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 Dawson, with 93 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
101	Dawson	93	0.180%	1.67x
102	Laing	91	0.180%	8.95x
103	Mearns	91	0.180%	55.73x
104	Burnett	90	0.180%	6.43x
105	Hutcheon	90	0.180%	64.86x
106	Forsyth	89	0.180%	8.24x
107	Ingram	89	0.180%	5.76x
108	Shand	88	0.170%	25.31x
109	Howie	87	0.170%	17.52x
110	Marr	87	0.170%	15.07x
111	Stuart	87	0.170%	7.20x
112	Kennedy	86	0.170%	2.82x
113	Law	86	0.170%	3.76x
114	Ewen	85	0.170%	39.47x
115	Adam	83	0.160%	9.55x
116	Wallace	83	0.160%	2.39x
117	Douglas	81	0.160%	3.30x
118	Lawson	81	0.160%	2.71x
119	Falconer	80	0.160%	13.25x
120	Hendry	80	0.160%	9.98x
121	Mann	80	0.160%	3.00x
122	Dunn	79	0.160%	1.88x
123	Diack	78	0.150%	145.58x
124	Farquhar	78	0.150%	19.81x
125	Johnstone	78	0.150%	3.41x
126	Beaton	77	0.150%	13.23x
127	Wishart	77	0.150%	19.42x
128	Noble	76	0.150%	3.62x
129	Dunbar	75	0.150%	12.89x
130	Barron	74	0.150%	9.44x
131	Charles	74	0.150%	7.07x
132	Emslie	71	0.140%	46.67x
133	Garden	71	0.140%	33.58x
134	Porter	71	0.140%	1.87x
135	Graham	67	0.130%	1.15x
136	Stevenson	67	0.130%	1.89x
137	Harper	66	0.130%	2.04x
138	Henry	66	0.130%	5.16x
139	Ironside	66	0.130%	37.84x
140	Smart	66	0.130%	2.86x
141	Still	66	0.130%	20.70x
142	Calder	65	0.130%	9.18x
143	Duthie	65	0.130%	23.93x
144	Angus	64	0.130%	8.84x
145	Skene	64	0.130%	51.58x
146	Melvin	63	0.120%	25.85x
147	Begg	62	0.120%	20.13x
148	Cormack	62	0.120%	16.20x
149	Tait	62	0.120%	4.16x
150	Lamb	61	0.120%	2.28x
151	Sharp	61	0.120%	1.45x
152	Barclay	60	0.120%	5.76x
153	Bremner	60	0.120%	13.80x
154	Connon	60	0.120%	91.95x
155	Duff	59	0.120%	6.55x
156	Joss	59	0.120%	63.93x
157	Whyte	59	0.120%	6.87x
158	Brands	58	0.110%	274.62x
159	Elrick	58	0.110%	77.99x
160	Maitland	58	0.110%	17.66x
161	Ogg	58	0.110%	35.89x
162	Jaffray	57	0.110%	81.25x
163	Wyness	57	0.110%	89.45x
164	Copland	56	0.110%	19.76x
165	Dow	56	0.110%	9.18x
166	Davie	55	0.110%	11.79x
167	Fyfe	55	0.110%	11.84x
168	Hepburn	55	0.110%	12.21x
169	Arthur	54	0.110%	4.90x
170	Duguid	54	0.110%	31.69x
171	Ferguson	54	0.110%	1.50x
172	Leiper	54	0.110%	46.44x
173	Rose	54	0.110%	1.44x
174	Cheyne	53	0.100%	31.48x
175	Knowles	53	0.100%	1.96x
176	Fiddes	52	0.100%	55.13x
177	Mortimer	52	0.100%	4.91x
178	Gillanders	51	0.100%	76.58x
179	Hardie	51	0.100%	7.73x
180	Bowman	50	0.100%	3.78x
181	Farquharson	50	0.100%	17.47x
182	Gall	50	0.100%	15.31x
183	Gavin	50	0.100%	19.97x
184	Kemp	50	0.100%	1.78x
185	Stott	50	0.100%	3.16x
186	Downie	49	0.100%	8.25x
187	Lamont	49	0.100%	10.89x
188	Lawrence	49	0.100%	1.49x
189	Deans	48	0.090%	13.98x
190	Mutch	48	0.090%	21.24x
191	Scorgie	48	0.090%	89.02x
192	Mair	47	0.090%	10.05x
193	Michie	47	0.090%	18.97x
194	Will	47	0.090%	22.75x
195	Aitken	46	0.090%	3.46x
196	Mackay	46	0.090%	2.51x
197	Bothwell	45	0.090%	80.67x
198	Burns	45	0.090%	1.32x
199	Gauld	45	0.090%	33.83x
200	Lyon	45	0.090%	4.24x