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 Melvin, with 24 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
601	Melvin	24	0.020%	4.93x
602	Moncrieff	24	0.020%	9.43x
603	Nicolson	24	0.020%	2.06x
604	Nixon	24	0.020%	0.78x
605	Phillip	24	0.020%	4.68x
606	Spankie	24	0.020%	100.21x
607	Tulloch	24	0.020%	3.58x
608	Burk	23	0.020%	6.33x
609	Calman	23	0.020%	47.34x
610	Chaplin	23	0.020%	1.59x
611	Culross	23	0.020%	75.76x
612	Gamble	23	0.020%	1.59x
613	Halkett	23	0.020%	37.88x
614	Halley	23	0.020%	6.06x
615	Hawthorn	23	0.020%	3.93x
616	Horsburgh	23	0.020%	9.23x
617	Kermack	23	0.020%	59.82x
618	Lesslie	23	0.020%	33.26x
619	Liddle	23	0.020%	1.93x
620	Pryde	23	0.020%	8.22x
621	Sands	23	0.020%	2.03x
622	Scotland	23	0.020%	7.98x
623	Spink	23	0.020%	2.82x
624	Third	23	0.020%	29.90x
625	Bannerman	22	0.020%	6.21x
626	Braid	22	0.020%	5.93x
627	Christison	22	0.020%	13.28x
628	Colman	22	0.020%	2.34x
629	Crow	22	0.020%	1.44x
630	Dallas	22	0.020%	5.77x
631	Downs	22	0.020%	1.22x
632	Drysdale	22	0.020%	2.58x
633	Fettes	22	0.020%	24.15x
634	Fitzgerald	22	0.020%	1.25x
635	Greive	22	0.020%	16.14x
636	Lundie	22	0.020%	12.56x
637	Mains	22	0.020%	13.28x
638	Masson	22	0.020%	3.55x
639	Miln	22	0.020%	46.59x
640	Napier	22	0.020%	2.71x
641	Scrymgeour	22	0.020%	48.31x
642	Simson	22	0.020%	8.37x
643	Thow	22	0.020%	23.54x
644	Yeaman	22	0.020%	18.90x
645	Air	21	0.020%	34.39x
646	Arnott	21	0.020%	2.47x
647	Auchterlonie	21	0.020%	30.22x
648	Barry	21	0.020%	1.15x
649	Begbie	21	0.020%	13.47x
650	Buchan	21	0.020%	1.61x
651	Cummings	21	0.020%	1.35x
652	Dye	21	0.020%	3.13x
653	Elliot	21	0.020%	0.81x
654	England	21	0.020%	1.01x
655	Gilmartin	21	0.020%	32.09x
656	Gilruth	21	0.020%	77.81x
657	Harkins	21	0.020%	9.19x
658	Keddie	21	0.020%	6.95x
659	Patullo	21	0.020%	44.79x
660	Sherriff	21	0.020%	6.77x
661	Cavanagh	20	0.020%	2.62x
662	Connely	20	0.020%	10.74x
663	Cree	20	0.020%	6.63x
664	Dalgety	20	0.020%	30.40x
665	Kirkland	20	0.020%	2.22x
666	Laurie	20	0.020%	2.30x
667	Loney	20	0.020%	13.92x
668	Lownie	20	0.020%	61.77x
669	Macpherson	20	0.020%	3.06x
670	Mearns	20	0.020%	6.14x
671	Moran	20	0.020%	1.08x
672	Oneill	20	0.020%	3.11x
673	Pattie	20	0.020%	23.07x
674	Steele	20	0.020%	0.74x
675	Taggart	20	0.020%	5.24x
676	Westwood	20	0.020%	1.18x
677	Arnot	19	0.020%	6.10x
678	Benvie	19	0.020%	48.97x
679	Buttar	19	0.020%	104.28x
680	Caird	19	0.020%	9.25x
681	Carswell	19	0.020%	5.14x
682	Connel	19	0.020%	10.22x
683	Cowan	19	0.020%	0.92x
684	Dougall	19	0.020%	6.04x
685	Emslie	19	0.020%	6.26x
686	Gauld	19	0.020%	7.16x
687	Hanton	19	0.020%	10.81x
688	Hogan	19	0.020%	1.87x
689	Kydd	19	0.020%	10.83x
690	Love	19	0.020%	0.79x
691	Moonie	19	0.020%	51.20x
692	Parks	19	0.020%	1.81x
693	Piggot	19	0.020%	20.18x
694	Sidey	19	0.020%	17.55x
695	Torrance	19	0.020%	4.27x
696	Tullis	19	0.020%	20.18x
697	Adie	18	0.020%	8.26x
698	Arkley	18	0.020%	16.89x
699	Barret	18	0.020%	6.28x
700	Chaplain	18	0.020%	24.59x