1881 census county

Argyllshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Argyllshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

1,915 surnames are listed for Argyllshire, covering 43,785 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Cochrane, with 31 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Argyllshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
201	Cochrane	31	0.040%	2.46x
202	Maxwell	31	0.040%	1.60x
203	Clerk	30	0.040%	14.26x
204	Elliot	30	0.040%	1.45x
205	Ewing	30	0.040%	4.00x
206	Macfadyen	30	0.040%	118.81x
207	Templeton	30	0.040%	4.99x
208	Lyon	29	0.040%	1.70x
209	Thom	29	0.040%	3.99x
210	Tyson	29	0.040%	2.74x
211	Whiteford	29	0.040%	13.45x
212	Dickson	28	0.030%	0.93x
213	Harkness	28	0.030%	6.14x
214	Hutton	28	0.030%	1.15x
215	Morton	28	0.030%	0.64x
216	Rodger	28	0.030%	2.45x
217	Barclay	27	0.030%	1.61x
218	Dempster	27	0.030%	4.72x
219	King	27	0.030%	0.15x
220	Lamond	27	0.030%	9.72x
221	Maccoll	27	0.030%	119.84x
222	Macnab	27	0.030%	36.69x
223	Finlayson	26	0.030%	2.78x
224	Forsyth	26	0.030%	1.50x
225	Maclellan	26	0.030%	47.64x
226	Sim	26	0.030%	2.85x
227	Wood	26	0.030%	0.10x
228	Armstrong	25	0.030%	0.40x
229	Bowie	25	0.030%	3.53x
230	Boyle	25	0.030%	1.18x
231	Caldwell	25	0.030%	1.96x
232	Gardner	25	0.030%	0.45x
233	Maccallum	25	0.030%	119.56x
234	Macnicol	25	0.030%	180.64x
235	Maitland	25	0.030%	4.74x
236	Sharp	25	0.030%	0.37x
237	Turnbull	25	0.030%	0.73x
238	Blacklock	24	0.030%	6.95x
239	Dickie	24	0.030%	3.76x
240	Fullarton	24	0.030%	14.03x
241	Gallacher	24	0.030%	3.42x
242	Hardie	24	0.030%	2.26x
243	Mitchel	24	0.030%	3.02x
244	Parker	24	0.030%	0.16x
245	Shearer	24	0.030%	2.30x
246	Stuart	24	0.030%	1.24x
247	Waugh	24	0.030%	2.17x
248	Adams	23	0.030%	0.19x
249	Donaldson	23	0.030%	0.99x
250	Gillis	23	0.030%	14.09x
251	Hill	23	0.030%	0.11x
252	Paton	23	0.030%	1.26x
253	Rennie	23	0.030%	1.62x
254	Wilkinson	23	0.030%	0.19x
255	Agnew	22	0.030%	4.81x
256	Fergusson	22	0.030%	5.34x
257	Frazer	22	0.030%	3.49x
258	Gourlay	22	0.030%	4.88x
259	Harrison	22	0.030%	0.12x
260	Macrae	22	0.030%	3.47x
261	Mcintyre	22	0.030%	13.50x
262	Newlands	22	0.030%	6.70x
263	Niven	22	0.030%	3.89x
264	Phillips	22	0.030%	0.15x
265	Swan	22	0.030%	1.04x
266	Edwards	21	0.030%	0.09x
267	Findlay	21	0.030%	1.25x
268	Galloway	21	0.030%	1.50x
269	Jack	21	0.030%	1.22x
270	Maclachlan	21	0.030%	27.92x
271	Moore	21	0.030%	0.13x
272	Noble	21	0.030%	0.62x
273	Rutherford	21	0.030%	1.06x
274	Torrie	21	0.030%	36.48x
275	Hattan	20	0.020%	115.07x
276	Hutchison	20	0.020%	1.50x
277	Kent	20	0.020%	0.58x
278	Lochead	20	0.020%	40.47x
279	Olding	20	0.020%	12.79x
280	Riddell	20	0.020%	2.93x
281	Townsley	20	0.020%	12.59x
282	Tulloch	20	0.020%	3.71x
283	Baker	19	0.020%	0.11x
284	Boag	19	0.020%	8.07x
285	Bryce	19	0.020%	2.33x
286	Finlay	19	0.020%	2.28x
287	Finn	19	0.020%	2.56x
288	Lawrie	19	0.020%	2.44x
289	Macgregor	19	0.020%	5.59x
290	Meikle	19	0.020%	3.25x
291	Nelson	19	0.020%	0.48x
292	Paul	19	0.020%	0.93x
293	Sillars	19	0.020%	27.02x
294	Smart	19	0.020%	0.51x
295	Spence	19	0.020%	0.71x
296	Woodrow	19	0.020%	3.77x
297	Carruthers	18	0.020%	1.67x
298	Chalmers	18	0.020%	0.93x
299	Cordiner	18	0.020%	16.53x
300	Crow	18	0.020%	1.47x