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 Purves, 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
2301	Purves	2	0.000%	0.23x
2302	Raeside	2	0.000%	1.78x
2303	Rafferty	2	0.000%	0.30x
2304	Raleigh	2	0.000%	5.31x
2305	Ray	2	0.000%	0.08x
2306	Redfern	2	0.000%	0.11x
2307	Relley	2	0.000%	16.33x
2308	Reston	2	0.000%	2.28x
2309	Rew	2	0.000%	0.86x
2310	Roake	2	0.000%	1.90x
2311	Roberton	2	0.000%	1.63x
2312	Roland	2	0.000%	0.93x
2313	Rolfe	2	0.000%	0.12x
2314	Rolls	2	0.000%	0.34x
2315	Rowand	2	0.000%	3.57x
2316	Rudd	2	0.000%	0.10x
2317	Sandles	2	0.000%	3.01x
2318	Sandy	2	0.000%	0.44x
2319	Saunderson	2	0.000%	0.66x
2320	Scorgie	2	0.000%	1.43x
2321	Seath	2	0.000%	1.02x
2322	Seggie	2	0.000%	2.79x
2323	Sergeant	2	0.000%	0.32x
2324	Seth	2	0.000%	2.00x
2325	Sharkie	2	0.000%	8.79x
2326	Sheach	2	0.000%	5.13x
2327	Shield	2	0.000%	0.34x
2328	Simcock	2	0.000%	0.53x
2329	Simons	2	0.000%	0.12x
2330	Sison	2	0.000%	19.05x
2331	Skirving	2	0.000%	2.15x
2332	Sloan	2	0.000%	0.16x
2333	Snedden	2	0.000%	1.13x
2334	Square	2	0.000%	2.89x
2335	Stocker	2	0.000%	0.28x
2336	Storer	2	0.000%	0.24x
2337	Storey	2	0.000%	0.06x
2338	Sutcliffe	2	0.000%	0.04x
2339	Telfer	2	0.000%	0.26x
2340	Third	2	0.000%	2.00x
2341	Tiffen	2	0.000%	1.83x
2342	Tomson	2	0.000%	1.38x
2343	Trayner	2	0.000%	1.60x
2344	Tudhope	2	0.000%	2.03x
2345	Tullis	2	0.000%	1.64x
2346	Upton	2	0.000%	0.08x
2347	Vallentine	2	0.000%	6.17x
2348	Vannet	2	0.000%	9.93x
2349	Wahab	2	0.000%	38.17x
2350	Walch	2	0.000%	1.00x
2351	Waldie	2	0.000%	0.71x
2352	Wales	2	0.000%	0.19x
2353	Wall	2	0.000%	0.04x
2354	Waller	2	0.000%	0.06x
2355	Warnock	2	0.000%	0.70x
2356	Warring	2	0.000%	2.95x
2357	Whamond	2	0.000%	4.12x
2358	Wilkison	2	0.000%	5.19x
2359	Willocks	2	0.000%	2.75x
2360	Wordsworth	2	0.000%	0.63x
2361	Wyse	2	0.000%	1.31x
2362	Adair	1	0.000%	0.24x
2363	Afflick	1	0.000%	2.24x
2364	Aikenhead	1	0.000%	1.76x
2365	Aitcheson	1	0.000%	0.79x
2366	Alley	1	0.000%	0.56x
2367	Alsop	1	0.000%	0.17x
2368	Alves	1	0.000%	1.44x
2369	Anthony	1	0.000%	0.07x
2370	Appleby	1	0.000%	0.05x
2371	Arbuthnot	1	0.000%	1.38x
2372	Armand	1	0.000%	3.09x
2373	Armit	1	0.000%	0.93x
2374	Armitstead	1	0.000%	1.73x
2375	Atkins	1	0.000%	0.02x
2376	Austin	1	0.000%	0.02x
2377	Auston	1	0.000%	1.50x
2378	Babington	1	0.000%	0.77x
2379	Badham	1	0.000%	0.26x
2380	Bailes	1	0.000%	0.41x
2381	Bains	1	0.000%	0.31x
2382	Balderston	1	0.000%	0.84x
2383	Baldwin	1	0.000%	0.02x
2384	Ballie	1	0.000%	1.97x
2385	Ballington	1	0.000%	2.24x
2386	Banner	1	0.000%	0.14x
2387	Banon	1	0.000%	2.51x
2388	Barcley	1	0.000%	1.95x
2389	Barett	1	0.000%	2.82x
2390	Barlow	1	0.000%	0.01x
2391	Barnard	1	0.000%	0.03x
2392	Barnfield	1	0.000%	0.31x
2393	Barrass	1	0.000%	0.31x
2394	Barres	1	0.000%	38.17x
2395	Barret	1	0.000%	0.27x
2396	Barrick	1	0.000%	0.95x
2397	Barrow	1	0.000%	0.04x
2398	Bartlet	1	0.000%	0.78x
2399	Bartley	1	0.000%	0.16x
2400	Basker	1	0.000%	2.43x