1881 census place

Aberdeen St Nicholas surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Aberdeen St Nicholas, 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

1,193 surnames are listed for Aberdeen St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, covering 38,304 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,223 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Aberdeen St Nicholas

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
1	Smith	1,223	2.42%	1.71x
2	Robertson	725	1.43%	8.55x
3	Anderson	678	1.34%	6.78x
4	Ross	658	1.30%	11.89x
5	Fraser	564	1.11%	12.52x
6	Thomson	490	0.970%	7.24x
7	Davidson	484	0.960%	11.37x
8	Reid	471	0.930%	8.86x
9	Stewart	461	0.910%	5.82x
10	Brown	457	0.900%	1.37x
11	Walker	432	0.850%	2.55x
12	Gordon	404	0.800%	12.66x
13	Taylor	390	0.770%	1.20x
14	Mitchell	376	0.740%	3.66x
15	Murray	368	0.730%	5.86x
16	Wilson	368	0.730%	1.58x
17	Grant	363	0.720%	7.23x
18	Forbes	347	0.690%	20.46x
19	Allan	345	0.680%	10.86x
20	Paterson	321	0.630%	9.32x
21	Clark	304	0.600%	2.00x
22	Stephen	258	0.510%	29.07x
23	Munro	256	0.510%	11.33x
24	Bruce	253	0.500%	10.67x
25	Morrison	251	0.500%	6.31x
26	Watt	248	0.490%	12.78x
27	Gray	245	0.480%	3.39x
28	Campbell	242	0.480%	2.82x
29	Donald	241	0.480%	23.65x
30	Cruickshank	238	0.470%	41.87x
31	Simpson	234	0.460%	2.64x
32	Sutherland	229	0.450%	8.98x
33	Henderson	227	0.450%	4.13x
34	Hay	222	0.440%	11.96x
35	Scott	217	0.430%	1.69x
36	Watson	215	0.420%	1.83x
37	Cooper	199	0.390%	1.62x
38	Nicol	199	0.390%	18.89x
39	Johnston	197	0.390%	4.82x
40	Pirie	197	0.390%	54.39x
41	Rae	197	0.390%	17.08x
42	Christie	195	0.390%	11.88x
43	Robb	187	0.370%	21.36x
44	Baxter	186	0.370%	6.17x
45	Cameron	183	0.360%	4.65x
46	Webster	179	0.350%	4.07x
47	Wood	176	0.350%	1.09x
48	Black	167	0.330%	5.09x
49	Strachan	163	0.320%	18.67x
50	Greig	160	0.320%	19.97x
51	Rennie	160	0.320%	18.10x
52	Martin	159	0.310%	1.28x
53	Ritchie	159	0.310%	9.09x
54	Leslie	157	0.310%	18.73x
55	Findlay	156	0.310%	14.87x
56	Chalmers	151	0.300%	12.53x
57	Wright	148	0.290%	0.91x
58	Morrice	145	0.290%	97.81x
59	Moir	143	0.280%	20.54x
60	Urquhart	143	0.280%	20.11x
61	Cowie	142	0.280%	23.12x
62	Adams	140	0.280%	1.88x
63	Bain	139	0.270%	11.07x
64	Cumming	139	0.270%	14.39x
65	Tough	135	0.270%	69.33x
66	Mackie	133	0.260%	12.29x
67	Beattie	130	0.260%	12.00x
68	Jamieson	130	0.260%	9.22x
69	Thom	126	0.250%	27.84x
70	Sangster	125	0.250%	51.64x
71	Williamson	125	0.250%	2.75x
72	Low	124	0.250%	11.56x
73	Main	123	0.240%	14.84x
74	Coutts	121	0.240%	23.70x
75	Mathieson	121	0.240%	22.69x
76	Donaldson	120	0.240%	8.31x
77	Bisset	119	0.240%	30.00x
78	Masson	117	0.230%	37.66x
79	Hunter	115	0.230%	2.21x
80	Miller	115	0.230%	1.27x
81	Petrie	113	0.220%	18.78x
82	Shepherd	112	0.220%	3.02x
83	Innes	109	0.220%	13.91x
84	Alexander	108	0.210%	4.03x
85	Gibb	107	0.210%	11.97x
86	Philip	103	0.200%	30.50x
87	Esson	102	0.200%	91.29x
88	Ogilvie	102	0.200%	20.83x
89	Booth	99	0.200%	1.98x
90	King	99	0.200%	0.90x
91	Collie	98	0.190%	54.03x
92	Forrest	96	0.190%	7.36x
93	Geddes	96	0.190%	15.82x
94	Gibson	96	0.190%	1.56x
95	Keith	96	0.190%	17.69x
96	Sim	96	0.190%	16.88x
97	Buchan	95	0.190%	14.52x
98	Guyan	95	0.190%	395.83x
99	Skinner	95	0.190%	3.70x
100	Park	94	0.190%	5.99x