1881 census county

Ayrshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ayrshire 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

4,011 surnames are listed for Ayrshire, covering 177,054 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Rooney, with 20 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ayrshire

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
1001	Rooney	20	0.010%	1.03x
1002	Ryan	20	0.010%	0.30x
1003	Seymour	20	0.010%	0.45x
1004	Webster	20	0.010%	0.11x
1005	Wiseman	20	0.010%	0.67x
1006	Bates	19	0.010%	0.14x
1007	Becket	19	0.010%	4.29x
1008	Boreland	19	0.010%	26.03x
1009	Carnie	19	0.010%	5.06x
1010	Clasper	19	0.010%	7.19x
1011	Corbet	19	0.010%	3.16x
1012	Crozier	19	0.010%	1.85x
1013	Cummings	19	0.010%	0.56x
1014	Docharty	19	0.010%	12.82x
1015	Fingland	19	0.010%	17.01x
1016	Flemming	19	0.010%	2.16x
1017	Garret	19	0.010%	6.80x
1018	Grubb	19	0.010%	1.40x
1019	Hanvey	19	0.010%	32.14x
1020	Howe	19	0.010%	0.22x
1021	Jordan	19	0.010%	0.20x
1022	Kerry	19	0.010%	1.29x
1023	Lind	19	0.010%	5.12x
1024	Matheson	19	0.010%	0.64x
1025	New	19	0.010%	0.99x
1026	Nugent	19	0.010%	1.64x
1027	Percy	19	0.010%	0.93x
1028	Poland	19	0.010%	5.04x
1029	Provan	19	0.010%	4.34x
1030	Riddick	19	0.010%	5.31x
1031	Roger	19	0.010%	2.53x
1032	Rush	19	0.010%	0.81x
1033	Sproat	19	0.010%	4.43x
1034	Winters	19	0.010%	2.05x
1035	Aitcheson	18	0.010%	8.53x
1036	Babington	18	0.010%	8.36x
1037	Ballintyne	18	0.010%	23.05x
1038	Bickerstaff	18	0.010%	3.93x
1039	Brisbane	18	0.010%	9.00x
1040	Buchan	18	0.010%	0.64x
1041	Bulloch	18	0.010%	4.12x
1042	Burnett	18	0.010%	0.30x
1043	Cannon	18	0.010%	0.45x
1044	Chynoweth	18	0.010%	19.73x
1045	Clegg	18	0.010%	0.24x
1046	Corson	18	0.010%	8.01x
1047	Culley	18	0.010%	1.94x
1048	Daniels	18	0.010%	0.26x
1049	Davie	18	0.010%	0.89x
1050	Denham	18	0.010%	0.93x
1051	Garry	18	0.010%	4.58x
1052	Glendinning	18	0.010%	2.16x
1053	Gribbin	18	0.010%	7.54x
1054	Griffin	18	0.010%	0.18x
1055	Hollywood	18	0.010%	11.42x
1056	Hunt	18	0.010%	0.06x
1057	Jeffery	18	0.010%	0.38x
1058	Kain	18	0.010%	4.10x
1059	Kilmartin	18	0.010%	12.71x
1060	Lacey	18	0.010%	0.45x
1061	Leighton	18	0.010%	0.77x
1062	Linden	18	0.010%	6.04x
1063	Lourie	18	0.010%	16.77x
1064	Lundy	18	0.010%	4.74x
1065	Mathews	18	0.010%	0.22x
1066	Mcculloch	18	0.010%	22.42x
1067	Mccutcheon	18	0.010%	43.26x
1068	Meredith	18	0.010%	0.41x
1069	Motion	18	0.010%	13.26x
1070	Mutter	18	0.010%	5.35x
1071	Nilson	18	0.010%	10.58x
1072	Norton	18	0.010%	0.25x
1073	Plunkett	18	0.010%	3.11x
1074	Richard	18	0.010%	0.95x
1075	Snodgrass	18	0.010%	9.10x
1076	Storie	18	0.010%	7.02x
1077	Summers	18	0.010%	0.29x
1078	Trodden	18	0.010%	19.42x
1079	Wiggans	18	0.010%	9.86x
1080	Woodrow	18	0.010%	1.33x
1081	Atkinson	17	0.010%	0.08x
1082	Bingham	17	0.010%	0.53x
1083	Birch	17	0.010%	0.19x
1084	Bishop	17	0.010%	0.11x
1085	Cherrie	17	0.010%	14.29x
1086	Cleary	17	0.010%	1.88x
1087	Coburn	17	0.010%	4.11x
1088	Curren	17	0.010%	9.58x
1089	Dalton	17	0.010%	0.34x
1090	Dempsie	17	0.010%	27.73x
1091	Donaghy	17	0.010%	7.49x
1092	Doolan	17	0.010%	3.97x
1093	Dunning	17	0.010%	0.92x
1094	Fortune	17	0.010%	1.49x
1095	Fowlds	17	0.010%	28.06x
1096	Gale	17	0.010%	0.26x
1097	Gamble	17	0.010%	0.54x
1098	Gow	17	0.010%	0.98x
1099	Guild	17	0.010%	3.56x
1100	Hazle	17	0.010%	16.29x