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 Findlay, with 22 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
101	Findlay	22	0.150%	7.42x
102	Leask	22	0.150%	37.41x
103	Summers	22	0.150%	5.48x
104	Troup	22	0.150%	66.45x
105	Cheyne	21	0.150%	44.14x
106	Dalgarno	21	0.150%	157.54x
107	Dickie	21	0.150%	18.70x
108	Florence	21	0.150%	74.39x
109	Jamieson	21	0.150%	5.27x
110	Mundie	21	0.150%	204.48x
111	Phillip	21	0.150%	28.90x
112	Blow	20	0.140%	37.41x
113	Brand	20	0.140%	9.47x
114	Gall	20	0.140%	21.67x
115	Heslop	20	0.140%	16.30x
116	Leslie	20	0.140%	8.44x
117	Morrice	20	0.140%	47.73x
118	Aiken	19	0.130%	82.36x
119	Colvin	19	0.130%	38.31x
120	Donald	19	0.130%	6.60x
121	Lumsden	19	0.130%	15.92x
122	Murrison	19	0.130%	261.71x
123	Allardyce	18	0.130%	126.85x
124	Marr	18	0.130%	11.03x
125	Oldman	18	0.130%	91.46x
126	Perrie	18	0.130%	109.82x
127	Youngson	18	0.130%	101.29x
128	Bannerman	17	0.120%	33.89x
129	Cassie	17	0.120%	70.74x
130	Craighead	17	0.120%	132.30x
131	Garden	17	0.120%	28.45x
132	Knox	17	0.120%	6.92x
133	Philip	17	0.120%	17.81x
134	Third	17	0.120%	156.11x
135	Boyes	16	0.110%	10.70x
136	Carle	16	0.110%	102.76x
137	Carnegie	16	0.110%	34.07x
138	Cowe	16	0.110%	41.50x
139	Laird	16	0.110%	9.96x
140	Samuel	16	0.110%	9.37x
141	Soutter	16	0.110%	112.76x
142	Chisholm	15	0.100%	7.22x
143	Coull	15	0.100%	30.63x
144	Deans	15	0.100%	15.46x
145	Fowlie	15	0.100%	71.84x
146	Jaffray	15	0.100%	75.64x
147	Napier	15	0.100%	13.04x
148	Skene	15	0.100%	42.77x
149	Wiseman	15	0.100%	7.63x
150	Clyne	14	0.100%	72.35x
151	Cormack	14	0.100%	12.94x
152	Macintosh	14	0.100%	22.66x
153	Michael	14	0.100%	18.20x
154	Scroggie	14	0.100%	118.64x
155	Sivewright	14	0.100%	147.21x
156	Tocher	14	0.100%	75.35x
157	Abernethy	13	0.090%	39.32x
158	Bremner	13	0.090%	10.58x
159	Duguid	13	0.090%	27.00x
160	Farquharson	13	0.090%	16.07x
161	Gavin	13	0.090%	18.37x
162	Hird	13	0.090%	11.78x
163	Quirie	13	0.090%	513.83x
164	Shirran	13	0.090%	269.71x
165	Collie	12	0.080%	23.41x
166	Dinnes	12	0.080%	212.77x
167	Lamond	12	0.080%	24.55x
168	Lillie	12	0.080%	34.36x
169	Pert	12	0.080%	39.50x
170	Tod	12	0.080%	21.54x
171	Trail	12	0.080%	46.01x
172	Brebner	11	0.080%	59.82x
173	Fordyce	11	0.080%	35.37x
174	Mackintosh	11	0.080%	11.49x
175	Mathew	11	0.080%	20.48x
176	Rafferty	11	0.080%	14.90x
177	Stormonth	11	0.080%	261.90x
178	Cromarty	10	0.070%	61.01x
179	Gutherie	10	0.070%	213.68x
180	Lemon	10	0.070%	9.63x
181	Winton	10	0.070%	18.64x
182	Cadger	9	0.060%	110.16x
183	Camfield	9	0.060%	63.03x
184	Castel	9	0.060%	216.35x
185	Center	9	0.060%	330.88x
186	Chaddock	9	0.060%	72.76x
187	Creighton	9	0.060%	15.95x
188	Emslie	9	0.060%	20.93x
189	Hacket	9	0.060%	50.25x
190	Herd	9	0.060%	8.57x
191	Loggie	9	0.060%	90.54x
192	Mair	9	0.060%	6.81x
193	Mckenzie	9	0.060%	18.82x
194	Mess	9	0.060%	182.93x
195	Minty	9	0.060%	31.61x
196	Winchester	9	0.060%	16.51x
197	Beagrie	8	0.060%	239.52x
198	Connon	8	0.060%	43.38x
199	Dyce	8	0.060%	122.32x
200	Geary	8	0.060%	7.15x