1881 census county

Kinross-shire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kinross-shire 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

610 surnames are listed for Kinross-shire, covering 6,553 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Robertson, with 121 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kinross-shire

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	Robertson	121	1.64%	9.78x
2	Reid	115	1.56%	14.83x
3	Scott	111	1.50%	5.94x
4	Beveridge	102	1.38%	132.71x
5	Young	94	1.27%	5.93x
6	Thomson	90	1.22%	9.12x
7	Henderson	83	1.12%	10.34x
8	Taylor	83	1.12%	1.76x
9	Anderson	82	1.11%	5.62x
10	Simpson	79	1.07%	6.12x
11	Miller	71	0.960%	5.37x
12	Paterson	68	0.920%	13.53x
13	Brown	63	0.850%	1.29x
14	Mitchell	63	0.850%	4.21x
15	Hutton	59	0.800%	26.75x
16	Marshall	59	0.800%	4.76x
17	Watson	59	0.800%	3.44x
18	Wilson	59	0.800%	1.74x
19	Smith	57	0.770%	0.55x
20	Arnott	55	0.740%	88.65x
21	Sharp	54	0.730%	8.77x
22	Stewart	53	0.720%	4.59x
23	Drummond	52	0.700%	35.43x
24	Barclay	50	0.680%	32.90x
25	Graham	49	0.660%	5.78x
26	Tod	48	0.650%	166.96x
27	Hepburn	47	0.640%	71.55x
28	Millar	47	0.640%	17.44x
29	Hay	46	0.620%	16.98x
30	Morrison	46	0.620%	7.92x
31	Donaldson	44	0.600%	20.89x
32	Drysdale	43	0.580%	68.87x
33	Whyte	43	0.580%	34.34x
34	Black	39	0.530%	8.16x
35	Blackwood	38	0.510%	88.25x
36	Campbell	37	0.500%	2.96x
37	Small	37	0.500%	19.75x
38	Malcolm	36	0.490%	37.07x
39	Meldrum	36	0.490%	77.40x
40	Wilkie	36	0.490%	34.18x
41	Dow	35	0.470%	39.34x
42	Harley	35	0.470%	36.77x
43	Syme	34	0.460%	122.43x
44	Davidson	33	0.450%	5.31x
45	Glass	33	0.450%	43.18x
46	Coventry	32	0.430%	109.33x
47	Greig	32	0.430%	27.38x
48	Chalmers	31	0.420%	17.63x
49	Forbes	31	0.420%	12.53x
50	Rutherford	31	0.420%	17.20x
51	Carmichael	30	0.410%	28.38x
52	Ritchie	30	0.410%	11.76x
53	Stark	30	0.410%	29.66x
54	Winton	28	0.380%	101.12x
55	Elder	27	0.370%	34.62x
56	Gordon	27	0.370%	5.80x
57	Melville	27	0.370%	34.63x
58	Page	27	0.370%	4.57x
59	Russell	27	0.370%	3.00x
60	Bennet	26	0.350%	25.50x
61	Blyth	26	0.350%	22.33x
62	Clark	26	0.350%	1.17x
63	Horn	26	0.350%	15.49x
64	Scotland	26	0.350%	123.46x
65	Cameron	24	0.330%	4.18x
66	Chapman	24	0.330%	2.29x
67	Collier	24	0.330%	9.72x
68	Dewar	24	0.330%	24.92x
69	Penman	24	0.330%	49.68x
70	Low	23	0.310%	14.70x
71	Nicol	23	0.310%	14.96x
72	Ross	23	0.310%	2.85x
73	Saunders	23	0.310%	3.40x
74	Walker	23	0.310%	0.93x
75	Brand	22	0.300%	20.18x
76	Cairns	22	0.300%	13.77x
77	Ellis	22	0.300%	2.05x
78	Heggie	22	0.300%	107.90x
79	Shorthouse	22	0.300%	148.95x
80	Strachan	22	0.300%	17.28x
81	Crombie	21	0.280%	50.69x
82	Ewing	21	0.280%	30.84x
83	Gibson	21	0.280%	2.34x
84	Inglis	21	0.280%	17.02x
85	Roy	21	0.280%	31.29x
86	Adamson	20	0.270%	10.24x
87	Crawford	20	0.270%	5.53x
88	Dempster	20	0.270%	38.49x
89	Dick	20	0.270%	12.14x
90	Ferguson	20	0.270%	3.82x
91	Finlay	20	0.270%	26.39x
92	Kilgour	20	0.270%	73.61x
93	More	20	0.270%	34.83x
94	Richardson	20	0.270%	1.59x
95	Wallace	20	0.270%	3.95x
96	Farmer	19	0.260%	8.23x
97	Fyfe	19	0.260%	28.03x
98	Johnman	19	0.260%	756.97x
99	Ramsay	19	0.260%	9.99x
100	Watt	19	0.260%	6.71x