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 Porter, with 179 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
201	Porter	179	0.080%	1.09x
202	Girvan	178	0.080%	51.77x
203	Murchie	176	0.080%	48.61x
204	Picken	175	0.080%	19.18x
205	Brackenridge	174	0.080%	59.00x
206	Arthur	173	0.080%	3.63x
207	Roxburgh	173	0.080%	25.56x
208	Torrance	172	0.080%	17.85x
209	Lawrie	171	0.080%	8.17x
210	Gillespie	170	0.080%	4.90x
211	Dykes	168	0.080%	11.17x
212	Highet	168	0.080%	90.61x
213	Blane	166	0.080%	39.34x
214	Loudon	165	0.080%	26.56x
215	Carson	164	0.080%	6.81x
216	Stirrat	164	0.080%	54.52x
217	Edgar	162	0.070%	4.81x
218	Glen	162	0.070%	7.49x
219	Harper	160	0.070%	1.14x
220	Thom	160	0.070%	8.18x
221	Bain	159	0.070%	2.93x
222	Meikle	159	0.070%	10.11x
223	Moore	159	0.070%	0.36x
224	Turnbull	159	0.070%	1.73x
225	Dale	158	0.070%	1.71x
226	Vallance	158	0.070%	16.03x
227	Dunbar	157	0.070%	6.25x
228	Shedden	156	0.070%	41.25x
229	Todd	156	0.070%	1.40x
230	Lennox	155	0.070%	11.95x
231	Niven	155	0.070%	10.19x
232	Hastings	154	0.070%	5.53x
233	Little	154	0.070%	1.49x
234	Beattie	153	0.070%	3.27x
235	Goudie	153	0.070%	22.11x
236	Livingstone	153	0.070%	7.51x
237	Mackay	153	0.070%	1.93x
238	Galbraith	150	0.070%	7.50x
239	Nairn	150	0.070%	13.86x
240	Morris	149	0.070%	0.31x
241	Dalziel	148	0.070%	15.31x
242	Breckenridge	147	0.070%	66.23x
243	Brodie	147	0.070%	5.01x
244	Lang	147	0.070%	3.02x
245	Cree	146	0.070%	22.37x
246	Devlin	145	0.070%	8.10x
247	Spiers	145	0.070%	8.06x
248	Fullarton	144	0.070%	31.31x
249	Milroy	144	0.070%	23.02x
250	Neilson	144	0.070%	4.67x
251	Gemmill	143	0.070%	44.82x
252	Christie	142	0.060%	2.00x
253	Manson	141	0.060%	5.52x
254	Jeffrey	140	0.060%	3.46x
255	Tannock	140	0.060%	84.11x
256	Faulds	139	0.060%	20.83x
257	Ramage	139	0.060%	11.31x
258	Coulter	138	0.060%	12.57x
259	Steven	138	0.060%	8.33x
260	Adam	137	0.060%	3.65x
261	Connor	137	0.060%	2.12x
262	Inglis	136	0.060%	3.72x
263	Munro	136	0.060%	1.39x
264	Heron	135	0.060%	6.44x
265	Shearer	135	0.060%	4.81x
266	Gallacher	134	0.060%	7.11x
267	Moffat	134	0.060%	3.38x
268	Woodburn	134	0.060%	19.34x
269	Spence	133	0.060%	1.84x
270	Lamb	131	0.060%	1.14x
271	Begg	130	0.060%	9.77x
272	Blain	130	0.060%	17.12x
273	Purdie	130	0.060%	14.38x
274	Richardson	130	0.060%	0.35x
275	Dunsmuir	129	0.060%	81.81x
276	Gardner	129	0.060%	0.87x
277	Main	129	0.060%	3.60x
278	Kelso	128	0.060%	24.94x
279	Semple	128	0.060%	12.29x
280	Deans	127	0.060%	8.57x
281	Laurie	127	0.060%	6.76x
282	Bruce	125	0.060%	1.22x
283	Collins	125	0.060%	0.40x
284	Blyth	124	0.060%	3.60x
285	Bryson	124	0.060%	7.40x
286	Cooper	124	0.060%	0.23x
287	Pettigrew	124	0.060%	11.68x
288	Gardiner	123	0.060%	1.96x
289	Malcolm	123	0.060%	4.28x
290	Nelson	123	0.060%	1.16x
291	Smillie	122	0.060%	28.13x
292	Speirs	122	0.060%	14.27x
293	Forsyth	121	0.060%	2.59x
294	Fyfe	119	0.050%	5.93x
295	Arnott	117	0.050%	6.37x
296	Beveridge	116	0.050%	5.10x
297	Harvie	116	0.050%	16.21x
298	Muirhead	116	0.050%	6.88x
299	Banks	115	0.050%	1.03x
300	Hart	115	0.050%	0.62x