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 Vernon, with 30 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
801	Vernon	30	0.010%	0.83x
802	West	30	0.010%	0.14x
803	Wishart	30	0.010%	1.75x
804	Abbott	29	0.010%	0.30x
805	Bicker	29	0.010%	15.64x
806	Donelly	29	0.010%	5.77x
807	Donnely	29	0.010%	8.56x
808	Edwards	29	0.010%	0.05x
809	Findley	29	0.010%	5.02x
810	Gilliland	29	0.010%	15.89x
811	Glass	29	0.010%	1.28x
812	Hutchieson	29	0.010%	18.74x
813	Johnson	29	0.010%	0.04x
814	Leiper	29	0.010%	5.77x
815	Leith	29	0.010%	2.56x
816	Lynn	29	0.010%	1.52x
817	Pinkerton	29	0.010%	5.39x
818	Skelly	29	0.010%	7.02x
819	Stephen	29	0.010%	0.76x
820	Ure	29	0.010%	4.27x
821	Bradford	28	0.010%	0.66x
822	Dobie	28	0.010%	3.83x
823	Easdale	28	0.010%	23.82x
824	Ewart	28	0.010%	2.28x
825	Hare	28	0.010%	0.83x
826	Hopkirk	28	0.010%	22.17x
827	Jolly	28	0.010%	0.90x
828	Kearney	28	0.010%	2.76x
829	Mcmillan	28	0.010%	12.25x
830	Oliphant	28	0.010%	3.29x
831	Sawers	28	0.010%	10.96x
832	Stevely	28	0.010%	89.26x
833	Syme	28	0.010%	3.41x
834	Binnie	27	0.010%	2.96x
835	Boon	27	0.010%	1.32x
836	Burgess	27	0.010%	0.18x
837	Burgoyne	27	0.010%	2.83x
838	Butler	27	0.010%	0.13x
839	Carrol	27	0.010%	2.73x
840	Couper	27	0.010%	2.76x
841	Dewar	27	0.010%	0.95x
842	Doran	27	0.010%	1.49x
843	Foy	27	0.010%	1.50x
844	Gunn	27	0.010%	0.50x
845	Haldane	27	0.010%	4.89x
846	Lavery	27	0.010%	4.49x
847	Luke	27	0.010%	1.27x
848	Melville	27	0.010%	1.17x
849	Morran	27	0.010%	9.92x
850	Ogilvie	27	0.010%	1.28x
851	Paxton	27	0.010%	1.55x
852	Perrie	27	0.010%	10.78x
853	Queen	27	0.010%	3.01x
854	Sands	27	0.010%	1.10x
855	Tierney	27	0.010%	2.99x
856	Biggart	26	0.010%	35.98x
857	Bond	26	0.010%	0.22x
858	Clapperton	26	0.010%	5.06x
859	Copeland	26	0.010%	1.26x
860	Fotheringham	26	0.010%	2.83x
861	Hainey	26	0.010%	24.91x
862	Lennan	26	0.010%	28.50x
863	Macaulay	26	0.010%	3.33x
864	Sharpe	26	0.010%	0.40x
865	Walsh	26	0.010%	0.22x
866	Withers	26	0.010%	0.73x
867	Affleck	25	0.010%	4.96x
868	Allen	25	0.010%	0.06x
869	Burnside	25	0.010%	3.26x
870	Dillon	25	0.010%	1.16x
871	Dowie	25	0.010%	4.74x
872	Gatherer	25	0.010%	35.68x
873	Girdwood	25	0.010%	9.11x
874	Goodall	25	0.010%	0.53x
875	Ingles	25	0.010%	3.77x
876	Kirkpatrick	25	0.010%	1.33x
877	Philips	25	0.010%	0.62x
878	Redmond	25	0.010%	3.13x
879	Reynolds	25	0.010%	0.13x
880	Rorison	25	0.010%	41.27x
881	Slaven	25	0.010%	7.85x
882	Stafford	25	0.010%	0.54x
883	Wardrope	25	0.010%	11.65x
884	Biggar	24	0.010%	7.94x
885	Blythe	24	0.010%	1.45x
886	Boswell	24	0.010%	1.17x
887	Briggs	24	0.010%	0.20x
888	Brooks	24	0.010%	0.11x
889	Bunyan	24	0.010%	3.68x
890	Burnie	24	0.010%	8.93x
891	Clarkson	24	0.010%	0.41x
892	Clinton	24	0.010%	2.86x
893	Connally	24	0.010%	19.45x
894	Cranston	24	0.010%	2.71x
895	Crossan	24	0.010%	8.04x
896	Cullen	24	0.010%	0.63x
897	Garrie	24	0.010%	32.88x
898	Giffen	24	0.010%	13.53x
899	Low	24	0.010%	0.52x
900	Mains	24	0.010%	6.70x