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Surnames beginning with J

 About this table:

The table below lists surnames (and spelling variations) we have come across in our research in Scotland. Not all of these names are Scottish in origin, but we have found them all in Scottish historical records. The table also gives some indication of how common those surnames are.

Rank
The column marked Rank gives an indication of the frequency with which a surname appears in Scottish historical records. The record sets used to determine this rank are Census (1841-1911), Old Parish Registers 1538-1854, Statutory Registration of births, deaths and marriages (1855-2013), Catholic parish records (1703-1992), Valuation rolls (1855-1925) and Scottish wills and testaments (1513-1925). The higher the number, the less common the surname is in historical records. This record set currently includes 8597 surnames.

Per 100k 1841
The number of occurrences of this surname in the 1841 census of Scotland for each 100,000 people. A value of 0 does not mean there were no people with that surname in Scotland, only that there were fewer than 1 in 100,000.

Per 100k 1911
The number of occurrences of this surname in the 1841 census of Scotland for each 100,000 people. A value of 0 does not mean there were no people with that surname in Scotland, only that there were fewer than 1 in 100,000.

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Search our records available online for instances of the surname.

Concentration
A measure of how geographically concentrated the surname is in Scotland. The higher the number, the more unevenly distributed the surname is around Scotland. A value of 0 indicates that the surname was not recorded in 1841. Half of the surnames in our records have a score of 13.28 or less, and a score of 48.21 or above means that the surname is one of the 10% most concentrated surnames in Scotland.
​At present, this is calculated on a county level. We hope eventually to produce a measure on a parish level.

Top counties 1841
The three counties in Scotland with the highest per-capita incidence of the surname in 1841. If no counties are shown, there were no instances of this surname recorded in the 1841 census. If only one or two counties are shown, then the surname was only found in one or two counties in 1841.​

SurnameRankSearchPer 100k 1841Per 100k 1911Concentration scoreTop counties 1841
Jack189Search150.99242.852Ross and Cromarty (309.14)
Dundee City (290.25)
Caithness (268.95)
Jackson147Search103.45237.212.8Dumfriesshire (290.03)
Kinross (219.19)
Peeblesshire (208.77)
Jacobson4089Search0.813.3665Shetland (52.75)
Inverness-shire (4.08)
Renfrewshire (0.69)
Jaffray1177Search17.1513.287.1Stirlingshire (120.92)
Nairnshire (111.9)
Aberdeen City (92.54)
Jaffrey1594Search18.037.996.5Berwickshire (116.7)
Roxburghshire (70.15)
Stirlingshire (67.94)
James728Search18.9238.927.5Moray (142.95)
Nairnshire (125.89)
Banffshire (41.38)
Jameson857Search65.9616.8447.8Shetland (3151.79)
Clackmannanshire (112.42)
Aberdeen City (69.78)
Jamie2158Search5.174.5611Kincardineshire (56.8)
Angus (31.85)
Ayrshire (31.36)
Jamieson105Search146.01326.574.2Shetland (609.92)
Nairnshire (559.52)
Bute (535.53)
Jamison2344Search18.344.673.9Shetland (72.53)
Clackmannanshire (67.45)
Roxburghshire (63.58)
Japp1718Search3.5111.248.1Angus (28.31)
Fife (15.65)
Kincardineshire (14.95)
Jardin4717Search1.471.0811.2West Lothian (16.39)
Kirkcudbright (7.31)
Dumfriesshire (6.87)
Jardine371Search50.5998.4318.1Dumfriesshire (915.45)
Kirkcudbright (199.74)
Dunbartonshire (193.84)
Jaromeson8143Search000
Jaromson6891Search0.270.0485.4Shetland (23.08)
Jarron3666Search1.23.1315.3Angus (18.28)
Dundee City (3.28)
Jarrow6939Search0.350.1213.6Angus (4.72)
Fife (0.92)
Jarvey5355Search0.540.3535.9Dunbartonshire (19.38)
Stirlingshire (1.15)
Glasgow (1.01)
Jarvie917Search15.3746.4211.9Dunbartonshire (183.08)
Stirlingshire (146.25)
Peeblesshire (37.96)
Jarvis1404Search5.2518.969.7Kincardineshire (50.82)
Angus (17.69)
Fife (12.89)
Jass6701Search0.460.3520.6Banffshire (10.34)
Angus (2.95)
Moray (2.7)
Jayner7692Search0.04032.7Ross and Cromarty (1.26)
Jeans2911Search2.634.8742.1Moray (110.58)
Aberdeen City (15.17)
Aberdeen (5.18)
Jefferies5779Search0.081.1611.4Midlothian (0.88)
Edinburgh City (0.55)
Jeffery2699Search5.954.798.8Roxburghshire (52.61)
Berwickshire (46.68)
Moray (35.06)
Jeffray2465Search3.714.294.3Stirlingshire (16.12)
Selkirkshire (12.28)
Lanarkshire (10.8)
Jeffrey506Search23.6388.8216Berwickshire (379.26)
Roxburghshire (89.88)
West Lothian (58.99)
Jeffreys5098Search0.151.3537.8Berwickshire (5.83)
Edinburgh City (1.1)
Midlothian (0.88)
Jeffries4597Search0.081.4313.4Aberdeen (1.04)
Jeffs5289Search0.271.125.1Lanarkshire (1.38)
Edinburgh City (0.55)
Midlothian (0.44)
Jeils7624Search000
Jellie5948Search00.230
Jelly4133Search0.771.3929.8Wigtownshire (23.04)
West Lothian (9.83)
Angus (3.54)
Jenkin3872Search4.091.215.8Moray (64.73)
Stirlingshire (43.76)
Banffshire (26.9)
Jenkins563Search20.8978.4711Moray (229.26)
Dunbartonshire (49.54)
Glasgow (38.56)
Jenkinson2075Search3.2410.089.5East Lothian (30.72)
Edinburgh City (23.64)
Midlothian (22.98)
Jenkyns7230Search00.080
Jenner5413Search0.230.779.3Dunbartonshire (2.15)
Edinburgh City (1.65)
Midlothian (1.33)
Jennings2226Search1.3510.814.8Glasgow (6.43)
Lanarkshire (4.37)
Edinburgh City (3.85)
Jerdon5678Search0.5052.4Roxburghshire (26.31)
Glasgow (0.34)
Lanarkshire (0.23)
Jerret6258Search0.850.088.1Stirlingshire (6.91)
Fife (4.6)
Renfrewshire (4.12)
Jervie4495Search1.120.3126.7Kinross (29.89)
Stirlingshire (8.06)
Edinburgh City (4.4)
Jervis3050Search1.931.5411Sutherland (21.24)
East Lothian (19.55)
Fife (13.81)
Jess3225Search2.168.546.2Wigtownshire (99.83)
Dumfriesshire (4.12)
Aberdeen (2.07)
Jessamin7332Search0.04053.6Banffshire (2.07)
Jessamine4672Search0.461.0822.9Aberdeen City (10.62)
Banffshire (4.14)
Aberdeen (3.63)
Jessiman1997Search4.179.6510.1Aberdeen (44.03)
Aberdeen City (27.31)
Dundee City (19.68)
Jessop5614Search0.150.526.7Dumfriesshire (4.12)
Angus (0.59)
Jex7559Search000
Jex-long7559Search000
Jiles8013Search000
Jinkin6959Search0.12044.2Wigtownshire (5.12)
Stirlingshire (1.15)
Jinkins5673Search1.510.736.5Dundee City (9.84)
Stirlingshire (9.21)
Moray (8.09)
Joass4745Search0.50.5449.5Banffshire (24.83)
Aberdeen (0.52)
Jobson2874Search2.592.6316.5Dundee City (42.64)
Angus (18.87)
Roxburghshire (17.54)
Jock5946Search0.190.1912.2Perthshire (2.35)
Midlothian (0.88)
Edinburgh City (0.55)
Joe5277Search0.230.7315.3Angus (3.54)
John2329Search1.895.027.7Kirkcudbright (14.62)
Inverness-shire (12.24)
Kinross (9.96)
Johnman3504Search1.783.51123.4Kinross (219.19)
Perthshire (14.86)
Fife (2.76)
Johns3479Search1.432.556.9Orkney (9.88)
Inverness-shire (9.18)
Bute (5.58)
Johnson343Search84.7299.944Shetland (3741.92)
Argyll (167.75)
Inverness-shire (136.63)
Johnston29Search491.42698.014.1Dumfriesshire (2010.97)
Orkney (1484.68)
Berwickshire (1318.67)
Johnstone76Search133.22504.8210.2Dumfriesshire (1362.18)
Selkirkshire (454.43)
Kirkcudbright (280.13)
Joiner2442Search4.327.6114.8Banffshire (64.14)
West Lothian (29.5)
Aberdeen (23.31)
Jollie2807Search2.664.3615.7Kincardineshire (41.85)
Clackmannanshire (11.24)
Dunbartonshire (8.62)
Jolly851Search16.6830.220.8Kincardineshire (346.78)
Angus (89.06)
Aberdeen City (62.2)
Jones320Search25.02132.682.8Ayrshire (68.86)
East Lothian (61.43)
Glasgow (53.44)
Jonner8069Search00.040
Jopin8113Search000
Jopp2821Search2.362.0915.8Banffshire (37.24)
Aberdeen City (12.14)
Aberdeen (9.84)
Jordan1273Search4.1318.346.2Wigtownshire (25.6)
Berwickshire (20.42)
Roxburghshire (17.54)
Joss1189Search11.7420.0813.6Aberdeen City (159.28)
Aberdeen (131.05)
Kincardineshire (59.79)
Joyce1682Search0.8524.987.2Ayrshire (6.15)
Edinburgh City (2.75)
Wigtownshire (2.56)
Joyner4910Search0.460.730Ross and Cromarty (13.88)
Aberdeen (0.52)
Judge2103Search2.0913.637.2Dunbartonshire (15.08)
Dundee City (14.76)
Angus (6.49)
Judhope8205Search0.2308.8Glasgow (2.03)
Lanarkshire (1.38)
Juncken7591Search000
Juner5383Search0.71.8911.6Moray (8.09)
Inverness-shire (7.14)
Dunbartonshire (4.31)
Junes6871Search0.080.0413.4Aberdeen (1.04)
Junken6510Search0.1508.2Ross and Cromarty (1.26)
Ayrshire (1.23)
Perthshire (0.78)
Junkin5880Search0.46017.5Moray (8.09)
Angus (2.95)
Stirlingshire (1.15)
Junkins7460Search0.08069.8Moray (5.39)
Junkison6465Search0.46060.3East Lothian (27.92)
Edinburgh City (1.1)
Midlothian (0.88)
Junner4543Search0.272.9351.7Nairnshire (13.99)
Inverness-shire (3.06)
Moray (2.7)
Junor1902Search5.379.6226.6Ross and Cromarty (142.58)
Nairnshire (41.96)
Inverness-shire (9.18)
Jupp4986Search0.271.5414.2Edinburgh City (3.85)
Midlothian (3.09)
Just3374Search1.780.6210.9Fife (19.33)
Dundee City (13.12)
Angus (10.03)
Justice2006Search4.677.036.7Dundee City (31.16)
Fife (20.26)
Perthshire (14.08)
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