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 Gibb, with 18 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
301	Gibb	18	0.020%	1.25x
302	Laing	18	0.020%	1.10x
303	Macmaster	18	0.020%	87.25x
304	More	18	0.020%	2.85x
305	Robb	18	0.020%	1.28x
306	Stark	18	0.020%	1.62x
307	Angus	17	0.020%	1.46x
308	Barbour	17	0.020%	3.80x
309	Birrell	17	0.020%	4.29x
310	Dunbar	17	0.020%	1.82x
311	Durnan	17	0.020%	104.36x
312	Fyfe	17	0.020%	2.28x
313	Glendinning	17	0.020%	5.47x
314	Hart	17	0.020%	0.25x
315	Jenkins	17	0.020%	0.18x
316	Knox	17	0.020%	1.22x
317	Mactaggart	17	0.020%	115.96x
318	Palmer	17	0.020%	0.18x
319	Porter	17	0.020%	0.28x
320	Ronald	17	0.020%	5.86x
321	Struthers	17	0.020%	4.68x
322	West	17	0.020%	0.22x
323	Barton	16	0.020%	0.36x
324	Buchan	16	0.020%	1.52x
325	Caskie	16	0.020%	43.66x
326	Colthart	16	0.020%	46.77x
327	Connor	16	0.020%	0.67x
328	Easton	16	0.020%	1.30x
329	Kemp	16	0.020%	0.35x
330	Meldrum	16	0.020%	3.12x
331	Ohara	16	0.020%	3.42x
332	Sands	16	0.020%	1.76x
333	Strang	16	0.020%	4.38x
334	Andrews	15	0.020%	0.19x
335	Arthur	15	0.020%	0.85x
336	Ballantyne	15	0.020%	2.43x
337	Conley	15	0.020%	5.10x
338	Cooper	15	0.020%	0.08x
339	Harris	15	0.020%	0.07x
340	Hendry	15	0.020%	1.16x
341	Kenedy	15	0.020%	14.02x
342	Macintosh	15	0.020%	4.27x
343	Mercer	15	0.020%	0.70x
344	Nicholson	15	0.020%	0.26x
345	Nicol	15	0.020%	0.89x
346	Riach	15	0.020%	10.58x
347	Roberts	15	0.020%	0.05x
348	Robinson	15	0.020%	0.06x
349	Shedden	15	0.020%	10.66x
350	Adam	14	0.020%	1.00x
351	Aitchison	14	0.020%	2.46x
352	Bulloch	14	0.020%	8.61x
353	Calderwood	14	0.020%	4.80x
354	Crerar	14	0.020%	8.83x
355	Cuthbertson	14	0.020%	2.23x
356	Dempsey	14	0.020%	2.75x
357	Drew	14	0.020%	0.65x
358	Goodwin	14	0.020%	0.33x
359	Harper	14	0.020%	0.27x
360	Harvie	14	0.020%	5.26x
361	Hogarth	14	0.020%	2.61x
362	Howie	14	0.020%	1.75x
363	Hughes	14	0.020%	0.06x
364	Jamison	14	0.020%	8.64x
365	Kean	14	0.020%	2.54x
366	Laird	14	0.020%	1.53x
367	Lawrence	14	0.020%	0.27x
368	Macniven	14	0.020%	90.44x
369	Mains	14	0.020%	10.50x
370	Malcolm	14	0.020%	1.31x
371	Omay	14	0.020%	143.15x
372	Pattison	14	0.020%	1.08x
373	Scoular	14	0.020%	13.57x
374	Semple	14	0.020%	3.61x
375	Smellie	14	0.020%	3.89x
376	Somerville	14	0.020%	2.07x
377	Vass	14	0.020%	5.07x
378	Baillie	13	0.020%	1.54x
379	Banks	13	0.020%	0.31x
380	Cochran	13	0.020%	4.19x
381	Cockburn	13	0.020%	1.25x
382	Dallas	13	0.020%	4.23x
383	Drysdale	13	0.020%	1.89x
384	Dunsmore	13	0.020%	6.22x
385	Forrest	13	0.020%	0.62x
386	Forrester	13	0.020%	1.19x
387	Fulton	13	0.020%	1.27x
388	Gardiner	13	0.020%	0.56x
389	Gillan	13	0.020%	4.55x
390	Halliday	13	0.020%	0.77x
391	Holm	13	0.020%	20.91x
392	Kane	13	0.020%	1.98x
393	Lauder	13	0.020%	3.04x
394	Low	13	0.020%	0.75x
395	Macisaac	13	0.020%	59.12x
396	Melville	13	0.020%	1.51x
397	Merrilees	13	0.020%	28.16x
398	Montgomerie	13	0.020%	8.38x
399	Morris	13	0.020%	0.07x
400	Murphy	13	0.020%	0.20x