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 Glen, with 43 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
401	Glen	43	0.040%	4.30x
402	Mackenzie	43	0.040%	1.52x
403	Montgomery	43	0.040%	2.68x
404	Oneil	43	0.040%	4.24x
405	Suttie	43	0.040%	14.77x
406	Wyllie	43	0.040%	6.08x
407	Buist	42	0.040%	21.06x
408	Cruickshank	42	0.040%	3.70x
409	Fenwick	42	0.040%	3.17x
410	Marnie	42	0.040%	83.00x
411	Mollison	42	0.040%	18.64x
412	Rowan	42	0.040%	6.46x
413	Winter	42	0.040%	1.17x
414	Boath	41	0.040%	36.28x
415	Fotheringham	41	0.040%	9.65x
416	Leitch	41	0.040%	4.25x
417	Meek	41	0.040%	3.49x
418	Stratton	41	0.040%	4.68x
419	Carey	40	0.040%	2.10x
420	Carroll	40	0.040%	1.97x
421	Connolly	40	0.040%	3.41x
422	Deuchars	40	0.040%	50.67x
423	Fender	40	0.040%	25.95x
424	Imrie	40	0.040%	10.13x
425	Isles	40	0.040%	14.66x
426	Mechan	40	0.040%	36.26x
427	Methven	40	0.040%	17.33x
428	Moffat	40	0.040%	2.19x
429	Nolan	40	0.040%	2.90x
430	Birse	39	0.040%	34.30x
431	Brannan	39	0.040%	5.71x
432	Innes	39	0.040%	2.49x
433	Marr	39	0.040%	3.38x
434	Nelson	39	0.040%	0.80x
435	Stirling	39	0.040%	2.97x
436	Weir	39	0.040%	1.48x
437	Bertie	38	0.040%	46.17x
438	Craighead	38	0.040%	41.87x
439	Esplin	38	0.040%	29.96x
440	Forrest	38	0.040%	1.46x
441	Hagan	38	0.040%	7.52x
442	Mortimer	38	0.040%	1.80x
443	Stott	38	0.040%	1.20x
444	Dundas	37	0.040%	19.34x
445	Mair	37	0.040%	3.96x
446	Penman	37	0.040%	5.60x
447	Roger	37	0.040%	10.66x
448	Sloan	37	0.040%	3.89x
449	Woods	37	0.040%	0.58x
450	Wynd	37	0.040%	91.40x
451	Caithness	36	0.040%	46.80x
452	Gaffney	36	0.040%	10.50x
453	Grubb	36	0.040%	5.76x
454	Keillor	36	0.040%	50.58x
455	Little	36	0.040%	0.75x
456	Macgregor	36	0.040%	8.53x
457	Philips	36	0.040%	1.92x
458	Rea	36	0.040%	6.34x
459	Borland	35	0.030%	8.01x
460	Brough	35	0.030%	2.83x
461	Gillies	35	0.030%	2.42x
462	Kenny	35	0.030%	2.89x
463	Luke	35	0.030%	3.56x
464	Pirie	35	0.030%	4.84x
465	Skene	35	0.030%	14.13x
466	Stiven	35	0.030%	66.93x
467	Towns	35	0.030%	10.81x
468	Boyack	34	0.030%	75.22x
469	Chisholm	34	0.030%	2.32x
470	Constable	34	0.030%	3.04x
471	Geddes	34	0.030%	2.81x
472	Gilligan	34	0.030%	13.19x
473	Jolly	34	0.030%	2.37x
474	Kidney	34	0.030%	28.07x
475	Lowrie	34	0.030%	9.82x
476	Malcom	34	0.030%	41.82x
477	Mustard	34	0.030%	23.66x
478	Ogg	34	0.030%	10.54x
479	Summers	34	0.030%	1.20x
480	Thom	34	0.030%	3.76x
481	Trayner	34	0.030%	35.24x
482	Walls	34	0.030%	2.80x
483	Whitecross	34	0.030%	27.46x
484	Whitelaw	34	0.030%	5.65x
485	Whytock	34	0.030%	53.33x
486	Allison	33	0.030%	1.15x
487	Birnie	33	0.030%	7.67x
488	Fitzpatrick	33	0.030%	2.23x
489	Fullerton	33	0.030%	7.72x
490	Garvie	33	0.030%	18.56x
491	Honeyman	33	0.030%	9.99x
492	Lawrie	33	0.030%	3.41x
493	Macfarlane	33	0.030%	5.71x
494	Moyes	33	0.030%	7.61x
495	Noble	33	0.030%	0.79x
496	Oram	33	0.030%	4.19x
497	Paul	33	0.030%	1.30x
498	Carlin	32	0.030%	6.23x
499	Donachie	32	0.030%	24.77x
500	Farmer	32	0.030%	1.01x