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 Shelton, with 2 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
3101	Shelton	2	0.000%	0.08x
3102	Shennan	2	0.000%	1.77x
3103	Sherriff	2	0.000%	0.30x
3104	Shilling	2	0.000%	0.38x
3105	Slack	2	0.000%	0.06x
3106	Smallwood	2	0.000%	0.10x
3107	Somervile	2	0.000%	7.41x
3108	Somervill	2	0.000%	4.28x
3109	Spalding	2	0.000%	0.13x
3110	Spellman	2	0.000%	0.78x
3111	Stanfield	2	0.000%	0.33x
3112	Stavely	2	0.000%	1.34x
3113	Stein	2	0.000%	0.39x
3114	Stell	2	0.000%	0.58x
3115	Stenhouse	2	0.000%	0.22x
3116	Sterling	2	0.000%	0.44x
3117	Steveson	2	0.000%	3.15x
3118	Stokes	2	0.000%	0.02x
3119	Sweenie	2	0.000%	1.05x
3120	Swinbourne	2	0.000%	1.65x
3121	Tailor	2	0.000%	0.52x
3122	Tarley	2	0.000%	10.97x
3123	Thoburn	2	0.000%	1.38x
3124	Thoms	2	0.000%	0.51x
3125	Thornburn	2	0.000%	1.88x
3126	Timoney	2	0.000%	8.06x
3127	Tinsley	2	0.000%	0.15x
3128	Toland	2	0.000%	2.61x
3129	Tolmie	2	0.000%	0.56x
3130	Tommy	2	0.000%	5.59x
3131	Torrence	2	0.000%	2.30x
3132	Toward	2	0.000%	1.04x
3133	Treacy	2	0.000%	4.57x
3134	Troup	2	0.000%	0.40x
3135	Tuke	2	0.000%	0.70x
3136	Tynan	2	0.000%	0.77x
3137	Walch	2	0.000%	0.60x
3138	Walton	2	0.000%	0.01x
3139	Washington	2	0.000%	0.18x
3140	Watchman	2	0.000%	1.60x
3141	Whitehead	2	0.000%	0.01x
3142	Whitehouse	2	0.000%	0.04x
3143	Whiting	2	0.000%	0.05x
3144	Wiggins	2	0.000%	0.08x
3145	Wilkins	2	0.000%	0.02x
3146	Winn	2	0.000%	0.09x
3147	Wiper	2	0.000%	2.51x
3148	Woodhead	2	0.000%	0.05x
3149	York	2	0.000%	0.07x
3150	Abercromby	1	0.000%	0.73x
3151	Able	1	0.000%	0.24x
3152	Addison	1	0.000%	0.03x
3153	Addy	1	0.000%	0.11x
3154	Adie	1	0.000%	0.21x
3155	Aitkenhead	1	0.000%	0.39x
3156	Albert	1	0.000%	0.30x
3157	Albrow	1	0.000%	1.59x
3158	Allsopp	1	0.000%	0.11x
3159	Appleyard	1	0.000%	0.05x
3160	Arbuthnot	1	0.000%	0.83x
3161	Argo	1	0.000%	0.87x
3162	Armistead	1	0.000%	0.25x
3163	Armstong	1	0.000%	3.43x
3164	Arrol	1	0.000%	1.03x
3165	Asher	1	0.000%	0.11x
3166	Ashley	1	0.000%	0.03x
3167	Atherley	1	0.000%	0.65x
3168	Ayling	1	0.000%	0.06x
3169	Badley	1	0.000%	0.42x
3170	Baimbridge	1	0.000%	1.38x
3171	Baldwin	1	0.000%	0.01x
3172	Balston	1	0.000%	1.29x
3173	Bamber	1	0.000%	0.06x
3174	Bank	1	0.000%	0.48x
3175	Banner	1	0.000%	0.08x
3176	Bar	1	0.000%	2.11x
3177	Bardner	1	0.000%	3.19x
3178	Baring	1	0.000%	1.05x
3179	Barken	1	0.000%	19.65x
3180	Barland	1	0.000%	3.34x
3181	Barratt	1	0.000%	0.02x
3182	Barrit	1	0.000%	2.14x
3183	Bartholemew	1	0.000%	0.44x
3184	Basso	1	0.000%	45.66x
3185	Bathgate	1	0.000%	0.20x
3186	Bathurst	1	0.000%	0.33x
3187	Bauld	1	0.000%	1.96x
3188	Baxendale	1	0.000%	0.09x
3189	Bayes	1	0.000%	0.15x
3190	Beasley	1	0.000%	0.04x
3191	Beathe	1	0.000%	3.81x
3192	Beaumont	1	0.000%	0.02x
3193	Beckett	1	0.000%	0.02x
3194	Begbie	1	0.000%	0.30x
3195	Belford	1	0.000%	0.52x
3196	Bellas	1	0.000%	0.48x
3197	Bellow	1	0.000%	1.85x
3198	Benn	1	0.000%	0.08x
3199	Bibby	1	0.000%	0.04x
3200	Bilkey	1	0.000%	1.05x