1881 census place

Peterhead surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Peterhead, 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

357 surnames are listed for Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, covering 9,665 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Buchan, with 607 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Peterhead

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	Buchan	607	4.24%	328.23x
2	Stephen	521	3.64%	207.69x
3	Bruce	324	2.26%	48.35x
4	Davidson	276	1.93%	22.94x
5	Cordiner	250	1.75%	1304.80x
6	Robertson	209	1.46%	8.72x
7	Strachan	195	1.36%	79.04x
8	Reid	194	1.36%	12.91x
9	Mitchell	160	1.12%	5.51x
10	Anderson	141	0.990%	4.99x
11	Murray	138	0.960%	7.78x
12	Ritchie	126	0.880%	25.49x
13	Thomson	124	0.870%	6.49x
14	Birnie	122	0.850%	200.30x
15	Simpson	113	0.790%	4.52x
16	Cruickshank	102	0.710%	63.49x
17	Geddes	101	0.710%	58.89x
18	Gray	99	0.690%	4.85x
19	Mackie	99	0.690%	32.36x
20	Cowie	97	0.680%	55.87x
21	Thom	95	0.660%	74.25x
22	Watt	93	0.650%	16.95x
23	Fraser	92	0.640%	7.22x
24	Hutchison	92	0.640%	39.11x
25	Sutherland	88	0.620%	12.21x
26	Greig	87	0.610%	38.42x
27	Forbes	86	0.600%	17.94x
28	Hay	85	0.590%	16.20x
29	Gordon	84	0.590%	9.32x
30	Alexander	79	0.550%	10.43x
31	Nicol	78	0.550%	26.19x
32	Morrison	77	0.540%	6.85x
33	Grant	76	0.530%	5.35x
34	Henderson	72	0.500%	4.63x
35	Allan	70	0.490%	7.79x
36	May	68	0.480%	7.47x
37	Duthie	65	0.450%	84.67x
38	Cow	64	0.450%	435.08x
39	Webster	64	0.450%	5.14x
40	Barclay	60	0.420%	20.38x
41	Rennie	60	0.420%	24.01x
42	Wallace	59	0.410%	6.02x
43	Park	58	0.410%	13.08x
44	Mutch	54	0.380%	84.55x
45	Shewan	54	0.380%	295.89x
46	Forman	53	0.370%	71.94x
47	Robb	52	0.360%	21.02x
48	Gibb	49	0.340%	19.40x
49	Sangster	48	0.340%	70.17x
50	Yule	46	0.320%	64.19x
51	Finnie	43	0.300%	86.47x
52	Keith	43	0.300%	28.04x
53	Kelman	43	0.300%	169.49x
54	Christie	42	0.290%	9.05x
55	Daniel	42	0.290%	13.29x
56	Will	41	0.290%	70.23x
57	Cardno	40	0.280%	347.52x
58	Urquhart	40	0.280%	19.90x
59	Chalmers	39	0.270%	11.45x
60	Masson	39	0.270%	44.41x
61	Baird	38	0.270%	12.42x
62	Forrest	38	0.270%	10.30x
63	Maitland	38	0.270%	40.94x
64	Noble	37	0.260%	6.23x
65	Clubb	36	0.250%	144.12x
66	Sellar	36	0.250%	105.98x
67	Copland	35	0.240%	43.69x
68	Ingram	35	0.240%	8.01x
69	Moir	35	0.240%	17.79x
70	Hepburn	33	0.230%	25.93x
71	Bain	32	0.220%	9.01x
72	Pirie	32	0.220%	31.26x
73	Willox	32	0.220%	200.50x
74	Tennant	31	0.220%	20.30x
75	Kidd	30	0.210%	10.30x
76	Ogston	30	0.210%	171.14x
77	Sim	30	0.210%	18.67x
78	Warrender	30	0.210%	132.22x
79	Donaldson	29	0.200%	7.11x
80	Shand	28	0.200%	28.49x
81	Angus	27	0.190%	13.19x
82	Falconer	27	0.190%	15.82x
83	Whyte	27	0.190%	11.13x
84	Catto	26	0.180%	96.33x
85	Cruden	25	0.170%	146.63x
86	Hutton	25	0.170%	5.85x
87	Joss	25	0.170%	95.86x
88	Mortimer	25	0.170%	8.36x
89	Calder	24	0.170%	12.00x
90	Ironside	24	0.170%	48.68x
91	Irvine	24	0.170%	7.61x
92	Matthew	24	0.170%	22.22x
93	Stuart	24	0.170%	7.03x
94	Bisset	23	0.160%	20.51x
95	Cumming	23	0.160%	8.43x
96	Henry	23	0.160%	6.36x
97	Massie	23	0.160%	50.04x
98	Slessor	23	0.160%	209.28x
99	Winter	23	0.160%	4.53x
100	Elrick	22	0.150%	104.66x