1881 census place

Fraserburgh surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire 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

237 surnames are listed for Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, covering 4,396 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Noble, with 454 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Fraserburgh

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	Noble	454	5.96%	143.58x
2	Burnett	167	2.19%	79.26x
3	Watt	147	1.93%	50.33x
4	Stephen	143	1.88%	107.08x
5	Buchan	120	1.58%	121.90x
6	Mitchell	110	1.44%	7.12x
7	Duthie	96	1.26%	234.89x
8	Ritchie	77	1.01%	29.26x
9	Davidson	75	0.980%	11.71x
10	Crawford	73	0.960%	19.59x
11	Fraser	73	0.960%	10.77x
12	Bruce	72	0.950%	20.18x
13	Cardno	70	0.920%	1141.93x
14	Birnie	64	0.840%	197.41x
15	Innes	64	0.840%	54.27x
16	Sim	64	0.840%	74.81x
17	Whyte	64	0.840%	49.56x
18	Gordon	63	0.830%	13.12x
19	Tait	61	0.800%	27.21x
20	Will	60	0.790%	193.05x
21	Strachan	59	0.770%	44.93x
22	Hendry	58	0.760%	48.08x
23	Mutch	55	0.720%	161.76x
24	Barclay	46	0.600%	29.35x
25	Summers	46	0.600%	21.54x
26	Penny	42	0.550%	30.99x
27	Low	36	0.470%	22.31x
28	Trail	36	0.470%	259.37x
29	Cruickshank	35	0.460%	40.93x
30	Morrice	35	0.460%	156.95x
31	Cheyne	34	0.450%	134.23x
32	Massie	32	0.420%	130.83x
33	Murison	32	0.420%	429.53x
34	Sutherland	32	0.420%	8.34x
35	Robb	31	0.410%	23.54x
36	Blackhall	30	0.390%	219.62x
37	Chalmers	30	0.390%	16.55x
38	Stuart	29	0.380%	15.96x
39	Bisset	27	0.350%	45.23x
40	Pirie	27	0.350%	49.54x
41	Bain	26	0.340%	13.76x
42	Christie	25	0.330%	10.12x
43	Cruden	25	0.330%	275.33x
44	Goodall	25	0.330%	15.33x
45	Jamieson	25	0.330%	11.79x
46	Mackie	25	0.330%	15.35x
47	Tocher	25	0.330%	252.78x
48	Cumming	24	0.320%	16.52x
49	Downie	24	0.320%	26.86x
50	Rennie	24	0.320%	18.04x
51	Hutchison	21	0.280%	16.77x
52	Murdoch	21	0.280%	16.23x
53	Yule	21	0.280%	55.05x
54	Brebner	20	0.260%	204.29x
55	Donald	20	0.260%	13.04x
56	Nicol	20	0.260%	12.62x
57	Carle	19	0.250%	229.19x
58	Elrick	19	0.250%	169.79x
59	Dick	18	0.240%	10.60x
60	Bannerman	17	0.220%	63.67x
61	Geddes	17	0.220%	18.62x
62	Lawrance	17	0.220%	34.19x
63	Dunbar	16	0.210%	18.28x
64	Copeland	15	0.200%	20.81x
65	Cormack	15	0.200%	26.05x
66	Esslemont	15	0.200%	417.83x
67	Guthrie	15	0.200%	15.63x
68	Hepburn	15	0.200%	22.14x
69	Melvin	15	0.200%	40.91x
70	Mundie	15	0.200%	274.22x
71	Pirrie	15	0.200%	114.77x
72	Cranna	14	0.180%	633.48x
73	Mowat	14	0.180%	26.79x
74	Urquhart	14	0.180%	13.09x
75	Calder	13	0.170%	12.21x
76	Gerrard	13	0.170%	13.36x
77	Kelman	13	0.170%	96.30x
78	Livingstone	13	0.170%	18.31x
79	Marr	13	0.170%	14.96x
80	Shirran	13	0.170%	505.84x
81	Cowie	12	0.160%	12.98x
82	Farquhar	12	0.160%	20.25x
83	Laird	12	0.160%	14.04x
84	Sellar	12	0.160%	66.37x
85	Willox	12	0.160%	141.34x
86	Begg	11	0.140%	23.74x
87	Catto	11	0.140%	76.55x
88	Grieve	11	0.140%	12.46x
89	Hadden	11	0.140%	32.53x
90	Ironside	11	0.140%	41.92x
91	Leask	11	0.140%	35.13x
92	Lovie	11	0.140%	158.50x
93	Lumsden	11	0.140%	17.31x
94	Maitland	11	0.140%	22.26x
95	Mowatt	11	0.140%	93.86x
96	Syme	11	0.140%	38.42x
97	Third	11	0.140%	189.66x
98	Thom	11	0.140%	16.15x
99	Adie	10	0.130%	60.86x
100	Finnie	10	0.130%	37.78x