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 Carson, with 2 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
2101	Carson	2	0.000%	0.14x
2102	Cassey	2	0.000%	1.62x
2103	Casson	2	0.000%	0.26x
2104	Cation	2	0.000%	6.62x
2105	Chandler	2	0.000%	0.05x
2106	Charleton	2	0.000%	2.67x
2107	Charnley	2	0.000%	0.33x
2108	Chartres	2	0.000%	5.51x
2109	Cheetham	2	0.000%	0.10x
2110	Cheyne	2	0.000%	0.46x
2111	Christian	2	0.000%	0.15x
2112	Clacher	2	0.000%	8.62x
2113	Clavering	2	0.000%	5.78x
2114	Clure	2	0.000%	5.71x
2115	Coldwell	2	0.000%	0.35x
2116	Coleman	2	0.000%	0.03x
2117	Coll	2	0.000%	2.03x
2118	Collison	2	0.000%	0.37x
2119	Connar	2	0.000%	2.80x
2120	Connoly	2	0.000%	1.14x
2121	Copland	2	0.000%	0.27x
2122	Corner	2	0.000%	0.21x
2123	Corstorphine	2	0.000%	2.52x
2124	Cotton	2	0.000%	0.06x
2125	Courtney	2	0.000%	0.21x
2126	Cowling	2	0.000%	0.17x
2127	Craighead	2	0.000%	1.70x
2128	Cresswell	2	0.000%	0.14x
2129	Cronin	2	0.000%	0.42x
2130	Crook	2	0.000%	0.05x
2131	Crooks	2	0.000%	0.20x
2132	Crossan	2	0.000%	1.12x
2133	Dalby	2	0.000%	0.19x
2134	Dalgetty	2	0.000%	4.66x
2135	Dalglish	2	0.000%	0.84x
2136	Dallas	2	0.000%	0.40x
2137	Daniel	2	0.000%	0.07x
2138	Danks	2	0.000%	0.35x
2139	Danskin	2	0.000%	2.84x
2140	Darge	2	0.000%	4.12x
2141	Devon	2	0.000%	1.66x
2142	Dickinson	2	0.000%	0.04x
2143	Dighton	2	0.000%	2.07x
2144	Docharty	2	0.000%	2.25x
2145	Doctor	2	0.000%	4.35x
2146	Dods	2	0.000%	0.91x
2147	Dolman	2	0.000%	0.36x
2148	Donally	2	0.000%	3.57x
2149	Donnachie	2	0.000%	1.77x
2150	Dowling	2	0.000%	0.14x
2151	Downey	2	0.000%	0.22x
2152	Drage	2	0.000%	0.39x
2153	Duffie	2	0.000%	2.23x
2154	Duggan	2	0.000%	0.20x
2155	Durrant	2	0.000%	0.10x
2156	Eagan	2	0.000%	1.32x
2157	Elles	2	0.000%	2.25x
2158	Emsley	2	0.000%	0.53x
2159	Erwin	2	0.000%	2.40x
2160	Ewen	2	0.000%	0.36x
2161	Fabb	2	0.000%	3.97x
2162	Fairbrother	2	0.000%	0.27x
2163	Farnes	2	0.000%	3.36x
2164	Fern	2	0.000%	0.49x
2165	Ferry	2	0.000%	0.48x
2166	Fielder	2	0.000%	0.25x
2167	Fields	2	0.000%	0.32x
2168	Findlayson	2	0.000%	3.13x
2169	Fingland	2	0.000%	2.99x
2170	Finnigan	2	0.000%	0.39x
2171	Fish	2	0.000%	0.08x
2172	Fitzmaurice	2	0.000%	1.65x
2173	Floyd	2	0.000%	0.16x
2174	Forbas	2	0.000%	57.14x
2175	Forsythe	2	0.000%	1.57x
2176	Frampton	2	0.000%	0.19x
2177	Frood	2	0.000%	1.99x
2178	Frost	2	0.000%	0.03x
2179	Gains	2	0.000%	1.20x
2180	Gale	2	0.000%	0.05x
2181	Gallocher	2	0.000%	0.55x
2182	Gemmell	2	0.000%	0.25x
2183	Gibney	2	0.000%	2.32x
2184	Gilles	2	0.000%	1.02x
2185	Gillian	2	0.000%	4.35x
2186	Gipson	2	0.000%	1.58x
2187	Girvan	2	0.000%	0.97x
2188	Gladston	2	0.000%	5.93x
2189	Glancy	2	0.000%	1.30x
2190	Good	2	0.000%	0.12x
2191	Goold	2	0.000%	0.87x
2192	Gordan	2	0.000%	2.21x
2193	Gorry	2	0.000%	2.58x
2194	Graeme	2	0.000%	15.23x
2195	Grieg	2	0.000%	2.25x
2196	Grossart	2	0.000%	3.07x
2197	Gullen	2	0.000%	4.19x
2198	Hackney	2	0.000%	0.35x
2199	Haggie	2	0.000%	5.51x
2200	Hair	2	0.000%	0.39x