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 Scullion, with 44 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
601	Scullion	44	0.020%	13.33x
602	Berry	43	0.020%	0.25x
603	Callan	43	0.020%	6.12x
604	Candlish	43	0.020%	16.83x
605	Higgans	43	0.020%	40.35x
606	Howard	43	0.020%	0.20x
607	Mitchel	43	0.020%	2.01x
608	Peters	43	0.020%	0.56x
609	Shannon	43	0.020%	2.54x
610	Stevens	43	0.020%	0.19x
611	Arnot	42	0.020%	6.23x
612	Crooks	42	0.020%	2.49x
613	Doak	42	0.020%	40.52x
614	Hepburn	42	0.020%	2.16x
615	Hutchinson	42	0.020%	0.34x
616	Kane	42	0.020%	2.39x
617	Lyons	42	0.020%	0.86x
618	Seggie	42	0.020%	35.08x
619	Sturgeon	42	0.020%	4.75x
620	Tanner	42	0.020%	0.86x
621	Waddell	42	0.020%	2.16x
622	Allardice	41	0.020%	14.18x
623	Bannatyne	41	0.020%	15.56x
624	Barton	41	0.020%	0.35x
625	Calder	41	0.020%	1.34x
626	Carey	41	0.020%	0.99x
627	Carmichael	41	0.020%	1.31x
628	Carnochan	41	0.020%	33.63x
629	Connel	41	0.020%	10.19x
630	Conway	41	0.020%	1.00x
631	Greer	41	0.020%	5.58x
632	Hind	41	0.020%	1.49x
633	Napier	41	0.020%	2.33x
634	Ness	41	0.020%	4.13x
635	Nichol	41	0.020%	1.74x
636	Oneil	41	0.020%	1.87x
637	Phillips	41	0.020%	0.10x
638	Poole	41	0.020%	0.39x
639	Storrie	41	0.020%	11.65x
640	Sturrock	41	0.020%	5.20x
641	Dempsey	40	0.020%	2.92x
642	Gourley	40	0.020%	10.11x
643	Logie	40	0.020%	6.30x
644	Mullan	40	0.020%	10.09x
645	Powell	40	0.020%	0.15x
646	Ramsey	40	0.020%	1.68x
647	Roney	40	0.020%	9.19x
648	Torbet	40	0.020%	36.05x
649	Barrowman	39	0.020%	12.97x
650	Chisholm	39	0.020%	1.23x
651	Cockburn	39	0.020%	1.40x
652	Gold	39	0.020%	3.14x
653	Hayes	39	0.020%	0.29x
654	Hinds	39	0.020%	2.59x
655	Jenkins	39	0.020%	0.15x
656	Quinn	39	0.020%	0.93x
657	Roberts	39	0.020%	0.05x
658	Scade	39	0.020%	133.61x
659	Thomas	39	0.020%	0.04x
660	Walls	39	0.020%	1.48x
661	Boyce	38	0.020%	1.16x
662	Burton	38	0.020%	0.20x
663	Cunninghame	38	0.020%	24.21x
664	Donnachie	38	0.020%	20.18x
665	Earl	38	0.020%	1.33x
666	Elliott	38	0.020%	0.20x
667	Forbes	38	0.020%	0.52x
668	Imrie	38	0.020%	4.45x
669	Stark	38	0.020%	1.27x
670	Aiton	37	0.020%	26.54x
671	Barry	37	0.020%	0.94x
672	Brogan	37	0.020%	5.02x
673	Brownlee	37	0.020%	4.90x
674	Cole	37	0.020%	0.19x
675	Dyer	37	0.020%	0.44x
676	Foulds	37	0.020%	2.50x
677	Grieve	37	0.020%	1.46x
678	Holburn	37	0.020%	25.34x
679	Lymburn	37	0.020%	61.81x
680	Mack	37	0.020%	1.68x
681	Seaton	37	0.020%	2.00x
682	Strathdee	37	0.020%	17.78x
683	Boyes	36	0.020%	1.58x
684	Carlin	36	0.020%	3.24x
685	Gilbert	36	0.020%	0.29x
686	Gregg	36	0.020%	2.34x
687	Grey	36	0.020%	0.76x
688	Hardie	36	0.020%	1.26x
689	Holden	36	0.020%	0.30x
690	Hose	36	0.020%	19.34x
691	Laing	36	0.020%	0.82x
692	Ledgerwood	36	0.020%	35.73x
693	Mackenzie	36	0.020%	0.59x
694	Moodie	36	0.020%	3.51x
695	Sheilds	36	0.020%	16.89x
696	Taggart	36	0.020%	4.36x
697	Urie	36	0.020%	16.89x
698	Hammond	35	0.020%	0.28x
699	Macdonald	35	0.020%	0.40x
700	Matthews	35	0.020%	0.18x