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 Drylie, with 6 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
2001	Drylie	6	0.000%	11.26x
2002	Duffey	6	0.000%	0.77x
2003	Duffus	6	0.000%	1.80x
2004	Easson	6	0.000%	1.42x
2005	Egan	6	0.000%	0.33x
2006	Ewings	6	0.000%	4.17x
2007	Fair	6	0.000%	0.78x
2008	Falls	6	0.000%	5.59x
2009	Farlie	6	0.000%	11.42x
2010	Farral	6	0.000%	8.93x
2011	Fitz	6	0.000%	5.55x
2012	Flook	6	0.000%	1.26x
2013	Ford	6	0.000%	0.03x
2014	Frail	6	0.000%	5.14x
2015	Framer	6	0.000%	54.89x
2016	Gallon	6	0.000%	1.11x
2017	Garrety	6	0.000%	6.58x
2018	Gee	6	0.000%	0.11x
2019	Gibbon	6	0.000%	0.27x
2020	Gollan	6	0.000%	3.79x
2021	Goodfellow	6	0.000%	0.31x
2022	Gould	6	0.000%	0.08x
2023	Grimley	6	0.000%	1.29x
2024	Grimmond	6	0.000%	4.57x
2025	Guill	6	0.000%	27.41x
2026	Hagan	6	0.000%	0.55x
2027	Haliday	6	0.000%	3.06x
2028	Hamil	6	0.000%	5.79x
2029	Hargan	6	0.000%	12.09x
2030	Harker	6	0.000%	0.26x
2031	Harney	6	0.000%	4.67x
2032	Harpur	6	0.000%	3.42x
2033	Hatrick	6	0.000%	10.27x
2034	Hawton	6	0.000%	3.26x
2035	Heenan	6	0.000%	3.42x
2036	Heggie	6	0.000%	0.99x
2037	Hence	6	0.000%	12.65x
2038	Hesson	6	0.000%	8.30x
2039	Hetherington	6	0.000%	0.22x
2040	Hilditch	6	0.000%	0.95x
2041	Hinchliffe	6	0.000%	0.32x
2042	Hodgen	6	0.000%	6.18x
2043	Hoggarth	6	0.000%	1.12x
2044	Holand	6	0.000%	11.74x
2045	Hord	6	0.000%	7.75x
2046	Horsfield	6	0.000%	0.41x
2047	Hotchkiss	6	0.000%	1.15x
2048	Houstoun	6	0.000%	13.05x
2049	Hoy	6	0.000%	0.48x
2050	Huston	6	0.000%	3.59x
2051	Jennings	6	0.000%	0.05x
2052	Kelley	6	0.000%	0.24x
2053	Kennie	6	0.000%	12.65x
2054	Kettles	6	0.000%	2.79x
2055	Kilmurray	6	0.000%	45.66x
2056	Larkins	6	0.000%	0.92x
2057	Laughran	6	0.000%	12.84x
2058	Layburn	6	0.000%	9.79x
2059	Leadbeater	6	0.000%	0.67x
2060	Linnett	6	0.000%	1.72x
2061	Macadam	6	0.000%	3.16x
2062	Macnab	6	0.000%	3.03x
2063	Mars	6	0.000%	2.89x
2064	Mathewson	6	0.000%	1.14x
2065	Mawson	6	0.000%	0.34x
2066	Mcewan	6	0.000%	5.87x
2067	Mcintyre	6	0.000%	1.37x
2068	Mckerrow	6	0.000%	24.93x
2069	Mclaren	6	0.000%	3.24x
2070	Mclauchlan	6	0.000%	37.38x
2071	Mctear	6	0.000%	45.66x
2072	Meekin	6	0.000%	5.83x
2073	Mill	6	0.000%	0.46x
2074	Minto	6	0.000%	0.99x
2075	Moyle	6	0.000%	0.57x
2076	Mudge	6	0.000%	0.90x
2077	Nicoll	6	0.000%	0.30x
2078	Oastler	6	0.000%	11.58x
2079	Obrine	6	0.000%	9.13x
2080	Omelia	6	0.000%	14.17x
2081	Oswald	6	0.000%	0.60x
2082	Pickton	6	0.000%	5.10x
2083	Poustie	6	0.000%	14.95x
2084	Procter	6	0.000%	0.21x
2085	Quinlan	6	0.000%	1.25x
2086	Rennison	6	0.000%	1.14x
2087	Rowland	6	0.000%	0.10x
2088	Rowley	6	0.000%	0.10x
2089	Salton	6	0.000%	2.82x
2090	Sargeant	6	0.000%	0.35x
2091	Sawyers	6	0.000%	2.04x
2092	Scaife	6	0.000%	0.62x
2093	Sears	6	0.000%	0.44x
2094	Sellers	6	0.000%	0.36x
2095	Sergeant	6	0.000%	0.58x
2096	Shannan	6	0.000%	5.24x
2097	Sheils	6	0.000%	4.75x
2098	Sherman	6	0.000%	0.49x
2099	Silvester	6	0.000%	0.36x
2100	Sivewright	6	0.000%	4.13x