1881 census place

Mortlach surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Mortlach, 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

89 surnames are listed for Mortlach, Banffshire, covering 1,097 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Grant, with 122 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Mortlach

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	122	4.12%	41.55x
2	Stuart	75	2.53%	106.20x
3	Innes	71	2.40%	154.95x
4	Moir	47	1.59%	115.48x
5	Gordon	44	1.49%	23.59x
6	Garden	33	1.12%	266.99x
7	Shand	33	1.12%	162.40x
8	Ramsay	31	1.05%	40.68x
9	Cruickshank	30	1.01%	90.28x
10	Duff	30	1.01%	56.98x
11	Spence	27	0.910%	27.58x
12	Craib	26	0.880%	712.33x
13	Strathdee	26	0.880%	921.99x
14	Gauld	19	0.640%	244.22x
15	Leslie	19	0.640%	38.78x
16	Mackie	19	0.640%	30.03x
17	Nicoll	19	0.640%	70.68x
18	Peddie	19	0.640%	240.81x
19	Farquharson	18	0.610%	107.59x
20	Pirie	17	0.570%	80.30x
21	Begg	16	0.540%	88.89x
22	Shearer	16	0.540%	42.14x
23	Kelman	15	0.510%	285.71x
24	Wiseman	14	0.470%	34.45x
25	Dey	12	0.410%	223.05x
26	Petrie	12	0.410%	34.13x
27	Roy	12	0.410%	44.63x
28	Beaton	11	0.370%	32.33x
29	Dunbar	11	0.370%	32.35x
30	Shiach	11	0.370%	797.10x
31	Garrow	10	0.340%	291.55x
32	Kellas	10	0.340%	462.96x
33	Meldrum	10	0.340%	53.68x
34	Sellar	10	0.340%	142.45x
35	Stronach	10	0.340%	200.80x
36	Keil	9	0.300%	671.64x
37	Tough	9	0.300%	79.09x
38	Aberdein	8	0.270%	563.38x
39	Eddie	8	0.270%	186.48x
40	Ferrier	8	0.270%	46.48x
41	Morrice	8	0.270%	92.27x
42	Symon	8	0.270%	161.62x
43	Brander	7	0.240%	157.66x
44	Dallas	7	0.240%	62.67x
45	Lorimer	7	0.240%	59.17x
46	Strath	7	0.240%	434.78x
47	Sangster	6	0.200%	42.40x
48	Steuart	6	0.200%	350.88x
49	Yeats	6	0.200%	73.44x
50	Annand	5	0.170%	132.63x
51	Brockie	5	0.170%	140.45x
52	Collie	5	0.170%	47.17x
53	Rankine	5	0.170%	33.31x
54	Callum	4	0.140%	120.12x
55	Findlater	4	0.140%	91.53x
56	Lipp	4	0.140%	571.43x
57	Mellis	4	0.140%	84.57x
58	Cheyne	3	0.100%	30.49x
59	Jessiman	3	0.100%	150.00x
60	Kettles	3	0.100%	103.09x
61	Sandieson	3	0.100%	306.12x
62	Walkinshaw	3	0.100%	89.29x
63	Anton	2	0.070%	75.19x
64	Badenoch	2	0.070%	137.93x
65	Bells	2	0.070%	131.58x
66	Carnie	2	0.070%	39.37x
67	Cruden	2	0.070%	56.66x
68	Hannigan	2	0.070%	83.33x
69	Morren	2	0.070%	126.58x
70	Sandison	2	0.070%	26.88x
71	Shewan	2	0.070%	53.05x
72	Younie	2	0.070%	108.70x
73	Cattanach	1	0.030%	26.74x
74	Fenter	1	0.030%	5000.00x
75	Grigor	1	0.030%	29.07x
76	Izatt	1	0.030%	35.09x
77	Loggie	1	0.030%	48.54x
78	Malcom	1	0.030%	42.02x
79	Mennie	1	0.030%	24.33x
80	Merson	1	0.030%	29.94x
81	Perie	1	0.030%	156.25x
82	Perrie	1	0.030%	29.50x
83	Phin	1	0.030%	45.25x
84	Phinn	1	0.030%	90.91x
85	Rabson	1	0.030%	111.11x
86	Riach	1	0.030%	19.38x
87	Ried	1	0.030%	57.47x
88	Sheed	1	0.030%	97.09x
89	Wisely	1	0.030%	120.48x