1881 census county

Dumfriesshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dumfriesshire 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

2,045 surnames are listed for Dumfriesshire, covering 56,726 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Bell, with 1,698 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dumfriesshire

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	Bell	1,698	2.63%	14.00x
2	Johnstone	1,331	2.06%	45.63x
3	Irving	1,118	1.73%	77.76x
4	Graham	1,004	1.56%	13.55x
5	Smith	997	1.54%	1.09x
6	Scott	941	1.46%	5.76x
7	Wilson	890	1.38%	3.00x
8	Brown	881	1.37%	2.07x
9	Thomson	813	1.26%	9.43x
10	Little	789	1.22%	25.85x
11	Kerr	711	1.10%	20.20x
12	Murray	695	1.08%	8.69x
13	Armstrong	685	1.06%	13.89x
14	Carruthers	653	1.01%	76.50x
15	Richardson	638	0.990%	5.81x
16	Beattie	617	0.960%	44.67x
17	Anderson	595	0.920%	4.67x
18	Davidson	560	0.870%	10.32x
19	Jardine	558	0.860%	92.78x
20	Henderson	468	0.730%	6.67x
21	Rae	447	0.690%	30.40x
22	Kirkpatrick	417	0.650%	75.04x
23	Dickson	413	0.640%	17.28x
24	Halliday	402	0.620%	30.15x
25	Moffat	399	0.620%	34.13x
26	Edgar	383	0.590%	38.55x
27	Hyslop	380	0.590%	102.41x
28	Johnston	371	0.570%	7.12x
29	Maxwell	361	0.560%	23.54x
30	Paterson	351	0.540%	7.99x
31	Harkness	334	0.520%	92.37x
32	Kennedy	323	0.500%	8.30x
33	Cowan	322	0.500%	24.46x
34	Clark	316	0.490%	1.63x
35	Gibson	305	0.470%	3.89x
36	Hunter	291	0.450%	4.39x
37	Stewart	289	0.450%	2.86x
38	Black	285	0.440%	6.82x
39	Wallace	283	0.440%	6.40x
40	Campbell	265	0.410%	2.43x
41	Young	264	0.410%	1.90x
42	Laidlaw	261	0.400%	45.64x
43	Elliot	260	0.400%	15.79x
44	Ferguson	260	0.400%	5.68x
45	Grierson	260	0.400%	72.51x
46	Douglas	256	0.400%	8.19x
47	Robertson	256	0.400%	2.37x
48	Watson	256	0.400%	1.71x
49	Jackson	237	0.370%	1.31x
50	Thompson	228	0.350%	1.18x
51	Nicholson	221	0.340%	4.82x
52	Rogerson	221	0.340%	27.83x
53	Wright	217	0.340%	1.05x
54	Milligan	208	0.320%	27.38x
55	Walker	208	0.320%	0.96x
56	Reid	204	0.320%	3.01x
57	Byers	202	0.310%	60.36x
58	Hamilton	202	0.310%	4.17x
59	Currie	200	0.310%	11.01x
60	Hastings	197	0.310%	23.97x
61	Martin	194	0.300%	1.22x
62	Robson	180	0.280%	4.24x
63	Muir	179	0.280%	7.25x
64	Gordon	178	0.280%	4.38x
65	Carlyle	174	0.270%	97.87x
66	Bryden	173	0.270%	63.52x
67	Crosbie	169	0.260%	51.03x
68	Dalziel	169	0.260%	59.24x
69	Tait	161	0.250%	8.47x
70	Waugh	158	0.240%	17.96x
71	Wylie	158	0.240%	21.04x
72	Coupland	157	0.240%	38.41x
73	Pagan	157	0.240%	156.02x
74	Mitchell	156	0.240%	1.19x
75	White	156	0.240%	0.75x
76	Ross	153	0.240%	2.17x
77	Dobie	150	0.230%	69.54x
78	Taylor	147	0.230%	0.36x
79	Laurie	146	0.230%	26.33x
80	Beck	145	0.220%	9.61x
81	Boyes	141	0.220%	20.91x
82	Williamson	141	0.220%	2.44x
83	Blacklock	139	0.220%	50.71x
84	Miller	137	0.210%	1.19x
85	Glendinning	136	0.210%	55.17x
86	Morrison	136	0.210%	2.68x
87	Dinwoodie	134	0.210%	193.73x
88	Proudfoot	133	0.210%	47.26x
89	Todd	133	0.210%	4.05x
90	Fergusson	131	0.200%	40.10x
91	Warwick	131	0.200%	14.68x
92	Tweedie	130	0.200%	52.23x
93	Henry	128	0.200%	7.85x
94	Hope	128	0.200%	5.83x
95	Stitt	128	0.200%	140.43x
96	Wells	128	0.200%	2.38x
97	Telfer	127	0.200%	32.91x
98	Dalgliesh	126	0.200%	141.24x
99	Pool	126	0.200%	16.85x
100	Telford	125	0.190%	21.98x