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 Mooney, with 76 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
401	Mooney	76	0.030%	2.99x
402	Scoular	76	0.030%	27.40x
403	Shankland	76	0.030%	19.49x
404	Carruthers	75	0.030%	2.59x
405	Symington	75	0.030%	12.41x
406	Bryan	74	0.030%	1.36x
407	Dunsmore	74	0.030%	13.16x
408	Erskine	74	0.030%	5.47x
409	Menzies	74	0.030%	2.60x
410	Cleland	73	0.030%	12.63x
411	Hutcheson	73	0.030%	6.51x
412	Sloss	73	0.030%	42.55x
413	Somerville	73	0.030%	4.01x
414	Browning	72	0.030%	1.62x
415	Haddow	72	0.030%	10.80x
416	Duffy	71	0.030%	1.49x
417	Foster	71	0.030%	0.24x
418	Rutherford	71	0.030%	1.33x
419	Waugh	71	0.030%	2.38x
420	Dobbie	70	0.030%	7.33x
421	Eccles	70	0.030%	2.00x
422	Finlay	70	0.030%	3.12x
423	Vance	70	0.030%	16.82x
424	Curdie	69	0.030%	87.52x
425	Davis	69	0.030%	0.14x
426	Whyte	69	0.030%	1.86x
427	Caldow	68	0.030%	58.22x
428	Ewing	68	0.030%	3.37x
429	Wilkie	68	0.030%	2.18x
430	Donnelly	67	0.030%	2.44x
431	Glover	67	0.030%	0.72x
432	Kyle	67	0.030%	5.51x
433	Laidlaw	67	0.030%	3.46x
434	Ronald	67	0.030%	8.59x
435	Austin	66	0.030%	0.62x
436	Davies	66	0.030%	0.06x
437	Gilfillan	66	0.030%	15.61x
438	Hogarth	66	0.030%	4.58x
439	Humphrey	66	0.030%	1.13x
440	Ireland	66	0.030%	1.30x
441	Jess	66	0.030%	38.80x
442	Lamberton	66	0.030%	45.66x
443	Paul	66	0.030%	1.21x
444	Peebles	66	0.030%	7.19x
445	Clement	65	0.030%	2.95x
446	Petrie	65	0.030%	2.50x
447	Rankine	65	0.030%	5.86x
448	Sillars	65	0.030%	34.38x
449	Strain	65	0.030%	15.38x
450	Dow	64	0.030%	2.43x
451	Gemmel	64	0.030%	32.59x
452	Munn	64	0.030%	4.06x
453	Bennie	63	0.030%	10.42x
454	Fletcher	63	0.030%	0.25x
455	Latta	63	0.030%	23.01x
456	Maitland	63	0.030%	4.44x
457	Rice	63	0.030%	0.93x
458	Rodgers	63	0.030%	1.05x
459	Barrie	62	0.030%	3.93x
460	Broadfoot	62	0.030%	11.88x
461	Lauder	62	0.030%	5.40x
462	Nicholson	62	0.030%	0.40x
463	Prentice	62	0.030%	2.41x
464	Angus	61	0.030%	1.95x
465	Colquhoun	61	0.030%	4.71x
466	Cassels	60	0.030%	15.16x
467	Chapman	60	0.030%	0.19x
468	French	60	0.030%	0.56x
469	Tweedie	60	0.030%	7.12x
470	Clelland	59	0.030%	9.77x
471	Drinnan	59	0.030%	41.02x
472	Drynan	59	0.030%	56.13x
473	Govan	59	0.030%	14.80x
474	Hopkin	59	0.030%	3.49x
475	Lundie	59	0.030%	15.57x
476	Tannahill	59	0.030%	27.21x
477	Wason	59	0.030%	31.69x
478	Garven	58	0.030%	42.48x
479	Goodwin	58	0.030%	0.50x
480	Herron	58	0.030%	7.41x
481	Lowe	58	0.030%	0.35x
482	Pringle	58	0.030%	1.68x
483	Scobie	58	0.030%	12.20x
484	Shanks	58	0.030%	3.49x
485	Ballantyne	57	0.030%	3.44x
486	Mathie	57	0.030%	12.91x
487	Noble	57	0.030%	0.63x
488	Piper	57	0.030%	1.32x
489	Skeoch	57	0.030%	54.99x
490	Sneddon	57	0.030%	4.38x
491	Beaton	56	0.030%	2.23x
492	Blackley	56	0.030%	9.45x
493	Brady	56	0.030%	1.45x
494	Cain	56	0.030%	1.23x
495	Cathcart	56	0.030%	16.68x
496	Stuart	56	0.030%	1.07x
497	Cassidy	55	0.030%	2.06x
498	Cowie	55	0.030%	2.07x
499	Fleck	55	0.030%	22.22x
500	Forgie	55	0.030%	22.03x