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 Mccormick, with 7 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
1901	Mccormick	7	0.000%	2.94x
1902	Mccreery	7	0.000%	56.45x
1903	Mcgregor	7	0.000%	2.42x
1904	Mcpherson	7	0.000%	2.43x
1905	Mee	7	0.000%	0.42x
1906	Meighan	7	0.000%	5.85x
1907	Melloy	7	0.000%	9.78x
1908	Moan	7	0.000%	6.48x
1909	Monahan	7	0.000%	4.40x
1910	Morning	7	0.000%	8.80x
1911	Mullon	7	0.000%	14.98x
1912	Murrie	7	0.000%	4.03x
1913	Needham	7	0.000%	0.15x
1914	Nesbit	7	0.000%	1.04x
1915	Newns	7	0.000%	2.78x
1916	Niel	7	0.000%	5.64x
1917	Nisbett	7	0.000%	3.26x
1918	Ofarrell	7	0.000%	8.88x
1919	Ohair	7	0.000%	10.54x
1920	Osbourne	7	0.000%	0.87x
1921	Otterson	7	0.000%	33.08x
1922	Parkinson	7	0.000%	0.07x
1923	Parry	7	0.000%	0.04x
1924	Payne	7	0.000%	0.04x
1925	Peel	7	0.000%	0.18x
1926	Pickin	7	0.000%	1.72x
1927	Pipe	7	0.000%	0.72x
1928	Quinton	7	0.000%	0.69x
1929	Ralley	7	0.000%	8.13x
1930	Rannie	7	0.000%	6.03x
1931	Raw	7	0.000%	0.89x
1932	Rock	7	0.000%	0.56x
1933	Rodgerson	7	0.000%	2.59x
1934	Routledge	7	0.000%	0.38x
1935	Sadlier	7	0.000%	17.76x
1936	Sand	7	0.000%	6.90x
1937	Scoffield	7	0.000%	4.05x
1938	Shain	7	0.000%	19.18x
1939	Sharkey	7	0.000%	1.40x
1940	Sheach	7	0.000%	10.78x
1941	Shore	7	0.000%	0.30x
1942	Spears	7	0.000%	1.34x
1943	Sprat	7	0.000%	16.25x
1944	Steell	7	0.000%	17.44x
1945	Stobo	7	0.000%	2.96x
1946	Taylar	7	0.000%	22.31x
1947	Temple	7	0.000%	0.24x
1948	Toppin	7	0.000%	3.51x
1949	Trudgen	7	0.000%	14.76x
1950	Twaddle	7	0.000%	3.07x
1951	Unwin	7	0.000%	0.32x
1952	Wait	7	0.000%	0.63x
1953	Waterson	7	0.000%	0.76x
1954	Welden	7	0.000%	13.32x
1955	Weymouth	7	0.000%	2.04x
1956	Whitten	7	0.000%	2.22x
1957	Whytock	7	0.000%	5.07x
1958	Wignall	7	0.000%	0.63x
1959	Wolfe	7	0.000%	0.61x
1960	Airlie	6	0.000%	6.63x
1961	Archer	6	0.000%	0.07x
1962	Arlett	6	0.000%	4.40x
1963	Arneil	6	0.000%	6.32x
1964	Bailly	6	0.000%	9.79x
1965	Balderston	6	0.000%	3.01x
1966	Bleakley	6	0.000%	1.30x
1967	Braniff	6	0.000%	14.95x
1968	Brannon	6	0.000%	0.99x
1969	Britton	6	0.000%	0.15x
1970	Brunton	6	0.000%	0.35x
1971	Bullions	6	0.000%	9.56x
1972	Campell	6	0.000%	5.71x
1973	Cant	6	0.000%	0.44x
1974	Carlton	6	0.000%	0.53x
1975	Carter	6	0.000%	0.02x
1976	Carty	6	0.000%	1.17x
1977	Case	6	0.000%	0.27x
1978	Cavanagh	6	0.000%	0.36x
1979	Channon	6	0.000%	1.07x
1980	Coin	6	0.000%	11.91x
1981	Collingwood	6	0.000%	0.50x
1982	Connachan	6	0.000%	17.49x
1983	Connery	6	0.000%	4.52x
1984	Coughtrie	6	0.000%	117.88x
1985	Courtney	6	0.000%	0.38x
1986	Coutts	6	0.000%	0.27x
1987	Crilley	6	0.000%	8.22x
1988	Croft	6	0.000%	0.12x
1989	Cully	6	0.000%	2.48x
1990	Cuninghame	6	0.000%	54.89x
1991	Curle	6	0.000%	2.38x
1992	Cush	6	0.000%	10.96x
1993	Dallas	6	0.000%	0.73x
1994	Dalzell	6	0.000%	2.12x
1995	Deadman	6	0.000%	0.70x
1996	Dickman	6	0.000%	1.81x
1997	Donnley	6	0.000%	18.27x
1998	Dooley	6	0.000%	0.45x
1999	Doolin	6	0.000%	10.41x
2000	Dowers	6	0.000%	6.42x