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 Massie, with 7 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
101	Massie	7	0.140%	42.50x
102	Michael	7	0.140%	25.40x
103	Scorgie	7	0.140%	128.21x
104	Scroggie	7	0.140%	165.48x
105	Selbie	7	0.140%	296.61x
106	Strath	7	0.140%	250.90x
107	Craighead	6	0.120%	130.15x
108	Elrick	6	0.120%	79.68x
109	Joss	6	0.120%	64.17x
110	Kilgour	6	0.120%	31.80x
111	Middler	6	0.120%	594.06x
112	Pyper	6	0.120%	109.49x
113	Soutter	6	0.120%	118.11x
114	Swanson	6	0.120%	15.98x
115	Wyness	6	0.120%	93.02x
116	Brebner	5	0.100%	75.87x
117	Leask	5	0.100%	23.73x
118	Morison	5	0.100%	19.13x
119	Riddler	5	0.100%	292.40x
120	Slesser	5	0.100%	510.20x
121	Thain	5	0.100%	30.21x
122	Youll	5	0.100%	166.11x
123	Abernethy	4	0.080%	33.76x
124	Cobban	4	0.080%	86.58x
125	Gammack	4	0.080%	353.98x
126	Imlah	4	0.080%	353.98x
127	Mess	4	0.080%	227.27x
128	Mundie	4	0.080%	108.70x
129	Troup	4	0.080%	33.73x
130	Wildgoose	4	0.080%	29.13x
131	Youle	4	0.080%	64.72x
132	Aiken	3	0.060%	36.28x
133	Beedie	3	0.060%	89.29x
134	Fordyce	3	0.060%	26.93x
135	Kells	3	0.060%	160.43x
136	Aden	2	0.040%	166.67x
137	Birse	2	0.040%	34.66x
138	Cardno	2	0.040%	48.43x
139	Carnie	2	0.040%	22.73x
140	Eddie	2	0.040%	26.92x
141	Jaffray	2	0.040%	28.17x
142	Kynoch	2	0.040%	42.19x
143	Lawerance	2	0.040%	79.05x
144	Much	2	0.040%	87.72x
145	Murrison	2	0.040%	76.92x
146	Shannan	2	0.040%	74.35x
147	Shirreffs	2	0.040%	185.19x
148	Shivas	2	0.040%	124.22x
149	Warrender	2	0.040%	24.60x
150	Wilken	2	0.040%	80.65x
151	Arbuthnot	1	0.020%	35.21x
152	Argo	1	0.020%	37.17x
153	Bodie	1	0.020%	88.50x
154	Brands	1	0.020%	46.73x
155	Brockie	1	0.020%	16.23x
156	Cantlay	1	0.020%	52.08x
157	Chrystal	1	0.020%	14.14x
158	Chyne	1	0.020%	72.99x
159	Corsie	1	0.020%	54.64x
160	Cow	1	0.020%	18.98x
161	Craigen	1	0.020%	38.91x
162	Cran	1	0.020%	13.74x
163	Dyce	1	0.020%	42.55x
164	Ferries	1	0.020%	22.12x
165	Findlater	1	0.020%	13.21x
166	Frayne	1	0.020%	27.93x
167	Fyvie	1	0.020%	45.25x
168	Grassick	1	0.020%	27.17x
169	Hebron	1	0.020%	22.03x
170	Jaffrey	1	0.020%	20.79x
171	Jinkins	1	0.020%	20.66x
172	Kindness	1	0.020%	47.85x
173	Marcus	1	0.020%	31.45x
174	Mavor	1	0.020%	26.95x
175	Pennie	1	0.020%	44.64x
176	Rothney	1	0.020%	81.97x
177	Rushmore	1	0.020%	49.51x
178	Ruxton	1	0.020%	18.38x
179	Shipherd	1	0.020%	454.55x
180	Shirras	1	0.020%	86.96x
181	Sorrie	1	0.020%	72.99x
182	Webester	1	0.020%	30.40x