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 Kean, with 115 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
301	Kean	115	0.050%	7.77x
302	Kidd	115	0.050%	2.58x
303	Holmes	114	0.050%	0.43x
304	Greig	113	0.050%	3.27x
305	Harrison	113	0.050%	0.23x
306	Struthers	113	0.050%	11.56x
307	Lyon	112	0.050%	2.44x
308	Downie	111	0.050%	4.33x
309	Hair	111	0.050%	13.02x
310	Henry	111	0.050%	2.01x
311	Mason	110	0.050%	0.37x
312	Sim	110	0.050%	4.48x
313	Harris	109	0.050%	0.20x
314	Dinning	108	0.050%	22.15x
315	Ingram	108	0.050%	1.62x
316	Merry	108	0.050%	6.61x
317	Neill	108	0.050%	7.46x
318	Patterson	108	0.050%	1.42x
319	Woods	108	0.050%	0.78x
320	Conn	107	0.050%	17.83x
321	Hillhouse	107	0.050%	54.08x
322	Jardine	107	0.050%	5.25x
323	Bowman	106	0.050%	1.86x
324	Clarke	106	0.050%	0.24x
325	Drummond	106	0.050%	2.44x
326	Whiteford	106	0.050%	18.29x
327	Ward	105	0.050%	0.22x
328	Gebbie	104	0.050%	46.56x
329	Hutton	104	0.050%	1.59x
330	Archibald	102	0.050%	5.40x
331	Lynch	101	0.050%	1.75x
332	Thorburn	101	0.050%	8.00x
333	Connelly	100	0.050%	4.93x
334	Holland	100	0.050%	0.64x
335	Marr	99	0.050%	3.97x
336	Oliver	99	0.050%	0.63x
337	Dixon	97	0.040%	0.41x
338	Peden	97	0.040%	21.96x
339	Andrews	96	0.040%	0.46x
340	Ballantine	96	0.040%	14.32x
341	Howatson	95	0.040%	56.58x
342	Service	95	0.040%	17.90x
343	Eaglesham	94	0.040%	52.56x
344	Laughland	94	0.040%	78.52x
345	Nimmo	94	0.040%	9.65x
346	Pearson	94	0.040%	0.37x
347	Finnie	93	0.040%	12.24x
348	Lennon	93	0.040%	12.06x
349	Leckie	92	0.040%	13.42x
350	Lockhart	92	0.040%	6.04x
351	Monaghan	92	0.040%	5.80x
352	Littlejohn	91	0.040%	8.63x
353	Mills	91	0.040%	0.32x
354	Tennant	91	0.040%	3.90x
355	Urquhart	90	0.040%	2.93x
356	Barnes	89	0.040%	0.34x
357	Easton	89	0.040%	2.68x
358	Savage	88	0.040%	1.05x
359	Geddes	87	0.040%	3.32x
360	Gallocher	86	0.040%	14.23x
361	Bunten	85	0.040%	52.69x
362	Carswell	85	0.040%	10.63x
363	Crosbie	85	0.040%	7.58x
364	Hewitson	85	0.040%	6.58x
365	Sutherland	85	0.040%	0.77x
366	Telfer	85	0.040%	6.50x
367	Dougan	84	0.040%	16.07x
368	Gorman	84	0.040%	3.18x
369	Wardrop	84	0.040%	16.82x
370	Forrest	83	0.040%	1.47x
371	Fitzpatrick	82	0.040%	2.56x
372	Adair	81	0.040%	11.89x
373	Crichton	81	0.040%	4.34x
374	Drennan	81	0.040%	27.40x
375	Farquhar	81	0.040%	4.76x
376	Halbert	81	0.040%	28.60x
377	Laird	81	0.040%	3.30x
378	Speir	81	0.040%	82.81x
379	Brannan	80	0.040%	5.41x
380	Halliday	80	0.040%	1.77x
381	Lorimer	80	0.040%	9.15x
382	Owens	80	0.040%	0.74x
383	Pitt	80	0.040%	1.71x
384	Raeside	80	0.040%	42.81x
385	Willock	80	0.040%	27.33x
386	Adamson	79	0.040%	1.37x
387	Frazer	79	0.040%	4.66x
388	Hendrie	79	0.040%	14.74x
389	Ralston	79	0.040%	10.74x
390	Cochran	78	0.040%	9.35x
391	Osborne	78	0.040%	0.75x
392	Robinson	78	0.040%	0.11x
393	Beck	77	0.040%	1.51x
394	Bicket	77	0.040%	68.49x
395	Chambers	77	0.040%	0.62x
396	Leitch	77	0.040%	3.69x
397	Livingston	77	0.040%	3.92x
398	Baxter	76	0.030%	0.58x
399	Dean	76	0.030%	0.50x
400	Hawthorn	76	0.030%	6.00x