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 Smart, with 104 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
201	Smart	104	0.080%	1.74x
202	Peebles	103	0.080%	18.72x
203	Easson	100	0.080%	39.45x
204	Mackay	100	0.080%	2.11x
205	Welsh	100	0.080%	1.93x
206	Scobie	99	0.080%	34.73x
207	Cook	98	0.070%	0.38x
208	Nairn	98	0.070%	15.10x
209	Adams	97	0.070%	0.50x
210	Beveridge	97	0.070%	7.11x
211	Gibb	97	0.070%	4.19x
212	Leslie	97	0.070%	4.47x
213	Ogilvie	97	0.070%	7.65x
214	Butter	96	0.070%	15.39x
215	Dougall	96	0.070%	23.53x
216	Falconer	96	0.070%	6.14x
217	Winton	96	0.070%	19.53x
218	Lamont	95	0.070%	8.15x
219	Law	94	0.070%	1.58x
220	Moncrieff	94	0.070%	28.47x
221	Brand	93	0.070%	4.80x
222	Conacher	93	0.070%	77.53x
223	Guild	93	0.070%	32.48x
224	Stirton	93	0.070%	63.22x
225	Proudfoot	92	0.070%	16.09x
226	Dingwall	91	0.070%	17.51x
227	Hendry	91	0.070%	4.38x
228	Steele	90	0.070%	2.57x
229	Downie	89	0.070%	5.79x
230	Lowe	88	0.070%	0.90x
231	Murdoch	88	0.070%	3.95x
232	Glass	87	0.070%	6.41x
233	Livingston	87	0.070%	7.39x
234	Turner	86	0.070%	0.24x
235	Blyth	85	0.060%	4.11x
236	Coutts	85	0.060%	6.43x
237	Don	85	0.060%	28.47x
238	Ewing	85	0.060%	7.03x
239	Findlay	85	0.060%	3.13x
240	Herd	85	0.060%	8.83x
241	Nicholson	83	0.060%	0.89x
242	Panton	83	0.060%	18.77x
243	Fotheringham	82	0.060%	14.88x
244	Gilmour	82	0.060%	4.42x
245	Harley	82	0.060%	4.85x
246	Stratton	82	0.060%	7.22x
247	Cree	81	0.060%	20.69x
248	Glen	81	0.060%	6.24x
249	Meldrum	80	0.060%	9.69x
250	Crow	79	0.060%	3.99x
251	Gillespie	79	0.060%	3.80x
252	Grieve	79	0.060%	5.20x
253	Rae	79	0.060%	2.64x
254	Innes	78	0.060%	3.84x
255	Bryce	77	0.060%	5.87x
256	Faichney	77	0.060%	81.80x
257	Hally	77	0.060%	72.38x
258	Geddes	76	0.060%	4.84x
259	Greig	76	0.060%	3.66x
260	Galletly	75	0.060%	76.82x
261	Howie	75	0.060%	5.83x
262	Kippen	74	0.060%	73.49x
263	Ellis	73	0.060%	0.38x
264	Mills	73	0.060%	0.43x
265	Ballantyne	72	0.050%	7.24x
266	Duncanson	72	0.050%	28.45x
267	Flynn	72	0.050%	2.87x
268	Neilson	72	0.050%	3.90x
269	Steven	72	0.050%	7.25x
270	Brodie	70	0.050%	3.98x
271	Thom	70	0.050%	5.97x
272	Chisholm	69	0.050%	3.62x
273	Maxwell	69	0.050%	2.21x
274	Spalding	69	0.050%	7.35x
275	Whytock	69	0.050%	83.38x
276	Clarke	68	0.050%	0.26x
277	Lumsden	68	0.050%	6.22x
278	Pollock	68	0.050%	3.57x
279	Saunders	68	0.050%	0.57x
280	Heggie	67	0.050%	18.50x
281	Stuart	67	0.050%	2.14x
282	Oliphant	66	0.050%	12.93x
283	Rollo	66	0.050%	21.91x
284	Armstrong	65	0.050%	0.65x
285	Goodall	65	0.050%	2.31x
286	Spence	65	0.050%	1.50x
287	Swan	65	0.050%	1.91x
288	Syme	65	0.050%	13.19x
289	Beattie	64	0.050%	2.28x
290	Cowan	64	0.050%	2.39x
291	Gardner	64	0.050%	0.72x
292	Laird	64	0.050%	4.35x
293	Muir	64	0.050%	1.28x
294	Niven	64	0.050%	7.01x
295	Smitton	64	0.050%	90.24x
296	Ferrier	63	0.050%	8.26x
297	Logie	63	0.050%	16.54x
298	Morison	63	0.050%	9.42x
299	Pennycook	63	0.050%	31.83x
300	Rose	63	0.050%	0.65x