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 Cowper, with 26 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
601	Cowper	26	0.020%	4.53x
602	Craik	26	0.020%	6.48x
603	Fairley	26	0.020%	4.05x
604	Gilbert	26	0.020%	0.35x
605	Hobson	26	0.020%	0.76x
606	Johnman	26	0.020%	58.23x
607	Lang	26	0.020%	0.89x
608	Leighton	26	0.020%	1.84x
609	Lennie	26	0.020%	9.22x
610	Lyall	26	0.020%	2.91x
611	Moon	26	0.020%	0.94x
612	Park	26	0.020%	0.64x
613	Pirnie	26	0.020%	62.52x
614	Smail	26	0.020%	10.44x
615	Summers	26	0.020%	0.71x
616	Waters	26	0.020%	0.49x
617	Waterston	26	0.020%	13.68x
618	Whitelaw	26	0.020%	3.33x
619	Alison	25	0.020%	10.54x
620	Berry	25	0.020%	0.24x
621	Connell	25	0.020%	1.10x
622	Couper	25	0.020%	4.25x
623	Coventry	25	0.020%	4.81x
624	Cummings	25	0.020%	1.24x
625	Fisken	25	0.020%	48.81x
626	Forrest	25	0.020%	0.74x
627	Houston	25	0.020%	1.50x
628	Lambert	25	0.020%	0.35x
629	Obrien	25	0.020%	1.29x
630	Roger	25	0.020%	5.55x
631	Speed	25	0.020%	2.37x
632	Stoddart	25	0.020%	2.28x
633	Turpie	25	0.020%	15.60x
634	Archer	24	0.020%	0.44x
635	Baker	24	0.020%	0.08x
636	Braid	24	0.020%	4.99x
637	Brewster	24	0.020%	1.89x
638	Cargill	24	0.020%	4.62x
639	Carstairs	24	0.020%	11.10x
640	Crabb	24	0.020%	1.76x
641	Doyle	24	0.020%	0.75x
642	Durward	24	0.020%	16.82x
643	Emslie	24	0.020%	6.09x
644	Frame	24	0.020%	2.89x
645	Gilruth	24	0.020%	68.53x
646	Hughes	24	0.020%	0.07x
647	Jameson	24	0.020%	1.65x
648	Knox	24	0.020%	1.07x
649	Lee	24	0.020%	0.11x
650	Lees	24	0.020%	0.41x
651	Lyon	24	0.020%	0.87x
652	Mallis	24	0.020%	137.14x
653	Mitchel	24	0.020%	1.87x
654	Ower	24	0.020%	61.60x
655	Templeman	24	0.020%	4.74x
656	Amos	23	0.020%	1.07x
657	Burke	23	0.020%	0.60x
658	Chapman	23	0.020%	0.12x
659	Colquhoun	23	0.020%	2.96x
660	Connal	23	0.020%	23.35x
661	Culross	23	0.020%	58.38x
662	Dolan	23	0.020%	2.02x
663	Dunlop	23	0.020%	1.09x
664	Gill	23	0.020%	0.25x
665	Gregor	23	0.020%	10.51x
666	Grimmond	23	0.020%	29.19x
667	Hurry	23	0.020%	8.38x
668	Joyce	23	0.020%	0.71x
669	Moore	23	0.020%	0.09x
670	Naismith	23	0.020%	6.59x
671	Playfair	23	0.020%	22.84x
672	Roberts	23	0.020%	0.05x
673	Wynd	23	0.020%	43.78x
674	Barnet	22	0.020%	3.50x
675	Cathro	22	0.020%	26.87x
676	Cowie	22	0.020%	1.38x
677	Ewart	22	0.020%	2.98x
678	Flight	22	0.020%	9.72x
679	Flinn	22	0.020%	2.78x
680	Kean	22	0.020%	2.48x
681	Kenny	22	0.020%	1.40x
682	Kinmond	22	0.020%	30.46x
683	Kinnaird	22	0.020%	9.55x
684	Langlands	22	0.020%	7.20x
685	Main	22	0.020%	1.03x
686	Menzie	22	0.020%	38.08x
687	Pyott	22	0.020%	37.23x
688	Robbie	22	0.020%	7.28x
689	Sandilands	22	0.020%	7.61x
690	Sommerville	22	0.020%	4.25x
691	Suttie	22	0.020%	5.82x
692	Veitch	22	0.020%	2.55x
693	Willis	22	0.020%	0.32x
694	Dixon	21	0.020%	0.15x
695	Dodds	21	0.020%	0.76x
696	Dron	21	0.020%	24.73x
697	Fair	21	0.020%	4.57x
698	Glennie	21	0.020%	6.56x
699	Herdman	21	0.020%	6.36x
700	Herron	21	0.020%	4.47x