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 Lovie, with 5 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
101	Lovie	5	0.100%	104.17x
102	Morison	5	0.100%	18.64x
103	Sleigh	5	0.100%	42.59x
104	Soutar	5	0.100%	26.67x
105	Torry	5	0.100%	119.62x
106	Will	5	0.100%	23.28x
107	Castles	4	0.080%	124.22x
108	Cowieson	4	0.080%	303.03x
109	Devon	4	0.080%	82.47x
110	Dyce	4	0.080%	165.98x
111	Ironside	4	0.080%	22.05x
112	Ledingham	4	0.080%	51.88x
113	Rannie	4	0.080%	143.37x
114	Benzie	3	0.060%	37.50x
115	Borrowman	3	0.060%	104.17x
116	Durno	3	0.060%	98.04x
117	Fowlie	3	0.060%	39.06x
118	Gregor	3	0.060%	34.13x
119	Kelman	3	0.060%	32.15x
120	Massie	3	0.060%	17.74x
121	Merson	3	0.060%	50.51x
122	Phimister	3	0.060%	93.17x
123	Riddel	3	0.060%	37.59x
124	Sherriffs	3	0.060%	116.73x
125	Windus	3	0.060%	125.52x
126	Allardyce	2	0.040%	38.31x
127	Badenoch	2	0.040%	77.52x
128	Cobban	2	0.040%	42.19x
129	Coghill	2	0.040%	19.19x
130	Cosser	2	0.040%	56.34x
131	Cran	2	0.040%	26.77x
132	Croll	2	0.040%	20.24x
133	Florence	2	0.040%	19.25x
134	Garrow	2	0.040%	32.79x
135	Halkett	2	0.040%	63.29x
136	Largue	2	0.040%	307.69x
137	Scotland	2	0.040%	13.32x
138	Sievewright	2	0.040%	93.46x
139	Sievwright	2	0.040%	113.64x
140	Traill	2	0.040%	27.55x
141	Wans	2	0.040%	476.19x
142	Wattson	2	0.040%	113.64x
143	Annand	1	0.020%	14.90x
144	Anton	1	0.020%	21.14x
145	Birse	1	0.020%	16.89x
146	Brander	1	0.020%	12.67x
147	Cadger	1	0.020%	33.33x
148	Callum	1	0.020%	16.89x
149	Cassels	1	0.020%	10.50x
150	Coull	1	0.020%	5.55x
151	Craigen	1	0.020%	37.88x
152	Dayle	1	0.020%	555.56x
153	Diack	1	0.020%	17.95x
154	Ferries	1	0.020%	21.55x
155	Ferrington	1	0.020%	50.76x
156	Flaws	1	0.020%	33.67x
157	Gammack	1	0.020%	86.21x
158	Geggie	1	0.020%	43.86x
159	Goodbrand	1	0.020%	40.65x
160	Goosey	1	0.020%	21.46x
161	Grieg	1	0.020%	28.01x
162	Harthill	1	0.020%	55.25x
163	Imlach	1	0.020%	34.97x
164	Kiloh	1	0.020%	45.25x
165	Leys	1	0.020%	21.01x
166	Massen	1	0.020%	95.24x
167	Mustard	1	0.020%	13.35x
168	Nicole	1	0.020%	44.44x
169	Perie	1	0.020%	87.72x
170	Pyper	1	0.020%	17.79x
171	Raffan	1	0.020%	43.86x
172	Riddoch	1	0.020%	15.90x
173	Ridgwell	1	0.020%	14.37x
174	Shee	1	0.020%	26.25x
175	Slorach	1	0.020%	52.63x
176	Sorrie	1	0.020%	70.92x
177	Tawse	1	0.020%	17.89x
178	Tocher	1	0.020%	14.62x
179	Waterston	1	0.020%	13.11x
180	Willox	1	0.020%	17.04x