1881 census county

Morayshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Morayshire 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

1,193 surnames are listed for Morayshire, covering 36,753 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Grant, with 1,789 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Morayshire

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	Grant	1,789	3.94%	39.72x
2	Fraser	1,117	2.46%	27.64x
3	Ross	1,111	2.45%	22.40x
4	Smith	930	2.05%	1.45x
5	Stewart	764	1.68%	10.76x
6	Anderson	756	1.67%	8.43x
7	Robertson	641	1.41%	8.43x
8	Cameron	566	1.25%	16.04x
9	Simpson	525	1.16%	6.61x
10	Main	522	1.15%	70.26x
11	Munro	505	1.11%	24.92x
12	Reid	467	1.03%	9.79x
13	Gordon	400	0.880%	13.98x
14	Campbell	380	0.840%	4.95x
15	Sutherland	373	0.820%	16.31x
16	Forsyth	367	0.810%	37.90x
17	Davidson	360	0.790%	9.43x
18	Scott	341	0.750%	2.97x
19	Taylor	335	0.740%	1.15x
20	Murray	326	0.720%	5.79x
21	Mitchell	311	0.690%	3.38x
22	Thomson	306	0.670%	5.05x
23	Innes	299	0.660%	42.54x
24	Allan	292	0.640%	10.25x
25	Cruickshank	288	0.630%	56.50x
26	Young	288	0.630%	2.95x
27	Morrison	276	0.610%	7.74x
28	Clark	267	0.590%	1.96x
29	Hay	266	0.590%	15.98x
30	Masson	261	0.580%	93.69x
31	Cumming	244	0.540%	28.17x
32	Falconer	240	0.530%	44.33x
33	Brown	224	0.490%	0.75x
34	Russell	222	0.490%	4.01x
35	Dunbar	210	0.460%	40.26x
36	Watson	208	0.460%	1.98x
37	Stuart	207	0.460%	19.11x
38	Dean	197	0.430%	6.25x
39	Wilson	192	0.420%	0.92x
40	Murdoch	190	0.420%	24.64x
41	Sim	190	0.420%	37.26x
42	Hendry	188	0.410%	26.15x
43	Macdonald	186	0.410%	10.33x
44	Rose	186	0.410%	5.53x
45	Shand	179	0.390%	57.41x
46	Gray	176	0.390%	2.72x
47	Bain	170	0.370%	15.09x
48	Laing	170	0.370%	18.64x
49	Grigor	169	0.370%	320.38x
50	Ralph	168	0.370%	24.31x
51	Christie	167	0.370%	11.35x
52	Stephen	167	0.370%	20.98x
53	Souter	165	0.360%	66.91x
54	Calder	161	0.350%	25.36x
55	Henderson	157	0.350%	3.18x
56	Wright	152	0.330%	1.04x
57	Riach	150	0.330%	189.59x
58	Geddes	147	0.320%	27.02x
59	Mackenzie	145	0.320%	11.41x
60	Leslie	142	0.310%	18.90x
61	Urquhart	139	0.310%	21.80x
62	Williamson	139	0.310%	3.42x
63	Jack	138	0.300%	14.31x
64	Paterson	137	0.300%	4.44x
65	Miller	134	0.300%	1.65x
66	Roy	134	0.300%	32.48x
67	Findlay	129	0.280%	13.72x
68	Asher	127	0.280%	66.13x
69	More	127	0.280%	35.98x
70	Garden	124	0.270%	65.40x
71	Walker	123	0.270%	0.81x
72	Robb	122	0.270%	15.54x
73	Watt	122	0.270%	7.01x
74	Mackay	121	0.270%	7.37x
75	Farquhar	120	0.260%	33.98x
76	Logie	117	0.260%	88.73x
77	Tulloch	117	0.260%	38.85x
78	Jenkins	115	0.250%	2.15x
79	Forbes	113	0.250%	7.43x
80	Douglas	110	0.240%	5.00x
81	Brander	109	0.240%	160.18x
82	Ogilvie	108	0.240%	24.60x
83	Petrie	105	0.230%	19.46x
84	Younie	105	0.230%	372.47x
85	Dick	102	0.220%	10.07x
86	Proctor	102	0.220%	9.14x
87	Edwards	99	0.220%	0.78x
88	Ritchie	96	0.210%	6.12x
89	Nicol	93	0.200%	9.84x
90	Shiach	93	0.200%	438.27x
91	Stronach	92	0.200%	120.43x
92	White	92	0.200%	0.63x
93	Barron	89	0.200%	12.66x
94	Winchester	89	0.200%	51.46x
95	Black	88	0.190%	2.99x
96	Thompson	88	0.190%	0.65x
97	Johnston	87	0.190%	2.38x
98	Hardie	86	0.190%	14.53x
99	Moir	83	0.180%	13.29x
100	Bremner	82	0.180%	21.03x