1881 census place

Banff surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Banff, Banffshire 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

180 surnames are listed for Banff, Banffshire, covering 1,874 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pirie, with 86 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Banff

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	Pirie	86	1.63%	228.36x
2	Mair	79	1.50%	162.42x
3	Watt	66	1.25%	32.70x
4	Barclay	60	1.14%	55.40x
5	Morrison	51	0.970%	12.33x
6	Findlay	48	0.910%	44.02x
7	Christie	46	0.870%	26.96x
8	Stevenson	46	0.870%	12.46x
9	Munro	42	0.800%	17.88x
10	Stuart	42	0.800%	33.44x
11	Cormack	37	0.700%	92.99x
12	Chalmers	34	0.650%	27.14x
13	Cowie	30	0.570%	46.98x
14	Bremner	27	0.510%	59.71x
15	Falconer	26	0.490%	41.42x
16	Strachan	26	0.490%	28.65x
17	Donald	25	0.480%	23.60x
18	Geddes	24	0.460%	38.04x
19	Collie	23	0.440%	121.95x
20	Cumming	23	0.440%	22.90x
21	Murdoch	23	0.440%	25.73x
22	Angus	22	0.420%	29.22x
23	Lorimer	22	0.420%	104.56x
24	Low	22	0.420%	19.73x
25	Lyon	22	0.420%	19.95x
26	Still	22	0.420%	66.39x
27	Fetch	21	0.400%	1050.00x
28	Cruickshank	20	0.380%	33.84x
29	Greenlaw	20	0.380%	566.57x
30	Hutcheon	20	0.380%	138.60x
31	Coutts	18	0.340%	33.90x
32	Joiner	18	0.340%	96.26x
33	Shearer	18	0.340%	26.65x
34	Strachen	18	0.340%	731.71x
35	Greig	17	0.320%	20.41x
36	Geddie	16	0.300%	683.76x
37	Hossack	16	0.300%	138.17x
38	Sim	16	0.300%	27.06x
39	Adam	15	0.290%	16.59x
40	Gerrard	15	0.290%	22.30x
41	Raeburn	14	0.270%	119.76x
42	Mearns	13	0.250%	76.56x
43	Roy	13	0.250%	27.17x
44	Sheriffs	13	0.250%	915.49x
45	Moir	12	0.230%	16.58x
46	Ewen	11	0.210%	49.13x
47	Thom	11	0.210%	23.37x
48	Dallas	10	0.190%	50.30x
49	Gauld	10	0.190%	72.31x
50	Hird	10	0.190%	24.62x
51	Kinnaird	10	0.190%	108.23x
52	Stein	10	0.190%	80.26x
53	Chrystal	9	0.170%	123.97x
54	Cruden	9	0.170%	143.54x
55	Fordyce	9	0.170%	78.67x
56	Gault	9	0.170%	128.02x
57	Grimmond	9	0.170%	284.81x
58	Halket	9	0.170%	287.54x
59	Hosie	9	0.170%	80.14x
60	Longmore	9	0.170%	69.88x
61	Mennie	9	0.170%	123.12x
62	Roger	9	0.170%	49.78x
63	Stimson	9	0.170%	65.17x
64	Aiken	8	0.150%	94.23x
65	Bowie	8	0.150%	17.45x
66	Guild	8	0.150%	69.63x
67	Howat	8	0.150%	49.54x
68	Mavor	8	0.150%	209.97x
69	Melvin	8	0.150%	31.57x
70	Pennie	8	0.150%	347.83x
71	Sivewright	8	0.150%	228.57x
72	Winchester	8	0.150%	39.90x
73	Winton	8	0.150%	40.53x
74	Boyne	7	0.130%	84.44x
75	Craib	7	0.130%	108.02x
76	Dey	7	0.130%	73.22x
77	Gammie	7	0.130%	147.99x
78	Garden	7	0.130%	31.85x
79	Gaul	7	0.130%	116.47x
80	Joss	7	0.130%	72.99x
81	Kynoch	7	0.130%	143.74x
82	Leask	7	0.130%	32.36x
83	Lobban	7	0.130%	114.75x
84	Sellar	7	0.130%	56.04x
85	Shier	7	0.130%	257.35x
86	Duffus	6	0.110%	74.72x
87	Findlater	6	0.110%	77.22x
88	Flett	6	0.110%	26.34x
89	Gatt	6	0.110%	155.84x
90	Imlah	6	0.110%	517.24x
91	Macfarlane	6	0.110%	19.93x
92	Mackrell	6	0.110%	78.33x
93	Monro	6	0.110%	54.89x
94	Seller	6	0.110%	75.19x
95	Whitecross	6	0.110%	93.02x
96	Yeats	6	0.110%	41.29x
97	Bannerman	5	0.100%	27.10x
98	Cassie	5	0.100%	56.56x
99	Dingwall	5	0.100%	23.97x
100	Leggat	5	0.100%	41.05x