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 Eadie, with 184 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
101	Eadie	184	0.140%	29.68x
102	Galloway	182	0.140%	8.06x
103	Soutar	180	0.140%	38.53x
104	Moir	179	0.140%	9.93x
105	Burns	177	0.140%	2.01x
106	Cumming	177	0.140%	7.08x
107	Halley	177	0.140%	35.94x
108	Petrie	177	0.140%	11.36x
109	Peddie	176	0.130%	50.31x
110	Gorrie	175	0.130%	62.65x
111	Wilkie	174	0.130%	9.31x
112	Whyte	173	0.130%	7.78x
113	Baxter	172	0.130%	2.20x
114	Cramb	172	0.130%	129.23x
115	Robb	171	0.130%	7.54x
116	Comrie	170	0.130%	79.57x
117	Crawford	167	0.130%	2.60x
118	Bain	166	0.130%	5.10x
119	Cuthbert	165	0.130%	8.76x
120	Hutton	164	0.130%	4.19x
121	Macdonald	164	0.130%	3.15x
122	Dick	163	0.120%	5.57x
123	Doig	163	0.120%	21.13x
124	Hamilton	162	0.120%	1.65x
125	Dawson	161	0.120%	1.11x
126	Dunn	161	0.120%	1.48x
127	Hepburn	161	0.120%	13.80x
128	Angus	160	0.120%	8.53x
129	Buchan	159	0.120%	9.38x
130	Boyd	156	0.120%	3.39x
131	Malloch	156	0.120%	83.84x
132	Farquharson	155	0.120%	20.91x
133	Wylie	155	0.120%	10.16x
134	Cairns	153	0.120%	5.40x
135	Nicol	153	0.120%	5.61x
136	Thompson	153	0.120%	0.39x
137	Finlayson	152	0.120%	10.06x
138	Russell	150	0.110%	0.94x
139	Fenwick	149	0.110%	8.67x
140	Stalker	149	0.110%	23.09x
141	Stirling	149	0.110%	8.75x
142	Lamond	148	0.110%	33.04x
143	Sutherland	147	0.110%	2.23x
144	Stevenson	146	0.110%	1.59x
145	Todd	146	0.110%	2.19x
146	Cochrane	145	0.110%	7.14x
147	Sim	144	0.110%	9.78x
148	Kay	143	0.110%	2.10x
149	Melville	143	0.110%	10.33x
150	Watt	143	0.110%	2.84x
151	Mason	139	0.110%	0.79x
152	Drysdale	138	0.110%	12.45x
153	Kidd	138	0.110%	5.17x
154	Smeaton	138	0.110%	37.43x
155	Gellatly	137	0.100%	76.14x
156	Sime	137	0.100%	26.08x
157	Webster	137	0.100%	1.20x
158	Arnott	135	0.100%	12.26x
159	Hood	135	0.100%	3.72x
160	Carr	134	0.100%	1.42x
161	Fyfe	134	0.100%	11.13x
162	Whittet	133	0.100%	102.28x
163	Fergusson	132	0.100%	19.89x
164	Tainsh	131	0.100%	126.79x
165	Adam	130	0.100%	5.77x
166	Garvie	130	0.100%	56.34x
167	Guthrie	130	0.100%	7.87x
168	Elder	129	0.100%	9.32x
169	Edwards	128	0.100%	0.35x
170	Malcolm	128	0.100%	7.42x
171	Pearson	128	0.100%	0.84x
172	Donald	127	0.100%	4.81x
173	Pullar	127	0.100%	75.15x
174	Hill	126	0.100%	0.38x
175	Richardson	125	0.100%	0.56x
176	Barclay	124	0.090%	4.60x
177	Morton	124	0.090%	1.77x
178	Turnbull	124	0.090%	2.24x
179	Lamb	123	0.090%	1.78x
180	Hall	122	0.090%	0.32x
181	Macfarlane	121	0.090%	16.13x
182	Johnstone	120	0.090%	2.02x
183	Seaton	120	0.090%	10.82x
184	Ford	119	0.090%	0.93x
185	Mackie	118	0.090%	4.21x
186	Wood	117	0.090%	0.28x
187	Aitken	115	0.090%	3.34x
188	Dickson	114	0.090%	2.35x
189	Scotland	114	0.090%	30.49x
190	Forsyth	113	0.090%	4.04x
191	Kettles	113	0.090%	87.50x
192	Tait	113	0.090%	2.93x
193	Rodger	111	0.080%	6.02x
194	Fenton	110	0.080%	4.20x
195	Imrie	109	0.080%	21.26x
196	Jamieson	109	0.080%	2.99x
197	Strachan	109	0.080%	4.82x
198	Patterson	108	0.080%	2.36x
199	Baird	106	0.080%	3.78x
200	Strang	106	0.080%	18.01x