1881 census place

Aberdeen Old Machar surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Aberdeen Old Machar, Aberdeenshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

1,203 surnames are listed for Aberdeen Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, covering 44,204 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Grassie, with 51 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Aberdeen Old Machar

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
201	Grassie	51	0.090%	183.98x
202	Mackenzie	51	0.090%	3.23x
203	Matthews	51	0.090%	1.04x
204	Charles	50	0.090%	4.28x
205	Lawrence	50	0.090%	1.36x
206	Tawse	50	0.090%	83.36x
207	Yule	50	0.090%	17.67x
208	Dickson	49	0.090%	2.34x
209	Gall	49	0.090%	13.45x
210	Ledingham	48	0.090%	57.97x
211	Mortimer	48	0.090%	4.06x
212	Jack	47	0.080%	3.92x
213	Silver	47	0.080%	14.54x
214	Downie	46	0.080%	6.94x
215	Edmond	46	0.080%	24.12x
216	Valentine	46	0.080%	6.35x
217	Bremner	45	0.080%	9.27x
218	Cran	45	0.080%	56.14x
219	Eddie	45	0.080%	54.97x
220	Elrick	45	0.080%	54.22x
221	Gillespie	45	0.080%	5.02x
222	Mollison	45	0.080%	35.71x
223	Howie	44	0.080%	7.94x
224	Pratt	44	0.080%	1.36x
225	Roy	44	0.080%	8.57x
226	Spence	44	0.080%	2.35x
227	Buyers	43	0.080%	166.41x
228	Davie	43	0.080%	8.26x
229	Forsyth	43	0.080%	3.57x
230	Laurie	43	0.080%	8.86x
231	Pope	43	0.080%	2.21x
232	Still	43	0.080%	12.09x
233	Aiken	42	0.070%	46.10x
234	Beaton	42	0.070%	6.47x
235	Yeoman	42	0.070%	11.78x
236	Brand	41	0.070%	4.92x
237	Hector	41	0.070%	43.39x
238	Jolly	41	0.070%	5.12x
239	Kelman	41	0.070%	40.94x
240	Knox	41	0.070%	4.23x
241	Laird	41	0.070%	6.47x
242	Matthew	41	0.070%	9.61x
243	Ramsay	41	0.070%	2.82x
244	Whyte	41	0.070%	4.28x
245	Wishart	41	0.070%	9.27x
246	Fettes	40	0.070%	78.55x
247	Noble	40	0.070%	1.71x
248	Thain	40	0.070%	21.93x
249	Tytler	40	0.070%	111.05x
250	Benzie	39	0.070%	45.44x
251	Craighead	39	0.070%	76.86x
252	Duffus	38	0.070%	44.08x
253	Jopp	38	0.070%	154.98x
254	Rettie	38	0.070%	96.86x
255	Scorgie	38	0.070%	63.15x
256	Shinnie	38	0.070%	428.89x
257	Slessor	38	0.070%	87.60x
258	Spark	38	0.070%	15.31x
259	Abel	37	0.070%	10.17x
260	Bannerman	37	0.070%	18.68x
261	Cobban	37	0.070%	72.66x
262	Peters	37	0.070%	1.87x
263	Proctor	37	0.070%	2.66x
264	Shearer	37	0.070%	5.10x
265	Tocher	37	0.070%	50.43x
266	Fleming	36	0.060%	1.53x
267	Kirton	36	0.060%	13.96x
268	Lindsay	36	0.060%	1.96x
269	Arthur	35	0.060%	2.84x
270	Dey	35	0.060%	34.11x
271	Gerrard	35	0.060%	4.85x
272	Carnie	34	0.060%	35.07x
273	Dewar	34	0.060%	4.61x
274	Diack	34	0.060%	56.87x
275	Dow	34	0.060%	5.00x
276	England	34	0.060%	2.92x
277	Imray	34	0.060%	103.60x
278	Jeffrey	34	0.060%	3.26x
279	Sherriffs	34	0.060%	123.46x
280	Yeats	34	0.060%	21.80x
281	Barnett	33	0.060%	1.30x
282	Fiddes	33	0.060%	31.35x
283	Hepburn	33	0.060%	6.57x
284	Mellis	33	0.060%	36.52x
285	Auld	32	0.060%	9.40x
286	Kiloh	32	0.060%	134.68x
287	Merchant	32	0.060%	8.42x
288	Bothwell	31	0.050%	49.81x
289	Hutcheson	31	0.050%	10.69x
290	Ogston	31	0.050%	44.78x
291	Todd	31	0.050%	1.08x
292	Tulloch	31	0.050%	8.27x
293	Gillan	30	0.050%	15.10x
294	Kidd	30	0.050%	2.61x
295	Meston	30	0.050%	68.56x
296	Millar	30	0.050%	1.46x
297	Polson	30	0.050%	22.89x
298	Gerrie	29	0.050%	45.49x
299	Gillanders	29	0.050%	39.02x
300	Guthrie	29	0.050%	4.07x