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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddler | Saidler | Roxburgh | |
| Sage | Fife | ||
| Salchop | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Salmon | Perthshire | ||
| Salpy | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Salter | Musselburgh | ||
| Salton | Edinburgh | ||
| Samson | Strathclyde | ||
| Sandeman | Perthshire | ||
| Sanderson | MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire | |
| Sandeson | Huntly | ||
| Sandford | Fife | ||
| Sandilands | Douglas | Galloway, Lanarkshire, Roxburgh | |
| Sandison | Gunn | Caithness, Sutherland | |
| Sands | Fife | ||
| Sang | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sangster | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sankie | Roxburgh | ||
| Sanquhar | Paisley | ||
| Saucer | Sauser | Stirlingshire | |
| Saunders | MacAlister | Ayrshire, Argyll | |
| Savage | Edinburgh | ||
| Sawright | Galloway | ||
| Sawyer | Glasgow | ||
| Scaddan | Galloway | ||
| Scalebroc | Carrick | ||
| Scales | Galloway | ||
| Scall | Angus | ||
| Scapa | Orkney | ||
| Scarborough | Perthshire | ||
| Scarlett | Nithsdale | ||
| Schacklock | Stirlingshire | ||
| Scherol | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Schethin | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Schoolbraid | Schoolbread | Fife | |
| Sclater | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Scobie | MacKay | Sutherland | |
| Sconce | Stirlingshire | ||
| Scoon | Perthshire | ||
| Scorgie | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Scortone | Roxburgh | ||
| Scotcock | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Scotland | Fife | ||
| Scotlawn | Angus | ||
| Scott | See: Clan Scott 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. | |
| Scougal | Musselburgh | ||
| Scoular | Galloway | ||
| Scoule | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Scrivener | Ayrshire | ||
| Scroggie | Perthshire | ||
| Scroggins | Dundee | ||
| Scroggs | Roxburgh | ||
| Scrulton | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Scrymgeour | Scrimgeour | Dundee, Fife | |
| Scullion | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Scuny | Fife | ||
| Searle | Searles | Dundee | |
| Seeler | Roxburgh | ||
| Seggat | Angus | ||
| Seggie | Fife | ||
| Selbach | Lorne | ||
| Selbie | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Selbourne | Strathspey | ||
| Selcraig | Galloway | ||
| Seleman | Edinburgh | ||
| Selvieland | Strathclyde | ||
| Seman | Strathclyde | ||
| Semple | Semphill | Paisley | |
| Senior | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Serle | Roxburgh | ||
| Service | Stirlingshire | ||
| Seton | Seaton | Atholl, East Lothian, Edinburgh | |
| Sewall | Roxburgh | ||
| Seybold | Fife | ||
| Seymore | Dundee | ||
| Shade | Edinburgh | ||
| Shakle | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Shand | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Shank | Fife | ||
| Shankilaw | Strathclyde | ||
| Shankland | Galloway | ||
| Shannon | MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire | |
| Shanwell | Angus | ||
| Sharon | Inverness-shire | ||
| Sharp | Stewart | Atholl, Edinburgh, Galloway, Perthshire, Stirlingshire | |
| Sharper | Galloway | ||
| Sharpraw | Galloway | ||
| Sharpstone | Edinburgh | ||
| Shaw | MacKintosh | Inverness-shire, Loch Laggan, Nairn, Perthshire, Tweedside | |
| Shay | Argyll | ||
| Shearer | Fife | ||
| Sheargold | Edinburgh | ||
| Shearsmith | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sheddan | Paisley | ||
| Sheed | Edinburgh | ||
| Sheepshank | Galloway | ||
| Shellagreen | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Shearar | Fife | ||
| Sheret | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sheriff | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sherlaw | Glasgow | ||
| Sherry | MacKinnon | Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Isle of Mull | |
| Sherwin | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sherwinglaw | Roxburgh | ||
| Shewalton | Ayrshire | ||
| Shewan | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Shiel | Edinburgh | ||
| Shillady | Strathclyde | ||
| Shillinglaw | Roxburgh | ||
| Shinie | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Shiplaw | Tweedside | ||
| Shire | Glasgow | ||
| Shirer | Buchan | ||
| Shirlaw | Strathclyde | ||
| Shirra | Edinburgh | ||
| Shirras | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Shivas | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Shoner | Edinburgh | ||
| Shonie | Edinburgh | ||
| Shoreswood | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Short | Stirlingshire | ||
| Shorthorn | Strathclyde | ||
| Shorthouse | Fife | ||
| Shortreed | Shortrig | Roxburgh | |
| Shortrig | Galloway | ||
| Shotton | Roxburgh | ||
| Shunger | Angus | ||
| Shurie | Orkney | ||
| Shuttleworth | Galloway | ||
| Sibbald | Fife | ||
| Sibbet | St Andrews | ||
| Sidey | Perthshire | ||
| Sievewright | Huntly | ||
| Sildawie | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Silkesworthe | Blairgowrie | ||
| Sillars | Isle of Arran | ||
| Silverton | Fife | ||
| Silvester | St Andrews | ||
| Silvie | Angus | ||
| Sim | Sims, Sime | Fraser | Ayrshire, Inverness-shire, Midlothian, Selkirk |
| Simmers | Perthshire | ||
| Simmie | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Simmington | Strathclyde | ||
| Simon | Symon | Fraser | Ayrshire, Inverness-shire, Midlothian, Selkirk |
| Simpson | Fraser | Ayrshire, Huntly, Inverness-shire, Midlothian, Selkirk, Strathspey | |
| Simson | Fraser | Edinburgh | |
| Sinclair | See: Clan Sinclair Early Genealogy & History | Argyll, Caithness, Orkney | |
| Singer | Singers | Fife | |
| Singleton | Edinburgh | ||
| Sinton | Roxburgh | ||
| Sithowson | Fife | ||
| Sitlington | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sives | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Siward | Fife | ||
| Skadughy | Fife | ||
| Skaill | Orkney | ||
| Skaithmuir | Edinburgh | ||
| Skea | Orkney | ||
| Skebister | Orkney | ||
| Sked | Musselburgh | ||
| Skeldon | Edinburgh | ||
| Skellie | Galloway | ||
| Skene | Skeen, Skeene | See: Clan Skene Early Genealogy & History | Aberdeenshire |
| Skeoch | Ayrshire | ||
| Skey | Strathclyde | ||
| Skilling | Glasgow | ||
| Skimming | Galloway | ||
| Skinner | MacGregor | Argyll, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy, Perthshire | |
| Skipper | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Skirling | Perthshire | ||
| Skirving | Edinburgh | ||
| Slach | Roxburgh | ||
| Slagg | Glasgow | ||
| Slassor | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Slatter | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Slaywrock | Ayrshire | ||
| Sledger | Glasgow | ||
| Sleigh | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Slesser | Slessor | Aberdeenshire | |
| Slight | Edinburgh | ||
| Slimon | Dundee | ||
| Slink | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sloan | Galloway | ||
| Slogadadh | St Andrews | ||
| Sloss | Ayrshire | ||
| Slymon | Dundee | ||
| Slyngsby | Edinburgh | ||
| Smailholm | Roxburgh | ||
| Small | Murray | Atholl, Lanarkshire | |
| Smalley | Murray | Atholl, Glasgow, Lanarkshire | |
| Smallwood | Paisley | ||
| Smart | Mackenzie | Fife, Ross-shire | |
| Smellie | Edinburgh | ||
| Smerles | Galloway | ||
| Smibert | Edinburgh | ||
| Smilie | Edinburgh | ||
| Smith | Smyth, Smythe | MacKintosh, MacPherson | One of the top twelve most common surnames in Scotland for over 100 years; can be found in almost every Scottish District. |
| Smiton | Edinburgh | ||
| Smollett | Lennox | ||
| Smolt | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Snadden | Galloway | ||
| Snape | Strathclyde | ||
| Snawie | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Snell | Glasgow | ||
| Snowden | Tweedside | ||
| Snype | Glasgow | ||
| Soffley | Edinburgh | ||
| Softlaw | Roxburgh | ||
| Somerville | Sommerville, Summervail | Lanarkshire | |
| Soonhope | Roxburgh | ||
| Soonhouse | Roxburgh | ||
| Sorbie | Galloway | ||
| Sorley | Sorely | Cameron, Lamont, MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Lochaber, Ross-shire |
| Sorleyson | Ayrshire | ||
| Soroules | Tweedside | ||
| Soudie | Inverness-shire | ||
| Souness | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Souper | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Souter | Soutar, Souther, Souttar, Soutter, Suter, Sutter | Angus, Carrick | |
| Southgate | Perthshire | ||
| Southhouse | Edinburgh | ||
| Southren | Perthshire | ||
| Southwick | Galloway | ||
| Soutra | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sowdan | Sowden | Roxburgh | |
| Sowness | Tweedside | ||
| Sowter | Galloway | ||
| Spade | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Spaden | Murray | Atholl, Lanarkshire | |
| Spalding | Murray | Atholl, Lanarkshire | |
| Spang | Glasgow | ||
| Spankie | Dundee | ||
| Spankin | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Spark | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sparkelyn | Paisley | ||
| Spedding | Edinburgh | ||
| Speed | Angus | ||
| Speedie | Edinburgh | ||
| Speediman | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Speir | Glasgow | ||
| Speirs | Stirlingshire | ||
| Spence | Spens | MacDuff | Fife |
| Spendlove | Strathclyde | ||
| Sperlin | Strathclyde | ||
| Spick | Tweedside | ||
| Spileman | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Spink | Angus | ||
| Spiny | Angus | ||
| Spirling | Paisley | ||
| Spittal | Spittel, Spittle | Buchanan | Lennox, Menteith, Stirlingshire |
| Spittlelaut | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Spoors | Glasgow | ||
| Sporran | MacSporran | MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire |
| Spott | Edinburgh | ||
| Spowart | Fife | ||
| Spring | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Springer | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sproat | Galloway | ||
| Sprotty | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Sprount | Angus | ||
| Sprouston | Roxburgh | ||
| Sprunt | Angus | ||
| Squire | Squir | Fife | |
| Stable | Angus | ||
| Staffein | Galloway | ||
| Staig | Perthshire | ||
| Stain | Strathclyde | ||
| Stainehill | Dundee | ||
| Stair | Ayrshire | ||
| Stalker | MacFarlane | Argyll, Lennox | |
| Stampard | Roxburgh | ||
| Standfield | Edinburgh | ||
| Stanford | Glasgow | ||
| Stanger | Orkney | ||
| Stany | St Andrews | ||
| Stark | Robertson | Atholl, Perthshire, Strathclyde | |
| Starrett | Ayrshire | ||
| Startin | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Stedman | Angus | ||
| Steel | Gordon | Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh, Huntly | |
| Steen | Glasgow | ||
| Steilhouse | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Stein | Ayrshire | ||
| Steinsmore | Roxburgh | ||
| Steinson | Glasgow | ||
| Stenbister | Orkney | ||
| Stenhouse | Stenshouse | Bruce | Carrick, Galloway, Stirlingshire |
| Stern | Glasgow | ||
| Sterritt | Ayrshire | ||
| Stevenson | Steven, Stevens, Stephenson, Stevenston, Stivan, Stivans | MacTavish | Ayrshire, Carrick, Glasgow, Inverness-shire, Paisley |
| Stewart | Steuart, Steward, Stuart | See: Clan Stewart 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. |
| Stewarton | Roxburgh | ||
| Stiklaw | St Andrews | ||
| Still | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Stillie | Musselburgh | ||
| Stirie | Ayrshire | ||
| Stirk | Fife | ||
| Stirling | Dunblane, Stirlingshire | ||
| Stirrat | Ayrshire | ||
| Stirton | Fife | ||
| Stitchel | Roxburgh | ||
| Stob | Perthshire | ||
| Stoba | Galloway | ||
| Stobhill | Strathclyde | ||
| Stobie | Tweedside | ||
| Stobo | Glasgow | ||
| Stoddard | Galloway | ||
| Stodegarth | Ayrshire | ||
| Stoesie | Edinburgh | ||
| Stokar | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Stone | Roxburgh | ||
| Stoneypath | Glasgow | ||
| Stonyer | Paisley | ||
| Stoopshill | Strathclyde | ||
| Storey | Storie, Storrie | Ogilvie | Aberdeenshire, Angus |
| Stormont | Perthshire | ||
| Stott | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Stove | Orkney | ||
| Stowe | Stow | Edinburgh | |
| Stoyll | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Strabolgy | Huntly | ||
| Strachan | Strathspey | ||
| Strade | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Stradleuene | Fife | ||
| Strageth | Perthshire | ||
| Strahaven | Strathclyde | ||
| Straloch | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Stranack | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Strange | Strang | Aberdeenshire | |
| Strath | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Strathbrock | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Strathendry | Fife | ||
| Strathgryfe | Strathclyde | ||
| Strathei | Perthshire | ||
| Strathmiglo | Fife | ||
| Stratton | Straiton | Edinburgh | |
| Strawhorn | Ayrshire | ||
| Strichen | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Strickland | Paisley | ||
| Strickle | Glasgow | ||
| Stringer | MacGregor | Argyll, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy, Perthshire | |
| Stronach | Strathspey | ||
| Struthers | Roxburgh | ||
| Stupert | Ayrshire | ||
| Sturgeon | Maxwell | Galloway, Roxburgh | |
| Stute | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Stuteville | St Andrews | ||
| Sulby | Strathclyde | ||
| Summerhill | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Summers | Lindsay | East Lothian, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire | |
| Summerswain | Galloway | ||
| Sumner | Lindsay | East Lothian, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire | |
| Sutherland | Sutherlan | See: Clan Sutherland Early Genealogy & History | Sutherland |
| Sutherline | Fife | ||
| Suthestanes | Edinburgh | ||
| Sutor | Carrick | ||
| Sutter | Soutar, Souter, Souther, Souttar, Soutter, Suter | Angus, Carrick | |
| Suttie | Grant | Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh, Strathspey | |
| Sutton | Galloway | ||
| Swain | MacQueen | Argyll, Hebrides, Inverness-shire | |
| Swan | Swann | Gunn, MacQueen | Argyll, Caithness, Hebrides, Inverness-shire, Sutherland |
| Swanson | Gunn | Caithness, Sutherland | |
| Swanton | Strathclyde | ||
| Swesone | Inverness-shire | ||
| Swift | Edinburgh | ||
| Swine | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Swineford | Roxburgh | ||
| Swinewood | Fife | ||
| Swip | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Swit | Swite | Edinburgh | |
| Swithin | Inverness-shire | ||
| Sword | Stirlingshire | ||
| Swordslipper | Stirlingshire | ||
| Syare | Glasgow | ||
| Syd | Edinburgh | ||
| Syll | Perthshire | ||
| Sylvester | St Andrews | ||
| Sylvie | Angus | ||
| Syme | Fraser | Ayrshire, Inverness-shire, Midlothian, Selkirk | |
| Symington | Strathclyde | ||
| Symmers | Perthshire | ||
| Symon | Fraser | Ayrshire, Inverness-shire, Midlothian, Selkirk | |
| Symonson | Fraser | Ayrshire, Inverness-shire, Midlothian, Selkirk |