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 Hendrie, with 32 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
201	Hendrie	32	0.070%	28.76x
202	Hutcheson	32	0.070%	13.74x
203	Johnstone	32	0.070%	1.56x
204	Baxter	31	0.070%	1.15x
205	Dingwall	31	0.070%	17.23x
206	Ingram	31	0.070%	2.24x
207	Cobban	30	0.070%	73.31x
208	Gair	30	0.070%	24.96x
209	Inch	29	0.060%	22.46x
210	Eddie	28	0.060%	42.57x
211	Knight	28	0.060%	0.50x
212	Graham	27	0.060%	0.52x
213	Keir	27	0.060%	11.90x
214	Nairn	27	0.060%	12.02x
215	Russel	27	0.060%	8.62x
216	Sandison	27	0.060%	23.66x
217	Cooper	26	0.060%	0.24x
218	Hunter	26	0.060%	0.56x
219	Rennie	26	0.060%	3.28x
220	Tolmie	26	0.060%	35.15x
221	Bisset	25	0.060%	7.03x
222	Boyne	25	0.060%	34.95x
223	Gregor	25	0.060%	32.99x
224	Kynoch	25	0.060%	59.55x
225	Law	25	0.060%	1.22x
226	Loggie	25	0.060%	79.31x
227	Maclean	25	0.060%	4.98x
228	Percy	25	0.060%	5.91x
229	Priest	25	0.060%	4.21x
230	Sandieson	25	0.060%	166.67x
231	Skene	25	0.060%	22.47x
232	Forrest	24	0.050%	2.05x
233	Millar	24	0.050%	1.45x
234	Nicoll	24	0.050%	5.82x
235	Riddoch	24	0.050%	44.23x
236	Rigby	24	0.050%	1.82x
237	Balfour	23	0.050%	7.27x
238	Begg	23	0.050%	8.33x
239	Chapman	23	0.050%	0.36x
240	Dallas	23	0.050%	13.42x
241	Fleming	23	0.050%	1.22x
242	Gillan	23	0.050%	14.41x
243	Henry	23	0.050%	2.00x
244	Kay	23	0.050%	0.98x
245	Nicholson	23	0.050%	0.71x
246	Rae	23	0.050%	2.22x
247	Thom	23	0.050%	5.67x
248	Burges	22	0.050%	19.41x
249	Carmichael	22	0.050%	3.39x
250	Farquharson	22	0.050%	8.57x
251	Kerr	22	0.050%	0.89x
252	Logan	22	0.050%	2.04x
253	Mathison	22	0.050%	17.92x
254	Ramsay	22	0.050%	1.88x
255	Bennett	21	0.050%	0.28x
256	Cattanach	21	0.050%	36.56x
257	Clunas	21	0.050%	118.44x
258	Court	21	0.050%	3.64x
259	Cran	21	0.050%	32.60x
260	Crockett	21	0.050%	9.83x
261	Dixon	21	0.050%	0.42x
262	Junner	21	0.050%	330.19x
263	Kelman	21	0.050%	26.09x
264	Strathdee	21	0.050%	48.61x
265	Wheeler	21	0.050%	0.77x
266	Dow	20	0.040%	3.66x
267	Elder	20	0.040%	4.17x
268	Ettles	20	0.040%	169.20x
269	Lamb	20	0.040%	0.84x
270	Mair	20	0.040%	4.77x
271	Meldrum	20	0.040%	7.00x
272	Tough	20	0.040%	11.45x
273	Webster	20	0.040%	0.51x
274	Aird	19	0.040%	8.05x
275	Duffus	19	0.040%	27.43x
276	Heard	19	0.040%	3.94x
277	Joss	19	0.040%	22.96x
278	Lamond	19	0.040%	12.25x
279	Neish	19	0.040%	20.59x
280	Shepherd	19	0.040%	0.57x
281	Beaton	18	0.040%	3.45x
282	Cow	18	0.040%	38.56x
283	Hutchison	18	0.040%	2.41x
284	Keith	18	0.040%	3.70x
285	Lauder	18	0.040%	7.55x
286	Lawrence	18	0.040%	0.61x
287	Murchison	18	0.040%	39.33x
288	Ryan	18	0.040%	1.28x
289	Sutor	18	0.040%	174.76x
290	Wight	18	0.040%	7.71x
291	Clarke	17	0.040%	0.18x
292	Coull	17	0.040%	10.94x
293	Denoon	17	0.040%	72.37x
294	Ferrier	17	0.040%	6.44x
295	Finlayson	17	0.040%	3.25x
296	Macgregor	17	0.040%	8.97x
297	Manson	17	0.040%	3.20x
298	Sanderson	17	0.040%	0.91x
299	Simon	17	0.040%	5.69x
300	Summers	17	0.040%	1.34x