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 Macrae, with 13 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
1301	Macrae	13	0.010%	0.76x
1302	Manners	13	0.010%	1.20x
1303	Manning	13	0.010%	0.19x
1304	Marshell	13	0.010%	5.60x
1305	Mcgowan	13	0.010%	5.96x
1306	Meek	13	0.010%	0.51x
1307	Mellon	13	0.010%	2.87x
1308	Milton	13	0.010%	0.43x
1309	Mullholland	13	0.010%	4.97x
1310	Murphie	13	0.010%	18.17x
1311	Mutch	13	0.010%	1.33x
1312	Newell	13	0.010%	0.38x
1313	Nolan	13	0.010%	0.44x
1314	Peat	13	0.010%	0.75x
1315	Preston	13	0.010%	0.12x
1316	Proctor	13	0.010%	0.24x
1317	Rilley	13	0.010%	5.12x
1318	Smyth	13	0.010%	0.64x
1319	Sproul	13	0.010%	4.72x
1320	Story	13	0.010%	0.96x
1321	Swanson	13	0.010%	0.81x
1322	Topping	13	0.010%	0.86x
1323	Towers	13	0.010%	0.51x
1324	Trayner	13	0.010%	6.23x
1325	Tulloch	13	0.010%	0.90x
1326	Tyson	13	0.010%	0.46x
1327	Whitefield	13	0.010%	2.88x
1328	Wilkinson	13	0.010%	0.04x
1329	Anthony	12	0.010%	0.47x
1330	Beatie	12	0.010%	7.09x
1331	Biggs	12	0.010%	0.29x
1332	Boa	12	0.010%	12.95x
1333	Bole	12	0.010%	7.90x
1334	Boyde	12	0.010%	4.07x
1335	Bradshaw	12	0.010%	0.13x
1336	Brannen	12	0.010%	4.68x
1337	Brawley	12	0.010%	13.05x
1338	Caldon	12	0.010%	14.68x
1339	Cambridge	12	0.010%	1.79x
1340	Chrystal	12	0.010%	3.98x
1341	Clerk	12	0.010%	2.12x
1342	Convery	12	0.010%	7.72x
1343	Craige	12	0.010%	19.57x
1344	Cranstoun	12	0.010%	21.63x
1345	Crookston	12	0.010%	9.96x
1346	Crow	12	0.010%	0.36x
1347	Cuthill	12	0.010%	2.81x
1348	Dalglish	12	0.010%	3.01x
1349	Derby	12	0.010%	2.97x
1350	Devine	12	0.010%	0.55x
1351	Dingwall	12	0.010%	1.38x
1352	Duffie	12	0.010%	8.02x
1353	Edington	12	0.010%	3.08x
1354	Espie	12	0.010%	10.47x
1355	Freeland	12	0.010%	2.07x
1356	Garvin	12	0.010%	6.16x
1357	Gerrand	12	0.010%	29.37x
1358	Goddard	12	0.010%	0.14x
1359	Greenan	12	0.010%	8.06x
1360	Greenwood	12	0.010%	0.07x
1361	Groves	12	0.010%	0.20x
1362	Haggerty	12	0.010%	2.97x
1363	Hale	12	0.010%	0.15x
1364	Halley	12	0.010%	1.46x
1365	Hanlan	12	0.010%	5.59x
1366	Harbison	12	0.010%	24.91x
1367	Haughie	12	0.010%	15.08x
1368	Hays	12	0.010%	1.29x
1369	Herbert	12	0.010%	0.15x
1370	Irwin	12	0.010%	0.65x
1371	Jameson	12	0.010%	0.50x
1372	Jamison	12	0.010%	2.75x
1373	Kinnaird	12	0.010%	3.13x
1374	Knight	12	0.010%	0.04x
1375	Lachlan	12	0.010%	13.15x
1376	Lauderdale	12	0.010%	13.36x
1377	Laughlin	12	0.010%	3.48x
1378	Lister	12	0.010%	0.19x
1379	Lock	12	0.010%	0.19x
1380	Maloy	12	0.010%	3.57x
1381	Mcclure	12	0.010%	16.61x
1382	Mcdowal	12	0.010%	86.58x
1383	Mcewen	12	0.010%	11.74x
1384	More	12	0.010%	0.71x
1385	Moreland	12	0.010%	2.49x
1386	Neagle	12	0.010%	7.34x
1387	Nicolson	12	0.010%	0.48x
1388	Pratt	12	0.010%	0.10x
1389	Quail	12	0.010%	4.64x
1390	Reilley	12	0.010%	10.96x
1391	Riley	12	0.010%	0.07x
1392	Sheppard	12	0.010%	0.16x
1393	Silver	12	0.010%	0.96x
1394	Skimming	12	0.010%	9.61x
1395	Strike	12	0.010%	3.32x
1396	Whigham	12	0.010%	8.56x
1397	Winter	12	0.010%	0.15x
1398	Aiken	11	0.010%	3.12x
1399	Aitkin	11	0.010%	2.93x
1400	Anton	11	0.010%	5.60x