1881 census county

Kincardineshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kincardineshire 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

1,320 surnames are listed for Kincardineshire, covering 31,182 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 862 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kincardineshire

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
1	Smith	862	2.42%	1.72x
2	Wood	592	1.66%	5.22x
3	Christie	504	1.42%	43.69x
4	Taylor	475	1.34%	2.09x
5	Robertson	463	1.30%	7.77x
6	Reid	407	1.14%	10.89x
7	Walker	402	1.13%	3.38x
8	Murray	400	1.12%	9.07x
9	Stewart	395	1.11%	7.10x
10	Ross	375	1.05%	9.65x
11	Mitchell	374	1.05%	5.18x
12	Davidson	371	1.04%	12.40x
13	Clark	368	1.03%	3.44x
14	Anderson	357	1.00%	5.08x
15	Thomson	347	0.980%	7.30x
16	Main	342	0.960%	58.73x
17	Leiper	325	0.910%	397.65x
18	Watt	317	0.890%	23.24x
19	Masson	303	0.850%	138.78x
20	Watson	279	0.780%	3.38x
21	Brown	277	0.780%	1.18x
22	Stephen	275	0.770%	44.09x
23	Ritchie	269	0.760%	21.89x
24	Gordon	263	0.740%	11.73x
25	Scott	235	0.660%	2.61x
26	Forbes	233	0.660%	19.55x
27	Grant	228	0.640%	6.46x
28	Greig	201	0.570%	35.70x
29	Donald	197	0.550%	27.51x
30	Moir	193	0.540%	39.44x
31	Wilson	193	0.540%	1.18x
32	Allan	183	0.510%	8.19x
33	Webster	176	0.490%	5.69x
34	Lees	175	0.490%	11.09x
35	Simpson	175	0.490%	2.81x
36	Henderson	162	0.460%	4.19x
37	Strachan	162	0.460%	26.41x
38	Duthie	155	0.440%	81.19x
39	Gray	153	0.430%	3.01x
40	Findlay	151	0.420%	20.49x
41	Beattie	150	0.420%	19.70x
42	Mackie	149	0.420%	19.59x
43	Paterson	149	0.420%	6.15x
44	Adam	143	0.400%	23.40x
45	Burnett	142	0.400%	14.43x
46	Bruce	139	0.390%	8.34x
47	Low	138	0.390%	18.31x
48	Rae	138	0.390%	17.03x
49	Fraser	135	0.380%	4.26x
50	Gove	134	0.380%	314.26x
51	Young	133	0.370%	1.74x
52	Nicol	132	0.370%	17.82x
53	Coutts	126	0.350%	35.11x
54	Morrice	123	0.350%	118.06x
55	Valentine	123	0.350%	26.96x
56	Silver	122	0.340%	59.92x
57	Collie	115	0.320%	90.22x
58	Caie	114	0.320%	452.74x
59	Falconer	114	0.320%	26.87x
60	Burness	112	0.310%	164.27x
61	Laing	112	0.310%	15.67x
62	Carnegie	110	0.310%	94.20x
63	Douglas	110	0.310%	6.38x
64	Edward	110	0.310%	33.32x
65	Shepherd	110	0.310%	4.22x
66	Smart	110	0.310%	6.79x
67	Alexander	107	0.300%	5.68x
68	Lindsay	107	0.300%	9.23x
69	Knowles	106	0.300%	5.58x
70	Dunbar	104	0.290%	25.44x
71	Johnston	101	0.280%	3.52x
72	Petrie	100	0.280%	23.65x
73	Hunter	95	0.270%	2.60x
74	Cruickshank	92	0.260%	23.03x
75	Adams	91	0.260%	1.74x
76	Campbell	91	0.260%	1.51x
77	Stuart	91	0.260%	10.72x
78	Cameron	90	0.250%	3.25x
79	Will	90	0.250%	62.00x
80	Jamieson	89	0.250%	8.98x
81	Cowie	85	0.240%	19.69x
82	Mowat	85	0.240%	34.82x
83	Martin	82	0.230%	0.94x
84	Napier	82	0.230%	28.68x
85	Black	81	0.230%	3.52x
86	Cooper	81	0.230%	0.94x
87	Emslie	80	0.220%	74.83x
88	Gibson	80	0.220%	1.85x
89	Robb	80	0.220%	13.00x
90	Caird	79	0.220%	109.21x
91	Howie	79	0.220%	22.64x
92	Thow	77	0.220%	234.04x
93	Nicoll	76	0.210%	23.51x
94	Bisset	75	0.210%	26.90x
95	Gibb	75	0.210%	11.94x
96	Keith	75	0.210%	19.67x
97	Mathieson	74	0.210%	19.74x
98	Morrison	72	0.200%	2.57x
99	Mowatt	70	0.200%	127.83x
100	Balfour	69	0.190%	27.85x