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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 Sheret, with 36 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.

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201Sheret36248.45x
202Forsyth354.61x
203Rodger357.00x
204Annandale34170.43x
205Lawrie349.98x
206Brodie336.91x
207Ferguson331.31x
208Guyan33195.61x
209Hendry335.86x
210Leys33102.52x
211Lownie33289.47x
212Noble332.23x
213Tindal3362.01x
214Wallace331.35x
215Andrew322.84x
216Longmuir3248.46x
217Robbie3239.04x
218Souter3216.56x
219Gillespie315.50x
220Kenn31231.00x
221Paul313.48x
222Russell310.71x
223Beedie30128.87x
224Blacklaws30290.42x
225Craven304.37x
226Esson3038.21x
227Fotheringham3020.06x
228Kean3012.45x
229Lawrence301.30x
230Mollison3037.81x
231Wright300.26x
232Arbuthnott29220.03x
233Berry291.03x
234Cadenhead29166.09x
235Davie298.85x
236Freeland2930.75x
237Innes295.26x
238Jack293.84x
239Millar292.23x
240Patterson292.34x
241Blues28174.67x
242Duff284.42x
243Gillanders2859.83x
244Glennie2832.24x
245Hall280.27x
246Wishart2810.05x
247Blair272.93x
248Garden2718.17x
249Neilson275.38x
250Spence272.29x
251Fyfe267.96x
252Gilbert261.28x
253Hood262.64x
254May261.15x
255Meston2694.34x
256Tawse2668.84x
257Carnie2540.94x
258Couper2515.68x
259Cumming253.68x
260Grey253.24x
261Harrow2529.31x
262Kemlo25244.86x
263Littlejohn2514.56x
264Logie2524.19x
265Lumsden258.42x
266Shand2510.23x
267Weir252.70x
268Bridgeford24127.86x
269Cook240.34x
270Fairweather248.71x
271Fettes2474.84x
272Fullerton2415.95x
273Glegg2482.14x
274Merchant2410.03x
275Riddell248.04x
276Skene2427.53x
277Tavendale24129.52x
278Williamson240.75x
279Dow235.37x
280Maitland239.96x
281Torrie2391.34x
282Wyness2351.36x
283Cheyne2218.59x
284Cuthill2231.66x
285Fawns22199.10x
286Gall229.59x
287Geddes225.16x
288Gowans2219.21x
289Massie2219.25x
290Mennie2244.53x
291Ogg2219.37x
292Stormont2281.24x
293Tosh2227.64x
294Towns2219.29x
295Barnett211.31x
296Bowman212.26x
297Crow213.91x
298Deans218.70x
299Grubb219.54x
300Harris210.23x