1881 census county

Buteshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Buteshire 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

1,110 surnames are listed for Buteshire, covering 12,533 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Kerr, with 375 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Buteshire

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
1	Kerr	375	2.12%	38.84x
2	Stewart	347	1.96%	12.53x
3	Campbell	298	1.68%	9.95x
4	Currie	275	1.55%	55.20x
5	Robertson	252	1.42%	8.50x
6	Hamilton	225	1.27%	16.94x
7	Brown	211	1.19%	1.81x
8	Hunter	189	1.07%	10.40x
9	Crawford	185	1.05%	21.36x
10	Cook	175	0.990%	4.98x
11	Ferguson	165	0.930%	13.15x
12	Morrison	162	0.920%	11.64x
13	Smith	158	0.890%	0.63x
14	Miller	157	0.890%	4.96x
15	Black	154	0.870%	13.44x
16	Wilson	150	0.850%	1.85x
17	Anderson	122	0.690%	3.49x
18	Thomson	122	0.690%	5.16x
19	Taylor	112	0.630%	0.99x
20	Bell	100	0.560%	3.01x
21	Shaw	97	0.550%	2.98x
22	Cameron	94	0.530%	6.83x
23	Murchie	88	0.500%	300.14x
24	Weir	85	0.480%	18.47x
25	Lamont	84	0.470%	53.37x
26	Bannatyne	83	0.470%	388.94x
27	Scott	83	0.470%	1.85x
28	Murray	77	0.440%	3.51x
29	Watson	74	0.420%	1.80x
30	Clark	72	0.410%	1.35x
31	Kelso	71	0.400%	170.88x
32	Reid	70	0.400%	3.77x
33	Allan	69	0.390%	6.21x
34	Walker	68	0.380%	1.15x
35	Wallace	68	0.380%	5.61x
36	Martin	67	0.380%	1.54x
37	Paterson	63	0.360%	5.23x
38	Henderson	62	0.350%	3.22x
39	Nicol	62	0.350%	16.83x
40	Fullarton	61	0.340%	163.80x
41	Sillars	61	0.340%	398.43x
42	Hill	59	0.330%	1.31x
43	Jamieson	56	0.320%	11.36x
44	Leitch	56	0.320%	33.16x
45	Baillie	55	0.310%	29.94x
46	Kennedy	53	0.300%	4.97x
47	Macfie	53	0.300%	415.04x
48	Hyndman	52	0.290%	258.06x
49	Blair	51	0.290%	11.12x
50	Hendry	50	0.280%	17.83x
51	Johnston	47	0.270%	3.29x
52	Muir	47	0.270%	6.94x
53	White	47	0.270%	0.83x
54	Gillies	46	0.260%	18.17x
55	Millar	46	0.260%	7.12x
56	Graham	45	0.250%	2.21x
57	Sharp	45	0.250%	3.05x
58	Blue	43	0.240%	140.71x
59	Young	42	0.240%	1.10x
60	Mitchell	41	0.230%	1.14x
61	Thompson	41	0.230%	0.77x
62	Kelly	39	0.220%	2.01x
63	Buchanan	38	0.210%	8.31x
64	Davidson	38	0.210%	2.55x
65	Fleming	37	0.210%	5.03x
66	Gilchrist	37	0.210%	14.26x
67	Macdonald	37	0.210%	5.27x
68	Alexander	36	0.200%	3.84x
69	Dewar	36	0.200%	15.59x
70	Marshall	36	0.200%	1.21x
71	Murdoch	36	0.200%	11.97x
72	Stevenson	36	0.200%	2.90x
73	Boyd	35	0.200%	5.64x
74	Harvey	35	0.200%	1.85x
75	Johnstone	33	0.190%	4.12x
76	Keith	33	0.190%	17.39x
77	Rankin	33	0.190%	12.55x
78	Ross	33	0.190%	1.71x
79	Wright	33	0.190%	0.58x
80	Cumming	32	0.180%	9.48x
81	Whyte	32	0.180%	10.66x
82	Fisher	31	0.180%	1.50x
83	Gray	31	0.180%	1.23x
84	Boyle	30	0.170%	6.53x
85	Kay	30	0.170%	3.26x
86	Logan	30	0.170%	7.15x
87	Paton	30	0.170%	7.58x
88	Stuart	30	0.170%	7.10x
89	Lyon	29	0.160%	7.82x
90	Baxter	28	0.160%	2.65x
91	Dunlop	28	0.160%	9.82x
92	Barr	27	0.150%	6.31x
93	Munro	27	0.150%	3.42x
94	Turner	27	0.150%	0.55x
95	Fraser	26	0.150%	1.65x
96	Hall	26	0.150%	0.50x
97	Mathie	26	0.150%	72.71x
98	Agnew	25	0.140%	25.10x
99	Bruce	25	0.140%	3.02x
100	Fyfe	25	0.140%	15.39x