1881 census place

Old Deer surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Old 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

182 surnames are listed for Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, covering 2,485 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Davidson, with 118 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Old 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	Davidson	118	2.30%	27.37x
2	Watt	85	1.66%	43.24x
3	Keith	72	1.40%	131.03x
4	Cruickshank	65	1.27%	112.91x
5	Ritchie	60	1.17%	33.87x
6	Webster	60	1.17%	13.46x
7	Bruce	57	1.11%	23.74x
8	Wallace	54	1.05%	15.38x
9	Stephen	49	0.960%	54.51x
10	Buchan	44	0.860%	66.40x
11	Finnie	44	0.860%	246.91x
12	Pirie	42	0.820%	114.47x
13	Cumming	37	0.720%	37.82x
14	Mackie	37	0.720%	33.75x
15	Dickie	35	0.680%	87.00x
16	Cheyne	33	0.640%	193.55x
17	Rennie	33	0.640%	36.85x
18	Robb	31	0.600%	34.97x
19	Penny	29	0.570%	31.79x
20	Stott	29	0.570%	18.11x
21	Forbes	28	0.550%	16.30x
22	Morrice	26	0.510%	173.22x
23	Birnie	25	0.490%	114.52x
24	Cassie	25	0.490%	290.36x
25	Chalmers	25	0.490%	20.48x
26	Findlay	25	0.490%	23.53x
27	Urquhart	25	0.490%	34.71x
28	Catto	24	0.470%	248.19x
29	Dinnes	24	0.470%	1188.12x
30	Herd	24	0.470%	63.75x
31	Moir	24	0.470%	34.03x
32	Sangster	24	0.470%	97.88x
33	Shand	24	0.470%	68.14x
34	Ironside	23	0.450%	130.16x
35	Ogston	23	0.450%	366.24x
36	Farquhar	22	0.430%	55.15x
37	Stuart	22	0.430%	17.98x
38	Greig	21	0.410%	25.88x
39	Junor	21	0.410%	417.50x
40	Dalgarno	20	0.390%	418.41x
41	Forrest	20	0.390%	15.13x
42	Laing	20	0.390%	19.42x
43	Third	20	0.390%	512.82x
44	Will	20	0.390%	95.60x
45	Irvine	19	0.370%	16.82x
46	Lovie	19	0.370%	406.85x
47	Barclay	18	0.350%	17.06x
48	Thom	18	0.350%	39.26x
49	Adie	17	0.330%	153.71x
50	Knox	17	0.330%	19.32x
51	Michie	17	0.330%	67.73x
52	Angus	16	0.310%	21.81x
53	Beagrie	16	0.310%	1333.33x
54	Trail	16	0.310%	171.12x
55	Willox	16	0.310%	279.72x
56	Bisset	15	0.290%	37.33x
57	Crichton	15	0.290%	34.29x
58	Maitland	15	0.290%	45.10x
59	Norrie	15	0.290%	94.40x
60	Peter	15	0.290%	83.61x
61	Robbie	15	0.290%	127.01x
62	Yule	15	0.290%	58.41x
63	Cruden	14	0.270%	229.13x
64	Gall	14	0.270%	42.32x
65	Matthew	14	0.270%	36.17x
66	Mutch	14	0.270%	61.16x
67	Skene	14	0.270%	111.38x
68	Slessor	14	0.270%	355.33x
69	Faith	13	0.250%	276.01x
70	Low	13	0.250%	11.97x
71	Sim	13	0.250%	22.57x
72	Cowie	12	0.230%	19.29x
73	Davie	12	0.230%	25.41x
74	Roger	12	0.230%	68.10x
75	Annand	11	0.210%	168.20x
76	Lawrance	11	0.210%	32.87x
77	Marr	11	0.210%	18.81x
78	Minty	11	0.210%	107.84x
79	Parley	10	0.200%	769.23x
80	Still	10	0.200%	30.97x
81	Cadger	9	0.180%	307.17x
82	Forest	9	0.180%	61.18x
83	Fowlie	9	0.180%	120.32x
84	Murison	9	0.180%	179.28x
85	Rettie	9	0.180%	252.81x
86	Beddie	8	0.160%	410.26x
87	Cantley	8	0.160%	350.88x
88	Clyne	8	0.160%	115.44x
89	Kelman	8	0.160%	88.01x
90	Ledingham	8	0.160%	106.38x
91	Thow	8	0.160%	168.78x
92	Whitecross	8	0.160%	127.39x
93	Yeats	8	0.160%	56.50x
94	Boner	7	0.140%	397.73x
95	Carle	7	0.140%	125.45x
96	Clubb	7	0.140%	78.21x
97	Connon	7	0.140%	105.90x
98	Diack	7	0.140%	128.91x
99	Duguid	7	0.140%	40.56x
100	Machray	7	0.140%	351.76x