1881 census place

New Deer surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in New Deer, 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

174 surnames are listed for New Deer, Aberdeenshire, covering 2,379 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ironside, with 102 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in New Deer

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	Ironside	102	2.08%	604.27x
2	Davidson	85	1.74%	20.64x
3	Fowlie	75	1.53%	1048.95x
4	Stephen	71	1.45%	82.67x
5	Henderson	69	1.41%	12.96x
6	Bruce	66	1.35%	28.77x
7	Watt	46	0.940%	24.49x
8	Cruickshank	45	0.920%	81.82x
9	Stuart	43	0.880%	36.79x
10	Knox	39	0.800%	46.38x
11	Robb	39	0.800%	46.04x
12	Dalgarno	38	0.780%	833.33x
13	Littlejohn	38	0.780%	160.81x
14	Park	38	0.780%	25.03x
15	Irvine	34	0.690%	31.51x
16	Murdoch	34	0.690%	40.87x
17	Barron	33	0.670%	43.51x
18	Innes	33	0.670%	43.51x
19	Chalmers	31	0.630%	26.59x
20	Crighton	29	0.590%	149.10x
21	Mackie	29	0.590%	27.69x
22	Forbes	27	0.550%	16.45x
23	Mutch	27	0.550%	123.46x
24	Farquhar	26	0.530%	68.22x
25	Pirie	26	0.530%	74.18x
26	Sangster	24	0.490%	102.48x
27	Dickie	23	0.470%	59.85x
28	Findlay	23	0.470%	22.66x
29	Hutcheon	23	0.470%	171.26x
30	Ogston	23	0.470%	383.33x
31	Shand	23	0.470%	68.37x
32	Strachan	23	0.470%	27.23x
33	Beaton	22	0.450%	39.07x
34	Brebner	22	0.450%	349.21x
35	Cumming	22	0.450%	23.54x
36	Murison	22	0.450%	459.29x
37	Whyte	22	0.450%	26.49x
38	Elrick	21	0.430%	291.67x
39	Moir	21	0.430%	31.17x
40	Panton	21	0.430%	127.12x
41	Greig	20	0.410%	25.80x
42	Jack	20	0.410%	19.22x
43	Mowat	20	0.410%	59.51x
44	Napier	20	0.410%	50.80x
45	Sim	19	0.390%	34.53x
46	Third	18	0.370%	482.57x
47	Cadger	17	0.350%	607.14x
48	Beddie	16	0.330%	860.22x
49	Burr	16	0.330%	40.64x
50	Cassie	16	0.330%	194.41x
51	Cowie	16	0.330%	26.92x
52	Beattie	15	0.310%	14.31x
53	Norrie	15	0.310%	98.81x
54	Catto	14	0.290%	151.52x
55	Gall	14	0.290%	44.30x
56	Kelman	14	0.290%	161.29x
57	Kindness	14	0.290%	703.52x
58	Joiner	13	0.270%	74.71x
59	Keith	13	0.270%	24.76x
60	Laird	13	0.270%	23.64x
61	Mair	13	0.270%	28.72x
62	Rettie	13	0.270%	382.35x
63	Clubb	12	0.250%	140.35x
64	Maitland	12	0.250%	37.76x
65	Wilken	12	0.250%	506.33x
66	Center	11	0.220%	1182.80x
67	Fyvie	11	0.220%	521.33x
68	Pirrie	11	0.220%	130.80x
69	Roger	11	0.220%	65.36x
70	Cocker	10	0.200%	24.89x
71	Finnie	10	0.200%	58.72x
72	Halket	10	0.200%	343.64x
73	Philip	10	0.200%	30.60x
74	Pyper	10	0.200%	191.20x
75	Riach	10	0.200%	117.10x
76	Souter	10	0.200%	37.58x
77	Thain	10	0.200%	63.21x
78	Will	10	0.200%	50.03x
79	Birnie	9	0.180%	43.17x
80	Cheyne	9	0.180%	55.25x
81	Legge	9	0.180%	41.13x
82	Mavor	9	0.180%	253.52x
83	Still	9	0.180%	29.17x
84	Yeats	9	0.180%	66.52x
85	Bothwell	8	0.160%	148.15x
86	Brandie	8	0.160%	1818.18x
87	Brockie	8	0.160%	135.82x
88	Imlah	8	0.160%	740.74x
89	Leel	8	0.160%	975.61x
90	Lorimer	8	0.160%	40.86x
91	Minty	8	0.160%	82.05x
92	Shirran	8	0.160%	484.85x
93	Thom	8	0.160%	18.26x
94	Wight	8	0.160%	31.75x
95	Adie	7	0.140%	66.29x
96	Benzie	7	0.140%	94.09x
97	Carle	7	0.140%	131.33x
98	Chyne	7	0.140%	534.35x
99	Garden	7	0.140%	34.21x
100	Leask	7	0.140%	34.77x