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Sources used in compiling this list:
The Surnames of Scotland, George Fraser Black, 1946
The Clans, Septs and Regiments of Scotland, Frank Adam, 1952
Tartan For Me! Philip D. Smith, 1984
Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia, George Way and Romilly Squire, 1994
| Surname | Alternate Spelling | Associated Surname (s) | District (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabel | Cable | Angus | |
| Caddell | Campbell | Argyll, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy | |
| Cadder | Strathclyde | ||
| Cadenhead | Galloway | ||
| Cadger | Perthshire | ||
| Cadzeon | Dunblane | ||
| Caffray | Perthshire | ||
| Caird | MacGregor, Sinclair | Argyll, Caithness, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy, Orkney, Perthshire | |
| Cairncross | Angus | ||
| Cairney | Cairnie, Cairny | Leslie | Aberdeenshire, Galloway |
| Cairns | Edinburgh, Midlothian | ||
| Caithness | Angus | ||
| Caldcott | Gala Water | ||
| Calder | Cauder, Cawdor | Campbell | Caithness |
| Calderhead | Strathclyde | ||
| Calderwood | Strathclyde | ||
| Caldow | Galloway | ||
| Caldwell | Paisley | ||
| Cale | Caley | Inverness-shire | |
| Calhoun | Colquhoun | Lennox | |
| Callack | Galloway | ||
| Callander | Callendar, Callender | Perthshire | |
| Calley | Callie | Fife, Inverness-shire | |
| Callum | MacLeod | Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Sutherland | |
| Calpin | MacAlpine | Argyll | |
| Calton | Galloway | ||
| Calvert | Angus | ||
| Calvie | Calvy | Fife | |
| Cambie | Camby | Galloway | |
| Cambo | Fife | ||
| Cameron | Camproun, Camroun, Camrone, Camrun, O'Cumrain | See: Clan Cameron Early Genealogy & History | Argyll, Crieff, Culloden, Dunblane, Fort William, Lochaber, Strathearn |
| Cames | Roxburgh | ||
| Cammock | Galloway | ||
| Campbell | Cambill, Camble, Cammel | See: Clan Campbell Early Genealogy & History | One of the top twelve most common surnames in Scotland for over 100 years; can be found in almost every Scottish District. |
| Campsie | Campsey, Campsy | Stirlingshire | |
| Candel | Tweedside | ||
| Candlish | Galloway | ||
| Candon | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Candwell | Argyll | ||
| Cannan | Cannon | Galloway | |
| Cannoch | Dunblane | ||
| Cantlay | Cantlie, Cantley, Cantly | Aberdeenshire | |
| Capel | Perthshire | ||
| Cappar | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Carabine | Fort William | ||
| Carberry | Edinburgh | ||
| Carcarie | Carcarey, Carcary | Perthshire | |
| Cargill | Cargile, Cargyl, Kergill, Kergyl | Douglas | Dunblane, Perthshire, Stirlingshire |
| Cariston | Skene | Aberdeenshire | |
| Carkettle | Edinburgh | ||
| Carlaw | Galloway | ||
| Carle | Carles | Aberdeenshire | |
| Carlin | Dundee | ||
| Carlton | Galloway | ||
| Carlyle | Bruce | Carrick, Galloway | |
| Carmaig | Angus | ||
| Carman | Roxburgh | ||
| Carment | Fife | ||
| Carmichael | Kirkmichael, Macgillemichael | Douglas, MacDougall, Stewart of Appin | Argyll, Fort William, Galloway, Strathearn |
| Carmman | Carmmon | Edinburgh | |
| Carmount | Roxburgh | ||
| Carnbee | Carnbie | Fife | |
| Carnchan | Galloway | ||
| Carnegie | Carnegy | Angus | |
| Carneil | Fife | ||
| Carnie | Carney, Carny | Aberdeenshire | |
| Carnigal | Carnigul | Aberdeenshire | |
| Carnock | Galloway | ||
| Carpenter | MacIntyre | Lorne, Perthshire | |
| Carpol | Glasgow | ||
| Carr | Kerr | Roxburgh, Selkirk | |
| Carrach | Isle of Arran | ||
| Carran | Stirlingshire | ||
| Carrey | Paisley | ||
| Carrick | Carrig | Kennedy | Carrick |
| Carrington | Edinburgh | ||
| Carroch | Angus | ||
| Carrol | Dunblane | ||
| Carron | Stirlingshire | ||
| Carrubber | Musselburgh | ||
| Carruth | Glasgow | ||
| Carruthers | Carrick, Galloway, Strathclyde, Tweedside | ||
| Carse | Cars, Kerse | Edinburgh, Lanarkshire, Perthshire | |
| Carslaw | Galloway | ||
| Carson | MacPherson | Badenoch, Dunblane, Galloway, Inverness-shire, Nithsdale, Perthshire | |
| Carstairs | Strathclyde | ||
| Carstarphen | Corstorphine | Forrester | Galloway, Lanarkshire |
| Carswell | Roxburgh | ||
| Carter | Galloway | ||
| Carvel | Angus | ||
| Carwood | Strathclyde | ||
| Case | Paisley | ||
| Cassels | Kennedy | Paisley | |
| Cassey | Cassie | Aberdeenshire, Paisley | |
| Castell | Castle | Dundee | |
| Castlelaw | Galloway | ||
| Castrall | Inverness-shire | ||
| Cate | Keith | Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Caithness, Sutherland | |
| Cathan | Dunblane | ||
| Cathcart | Paisley | ||
| Cather | Lennox | ||
| Catherwood | Strathclyde | ||
| Cathin | Edinburgh | ||
| Cathro | Dundee | ||
| Cattanch | MacPherson | Badenoch, Dunblane, Inverness-shire, Nithsdale, Perthshire | |
| Catterson | Lorne | ||
| Catto | Buchan | ||
| Caven | Cavens | Galloway | |
| Caverhill | Tweedside | ||
| Cavers | Douglas | Galloway, Lanarkshire | |
| Caverton | Roxburgh | ||
| Cavie | Sutherland | ||
| Caw | MacFarlane | Argyll, Lennox | |
| Cawsell | Buchan | ||
| Cay | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Ceras | Ceres | Fife | |
| Cessford | Kerr | Roxburgh, Selkirk | |
| Chalmers | Cameron | Aberdeenshire | |
| Chamberlain | Edinburgh | ||
| Chambers | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Champness | Glasgow | ||
| Chancellor | Ayrshire | ||
| Chandler | Berwickshire | ||
| Chaplin | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Chapman | Angus | ||
| Charles | Mackenzie | Ross-shire | |
| Charlesworth | Inverness-shire | ||
| Charteris | Charters | Roxburgh | |
| Charters | Galloway | ||
| Chatto | Roxburgh | ||
| Cheney | Sutherland | Sutherland | |
| Cherrie | Cherry | Paisley | |
| Cheyne | Sutherland | Aberdeenshire, Sutherland | |
| Chiesley | Edinburgh | ||
| Childress | Galloway | ||
| Chirnside | Dunbar | ||
| Chisholm | Cheshome, Chisholme Chism | See: Clan Chisholm Early Genealogy & History | Ross-shire, Roxburgh |
| Chivas | Chives | Aberdeenshire | |
| Christian | Galloway | ||
| Christie | Christy, Crystie, Criste | Farquharson | Aberdeenshire, Deeside, Dunblane, Fife, Stirlingshire |
| Chrystal | Buchan | ||
| Clamp | Galloway | ||
| Clanachan | MacLean | Hebrides, Isle of Mull | |
| Clark | Clarke, Clerk | Cameron, MacPherson | Angus, Badenoch, Dunblane, Inverness-shire, Lochaber, Nithsdale, Perthshire, Strathearn, Strathspey |
| Clarkson | Claxon | Cameron, MacPherson | Badenoch, Dunblane, Inverness-shire, Lochaber, Nithsdale, Perthshire |
| Clarkston | Glasgow | ||
| Clathan | Stirlingshire | ||
| Clatt | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Clawson | Perthshire | ||
| Clayhills | Dundee | ||
| Claypole | Claypool | Galloway | |
| Cleghorn | Strathclyde | ||
| Cleland | Clelland | Edinburgh, Lanarkshire | |
| Clem | Galloway | ||
| Clement | Lamont | Argyll | |
| Clemmer | Galloway | ||
| Clenhill | Tweedside | ||
| Clephane | Gala Water | ||
| Clerihew | Clerihews | Aberdeenshire | |
| Cliff | Inverness-shire | ||
| Cline | Sutherland | Sutherland | |
| Clinkscales | Clinscale, Clinskill | Tweedside | |
| Clinton | Galloway | ||
| Clints | Edinburgh | ||
| Clogg | Dundee | ||
| Cloudslie | Cloudsley, Cloudsly | Angus | |
| Clouston | Sinclair | Orkney | |
| Clow | Clowe | Strathearn | |
| Club | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Cluff | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Clugston | Galloway | ||
| Cluny | MacPherson | Badenoch, Dunblane, Galloway, Inverness-shire, Nithsdale, Perthshire | |
| Clutton | Sutherland | ||
| Clyde | Strathclyde | ||
| Clydesdale | Strathclyde | ||
| Clyne | Sinclair | Caithness, Orkney, Sutherland | |
| Coates | Coats, Couttis | Farquharson | Paisley |
| Coatney | Glasgow | ||
| Cobb | Lindsay | Angus, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire | |
| Cobban | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Cobbler | Dunblane | ||
| Cochrane | Fort William, Paisley | ||
| Cock | Fife | ||
| Cockayne | Glasgow | ||
| Cockburn | Coburn | Berwickshire | |
| Cocker | Edinburgh | ||
| Cockerham | Tweedside | ||
| Cockhill | Inverness-shire | ||
| Cockie | Cockey | Aberdeenshire | |
| Cockings | Perthshire | ||
| Cocks | Dundee | ||
| Coe | Musselburgh | ||
| Coffield | Lorne | ||
| Coggan | Tweedside | ||
| Coghill | Cogle | Sutherland | |
| Coldinham | Coldingham | Tweedside | |
| Coldstream | Tweedside | ||
| Coldwell | Galloway | ||
| Colledge | Roxburgh | ||
| Collie | Colley | Aberdeenshire | |
| Collier | Colyear | Robertson | Atholl, Perthshire, Strathclyde |
| Colligan | Dundee | ||
| Collins | Angus | ||
| Collinson | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Colman | Coleman | Buchanan | Lennox, Menteith, Stirlingshire |
| Colquhoun | Calhoun, Colchoun, Culchone | See: Clan Colquhoun Early Genealogy & History | Lennox, Loch Lomond |
| Colson | MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire | |
| Colston | Strathclyde | ||
| Coltart | Galloway | ||
| Colthers | Galloway | ||
| Colton | Tweedside | ||
| Coltran | Galloway | ||
| Colven | Colvin | Galloway | |
| Colville | Roxburgh | ||
| Combich | Chombich, MacCombich, MacChombich | Stewart of Appin | Argyll |
| Combie | MacKintosh, MacThomas | Badenoch | |
| Comine | Comyn, Cumin | Cumming | Badenoch, Fort William, Lochaber, Menteith, Roxburgh |
| Comrie | MacGregor | Argyll, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy, Perthshire | |
| Conacher | MacDougall | Argyll, Lorne | |
| Condy | Condey, Condie | MacFarlane | Argyll, Lennox, Strathearn |
| Cone | Cones | Aberdeenshire | |
| Conelly | Conellie, Conelly, Connelly, Connolly | Dundee | |
| Coneson | Glen Orchy | ||
| Congleton | Congalton, Congliton | Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Edinburgh | |
| Conghal | Congle | Strathearn | |
| Congleton | Roxburgh | ||
| Conheath | Galloway | ||
| Connan | Glen Orchy | ||
| Connal | Connall, Connell, Connel | Stirlingshire | |
| Conney | Ayrshire | ||
| Conning | Galloway | ||
| Connon | Connan, Connen | Gordon | Huntly |
| Connor | Conner | Gordon | Dundee |
| Conochie | Connochie | Campbell, MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy |
| Cornwell | Lennox | ||
| Constable | Hay | Lanarkshire | |
| Constantine | Strathclyde | ||
| Convall | Convell | Lennox | |
| Conway | Dundee | ||
| Conyngham | Cunningham | Ayrshire | |
| Cook | Stewart | Atholl, Edinburgh, Galloway, Isle of Arran, Perthshire, Stirlingshire | |
| Coon | Ayrshire | ||
| Cooper | Coupar, Couper, Cowper | Angus | |
| Copeland | Tweedside | ||
| Copeley | Coplay, Copley | Glasgow | |
| Corbet | Corbett | Ross | Ross-shire |
| Corbie | Corbey, Corby | Fife | |
| Corbridge | Roxburgh | ||
| Cordiner | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Cordwainer | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Core | Strathclyde | ||
| Cork | Lennox | ||
| Corkrane | Galloway | ||
| Cormack | Buchanan | Lennox, Mentieth, Stirlingshire | |
| Cornell | Tweedside | ||
| Cornet | Dunbar | ||
| Cornfoot | Dundee | ||
| Cornton | Stirlingshire | ||
| Corpinstone | Edinburgh | ||
| Corrie | Correy, Corry | Galloway | |
| Corsane | Galloway | ||
| Corse | Angus | ||
| Corsehill | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Corskie | Corskey, Corsky | Aberdeenshire | |
| Corson | Murray | Atholl, Galloway, Lanarkshire | |
| Corssar | Stirlingshire | ||
| Corstone | Perthshire | ||
| Corstorphine | Carstarphen | Forrester | Galloway, Lanarkshire |
| Cosalt | Inverness-shire | ||
| Coscrath | Buchan | ||
| Cosgrove | Dundee | ||
| Cosh | Ayrshire | ||
| Cossar | Tweedside | ||
| Cossens | Cossins | Glen Lyon | |
| Costain | Paisley | ||
| Costerman | Tweedside | ||
| Costie | Costey, Costy | Buchan | |
| Cothart | Argyll | ||
| Cotton | Fife | ||
| Cottram | Tweedside | ||
| Cotts | Galloway | ||
| Coubro | Coubrough | Aberdeenshire | |
| Coull | MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire | |
| Coulson | MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire | |
| Coulter | Coultar | Galloway | |
| Coulthard | Galloway | ||
| Coupland | Galloway | ||
| Courtney | Dunbar | ||
| Cousins | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Cousland | Buchanan | Lennox, Menteith, Stirlingshire | |
| Couston | Angus | ||
| Couttie | Couttey, Coutty | Angus | |
| Coutts | Farquharson | Aberdeenshire, Deeside | |
| Coventry | Tweedside | ||
| Covington | Strathclyde | ||
| Cow | Cowe | Musselburgh | |
| Cowan | Cowen | Colquhoun, MacDougall | Argyll, Lennox, Loch Lomond, Lorne |
| Cowden | Edinburgh | ||
| Cowie | Fraser | Ayrshire, Inverness-shire, Midlothian, Selkirk | |
| Cox | Coxe | Argyll | |
| Crabb | Crabbe | Aberdeenshire | |
| Crachett | Angus | ||
| Craell | Dundee | ||
| Craib | Inverness-shire | ||
| Craig | Crag, Craigh | Gordon | Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire, Paisley |
| Craigaillie | Perthshire | ||
| Craigan | Strathspey | ||
| Craigforth | Craighforth | Stirlingshire | |
| Craighead | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Craigmiller | Craigmillar | Edinburgh | |
| Craigmyle | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Craignich | Craignish | Argyll | |
| Craigton | Angus | ||
| Crail | Fife | ||
| Crain | Angus | ||
| Crale | Fife | ||
| Cram | Cramb, Crambie, Crambey | Fife | |
| Crammond | Edinburgh | ||
| Cran | Angus | ||
| Crandall | Crandalle | Strathclyde | |
| Crannach | Buchan | Buchan | |
| Cranston | Cranstoun | Edinburgh, Midlothian | |
| Craven | Cravens | Galloway | |
| Craw | Berwickshire | ||
| Crawford | Craford, Crawey, Crawfurd, Craufurd | Lindsay | Lanarkshire |
| Creamer | Angus | ||
| Creech | Fife | ||
| Creel | Fife | ||
| Creelman | Glasgow | ||
| Creevie | Creevey, Creevy, Crevie | Aberdeenshire | |
| Creighton | Edinburgh | ||
| Cremon | Inverness-shire | ||
| Crerar | Crarer | MacKintosh | Strathspey |
| Crewer | Perthshire | ||
| Cribbs | Cribbes | Edinburgh | |
| Crichton | Edinburgh | ||
| Crieff | Crieve | Crieff | |
| Crighall | Edinburgh | ||
| Crinan | Perthshire | ||
| Cringle | Paisley | ||
| Cripple | Perthshire | ||
| Crispin | Nithsdale | ||
| Critchley | Critchlie, Critchly | Inverness-shire | |
| Croall | Dundee | ||
| Crochett | Angus | ||
| Crockett | Crockatt | Strathclyde | |
| Croggan | Argyll | ||
| Croll | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Crolla | Crollagh | Galloway | |
| Cromarty | Urquhart | Inverness-shire, Loch Ness | |
| Cromb | Crom, Cromy, Crome | Gordon | Huntly |
| Crombie | MacDonald | Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire | |
| Cromdale | Strathspey | ||
| Cron | Argyll | ||
| Crook | Crooke, Crookes | Paisley | |
| Crookshank | Cruickshank | Stewart of Atholl | Atholl, Edinburgh, Galloway, Perthshire, Stirlingshire |
| Crosby | Crosbie | Bruce | Carrick, Galloway |
| Cross | Galloway | ||
| Crosshill | Strathclyde | ||
| Crouch | Inverness-shire | ||
| Crouner | Crowner | Aberdeenshire | |
| Crozier | Crosar, Croser, Crosier, Crosser, Croyser | Roxburgh, St Andrews | |
| Cruddon | Cruden, Crudon | Buchan | |
| Cruizean | Edinburgh | ||
| Crum | MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire | |
| Crunkleton | Roxburgh | ||
| Cryng | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Crystall | Buchan | ||
| Cubbie | Cubbey, Cubby | Angus | |
| Cubbison | Cubbiston | Galloway | |
| Cuddie | Cuddey, Cuddy | Galloway | |
| Culbert | Colbert | Fife | |
| Culbin | Kinnaird | Perthshire | |
| Culchone | Colquhoun | Lennox, Loch Lomond | |
| Cullen | Culane | Gordon | Aberdeenshire, Berwickshire, Huntly |
| Cullison | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Culp | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Culpen | MacAlpine | Argyll | |
| Culross | Dunblane | ||
| Culton | Galloway | ||
| Culwen | Galloway | ||
| Cumming | Comyn, Cumming, Cuming, Cumine, Cummine | See: Clan Cumming Early Genealogy & History | Badenoch, Fort William, Lochaber, Menteith, Roxburgh |
| Cumnock | Paisley | ||
| Cundie | Cundey, Cundy | Inverness-shire | |
| Cunnein | Galloway | ||
| Cunning | Galloway | ||
| Cunningham | Conyngham, Cuningham, Cuninghame, Cunninghame, Cunnynghame, Cunygnham | Ayrshire, Dunbar, Ettrick, Musselburgh, St Andrews | |
| Cupple | Lorne | ||
| Curdie | Curdey, Curdy | Isle of Arran | |
| Curle | Paisley | ||
| Curran | Dundee | ||
| Currer | Dundee | ||
| Currie | Curry | MacDonald of Clanranald, MacPherson | Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh, Galloway, Glasgow, Melrose |
| Currier | Galloway | ||
| Curror | Angus | ||
| Curtis | Angus | ||
| Curwen | Curwin | Roxburgh | |
| Curzon | Galloway | ||
| Cusack | Cusick | Dundee | |
| Cushie | Cushey, Cushy | Roxburgh | |
| Cushnie | Cushney, Cushny | Lumsden | Inverness-shire |
| Custer | Lorne | ||
| Cutellar | Cuteller | Angus | |
| Cuthbert | Angus | ||
| Cuthbertson | Angus | ||
| Cuthnell | Musselburgh | ||
| Cuthill | Musselburgh | ||
| Cutler | Cuttler | Dunbar, Galloway | |
| Cyster | Ayrshire |