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 Dand, with 18 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
701	Dand	18	0.020%	21.51x
702	Duke	18	0.020%	1.53x
703	Fay	18	0.020%	4.26x
704	Galbraith	18	0.020%	1.95x
705	Glenday	18	0.020%	52.33x
706	Grimmond	18	0.020%	29.64x
707	Hays	18	0.020%	4.17x
708	Hepburn	18	0.020%	2.00x
709	Hird	18	0.020%	2.31x
710	Hossack	18	0.020%	8.10x
711	Kirkcaldy	18	0.020%	30.84x
712	Lochhead	18	0.020%	9.88x
713	Louden	18	0.020%	10.30x
714	Mack	18	0.020%	1.77x
715	Markie	18	0.020%	46.81x
716	Meechan	18	0.020%	17.84x
717	Ower	18	0.020%	59.96x
718	Paris	18	0.020%	5.63x
719	Richmond	18	0.020%	0.81x
720	Scullion	18	0.020%	11.80x
721	Skelly	18	0.020%	9.43x
722	Speed	18	0.020%	2.22x
723	Tyrell	18	0.020%	4.87x
724	Tyrie	18	0.020%	16.83x
725	Beedie	17	0.020%	25.71x
726	Brennan	17	0.020%	1.61x
727	Bunch	17	0.020%	10.41x
728	Cairnie	17	0.020%	28.00x
729	Conlin	17	0.020%	9.05x
730	Coventry	17	0.020%	4.25x
731	Doran	17	0.020%	2.02x
732	Durie	17	0.020%	10.04x
733	Farley	17	0.020%	1.34x
734	Farrel	17	0.020%	7.41x
735	Flight	17	0.020%	9.75x
736	Gettins	17	0.020%	36.26x
737	Goodall	17	0.020%	0.79x
738	Gracie	17	0.020%	8.06x
739	Hannah	17	0.020%	1.29x
740	Hannan	17	0.020%	5.29x
741	Hastie	17	0.020%	2.66x
742	Kelman	17	0.020%	9.49x
743	Livie	17	0.020%	46.23x
744	Ormond	17	0.020%	7.91x
745	Sheridan	17	0.020%	2.80x
746	Smyth	17	0.020%	1.80x
747	Thain	17	0.020%	5.21x
748	Auld	16	0.020%	2.63x
749	Bogue	16	0.020%	28.57x
750	Cairncross	16	0.020%	20.71x
751	Cosgrove	16	0.020%	3.25x
752	Crerar	16	0.020%	8.12x
753	Crossan	16	0.020%	11.60x
754	Cruickshanks	16	0.020%	9.72x
755	Dingwall	16	0.020%	4.00x
756	Edgar	16	0.020%	1.03x
757	Ferry	16	0.020%	5.01x
758	Foote	16	0.020%	4.12x
759	Gagan	16	0.020%	46.04x
760	Hampton	16	0.020%	1.00x
761	Herschell	16	0.020%	55.81x
762	Kerwin	16	0.020%	13.75x
763	Kinsella	16	0.020%	10.63x
764	Leckie	16	0.020%	5.05x
765	Leishman	16	0.020%	4.67x
766	Maule	16	0.020%	6.64x
767	Oates	16	0.020%	1.02x
768	Orourke	16	0.020%	14.59x
769	Proudfoot	16	0.020%	3.63x
770	Rankin	16	0.020%	1.07x
771	Rourke	16	0.020%	3.21x
772	Simon	16	0.020%	2.41x
773	Sparks	16	0.020%	1.05x
774	Stobbie	16	0.020%	45.61x
775	Wales	16	0.020%	1.95x
776	Winn	16	0.020%	1.63x
777	Barron	15	0.010%	0.96x
778	Beatson	15	0.010%	7.94x
779	Blaney	15	0.010%	7.37x
780	Burry	15	0.010%	13.00x
781	Cleary	15	0.010%	3.60x
782	Cobb	15	0.010%	1.04x
783	Cormack	15	0.010%	1.96x
784	Corrigan	15	0.010%	3.31x
785	Crowe	15	0.010%	1.49x
786	Dron	15	0.010%	22.92x
787	Dunlop	15	0.010%	0.92x
788	Fitchet	15	0.010%	42.35x
789	Gabriel	15	0.010%	5.61x
790	Gargan	15	0.010%	32.22x
791	Gethins	15	0.010%	171.04x
792	Gowrie	15	0.010%	49.41x
793	Hackney	15	0.010%	3.40x
794	Hennessy	15	0.010%	7.54x
795	Hutcheon	15	0.010%	5.42x
796	Kimmet	15	0.010%	103.45x
797	Leask	15	0.010%	3.61x
798	Leuchars	15	0.010%	53.57x
799	Linton	15	0.010%	1.81x
800	Lockhead	15	0.010%	20.78x