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 Isaac, with 13 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
901	Isaac	13	0.010%	0.79x
902	Liddel	13	0.010%	13.75x
903	Little	13	0.010%	0.21x
904	Maccallum	13	0.010%	38.56x
905	Manson	13	0.010%	0.85x
906	Marr	13	0.010%	0.87x
907	Masterton	13	0.010%	3.08x
908	Mathews	13	0.010%	0.27x
909	Mudie	13	0.010%	4.35x
910	Pender	13	0.010%	3.05x
911	Ramage	13	0.010%	1.76x
912	Sinclar	13	0.010%	21.21x
913	Spowart	13	0.010%	9.05x
914	Strathearn	13	0.010%	15.15x
915	Thorburn	13	0.010%	1.72x
916	Tran	13	0.010%	47.90x
917	Watters	13	0.010%	3.11x
918	Wilkinson	13	0.010%	0.07x
919	Abbot	12	0.010%	1.94x
920	Airth	12	0.010%	14.74x
921	Aitchison	12	0.010%	1.31x
922	Arnot	12	0.010%	2.97x
923	Ash	12	0.010%	0.55x
924	Brunton	12	0.010%	1.16x
925	Buchannan	12	0.010%	6.49x
926	Burton	12	0.010%	0.11x
927	Collier	12	0.010%	0.27x
928	Cossar	12	0.010%	7.81x
929	Cramond	12	0.010%	11.19x
930	Cranmer	12	0.010%	5.32x
931	Dakers	12	0.010%	6.77x
932	Duffus	12	0.010%	6.00x
933	Elliot	12	0.010%	0.36x
934	Fairbairn	12	0.010%	1.24x
935	Faulds	12	0.010%	3.00x
936	Fortune	12	0.010%	1.75x
937	Garland	12	0.010%	0.69x
938	Goldie	12	0.010%	1.47x
939	Gorman	12	0.010%	0.76x
940	Greenhorn	12	0.010%	13.70x
941	Greive	12	0.010%	6.78x
942	Halkett	12	0.010%	15.23x
943	Harkins	12	0.010%	4.05x
944	Hetherington	12	0.010%	0.73x
945	Hislop	12	0.010%	1.52x
946	Hoban	12	0.010%	9.58x
947	Hyslop	12	0.010%	1.59x
948	Jaffray	12	0.010%	6.60x
949	Johnson	12	0.010%	0.03x
950	Kilpatrick	12	0.010%	1.78x
951	Lewis	12	0.010%	0.03x
952	Lilburn	12	0.010%	13.37x
953	Loney	12	0.010%	6.43x
954	Mailey	12	0.010%	35.60x
955	Mclaren	12	0.010%	10.79x
956	Monaghan	12	0.010%	1.26x
957	Murison	12	0.010%	9.36x
958	Oconnor	12	0.010%	1.60x
959	Ramsey	12	0.010%	0.84x
960	Sellar	12	0.010%	3.85x
961	Skene	12	0.010%	3.73x
962	Squire	12	0.010%	0.77x
963	Stokes	12	0.010%	0.22x
964	Stormont	12	0.010%	12.02x
965	Straton	12	0.010%	26.61x
966	Swain	12	0.010%	0.47x
967	Sweeney	12	0.010%	0.68x
968	Swinton	12	0.010%	4.44x
969	Wardlaw	12	0.010%	5.04x
970	Willes	12	0.010%	7.70x
971	Willison	12	0.010%	4.35x
972	Ambrose	11	0.010%	0.95x
973	Andrew	11	0.010%	0.26x
974	Armour	11	0.010%	1.34x
975	Batchelor	11	0.010%	0.49x
976	Beverly	11	0.010%	10.05x
977	Bird	11	0.010%	0.11x
978	Borland	11	0.010%	1.94x
979	Collie	11	0.010%	2.34x
980	Conning	11	0.010%	11.27x
981	Cormack	11	0.010%	1.11x
982	Crockatt	11	0.010%	15.71x
983	Curr	11	0.010%	7.18x
984	Deuchar	11	0.010%	19.48x
985	Dollar	11	0.010%	25.13x
986	Donnelly	11	0.010%	0.67x
987	Drew	11	0.010%	0.32x
988	Drewett	11	0.010%	3.09x
989	Dryden	11	0.010%	1.39x
990	Duguid	11	0.010%	2.49x
991	Fitzpatrick	11	0.010%	0.57x
992	Flett	11	0.010%	1.94x
993	Gellespie	11	0.010%	100.55x
994	Haggerty	11	0.010%	4.54x
995	Harrier	11	0.010%	51.28x
996	Hewat	11	0.010%	19.18x
997	Hosie	11	0.010%	3.93x
998	Jamison	11	0.010%	4.21x
999	London	11	0.010%	1.69x
1000	Lyell	11	0.010%	12.38x