Click on a letter below to view all surnames beginning with that letter. Please use the contact form for questions or comments.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yair | Musselburgh | ||
| Yairfa | Orkney | ||
| Yallower | Fife | ||
| Yates | Yeats | Galloway | |
| Yeaman | Dundee | ||
| Yellowlees | Edinburgh | ||
| Yellowley | St Andrews | ||
| Yeltoun | Strathclyde | ||
| Yenstay | Orkney | ||
| Yeoman | Dundee | ||
| Yetham | Roxburgh | ||
| Yetts | Galloway | ||
| York | Roxburgh | ||
| Yourson | Yorstoun | Edinburgh | |
| Young | Ayrshire, Carrick, Dunbar, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hebrides, Orkney, Paisley | ||
| Younger | Fife | ||
| Youngson | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Younie | Inverness-shire | ||
| Yourstoun | Edinburgh | ||
| Yule | Ewell, Yool, Youll, Yowell, Yuill, Yuille, Zuill | Buchanan | Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Lanarkshire, Lennox, Menteith, Stirlingshire |
| Yullo | Strathclyde | ||
| Yunnie | Inverness-shire | ||
| Yut | Edinburgh |