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 Murphy, with 392 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
101	Murphy	392	0.180%	2.24x
102	Wright	390	0.180%	0.56x
103	Russell	387	0.180%	1.45x
104	Auld	383	0.180%	29.06x
105	Rodger	380	0.170%	12.36x
106	Hood	372	0.170%	6.15x
107	Armour	359	0.160%	26.20x
108	Milligan	352	0.160%	13.68x
109	Goldie	340	0.160%	24.99x
110	Barbour	336	0.150%	27.96x
111	Bone	332	0.150%	8.19x
112	Lawson	332	0.150%	2.58x
113	Ritchie	331	0.150%	4.38x
114	Samson	329	0.150%	21.07x
115	Hay	326	0.150%	4.07x
116	Mackie	322	0.150%	6.89x
117	Williamson	319	0.150%	1.63x
118	Calderwood	317	0.150%	40.39x
119	Gillies	317	0.150%	10.14x
120	Grant	315	0.140%	1.45x
121	Kirkland	309	0.140%	15.88x
122	Nicol	304	0.140%	6.68x
123	Wood	299	0.140%	0.43x
124	Boyle	298	0.140%	5.25x
125	Hutchison	298	0.140%	8.29x
126	Fleming	296	0.140%	3.26x
127	Steele	295	0.130%	5.04x
128	Borland	293	0.130%	30.99x
129	Strachan	290	0.130%	7.69x
130	Jack	286	0.130%	6.16x
131	Cumming	284	0.130%	6.81x
132	Dunn	281	0.130%	1.55x
133	Harvey	281	0.130%	1.20x
134	Cairns	279	0.130%	5.90x
135	Lambie	278	0.130%	38.98x
136	Hyslop	277	0.130%	22.03x
137	Cuthbertson	276	0.130%	16.34x
138	Hughes	276	0.130%	0.45x
139	Chalmers	274	0.130%	5.26x
140	Dickson	269	0.120%	3.32x
141	Wylie	269	0.120%	10.57x
142	Knox	267	0.120%	7.11x
143	Fisher	266	0.120%	1.04x
144	Hall	261	0.120%	0.41x
145	Howat	260	0.120%	38.75x
146	Montgomery	256	0.120%	7.38x
147	Armstrong	255	0.120%	1.53x
148	Cochrane	255	0.120%	7.53x
149	Jackson	254	0.120%	0.42x
150	Jones	253	0.120%	0.10x
151	Gibb	251	0.110%	6.50x
152	Allison	250	0.110%	4.02x
153	Kirkwood	248	0.110%	12.55x
154	Welsh	247	0.110%	2.85x
155	Connell	244	0.110%	6.42x
156	Gilchrist	243	0.110%	7.58x
157	Montgomerie	243	0.110%	58.29x
158	Hendry	242	0.110%	6.99x
159	Shields	242	0.110%	7.16x
160	Tait	241	0.110%	3.74x
161	Bryden	240	0.110%	26.01x
162	Maxwell	240	0.110%	4.62x
163	Thompson	238	0.110%	0.36x
164	Rowan	236	0.110%	16.77x
165	Lees	233	0.110%	2.40x
166	Kay	230	0.110%	2.02x
167	Adams	229	0.100%	0.71x
168	Law	229	0.100%	2.32x
169	Kilpatrick	225	0.100%	19.99x
170	Fraser	223	0.100%	1.15x
171	Agnew	218	0.100%	17.72x
172	Buchanan	217	0.100%	3.84x
173	Higgins	215	0.100%	1.95x
174	Donaldson	213	0.100%	3.42x
175	Rennie	212	0.100%	5.55x
176	Baillie	210	0.100%	9.26x
177	Lamont	209	0.100%	10.75x
178	Galloway	206	0.090%	5.47x
179	Mathieson	206	0.090%	8.94x
180	Sharp	203	0.090%	1.11x
181	Blackwood	202	0.090%	15.85x
182	Rae	202	0.090%	4.06x
183	Rankin	200	0.090%	6.16x
184	Docherty	197	0.090%	6.06x
185	Bowie	196	0.090%	10.29x
186	Duff	195	0.090%	5.01x
187	Donald	194	0.090%	4.41x
188	Galt	194	0.090%	39.14x
189	Green	193	0.090%	0.31x
190	Robb	192	0.090%	5.08x
191	Roy	189	0.090%	9.51x
192	Cuthbert	188	0.090%	5.98x
193	Hodge	188	0.090%	3.41x
194	Turner	188	0.090%	0.31x
195	Elliot	185	0.080%	3.32x
196	Fergusson	185	0.080%	16.72x
197	Patrick	182	0.080%	4.18x
198	Dempster	180	0.080%	11.70x
199	Stirling	180	0.080%	6.34x
200	Bryce	179	0.080%	8.18x