1881 census county

Perthshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Perthshire 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

3,210 surnames are listed for Perthshire, covering 103,345 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Robertson, with 4,172 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Perthshire

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	4,172	3.18%	18.99x
2	Stewart	3,912	2.98%	19.07x
3	Campbell	2,005	1.53%	9.04x
4	Cameron	1,755	1.34%	17.22x
5	Anderson	1,496	1.14%	5.78x
6	Smith	1,331	1.02%	0.72x
7	Ferguson	1,271	0.970%	13.68x
8	Scott	1,217	0.930%	3.67x
9	Brown	1,211	0.920%	1.40x
10	Young	1,181	0.900%	4.19x
11	Taylor	1,154	0.880%	1.38x
12	Thomson	1,029	0.780%	5.87x
13	Reid	980	0.750%	7.12x
14	Menzies	922	0.700%	54.09x
15	Wilson	884	0.670%	1.47x
16	Miller	862	0.660%	3.67x
17	Henderson	818	0.620%	5.74x
18	Clark	808	0.620%	2.05x
19	Fraser	747	0.570%	6.40x
20	Murray	699	0.530%	4.30x
21	Dewar	691	0.530%	40.41x
22	Duff	649	0.500%	27.82x
23	Mitchell	641	0.490%	2.41x
24	Morrison	629	0.480%	6.10x
25	Forbes	619	0.470%	14.09x
26	Drummond	553	0.420%	21.22x
27	Watson	544	0.410%	1.79x
28	Dow	543	0.410%	34.37x
29	Christie	541	0.410%	12.73x
30	Kennedy	512	0.390%	6.48x
31	Bruce	493	0.380%	8.03x
32	Allan	490	0.370%	5.95x
33	Gow	484	0.370%	46.72x
34	Davidson	473	0.360%	4.29x
35	Ross	453	0.350%	3.16x
36	Marshall	443	0.340%	2.01x
37	Sharp	429	0.330%	3.93x
38	Martin	427	0.330%	1.32x
39	Walker	422	0.320%	0.96x
40	Graham	421	0.320%	2.80x
41	Donaldson	420	0.320%	11.23x
42	Douglas	408	0.310%	6.42x
43	Millar	407	0.310%	8.50x
44	Gray	400	0.310%	2.14x
45	Grant	379	0.290%	2.91x
46	Paterson	358	0.270%	4.01x
47	Munro	348	0.270%	5.94x
48	Low	341	0.260%	12.27x
49	Hunter	335	0.260%	2.49x
50	Bell	330	0.250%	1.34x
51	Black	320	0.240%	3.77x
52	Johnston	315	0.240%	2.98x
53	Simpson	311	0.240%	1.36x
54	Buchanan	307	0.230%	9.06x
55	Paton	302	0.230%	10.30x
56	Chalmers	299	0.230%	9.58x
57	Carmichael	296	0.230%	15.77x
58	Crerar	294	0.220%	114.99x
59	Jack	294	0.220%	10.55x
60	Ritchie	292	0.220%	6.45x
61	Roy	291	0.220%	24.42x
62	White	288	0.220%	0.68x
63	Brough	287	0.220%	17.91x
64	Lawson	265	0.200%	3.43x
65	King	261	0.200%	0.91x
66	Fleming	256	0.200%	4.70x
67	Bayne	248	0.190%	51.68x
68	Gordon	245	0.190%	2.96x
69	Wright	245	0.190%	0.58x
70	Hay	244	0.190%	5.07x
71	Ramsay	234	0.180%	6.93x
72	Haggart	233	0.180%	73.51x
73	Jackson	232	0.180%	0.63x
74	Harris	231	0.180%	0.69x
75	Gardiner	227	0.170%	6.02x
76	Blair	226	0.170%	6.65x
77	Irvine	226	0.170%	7.82x
78	Small	224	0.170%	6.73x
79	Williamson	222	0.170%	1.89x
80	Keir	219	0.170%	33.41x
81	Fisher	218	0.170%	1.42x
82	Crichton	216	0.160%	19.31x
83	Shaw	214	0.160%	0.89x
84	Lindsay	208	0.160%	4.87x
85	Morris	206	0.160%	0.71x
86	Rattray	206	0.160%	32.14x
87	Wallace	206	0.160%	2.29x
88	Alexander	203	0.150%	2.92x
89	Rutherford	202	0.150%	6.31x
90	Scrimgeour	199	0.150%	98.81x
91	Keay	198	0.150%	35.39x
92	Kerr	195	0.150%	2.73x
93	Shepherd	194	0.150%	2.02x
94	Gibson	193	0.150%	1.21x
95	Hutchison	192	0.150%	8.91x
96	Mailer	191	0.150%	120.18x
97	Bisset	190	0.140%	18.49x
98	Kemp	188	0.140%	2.59x
99	Nicoll	188	0.140%	15.78x
100	Laing	186	0.140%	7.06x