1881 census place

Dundee surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dundee, Angus 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

2,342 surnames are listed for Dundee, Angus, covering 78,368 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Urquhart, with 85 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dundee

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	Urquhart	85	0.080%	5.99x
202	Crawford	84	0.080%	1.70x
203	Crighton	84	0.080%	20.94x
204	Kinnear	84	0.080%	17.14x
205	Spalding	84	0.080%	11.61x
206	Tait	84	0.080%	2.82x
207	Bennet	83	0.080%	5.95x
208	Connelly	83	0.080%	8.85x
209	Knight	83	0.080%	0.67x
210	Lowson	83	0.080%	35.97x
211	Downie	82	0.080%	6.92x
212	Edward	82	0.080%	8.75x
213	Cumming	81	0.080%	4.20x
214	Guild	81	0.080%	36.71x
215	Gowans	80	0.080%	24.60x
216	Rennie	80	0.080%	4.53x
217	Burnett	79	0.080%	2.83x
218	Carmichael	79	0.080%	5.46x
219	Roy	79	0.080%	8.60x
220	Stark	79	0.080%	5.71x
221	Ferrier	78	0.080%	13.27x
222	Flynn	78	0.080%	4.03x
223	Norrie	77	0.080%	24.59x
224	Brodie	76	0.080%	5.60x
225	Fenton	76	0.080%	3.77x
226	Lamond	76	0.080%	22.02x
227	Macdonald	76	0.080%	1.90x
228	Guthrie	75	0.070%	5.89x
229	Dawson	74	0.070%	0.66x
230	Gellatly	74	0.070%	53.37x
231	Stephen	74	0.070%	4.18x
232	Farquhar	73	0.070%	9.29x
233	Geekie	73	0.070%	69.58x
234	Heron	72	0.070%	7.43x
235	Ness	72	0.070%	15.70x
236	Obrien	72	0.070%	4.82x
237	Storrier	72	0.070%	142.29x
238	Conway	71	0.070%	3.75x
239	Steven	71	0.070%	9.27x
240	Gourlay	70	0.070%	12.50x
241	Lumsden	70	0.070%	8.31x
242	Banks	69	0.070%	1.33x
243	Burke	69	0.070%	2.32x
244	Calder	69	0.070%	4.88x
245	Dolan	69	0.070%	7.85x
246	Irvine	69	0.070%	3.10x
247	Leighton	69	0.070%	6.35x
248	Leonard	69	0.070%	3.15x
249	Lyall	69	0.070%	10.02x
250	Phin	69	0.070%	91.31x
251	Tosh	69	0.070%	30.53x
252	Croll	68	0.070%	35.86x
253	Docherty	68	0.070%	4.53x
254	Forrester	68	0.070%	5.01x
255	Gorrie	68	0.070%	31.59x
256	Heggie	68	0.070%	24.37x
257	Higgins	68	0.070%	1.33x
258	Mooney	68	0.070%	5.80x
259	Murdoch	68	0.070%	3.96x
260	Bowman	67	0.070%	2.54x
261	Crockatt	67	0.070%	124.14x
262	Devlin	67	0.070%	8.10x
263	Fernie	67	0.070%	22.21x
264	Finlayson	67	0.070%	5.76x
265	Hardie	67	0.070%	5.09x
266	Hynd	67	0.070%	27.97x
267	Carnegie	66	0.070%	19.90x
268	Morton	66	0.070%	1.22x
269	Barnet	65	0.060%	13.43x
270	Brand	65	0.060%	4.36x
271	Inglis	65	0.060%	3.85x
272	Latto	65	0.060%	54.43x
273	Meldrum	65	0.060%	10.22x
274	Balfour	64	0.060%	9.09x
275	Cant	64	0.060%	10.21x
276	Coyle	64	0.060%	9.33x
277	Duffus	64	0.060%	41.51x
278	Kinmond	64	0.060%	114.98x
279	Scrimgeour	64	0.060%	41.24x
280	Stuart	64	0.060%	2.65x
281	Bremner	63	0.060%	7.26x
282	Dargie	63	0.060%	65.52x
283	Mulligan	63	0.060%	11.15x
284	Prain	63	0.060%	107.33x
285	Tasker	63	0.060%	5.86x
286	High	62	0.060%	13.57x
287	Logan	62	0.060%	2.59x
288	Powrie	62	0.060%	67.81x
289	Sandeman	62	0.060%	45.05x
290	Arthur	61	0.060%	2.77x
291	Bain	61	0.060%	2.43x
292	Coutts	61	0.060%	5.99x
293	Fyfe	61	0.060%	6.58x
294	Haggart	61	0.060%	24.97x
295	Quin	61	0.060%	5.63x
296	Howie	60	0.060%	6.05x
297	Mathew	60	0.060%	15.82x
298	Niven	60	0.060%	8.53x
299	Sword	60	0.060%	29.99x
300	Gillan	59	0.060%	16.61x