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 Heron, with 62 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
301	Heron	62	0.050%	4.93x
302	Mill	61	0.050%	7.71x
303	Myles	61	0.050%	9.93x
304	Boyle	60	0.050%	1.76x
305	Dunbar	60	0.050%	3.98x
306	Moncur	60	0.050%	23.23x
307	Wells	60	0.050%	0.55x
308	Hardie	59	0.050%	3.45x
309	Hutcheson	59	0.050%	8.77x
310	Kelly	59	0.050%	0.41x
311	Philp	59	0.050%	6.60x
312	Rennie	59	0.050%	2.58x
313	Benvie	58	0.040%	115.19x
314	Burnett	58	0.040%	1.60x
315	Coupar	58	0.040%	30.04x
316	Ewan	57	0.040%	19.09x
317	Harrower	57	0.040%	19.40x
318	Irons	57	0.040%	7.98x
319	Jeffrey	57	0.040%	2.35x
320	Phillips	57	0.040%	0.24x
321	Sidey	57	0.040%	40.56x
322	Tasker	57	0.040%	4.09x
323	Archibald	56	0.040%	4.95x
324	Somerville	56	0.040%	5.13x
325	Wishart	56	0.040%	5.45x
326	Bennet	55	0.040%	3.04x
327	Caw	55	0.040%	56.34x
328	Deuchars	55	0.040%	53.69x
329	Penny	55	0.040%	2.36x
330	Pitkeathly	55	0.040%	126.90x
331	Davie	54	0.040%	4.47x
332	Haxton	54	0.040%	27.97x
333	Keith	54	0.040%	3.84x
334	Ogilvy	54	0.040%	18.30x
335	Borrie	53	0.040%	83.49x
336	Forrester	53	0.040%	3.01x
337	Matheson	53	0.040%	2.96x
338	Calder	52	0.040%	2.84x
339	Clement	52	0.040%	3.94x
340	Gourlay	52	0.040%	7.15x
341	Gowans	52	0.040%	12.32x
342	Macgregor	52	0.040%	9.49x
343	Neish	52	0.040%	19.50x
344	Porter	52	0.040%	0.53x
345	Speedie	52	0.040%	55.50x
346	Balfour	51	0.040%	5.58x
347	Boag	51	0.040%	13.44x
348	Bowie	51	0.040%	4.46x
349	Cooper	51	0.040%	0.16x
350	Harper	51	0.040%	0.61x
351	Kinnear	51	0.040%	8.02x
352	Livingstone	51	0.040%	4.17x
353	Sword	51	0.040%	19.64x
354	Urquhart	51	0.040%	2.77x
355	Adamson	50	0.040%	1.44x
356	Craigie	50	0.040%	12.14x
357	Dobbie	50	0.040%	8.73x
358	Constable	49	0.040%	3.38x
359	Dickie	49	0.040%	4.76x
360	Lennox	49	0.040%	6.30x
361	Mercer	49	0.040%	1.42x
362	Pringle	49	0.040%	2.37x
363	Frazer	48	0.040%	4.73x
364	Fulton	48	0.040%	2.90x
365	Gillies	48	0.040%	2.56x
366	Lauder	48	0.040%	6.97x
367	Mackenzie	48	0.040%	1.31x
368	Monteath	48	0.040%	39.72x
369	Sprunt	48	0.040%	57.71x
370	Crighton	47	0.040%	9.03x
371	Docherty	47	0.040%	2.41x
372	Erskine	47	0.040%	5.79x
373	Gairns	47	0.040%	84.55x
374	Gloag	47	0.040%	39.47x
375	Hart	47	0.040%	0.42x
376	Hodge	47	0.040%	1.42x
377	Kinloch	47	0.040%	16.19x
378	Mann	47	0.040%	0.68x
379	Rankine	47	0.040%	7.07x
380	Thomas	47	0.040%	0.09x
381	Bennett	46	0.040%	0.21x
382	Haldane	46	0.040%	13.88x
383	Lister	46	0.040%	1.23x
384	Murphy	46	0.040%	0.44x
385	Ness	46	0.040%	7.73x
386	Noble	46	0.040%	0.85x
387	Powrie	46	0.040%	38.77x
388	Stevens	46	0.040%	0.34x
389	Weir	46	0.040%	1.35x
390	Dempster	45	0.030%	4.88x
391	Edward	45	0.030%	3.70x
392	Fletcher	45	0.030%	0.30x
393	Greenhill	45	0.030%	7.94x
394	Hume	45	0.030%	2.42x
395	Lornie	45	0.030%	95.18x
396	Nelson	45	0.030%	0.71x
397	Paul	45	0.030%	1.37x
398	Rankin	45	0.030%	2.31x
399	Shearer	45	0.030%	2.67x
400	Skinner	45	0.030%	0.68x