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 Stephen, with 45 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
401	Stephen	45	0.030%	1.96x
402	Waddell	45	0.030%	3.87x
403	West	45	0.030%	0.36x
404	Whitehead	45	0.030%	0.51x
405	Adie	44	0.030%	15.56x
406	Barty	44	0.030%	60.18x
407	Knight	44	0.030%	0.27x
408	Laidlaw	44	0.030%	3.79x
409	Murrie	44	0.030%	42.23x
410	Barrie	43	0.030%	4.54x
411	Bett	43	0.030%	13.68x
412	Bryson	43	0.030%	4.28x
413	Douglass	43	0.030%	5.16x
414	Gall	43	0.030%	5.08x
415	Gavin	43	0.030%	6.63x
416	Gunn	43	0.030%	1.34x
417	Kilgour	43	0.030%	8.91x
418	Logan	43	0.030%	1.38x
419	Lorimer	43	0.030%	8.21x
420	Page	43	0.030%	0.41x
421	Reekie	43	0.030%	13.60x
422	Tod	43	0.030%	8.42x
423	Duffy	42	0.030%	1.47x
424	Fairweather	42	0.030%	4.13x
425	Geekie	42	0.030%	30.85x
426	Ireland	42	0.030%	1.38x
427	Salmond	42	0.030%	15.23x
428	Baillie	41	0.030%	3.01x
429	Begg	41	0.030%	5.14x
430	Horn	41	0.030%	1.38x
431	Kaye	41	0.030%	2.09x
432	Kinross	41	0.030%	54.77x
433	Patton	41	0.030%	8.79x
434	Thornton	41	0.030%	0.62x
435	Fyffe	40	0.030%	15.67x
436	Honeyman	40	0.030%	9.33x
437	Jenkins	40	0.030%	0.26x
438	Matthew	40	0.030%	4.04x
439	Wedderspoon	40	0.030%	63.45x
440	Younger	40	0.030%	5.64x
441	Butchart	39	0.030%	13.20x
442	Howe	39	0.030%	0.76x
443	Lunan	39	0.030%	35.78x
444	Monteith	39	0.030%	11.20x
445	Nicolson	39	0.030%	2.57x
446	Oswald	39	0.030%	6.47x
447	Stark	39	0.030%	2.17x
448	Beaton	38	0.030%	2.52x
449	Burgess	38	0.030%	0.42x
450	Connacher	38	0.030%	67.29x
451	Henry	38	0.030%	1.15x
452	Kirkwood	38	0.030%	3.21x
453	Lawrence	38	0.030%	0.45x
454	Littlejohn	38	0.030%	6.01x
455	Meiklejohn	38	0.030%	12.86x
456	Neil	38	0.030%	2.19x
457	Pitcaithly	38	0.030%	147.12x
458	Prain	38	0.030%	49.88x
459	Sandeman	38	0.030%	21.27x
460	Scobbie	38	0.030%	30.24x
461	Spiers	38	0.030%	3.52x
462	Yule	38	0.030%	5.79x
463	Barlas	37	0.030%	77.55x
464	Beatson	37	0.030%	15.09x
465	Clow	37	0.030%	9.34x
466	Collins	37	0.030%	0.20x
467	Lawrie	37	0.030%	2.95x
468	Leitch	37	0.030%	2.96x
469	Macpherson	37	0.030%	4.36x
470	Muirhead	37	0.030%	3.66x
471	Napier	37	0.030%	3.51x
472	Robson	37	0.030%	0.43x
473	Sneddon	37	0.030%	4.74x
474	Stein	37	0.030%	11.92x
475	Symon	37	0.030%	16.87x
476	Wingate	37	0.030%	7.94x
477	Auld	36	0.030%	4.56x
478	Barnett	36	0.030%	0.61x
479	Buick	36	0.030%	26.78x
480	Cruickshank	36	0.030%	2.45x
481	Currie	36	0.030%	0.98x
482	Hope	36	0.030%	0.81x
483	Isles	36	0.030%	10.16x
484	Macintosh	36	0.030%	6.36x
485	Maltman	36	0.030%	21.25x
486	Michie	36	0.030%	5.61x
487	Patrick	36	0.030%	1.38x
488	Porteous	36	0.030%	4.12x
489	Riddoch	36	0.030%	22.97x
490	Bannerman	35	0.030%	7.61x
491	Cassidy	35	0.030%	2.18x
492	Isdale	35	0.030%	59.67x
493	Keillor	35	0.030%	37.89x
494	Monro	35	0.030%	12.85x
495	Montgomery	35	0.030%	1.68x
496	Slater	35	0.030%	0.44x
497	Allison	34	0.030%	0.91x
498	Crombie	34	0.030%	4.62x
499	Foote	34	0.030%	6.75x
500	George	34	0.030%	0.44x