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100 Most Common Surnames

Surnames occurring most often on the birth, death and marriage registers in Scotland in 1995 by position. (One name on the birth and death registers and two on the marriage register) Alphabetical listing below

Position	Name	Number	Position	Name	Number
1	SMITH	2273	51	MARSHALL	419
2	BROWN	1659	52	STEVENSON	414
3	WILSON	1539	53	WOOD	403
4	THOMSON	1373	54	SUTHERLAND	396
5	ROBERTSON	1370	55	CRAIG	394
6	CAMPBELL	1361	56	WRIGHT	391
7	STEWART	1278	57	MCKENZIE	373
8	ANDERSON	1187	58	KENNEDY	372
9	MACDONALD	980	59	JONES	371
10	SCOTT	963	60	BURNS	367
11	REID	936	61	WHITE	367
12	MURRAY	914	62	MUIR	362
13	TAYLOR	877	63	MURPHY	360
14	CLARK	826	64	JOHNSTONE	358
15	MITCHELL	760	65	HUGHES	355
16	ROSS	746	66	WATT	354
17	WALKER	730	67	MCMILLAN	352
18	PATERSON	708	68	MCINTOSH	350
19	YOUNG	698	69	MILNE	348
20	WATSON	696	70	MUNRO	345
21	MORRISON	680	71	RITCHIE	339
22	MILLER	659	72	DICKSON	333
23	FRASER	651	73	BRUCE	332
24	DAVIDSON	639	74	KING	329
25	GRAY	632	75	CRAWFORD	324
26	MCDONALD	632	76	DOCHERTY	322
27	HENDERSON	629	77	MILLAR	321
28	JOHNSTON	617	78	CUNNINGHAM	316
29	HAMILTON	614	79	SINCLAIR	309
30	GRAHAM	613	80	WILLIAMSON	300
31	KERR	593	81	HILL	299
32	SIMPSON	591	82	MCGREGOR	297
33	MARTIN	590	83	MCKAY	293
34	FERGUSON	584	84	BOYLE	290
35	CAMERON	578	85	SHAW	290
36	DUNCAN	558	86	FLEMING	288
37	HUNTER	556	87	MOORE	286
38	KELLY	550	88	CHRISTIE	282
39	BELL	547	89	DOUGLAS	282
40	GRANT	539	90	DONALDSON	281
41	MACKENZIE	496	91	ALEXANDER	276
42	MACKAY	488	92	MACLEAN	273
43	ALLAN	485	93	FORBES	266
44	BLACK	484	94	MCINTYRE	256
45	MACLEOD	483	95	FINDLAY	255
46	MCLEAN	477	96	JAMIESON	255
47	RUSSELL	466	97	AITKEN	254
48	GIBSON	456	98	REILLY	248
49	WALLACE	443	99	THOMPSON	248
50	GORDON	435	100	HAY	244

Surnames occurring most often on the birth, death and marriage registers in Scotland in 1995 listed alphabetically. (One name on the birth and death registers and two on the marriage register)

Name	Position	Name	Position
AITKEN	97	MACLEAN	92
ALEXANDER	91	MACLEOD	45
ALLAN	43	MARSHALL	51
ANDERSON	8	MARTIN	33
BELL	39	MCDONALD	26
BLACK	44	MCGREGOR	82
BOYLE	84	MCINTOSH	68
BROWN	2	MCINTYRE	94
BRUCE	73	MCKAY	83
BURNS	60	MCKENZIE	57
CAMERON	35	MCLEAN	46
CAMPBELL	6	MCMILLAN	67
CHRISTIE	88	MILLAR	77
CLARK	14	MILLER	22
CRAIG	55	MILNE	69
CRAWFORD	75	MITCHELL	15
CUNNINGHAM	78	MOORE	87
DAVIDSON	24	MORRISON	21
DICKSON	72	MUIR	62
DOCHERTY	76	MUNRO	70
DONALDSON	90	MURPHY	63
DOUGLAS	89	MURRAY	12
DUNCAN	36	PATERSON	18
FERGUSON	34	REID	11
FINDLAY	95	REILLY	98
FLEMING	86	RITCHIE	71
FORBES	93	ROBERTSON	5
FRASER	23	ROSS	16
GIBSON	48	RUSSELL	47
GORDON	50	SCOTT	10
GRAHAM	30	SHAW	85
GRANT	40	SIMPSON	32
GRAY	25	SINCLAIR	79
HAMILTON	29	SMITH	1
HAY	100	STEVENSON	52
HENDERSON	27	STEWART	7
HILL	81	SUTHERLAND	54
HUGHES	65	TAYLOR	13
HUNTER	37	THOMPSON	99
JAMIESON	96	THOMSON	4
JOHNSTON	28	WALKER	17
JOHNSTONE	64	WALLACE	49
JONES	59	WATSON	20
KELLY	38	WATT	66
KENNEDY	58	WHITE	61
KERR	31	WILLIAMSON	80
KING	74	WILSON	3
MACDONALD	9	WOOD	53
MACKAY	42	WRIGHT	56
MACKENZIE	41	YOUNG	19