1881 census place

Elgin surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Elgin, Morayshire 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

268 surnames are listed for Elgin, Morayshire, covering 4,720 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Grant, with 233 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Elgin

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
1	Grant	233	2.64%	26.59x
2	Anderson	196	2.22%	11.24x
3	Fraser	185	2.10%	23.54x
4	Ross	177	2.00%	18.34x
5	Simpson	133	1.51%	8.61x
6	Gordon	123	1.39%	22.10x
7	Cameron	107	1.21%	15.59x
8	Munro	105	1.19%	26.64x
9	Reid	96	1.09%	10.35x
10	Allan	87	0.990%	15.69x
11	Forsyth	87	0.990%	46.18x
12	Russell	81	0.920%	7.51x
13	Murdoch	78	0.880%	52.00x
14	Falconer	73	0.830%	69.31x
15	Christie	71	0.800%	24.80x
16	Asher	69	0.780%	184.69x
17	Ogilvie	62	0.700%	72.58x
18	Morrison	61	0.690%	8.79x
19	Davidson	60	0.680%	8.08x
20	Masson	57	0.650%	105.19x
21	Hay	55	0.620%	16.98x
22	Macdonald	55	0.620%	15.70x
23	Mackenzie	55	0.620%	22.25x
24	Mackay	53	0.600%	16.60x
25	Sim	52	0.590%	52.42x
26	Innes	48	0.540%	35.11x
27	Urquhart	48	0.540%	38.70x
28	Sutherland	46	0.520%	10.34x
29	Robb	41	0.460%	26.85x
30	Gow	37	0.420%	53.04x
31	Laing	37	0.420%	20.86x
32	Logie	36	0.410%	140.35x
33	Nicol	35	0.400%	19.04x
34	Stephen	33	0.370%	21.32x
35	Hardie	32	0.360%	27.80x
36	Harrold	32	0.360%	80.34x
37	Jeans	31	0.350%	104.41x
38	Shiach	31	0.350%	750.61x
39	Stuart	30	0.340%	14.24x
40	Cruickshank	29	0.330%	29.25x
41	French	29	0.330%	6.73x
42	Proctor	29	0.330%	13.36x
43	Sime	29	0.330%	81.97x
44	Grigor	28	0.320%	272.90x
45	Hendry	27	0.310%	19.30x
46	Petrie	27	0.310%	25.73x
47	Shanks	26	0.290%	38.73x
48	Cumming	25	0.280%	14.84x
49	Dunbar	25	0.280%	24.64x
50	Jack	25	0.280%	13.32x
51	Leslie	25	0.280%	17.10x
52	Hossack	24	0.270%	123.52x
53	Riach	23	0.260%	149.45x
54	Stronach	23	0.260%	154.78x
55	Bain	22	0.250%	10.04x
56	Farquhar	22	0.250%	32.02x
57	Ralph	22	0.250%	16.36x
58	Duff	21	0.240%	13.37x
59	Findlay	21	0.240%	11.48x
60	Garden	21	0.240%	56.94x
61	Melvin	21	0.240%	49.39x
62	Archibald	20	0.230%	26.24x
63	Mellis	20	0.230%	141.64x
64	Dick	19	0.220%	9.65x
65	Rhind	18	0.200%	85.39x
66	Shand	18	0.200%	29.68x
67	Thom	17	0.190%	21.53x
68	Barron	16	0.180%	11.70x
69	Boyne	16	0.180%	114.94x
70	Brander	16	0.180%	120.85x
71	Chisholm	16	0.180%	12.48x
72	Gair	16	0.180%	68.43x
73	Joss	16	0.180%	99.38x
74	Mackintosh	16	0.180%	27.08x
75	Peterkin	16	0.180%	117.22x
76	Pirie	16	0.180%	25.32x
77	Younie	16	0.180%	291.97x
78	Ettles	15	0.170%	652.17x
79	Gillies	15	0.170%	11.88x
80	Moir	15	0.170%	12.35x
81	Souter	15	0.170%	31.27x
82	Calder	14	0.160%	11.34x
83	Gallon	14	0.160%	64.34x
84	Gerrie	14	0.160%	140.42x
85	Hepburn	14	0.160%	17.82x
86	Hutcheson	14	0.160%	30.89x
87	Malcolm	14	0.160%	12.06x
88	Sellar	14	0.160%	66.79x
89	Tulloch	14	0.160%	23.89x
90	Cowie	13	0.150%	12.13x
91	Menzies	13	0.150%	11.33x
92	Ogg	13	0.150%	46.12x
93	Phimister	13	0.150%	240.74x
94	Rankin	13	0.150%	9.91x
95	Storm	13	0.150%	115.15x
96	Garrow	12	0.140%	117.30x
97	Geddes	12	0.140%	11.34x
98	Gregor	12	0.140%	81.41x
99	Maclean	12	0.140%	12.29x
100	Bowie	11	0.120%	14.30x