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 Tocher, with 4 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
701	Tocher	4	0.010%	6.78x
702	Townshend	4	0.010%	2.87x
703	Veal	4	0.010%	1.44x
704	Whitten	4	0.010%	6.11x
705	Winkley	4	0.010%	6.42x
706	Audsley	3	0.010%	6.00x
707	Binnie	3	0.010%	1.59x
708	Blyth	3	0.010%	0.42x
709	Caldwell	3	0.010%	0.42x
710	Cargill	3	0.010%	1.67x
711	Catto	3	0.010%	3.50x
712	Cordiner	3	0.010%	4.94x
713	Coupland	3	0.010%	1.04x
714	Crichton	3	0.010%	0.77x
715	Crompton	3	0.010%	0.39x
716	Cummings	3	0.010%	0.43x
717	Dawkins	3	0.010%	0.91x
718	Drummond	3	0.010%	0.33x
719	Dunn	3	0.010%	0.08x
720	Eadie	3	0.010%	1.40x
721	Edie	3	0.010%	11.85x
722	Esson	3	0.010%	2.99x
723	Farrow	3	0.010%	0.35x
724	Finnie	3	0.010%	1.90x
725	Fitzpatrick	3	0.010%	0.45x
726	Foreman	3	0.010%	0.51x
727	Forsythe	3	0.010%	6.80x
728	Gallow	3	0.010%	21.07x
729	Gates	3	0.010%	0.43x
730	Gatherer	3	0.010%	20.62x
731	Gauld	3	0.010%	2.51x
732	Gibbons	3	0.010%	0.21x
733	Gillespie	3	0.010%	0.42x
734	Greaves	3	0.010%	0.23x
735	Higgins	3	0.010%	0.13x
736	Holt	3	0.010%	0.10x
737	Howles	3	0.010%	8.68x
738	Hutchinson	3	0.010%	0.12x
739	Imray	3	0.010%	11.38x
740	Jobson	3	0.010%	1.12x
741	Lang	3	0.010%	0.30x
742	Leys	3	0.010%	7.30x
743	Lyall	3	0.010%	0.97x
744	Mackinnon	3	0.010%	1.84x
745	Mactavish	3	0.010%	24.14x
746	Mcgregor	3	0.010%	5.00x
747	Mearns	3	0.010%	2.05x
748	Meikleham	3	0.010%	30.93x
749	Melville	3	0.010%	0.63x
750	Merchant	3	0.010%	0.98x
751	Moore	3	0.010%	0.03x
752	Nelson	3	0.010%	0.14x
753	Niven	3	0.010%	0.95x
754	Norrie	3	0.010%	2.13x
755	Norton	3	0.010%	0.20x
756	Peace	3	0.010%	0.73x
757	Peter	3	0.010%	1.89x
758	Peters	3	0.010%	0.19x
759	Pringle	3	0.010%	0.42x
760	Prott	3	0.010%	63.83x
761	Pullar	3	0.010%	5.13x
762	Quinn	3	0.010%	0.35x
763	Rannie	3	0.010%	12.45x
764	Saunders	3	0.010%	0.07x
765	Scroggie	3	0.010%	8.02x
766	Shannon	3	0.010%	0.85x
767	Sims	3	0.010%	0.22x
768	Sorrie	3	0.010%	24.75x
769	Soutar	3	0.010%	1.86x
770	Suter	3	0.010%	2.21x
771	Tattersall	3	0.010%	0.48x
772	Tindle	3	0.010%	4.27x
773	Todd	3	0.010%	0.13x
774	Torry	3	0.010%	8.32x
775	Trail	3	0.010%	3.63x
776	Trotter	3	0.010%	0.63x
777	Wallace	3	0.010%	0.10x
778	Wattie	3	0.010%	18.16x
779	Woodcock	3	0.010%	0.23x
780	Arthur	2	0.000%	0.20x
781	Balmer	2	0.000%	1.16x
782	Barker	2	0.000%	0.03x
783	Bignell	2	0.000%	1.10x
784	Birss	2	0.000%	7.67x
785	Bogle	2	0.000%	3.54x
786	Bomer	2	0.000%	40.00x
787	Boulton	2	0.000%	0.24x
788	Brackenridge	2	0.000%	3.27x
789	Brannan	2	0.000%	0.65x
790	Bryan	2	0.000%	0.18x
791	Buchannan	2	0.000%	3.13x
792	Carr	2	0.000%	0.06x
793	Chadwick	2	0.000%	0.10x
794	Cogger	2	0.000%	2.75x
795	Corbett	2	0.000%	0.22x
796	Couper	2	0.000%	0.98x
797	Coventry	2	0.000%	1.11x
798	Cuming	2	0.000%	3.64x
799	Daniel	2	0.000%	0.20x
800	Deas	2	0.000%	1.50x