Features: Scottish Parishes » Historic Shires » Forfarshire

• Forfarshire Parishes Index
• Boundary and Name Changes
• Common Surnames
• Population

BOUNDARY AND NAME CHANGES:

Burghs
Old Districts (Before 1929)
New Districts (1930-1975)
Regions and Districts (1975-1996)

Forfarshire, or the County of Forfar, was officially renamed Angus in 1928.

Boundary Changes Summary: (See details)
Coupar Angus - Partly in Perthshire until 1891
Edzell - Detached portion transferred to Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, 1891
Fowlis Easter - Partly in Perthshire until 1891
Kettins: Detached portion transferred to Collace, Perthshire, 1891
Liff, Benvie, and Invergowrie - Partly in Perthshire until 1891

SURNAMES:

Most Common Surnames:
Anderson, Brown, Duncan, Milne, Mitchell, Robertson, Scott, Smith, Stewart, Thomson

Common Surnames:
A: Adam, Alexander, Allan, Annand, Archer
B: Baird, Barrie, Batchelor, Baxter, Beattie, Bisset, Black, Blair, Boyd, Bruce, Buchan, Buist, Burgess
C: Cameron, Campbell, Cargill, Carnegie, Carr, Chalmers, Christie, Christison, Clark, Cook, Cormack, Coull, Coutts, Craig, Crawford, Crichton, Cruickshank, Cunningham, Cuthill
D: Dargie, Davidson, Dickson, Doig, Donald, Donaldson, Dorward, Dow, Downie, Duke, Dunn
E: Edward, Esplin
F: Fairweather, Farquharson, Fearn, Fenton, Ferguson, Ferrier, Findlay, Forbes, Fraser, Fyfe
G: Gall, Gibb, Gibson, Gold, Gordon, Gourlay, Gow, Grant, Gray, Guild, Guthrie
H: Henderson, Hendry, Hogg, Hood, Horne, Hunter, Hynd
I: Irvine
J: Jack, Johnston
K: Keith, Kennedy, Kerr, Kidd, Knight
L: Laing, Lawson, Lemen, Leslie, Linsday, Logan, Low, Lowden, Lyall
M: Malcolm, Mann, Manson, Martin, Mather, Mearns, Michie, Middleton, Millar, Moir, Mollison, Mowat, Munro, Murray
N: Newton, Nicoll, Norrie
O: Ogilvie
P: Paterson, Paton, Pert, Petrie, Philip, Potter, Pringle
R: Rae, Ramsay, Reich, Reid, Ritchie, Robbie, Rose, Ross
S: Semple, Sharp, Sim, Simpson, Sinclair, Small, Smart, Stormont, Strachan, Sturrock, Sutherland
T: Taylor, Todd, Tosh, Turnbull
W: Walker, Watson, Watt, Webster, Weir, West, Whitton, Whyte, Wilkie, Williamson, Wilson, Winter, Wishart, Wood, Wyllie
Y: Young

POPULATION:
Population:
1755: 68,883
1801: 99,053
1811: 107,187
1821: 113,430
1831: 139,606
1841: 170,453
1851: 191,264