1881 census place

Turriff surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Turriff, 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

191 surnames are listed for Turriff, Aberdeenshire, covering 2,038 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Morrison, with 78 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Turriff

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	Morrison	78	1.79%	22.72x
2	Pirie	69	1.58%	220.80x
3	Allan	52	1.19%	18.97x
4	Cruickshank	50	1.15%	101.96x
5	Smart	49	1.12%	24.64x
6	Cowie	45	1.03%	84.92x
7	Christie	43	0.980%	30.37x
8	Hay	42	0.960%	26.22x
9	Ironside	42	0.960%	279.07x
10	Angus	40	0.920%	64.02x
11	Watt	38	0.870%	22.69x
12	Hutcheon	36	0.820%	300.75x
13	Manson	35	0.800%	68.53x
14	Barron	33	0.760%	48.80x
15	Sim	33	0.760%	67.28x
16	Alexander	30	0.690%	12.98x
17	Bremner	30	0.690%	79.96x
18	Ingram	30	0.690%	22.50x
19	Stuart	28	0.640%	26.87x
20	Innes	26	0.600%	38.45x
21	Forbes	25	0.570%	17.08x
22	Marr	25	0.570%	50.19x
23	Tawse	25	0.570%	538.79x
24	Gillespie	24	0.550%	34.66x
25	Shearer	24	0.550%	42.83x
26	Stephen	24	0.550%	31.34x
27	Fyfe	23	0.530%	57.37x
28	Keith	22	0.500%	47.00x
29	Barclay	21	0.480%	23.37x
30	Ledingham	21	0.480%	328.13x
31	Robb	19	0.440%	25.16x
32	Cheyne	18	0.410%	123.97x
33	Inglis	18	0.410%	24.68x
34	Leslie	18	0.410%	24.90x
35	Cruden	17	0.390%	326.30x
36	Grieve	17	0.390%	33.60x
37	Skene	17	0.390%	158.88x
38	Donald	16	0.370%	18.20x
39	Duguid	16	0.370%	108.84x
40	Reidford	16	0.370%	1290.32x
41	Gerrard	15	0.340%	26.88x
42	Davie	14	0.320%	34.80x
43	Joss	14	0.320%	175.88x
44	Pittendrigh	14	0.320%	1228.07x
45	Still	14	0.320%	50.91x
46	Troup	14	0.320%	138.48x
47	Elder	13	0.300%	28.19x
48	Fordyce	13	0.300%	136.99x
49	Gall	13	0.300%	46.15x
50	Philip	13	0.300%	44.63x
51	Findlater	12	0.270%	186.05x
52	Fowlie	12	0.270%	188.38x
53	Massie	12	0.270%	85.53x
54	Trail	12	0.270%	150.75x
55	Carnegie	11	0.250%	76.76x
56	Downie	11	0.250%	21.47x
57	Gauld	11	0.250%	95.82x
58	Keir	11	0.250%	50.39x
59	Thom	11	0.250%	28.17x
60	Craik	10	0.230%	74.79x
61	Geddes	10	0.230%	19.10x
62	Kirton	10	0.230%	50.18x
63	Matthew	10	0.230%	30.33x
64	Melvin	10	0.230%	47.55x
65	Shand	10	0.230%	33.33x
66	Emslie	9	0.210%	68.60x
67	Halkett	9	0.210%	343.51x
68	Howie	9	0.210%	21.01x
69	Mair	9	0.210%	22.30x
70	Mathieson	9	0.210%	19.56x
71	Mennie	9	0.210%	148.27x
72	Mutch	9	0.210%	46.15x
73	Winton	9	0.210%	54.95x
74	Craib	8	0.180%	148.70x
75	Farquhar	8	0.180%	23.54x
76	Gaul	8	0.180%	160.32x
77	Kindness	8	0.180%	449.44x
78	Leask	8	0.180%	44.57x
79	Quirie	8	0.180%	1038.96x
80	Rannie	8	0.180%	344.83x
81	Seivewright	8	0.180%	833.33x
82	Tocher	8	0.180%	141.09x
83	Bannerman	7	0.160%	45.72x
84	Bartlet	7	0.160%	163.17x
85	Durno	7	0.160%	275.59x
86	Fiddes	7	0.160%	86.00x
87	Florence	7	0.160%	81.21x
88	Glendinning	7	0.160%	41.97x
89	Kelman	7	0.160%	90.44x
90	Meldrum	7	0.160%	25.45x
91	Porterfield	7	0.160%	322.58x
92	Rankine	7	0.160%	31.60x
93	Scorgie	7	0.160%	150.54x
94	Sellar	7	0.160%	67.50x
95	Slessor	7	0.160%	208.96x
96	Swanson	7	0.160%	21.89x
97	Terras	7	0.160%	311.11x
98	Diack	6	0.140%	129.87x
99	Duffus	6	0.140%	90.09x
100	Duthie	6	0.140%	25.61x