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Holly Lennon & Indigo Stafford

50 of the most common Scottish surnames and how many of us have them

Edinburgh Live previously reported on 100 of the most common surnames in the capital, with Smith, Brown and Roberston coming up as the most common.

But how does that compare to the rest of Scotland? Forebears have compiled a list of just how many people in Scotland all share the same name.

Everyone knows a Scottish Smith or Roberson, right? But just how many of them are there amongst us?

Find out if your name is the most common in Scotland and how many people you share it with:

1 Smith - 64,005

2 Brown - 46,009

3 Wilson - 43, 419

4 Campbell - 38, 926

5 Thomson - 38,708

6 Robertson - 38,150

7 Stewart - 36,608

8 Anderson - 34,539

9 Scott - 27,435

10 MacDonald - 27,052

11 Murray - 26,955

12 Reid - 26,220

13 Taylor - 24,834

14 Clark - 23,568

15 Ross - 21,612

16 Morrison - 20,870

17 Young - 20,633

18 Mitchell - 20,520

19 Paterson - 20,449

20 Watson - 20,313

21 Walker - 19,778

22 Fraser - 19,314

23 Miller - 18, 553

24 Henderson - 18,450

25 Graham - 18,281

26 Davidson - 17,912

27 Gray - 17,783

28 Hamilton - 17,686

29 Johnston - 17,520

30 McDonald - 17,499

31 Cameron - 17,312

32 Duncan - 17,153

33 Kerr - 17,015

34 Martin - 16,689

35 Hunter - 16,615

36 Ferguson - 16, 381

37 Bell - 16, 372

38 Simpson - 16,034

39 Grant - 15,817

40 Kelly - 15,603

41 Allan - 15,282

42 MacKenzie - 15,242

43 MacLeod - 14,561

44 Black - 13,859

45 MacKay - 13,670

46 McLean - 13,645

47 Russell - 12,401

You can see how you compare to the rest of Edinburgh here.

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