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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) |
Jack |
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Aberdeenshire |
Jackson |
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Aberdeenshire |
Jacob |
Jacobs |
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Dundee |
Jacobson |
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Dundee |
Jacque |
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Edinburgh |
Jaffray |
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Aberdeenshire |
Jaffrayson |
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Aberdeenshire |
Jagger |
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Glasgow |
Jameson |
Jamieson |
Gunn, Stewart |
Atholl, Caithness, Edinburgh, Galloway, Perthshire, Stirlingshire |
Jamie |
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Aberdeenshire |
Janes |
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Aberdeenshire |
Jardine |
Jardin |
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Angus, Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Perthshire |
Jargoun |
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Glasgow |
Jarratt |
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Nithsdale |
Jarum |
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Roxburgh |
Jarvie |
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Stirlingshire |
Jarvie |
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Stirlingshire |
Jeans |
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Aberdeenshire |
Jedburgh |
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Roxburgh |
Jeffrey |
Jeffray |
MacDonald |
Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire |
Jellie |
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Ayrshire |
Jellybrand |
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Mar |
Jenkin |
Jenkins |
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Aberdeenshire |
Jennett |
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Inverness-shire |
Jenson |
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Angus |
Jerdan |
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Roxburgh |
Jerret |
Jerrett |
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Nithsdale |
Jessieman |
Jessiman |
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Huntly |
Joass |
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Fife |
Jobson |
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Edinburgh |
Jocelin |
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Glasgow |
Joel |
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Perthshire |
Johnman |
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Perthshire |
Johnson |
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Gunn, Johnstone |
Aberdeenshire |
Johnstone |
Johnson, Johnston |
See: Clan Johnstone Early Genealogy & History |
Falkirk, Galloway, Musselburgh, Roxburgh, Strathclyde |
Jolley |
Jollie |
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Edinburgh |
Jones |
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Inverness-shire |
Jonkieson |
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Edinburgh |
Jopp |
Jupp |
Gordon |
Huntly |
Jordon |
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Aberdeenshire |
Jorie |
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Galloway |
Joss |
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Aberdeenshire, Fife |
Jossy |
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Edinburgh |
Joy |
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Perthshire |
Joyce |
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Inverness-shire |
Judson |
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Edinburgh |
Junor |
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Inverness-shire |