	Reevell	3	0.010%	61.86x
856	Ried	3	0.010%	8.42x
857	Rust	3	0.010%	0.94x
858	Scarlet	3	0.010%	9.57x
859	Sims	3	0.010%	0.17x
860	Slessor	3	0.010%	6.45x
861	Thorburn	3	0.010%	0.86x
862	Tindal	3	0.010%	3.31x
863	Traill	3	0.010%	3.59x
864	Wait	3	0.010%	0.98x
865	Walkinshaw	3	0.010%	4.36x
866	Walls	3	0.010%	0.41x
867	Wighton	3	0.010%	4.86x
868	Windus	3	0.010%	10.90x
869	Abel	2	0.000%	0.51x
870	Abercromby	2	0.000%	5.29x
871	Atkin	2	0.000%	0.25x
872	Bailey	2	0.000%	0.02x
873	Bannan	2	0.000%	4.53x
874	Bells	2	0.000%	6.42x
875	Beverly	2	0.000%	3.95x
876	Bird	2	0.000%	0.04x
877	Birney	2	0.000%	8.83x
878	Birse	2	0.000%	2.93x
879	Boyle	2	0.000%	0.13x
880	Brechin	2	0.000%	3.65x
881	Bryson	2	0.000%	0.43x
882	Byrne	2	0.000%	0.24x
883	Camron	2	0.000%	14.53x
884	Choat	2	0.000%	3.15x
885	Clapperton	2	0.000%	1.40x
886	Clayton	2	0.000%	0.06x
887	Clerk	2	0.000%	1.28x
888	Coghill	2	0.000%	1.67x
889	Cosser	2	0.000%	4.89x
890	Cramond	2	0.000%	4.03x
891	Crichton	2	0.000%	0.39x
892	Croll	2	0.000%	1.76x
893	Crombie	2	0.000%	0.59x
894	Crow	2	0.000%	0.22x
895	Cruckshank	2	0.000%	7.16x
896	Cullum	2	0.000%	0.84x
897	Curtis	2	0.000%	0.06x
898	Dain	2	0.000%	3.66x
899	Daun	2	0.000%	15.44x
900	Davison	2	0.000%	0.09x