Banffshire genealogy records

Banffshire records

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Common surnames in Banffshire in 1841
Rank	Surname	Per 100,000
1	Grant	2973
2	Smith	2855
3	Stewart	1860
4	Wilson	1795
5	Reid	1588
6	Gordon	1512
7	Innes	1305
8	Anderson	1187
9	Taylor	1187
10	Murray	1152
11	Milne	1090
12	Macdonald	1077
13	Fraser	1065
14	Robertson	1044
15	Thomson	1030
16	Watt	1015
17	Cowie	1015
18	Stuart	982
19	Duncan	895
20	Simpson	846
21	Hay	825
22	Davidson	817
23	Gray	800
24	Geddes	796
25	Watson	744
26	Morrison	744
27	Ross	736
28	Wood	736
29	Allan	722
30	Macpherson	709
31	Clark	703
32	Mitchell	678
33	Mackenzie	655
34	Cameron	602
35	Forbes	597
36	Mcintosh	591
37	Mackay	589
38	Bremner	556
39	Cruickshank	517
40	Morison	511
41	Scott	506
42	Bruce	500
43	Findlay	498
44	Shand	496
45	Paterson	465
46	Sutherland	459
47	Pirie	457
48	Johnston	446
49	Ingram	432
50	Cumming	415
51	Henderson	405
52	Brown	393
53	Christie	372
54	Walker	370
55	Donald	362
56	Mcwilliam	362
57	Mair	353
58	Alexander	339
59	Wright	337
60	Andrew	333
61	Munro	333
62	Leslie	333
63	Green	328
64	Coull	328
65	Young	316
66	Ritchie	314
67	Barclay	312
68	Wiseman	310
69	Webster	308
70	Duff	297
71	Hendry	297
72	Stephen	297
73	Chalmers	287
74	Dawson	287
75	Murdoch	283
76	Shaw	283
77	Hepburn	283
78	Stevenson	281
79	Harper	273
80	Russel	273
81	Flett	271
82	Farquhar	268
83	Moir	266
84	Mackie	262
85	Mckie	262
86	Adam	260
87	Macgregor	256
88	Mcgregor	256
89	Black	254
90	Ogilvie	254
91	Mcconachie	252
92	Lawrence	246
93	West	242
94	Addison	235
95	Sinclair	233
96	Strachan	231
97	Nicol	227
98	Forsyth	219
99	Gauld	217
100	Kelman	215
101	Garden	213
102	Sim	211
103	Runcie	211
104	Mchardy	200