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 Sime, with 82 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
101	Sime	82	0.180%	45.08x
102	Alexander	81	0.180%	3.37x
103	Mellis	81	0.180%	111.57x
104	George	80	0.180%	3.00x
105	Lawson	80	0.180%	2.99x
106	Paul	80	0.180%	7.04x
107	Noble	77	0.170%	4.09x
108	Jamieson	76	0.170%	6.01x
109	Macintosh	76	0.170%	38.78x
110	Cowie	75	0.170%	13.62x
111	Rhind	72	0.160%	66.44x
112	Shanks	71	0.160%	20.57x
113	French	69	0.150%	3.11x
114	Gill	68	0.150%	2.12x
115	Slater	68	0.150%	2.47x
116	Bruce	67	0.150%	3.15x
117	Chisholm	67	0.150%	10.16x
118	Gilbert	66	0.150%	2.55x
119	Milton	65	0.140%	10.39x
120	Newlands	64	0.140%	34.90x
121	Shaw	64	0.140%	0.77x
122	Adam	63	0.140%	8.08x
123	Donaldson	63	0.140%	4.87x
124	Ferguson	63	0.140%	1.96x
125	Garrow	63	0.140%	119.79x
126	Peterkin	63	0.140%	89.77x
127	Wood	61	0.130%	0.42x
128	Glass	60	0.130%	12.77x
129	Wiseman	60	0.130%	9.62x
130	Collie	59	0.130%	36.28x
131	Philip	59	0.130%	19.48x
132	Spence	59	0.130%	3.93x
133	Hossack	57	0.130%	57.06x
134	Bowie	56	0.120%	14.16x
135	Gow	56	0.120%	15.62x
136	Mackie	55	0.120%	5.67x
137	Archibald	54	0.120%	13.78x
138	Dawson	54	0.120%	1.08x
139	Ellis	54	0.120%	0.82x
140	Fletcher	54	0.120%	1.04x
141	Jeans	53	0.120%	34.72x
142	Mackintosh	53	0.120%	17.45x
143	Pirie	53	0.120%	16.32x
144	Burgess	52	0.110%	1.65x
145	Coutts	52	0.110%	11.36x
146	Edward	52	0.110%	12.35x
147	Mathieson	52	0.110%	10.87x
148	Kemp	51	0.110%	2.03x
149	Harrold	50	0.110%	24.42x
150	Hood	50	0.110%	3.98x
151	Mann	50	0.110%	2.09x
152	Cook	49	0.110%	0.54x
153	Gillies	49	0.110%	7.55x
154	Martin	49	0.110%	0.44x
155	Mustard	48	0.110%	74.34x
156	Nicolson	48	0.110%	9.15x
157	Shearer	48	0.110%	8.24x
158	Green	47	0.100%	0.37x
159	Duff	46	0.100%	5.70x
160	King	46	0.100%	0.47x
161	Strachan	46	0.100%	5.88x
162	Crombie	45	0.100%	17.67x
163	Hutcheon	45	0.100%	36.16x
164	Marshall	45	0.100%	0.59x
165	Cant	44	0.100%	15.62x
166	Chalmers	44	0.100%	4.07x
167	Inglis	43	0.090%	5.67x
168	Sellar	42	0.090%	38.97x
169	Storm	42	0.090%	72.35x
170	Menzies	41	0.090%	6.95x
171	Hepburn	40	0.090%	9.91x
172	Macpherson	40	0.090%	13.61x
173	Cormack	39	0.090%	11.37x
174	Geddie	39	0.090%	193.45x
175	Whyte	39	0.090%	5.07x
176	Adams	38	0.080%	0.57x
177	Barclay	38	0.080%	4.07x
178	Buie	38	0.080%	171.71x
179	Melvin	38	0.080%	17.39x
180	Kennedy	37	0.080%	1.35x
181	Kinnaird	37	0.080%	46.41x
182	Royan	37	0.080%	290.65x
183	Sharp	37	0.080%	0.98x
184	Blackhall	36	0.080%	44.23x
185	Gault	36	0.080%	59.38x
186	Lyon	36	0.080%	3.78x
187	Phimister	36	0.080%	129.82x
188	Gallon	35	0.080%	31.29x
189	Malcolm	35	0.080%	5.86x
190	Matheson	35	0.080%	5.64x
191	Symon	35	0.080%	46.09x
192	Wink	35	0.080%	92.74x
193	Bannerman	34	0.070%	21.36x
194	Ogg	34	0.070%	23.46x
195	Harper	33	0.070%	1.14x
196	Stalker	33	0.070%	14.77x
197	Brodie	32	0.070%	5.25x
198	Donald	32	0.070%	3.50x
199	Gerrie	32	0.070%	62.46x
200	Guthrie	32	0.070%	5.59x