1881 census place

Newhills surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Newhills, 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

226 surnames are listed for Newhills, Aberdeenshire, covering 2,559 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Davidson, with 110 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Newhills

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	Davidson	110	1.99%	23.62x
2	Cruickshank	71	1.28%	114.13x
3	Stephen	71	1.28%	73.09x
4	Philip	68	1.23%	183.98x
5	Reid	66	1.19%	11.34x
6	Allan	61	1.10%	17.54x
7	Garden	57	1.03%	246.33x
8	Gill	55	0.990%	14.03x
9	Gordon	48	0.870%	13.75x
10	Sutherland	43	0.780%	15.41x
11	Mackie	42	0.760%	35.46x
12	Forbes	40	0.720%	21.55x
13	Rae	38	0.690%	30.11x
14	Burnett	34	0.610%	22.18x
15	Cowie	34	0.610%	50.57x
16	Kemp	34	0.610%	11.07x
17	Donald	33	0.600%	29.59x
18	Silver	30	0.540%	94.61x
19	Glennie	28	0.510%	207.10x
20	Michie	28	0.510%	103.24x
21	Birnie	27	0.490%	114.46x
22	Bisset	26	0.470%	59.88x
23	Rennie	26	0.470%	26.87x
24	Youngson	26	0.470%	377.91x
25	Abel	25	0.450%	70.07x
26	Dey	25	0.450%	248.51x
27	Low	25	0.450%	21.30x
28	Meldrum	25	0.450%	71.65x
29	Innes	24	0.430%	27.98x
30	Lobban	23	0.420%	358.26x
31	Stratton	23	0.420%	47.92x
32	Massie	22	0.400%	123.60x
33	Adam	21	0.380%	22.07x
34	Elrick	20	0.360%	245.70x
35	Fyfe	20	0.360%	39.33x
36	Guthrie	20	0.360%	28.65x
37	Leslie	20	0.360%	21.81x
38	Moir	20	0.360%	26.25x
39	Coutts	19	0.340%	34.00x
40	Groundwater	19	0.340%	426.01x
41	Petrie	19	0.340%	28.86x
42	Pirie	19	0.340%	47.93x
43	Reith	18	0.320%	184.99x
44	Gillespie	17	0.310%	19.35x
45	Neish	17	0.310%	150.84x
46	Joss	16	0.290%	158.42x
47	Robbie	16	0.290%	125.39x
48	Singer	16	0.290%	71.85x
49	Yule	16	0.290%	57.66x
50	Angus	15	0.270%	18.92x
51	Caird	15	0.270%	133.10x
52	Duguid	15	0.270%	80.43x
53	Farquhar	15	0.270%	34.80x
54	Geddes	15	0.270%	22.59x
55	Howitt	15	0.270%	73.17x
56	Leith	15	0.270%	52.28x
57	Robb	15	0.270%	15.66x
58	Sangster	15	0.270%	56.63x
59	Wyness	15	0.270%	215.21x
60	Gillan	14	0.250%	71.87x
61	Catto	13	0.230%	124.40x
62	Dalgarno	13	0.230%	251.94x
63	Hutcheon	13	0.230%	85.58x
64	Mathieson	13	0.230%	22.28x
65	Ohare	13	0.230%	95.59x
66	Cormack	12	0.220%	28.65x
67	Cromar	12	0.220%	285.71x
68	Maitland	12	0.220%	33.39x
69	Masson	12	0.220%	35.29x
70	Shand	12	0.220%	31.54x
71	Astley	11	0.200%	29.94x
72	Keith	11	0.200%	18.52x
73	Kynoch	11	0.200%	214.84x
74	Lillie	11	0.200%	81.36x
75	Raitt	11	0.200%	220.88x
76	Tough	11	0.200%	51.62x
77	Annand	10	0.180%	141.44x
78	Don	10	0.180%	79.24x
79	Esson	10	0.180%	81.77x
80	Gall	10	0.180%	27.98x
81	Ironside	10	0.180%	52.38x
82	Mellis	10	0.180%	112.87x
83	Millen	10	0.180%	68.97x
84	Mitchel	10	0.180%	18.47x
85	Ogg	10	0.180%	56.56x
86	Ogilvie	10	0.180%	18.66x
87	Oliphant	10	0.180%	46.36x
88	Rust	10	0.180%	34.21x
89	Cheyne	9	0.160%	48.86x
90	Edward	9	0.160%	17.51x
91	Fiddes	9	0.160%	87.21x
92	Kirton	9	0.160%	35.59x
93	Mair	9	0.160%	17.58x
94	Norrie	9	0.160%	52.42x
95	Wyllie	9	0.160%	23.20x
96	Yeats	9	0.160%	58.82x
97	Collie	8	0.140%	40.30x
98	Emslie	8	0.140%	48.05x
99	Harvie	8	0.140%	44.13x
100	Lowden	8	0.140%	44.03x