Fifty most common Surnames in Scotland (1863)

Robert E. Matheson
1909
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The following Table exhibiting the Fifty most common Surnames in Scotland, as ascertained from the General Index to the Birth Registers for the year 1863, is extracted from the 12th Annual Report of the Registrar-General for Scotland.

N.B.—Population of 1863 estimated at 3,101,345 persons.

No. on List

Surnames

Estimated Number in entire Population in 1863

1

*Smith,

44,200

2

*M‘Donald,

36,600

3

*Brown,

33,800

4

*Thomson,

31,200

5

Robertson,

31,200

6

*Stewart,

30,600

7

Campbell,

30,200

8

Wilson,

29,300

9

Anderson,

26,500

10

Scott,

22,400

11

*Miller,

21,400

12

McKenzie,

21,300

13

*Reid,

19,700

14

Ross,

19,000

15

M‘Kay,

18,700

16

*Johnston,

18,000

17

*Murray,

17,900

18

*Clark,

17,800

19

*Paterson,

17,700

20

Young,

17,600

21

*Fraser,

17,500

22

*M‘Lean,

16,800

23

Henderson,

16,500

24

Mitchell,

16,100

25

*Morrison,

15,700

26

Cameron,

15,300

27

Watson,

15,000

28

Walker,

14,600

29

Taylor,

14,400

30

M‘Leod,

14,300

31

*Ferguson,

13,200

32

Duncan,

12,900

33

Gray,

12,700

34

Davidson,

12,600

35

Hunter,

12,200

36

Hamilton,

12,000

37

*Kerr,

11,700

38

Grant,

11,400

39

M‘Intosh,

11,400

40

*Graham,

11,200

41

*White,

11,100

42

*Allan,

10,900

43

*Simpson,

10,700

44

M‘Gregor,

10,400

45

*Munro,

10,300

46

Sinclair,

10,200

47

Bell,

10,100

48

Martin,

10,000

49

*Russell,

9,500

50

Gordon,

9,500

*Note.—The Surnames indicated by an asterisk occur under two or more different spellings.