1881 census place

Keith surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Keith, Banffshire 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

202 surnames are listed for Keith, Banffshire, covering 3,136 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Grant, with 148 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Keith

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	148	2.29%	23.09x
2	Robertson	134	2.07%	12.38x
3	Stewart	129	2.00%	12.76x
4	Watt	101	1.56%	40.77x
5	Simpson	95	1.47%	8.41x
6	Fraser	86	1.33%	14.96x
7	Munro	82	1.27%	28.43x
8	Cruickshank	75	1.16%	103.39x
9	Gordon	75	1.16%	18.42x
10	Morrison	70	1.08%	13.79x
11	Allan	59	0.910%	14.55x
12	Laing	53	0.820%	40.84x
13	Davidson	50	0.770%	9.21x
14	Stables	47	0.730%	189.82x
15	George	45	0.700%	11.87x
16	Pirie	45	0.700%	97.34x
17	Hay	44	0.680%	18.57x
18	Stronach	40	0.620%	367.99x
19	Innes	38	0.590%	37.99x
20	Sellar	38	0.590%	247.72x
21	Leslie	36	0.560%	33.66x
22	Moir	36	0.560%	40.52x
23	Hendry	35	0.540%	34.20x
24	Barclay	34	0.530%	25.58x
25	Newlands	34	0.530%	130.27x
26	Milton	32	0.500%	35.94x
27	Robb	32	0.500%	28.64x
28	Forbes	31	0.480%	14.32x
29	Gibb	31	0.480%	27.18x
30	Christie	30	0.460%	14.32x
31	Lobban	29	0.450%	387.70x
32	Cowie	28	0.430%	35.72x
33	Donald	28	0.430%	21.53x
34	Annand	26	0.400%	315.53x
35	Dunbar	25	0.390%	33.68x
36	Ingram	23	0.360%	11.66x
37	Ettles	22	0.340%	1309.52x
38	Gauld	22	0.340%	129.56x
39	Shand	22	0.340%	49.58x
40	Forsyth	21	0.330%	15.24x
41	Rennie	21	0.330%	18.61x
42	Garden	20	0.310%	74.13x
43	Inglis	20	0.310%	18.54x
44	Stephen	20	0.310%	17.66x
45	Findlay	19	0.290%	14.20x
46	Howie	19	0.290%	29.98x
47	Paul	19	0.290%	11.75x
48	Stuart	19	0.290%	12.32x
49	Duff	18	0.280%	15.66x
50	Farquhar	18	0.280%	35.81x
51	Pirrie	18	0.280%	162.31x
52	Wilkie	18	0.280%	19.54x
53	Barron	17	0.260%	17.00x
54	Mearns	17	0.260%	81.57x
55	Cumming	16	0.250%	12.98x
56	Strachan	16	0.250%	14.36x
57	Ledingham	15	0.230%	158.39x
58	Riddoch	15	0.230%	194.30x
59	Bonnyman	14	0.220%	450.16x
60	Calder	14	0.220%	15.50x
61	Merson	14	0.220%	192.04x
62	Sim	14	0.220%	19.29x
63	Skene	14	0.220%	88.44x
64	Bennet	13	0.200%	14.57x
65	Bremner	13	0.200%	23.42x
66	Moggach	13	0.200%	1203.70x
67	Ogg	13	0.200%	63.05x
68	Burges	12	0.190%	74.40x
69	Cockburn	12	0.190%	14.56x
70	Craib	12	0.190%	150.75x
71	Falconer	12	0.190%	15.57x
72	Kelman	12	0.190%	104.80x
73	Mavor	12	0.190%	256.41x
74	Ogilvie	12	0.190%	19.20x
75	Riach	12	0.190%	106.57x
76	Ronald	12	0.190%	52.08x
77	Sandison	12	0.190%	73.89x
78	Symon	12	0.190%	111.01x
79	Will	12	0.190%	45.52x
80	Bowie	11	0.170%	19.55x
81	Brander	11	0.170%	113.64x
82	Shearer	11	0.170%	13.27x
83	Tough	11	0.170%	44.27x
84	Burness	10	0.150%	80.78x
85	Edward	10	0.150%	16.68x
86	Masson	10	0.150%	25.22x
87	Redford	10	0.150%	28.72x
88	Roy	10	0.150%	17.03x
89	Strathdee	10	0.150%	162.60x
90	Cruikshank	9	0.140%	93.36x
91	Dustan	9	0.140%	255.68x
92	Roger	9	0.140%	40.54x
93	Blackhall	8	0.120%	69.08x
94	Garrow	8	0.120%	106.95x
95	Hadden	8	0.120%	27.88x
96	Littlejohn	8	0.120%	25.67x
97	Mill	8	0.120%	20.53x
98	Peterkin	8	0.120%	80.08x
99	Ruxton	8	0.120%	116.62x
100	Benzies	7	0.110%	289.26x