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 Inglis, with 34 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
501	Inglis	34	0.030%	1.55x
502	Lockhart	34	0.030%	3.72x
503	Orr	34	0.030%	1.54x
504	Pattullo	34	0.030%	53.93x
505	Peters	34	0.030%	0.74x
506	Rogers	34	0.030%	0.20x
507	Russel	34	0.030%	3.76x
508	Semple	34	0.030%	5.44x
509	Bullions	33	0.030%	87.67x
510	Callum	33	0.030%	22.37x
511	Finlay	33	0.030%	2.45x
512	Hynd	33	0.030%	10.62x
513	Mollison	33	0.030%	11.28x
514	Oliver	33	0.030%	0.35x
515	Rintoul	33	0.030%	11.02x
516	Sellars	33	0.030%	4.06x
517	Short	33	0.030%	0.64x
518	Walsh	33	0.030%	0.47x
519	Wighton	33	0.030%	24.71x
520	Winter	33	0.030%	0.71x
521	Ballantine	32	0.020%	7.96x
522	Burnfield	32	0.020%	130.56x
523	Farquhar	32	0.020%	3.14x
524	Green	32	0.020%	0.09x
525	Laurie	32	0.020%	2.84x
526	Love	32	0.020%	1.03x
527	Maclean	32	0.020%	2.21x
528	Sands	32	0.020%	2.18x
529	Stenhouse	32	0.020%	5.90x
530	Anton	31	0.020%	26.32x
531	Arthur	31	0.020%	1.08x
532	Buist	31	0.020%	11.98x
533	Calderwood	31	0.020%	6.59x
534	Clunie	31	0.020%	16.09x
535	Croll	31	0.020%	12.60x
536	Cromb	31	0.020%	86.35x
537	Fordyce	31	0.020%	10.88x
538	Sorley	31	0.020%	30.65x
539	Spittal	31	0.020%	22.62x
540	Valentine	31	0.020%	1.84x
541	Westwood	31	0.020%	1.41x
542	Birrell	30	0.020%	4.69x
543	Cox	30	0.020%	0.15x
544	Deas	30	0.020%	7.80x
545	Fell	30	0.020%	1.63x
546	Fernie	30	0.020%	7.66x
547	Higgins	30	0.020%	0.45x
548	Honey	30	0.020%	3.73x
549	Luke	30	0.020%	2.35x
550	Methven	30	0.020%	10.02x
551	Mustard	30	0.020%	16.08x
552	Ward	30	0.020%	0.10x
553	Whitton	30	0.020%	3.73x
554	Band	29	0.020%	9.70x
555	Banks	29	0.020%	0.43x
556	Forgan	29	0.020%	22.01x
557	Foster	29	0.020%	0.17x
558	May	29	0.020%	0.35x
559	Moyes	29	0.020%	5.15x
560	Norrie	29	0.020%	7.14x
561	Norwell	29	0.020%	63.08x
562	Strong	29	0.020%	1.48x
563	Welch	29	0.020%	0.63x
564	Yeaman	29	0.020%	19.20x
565	Barker	28	0.020%	0.16x
566	Bryden	28	0.020%	5.06x
567	Brydie	28	0.020%	58.69x
568	Carnegie	28	0.020%	6.51x
569	Coyne	28	0.020%	4.03x
570	Dowie	28	0.020%	8.86x
571	Grahame	28	0.020%	8.16x
572	Horne	28	0.020%	0.98x
573	Keiller	28	0.020%	31.20x
574	Leith	28	0.020%	4.12x
575	Liddell	28	0.020%	2.33x
576	Mather	28	0.020%	0.86x
577	Newlands	28	0.020%	5.29x
578	Penney	28	0.020%	3.87x
579	Pirrie	28	0.020%	12.44x
580	Stobie	28	0.020%	14.53x
581	Tulloch	28	0.020%	3.22x
582	Tyrie	28	0.020%	20.17x
583	Will	28	0.020%	5.23x
584	Bradley	27	0.020%	0.26x
585	Cram	27	0.020%	10.56x
586	Easton	27	0.020%	1.36x
587	Galbraith	27	0.020%	2.25x
588	Gilchrist	27	0.020%	1.40x
589	Hunt	27	0.020%	0.16x
590	Jones	27	0.020%	0.02x
591	Mathewson	27	0.020%	8.52x
592	Maxton	27	0.020%	30.53x
593	Moffat	27	0.020%	1.14x
594	Murie	27	0.020%	42.83x
595	Philips	27	0.020%	1.11x
596	Robin	27	0.020%	10.36x
597	Sage	27	0.020%	2.32x
598	Sturrock	27	0.020%	5.71x
599	Barbour	26	0.020%	3.61x
600	Clyde	26	0.020%	14.01x