1881 census place

Huntly surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Huntly, 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

154 surnames are listed for Huntly, Aberdeenshire, covering 1,945 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Fraser, with 82 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Huntly

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	Fraser	82	1.86%	20.93x
2	Grant	79	1.79%	18.08x
3	Gordon	76	1.73%	27.39x
4	Morrison	58	1.32%	16.76x
5	Jessiman	56	1.27%	1885.52x
6	Watt	49	1.11%	29.03x
7	Bowie	46	1.05%	119.95x
8	Cruickshank	44	1.00%	89.01x
9	Merson	40	0.910%	804.83x
10	Cowie	38	0.860%	71.13x
11	Shand	38	0.860%	125.66x
12	Barclay	36	0.820%	39.74x
13	Ingram	35	0.800%	26.04x
14	Leslie	35	0.800%	48.02x
15	Mellis	35	0.800%	497.16x
16	Slorach	34	0.770%	2138.36x
17	Lobban	33	0.750%	647.06x
18	Dey	30	0.680%	375.00x
19	Murdoch	30	0.680%	40.12x
20	Christie	28	0.640%	19.62x
21	Forbes	28	0.640%	18.98x
22	Innes	27	0.610%	39.61x
23	Petrie	26	0.590%	49.70x
24	Mearns	25	0.570%	176.06x
25	Fordyce	24	0.550%	250.78x
26	Jamieson	24	0.550%	19.58x
27	Stephen	24	0.550%	31.10x
28	Geddes	23	0.520%	43.59x
29	Donald	22	0.500%	24.83x
30	Hendry	22	0.500%	31.55x
31	Chalmers	21	0.480%	20.04x
32	Shearer	20	0.450%	35.40x
33	Thom	20	0.450%	50.81x
34	Barron	19	0.430%	27.88x
35	Henry	19	0.430%	17.08x
36	Stronach	19	0.430%	256.41x
37	Archibald	18	0.410%	47.37x
38	Dempster	18	0.410%	58.12x
39	Rhind	18	0.410%	171.27x
40	Yule	18	0.410%	81.63x
41	Copland	16	0.360%	64.91x
42	Gatherer	16	0.360%	1134.75x
43	Sellar	16	0.360%	153.11x
44	Brodie	15	0.340%	25.39x
45	Dunbar	15	0.340%	29.66x
46	Adam	14	0.320%	18.52x
47	Brander	14	0.320%	212.12x
48	Chisholm	14	0.320%	21.90x
49	Imlach	14	0.320%	583.33x
50	Mark	14	0.320%	63.23x
51	Ewen	13	0.300%	69.41x
52	Sandison	13	0.300%	117.43x
53	Sivewright	13	0.300%	445.21x
54	Anton	12	0.270%	303.80x
55	Pirie	12	0.270%	38.10x
56	Niven	11	0.250%	35.91x
57	Cobban	10	0.230%	251.89x
58	Gauld	10	0.230%	86.43x
59	Mathieson	10	0.230%	21.56x
60	Bremner	9	0.200%	23.80x
61	Elmslie	9	0.200%	358.57x
62	Fyfe	9	0.200%	22.27x
63	Raitt	9	0.200%	227.85x
64	Riddoch	9	0.200%	171.10x
65	Thain	9	0.200%	63.34x
66	Coull	8	0.180%	53.09x
67	Kinnaird	8	0.180%	103.49x
68	Littlejohn	8	0.180%	37.66x
69	Mathison	8	0.180%	67.17x
70	Michie	8	0.180%	37.12x
71	Newlands	8	0.180%	44.97x
72	Benzie	7	0.160%	104.63x
73	Ewan	7	0.160%	69.86x
74	Garrow	7	0.160%	137.25x
75	Howitt	7	0.160%	42.97x
76	Massie	7	0.160%	49.51x
77	Meldrum	7	0.160%	25.25x
78	Sheriffs	7	0.160%	588.24x
79	Skene	7	0.160%	64.87x
80	Symon	7	0.160%	95.11x
81	Ettles	6	0.140%	521.74x
82	Hanratty	6	0.140%	246.91x
83	Kissack	6	0.140%	96.93x
84	Legge	6	0.140%	30.50x
85	Macpherson	6	0.140%	21.05x
86	Pirrie	6	0.140%	79.37x
87	Rough	6	0.140%	60.36x
88	Will	6	0.140%	33.41x
89	Collie	5	0.110%	31.71x
90	Cran	5	0.110%	80.00x
91	Cruikshank	5	0.110%	76.10x
92	Daun	5	0.110%	531.91x
93	Hynd	5	0.110%	47.89x
94	Roger	5	0.110%	33.07x
95	Snowball	5	0.110%	34.92x
96	Tough	5	0.110%	29.53x
97	Catto	4	0.090%	48.19x
98	Eddie	4	0.090%	62.70x
99	Mavor	4	0.090%	125.39x
100	Munroe	4	0.090%	33.59x