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 Meadway, with 3 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
1201	Meadway	3	0.000%	19.34x
1202	Mean	3	0.000%	6.72x
1203	Mechen	3	0.000%	23.20x
1204	Millburn	3	0.000%	4.01x
1205	Moffet	3	0.000%	8.00x
1206	Morley	3	0.000%	0.12x
1207	Morris	3	0.000%	0.02x
1208	Munro	3	0.000%	0.10x
1209	Murphie	3	0.000%	14.20x
1210	Nightingale	3	0.000%	0.28x
1211	Nugent	3	0.000%	0.88x
1212	Ormiston	3	0.000%	1.62x
1213	Parnham	3	0.000%	2.19x
1214	Peet	3	0.000%	0.88x
1215	Philip	3	0.000%	0.70x
1216	Pitt	3	0.000%	0.22x
1217	Poole	3	0.000%	0.10x
1218	Prichard	3	0.000%	0.51x
1219	Radcliff	3	0.000%	4.99x
1220	Rickerby	3	0.000%	5.21x
1221	Ridley	3	0.000%	0.24x
1222	Rippingale	3	0.000%	8.29x
1223	Rogers	3	0.000%	0.04x
1224	Ryder	3	0.000%	0.27x
1225	Salkeld	3	0.000%	2.07x
1226	Sellars	3	0.000%	0.75x
1227	Sharkie	3	0.000%	26.79x
1228	Sheil	3	0.000%	6.54x
1229	Shore	3	0.000%	0.43x
1230	Slater	3	0.000%	0.08x
1231	Snedden	3	0.000%	3.45x
1232	Sproat	3	0.000%	2.37x
1233	Steven	3	0.000%	0.61x
1234	Stiff	3	0.000%	1.34x
1235	Stothard	3	0.000%	2.10x
1236	Surtees	3	0.000%	1.55x
1237	Swinburn	3	0.000%	2.47x
1238	Sykes	3	0.000%	0.10x
1239	Symons	3	0.000%	0.34x
1240	Thirlwall	3	0.000%	7.33x
1241	Thornburn	3	0.000%	9.54x
1242	Tyrell	3	0.000%	1.27x
1243	Waite	3	0.000%	0.22x
1244	Walmsley	3	0.000%	0.22x
1245	Wareham	3	0.000%	0.83x
1246	Warrington	3	0.000%	0.57x
1247	Wemyss	3	0.000%	3.36x
1248	Whalan	3	0.000%	9.10x
1249	Whigham	3	0.000%	7.25x
1250	Wild	3	0.000%	0.11x
1251	Abernethy	2	0.000%	1.34x
1252	Andson	2	0.000%	48.90x
1253	Askew	2	0.000%	0.27x
1254	Ballantine	2	0.000%	1.01x
1255	Barrington	2	0.000%	0.95x
1256	Barron	2	0.000%	0.20x
1257	Barry	2	0.000%	0.17x
1258	Barwick	2	0.000%	0.73x
1259	Bathgate	2	0.000%	1.34x
1260	Beckton	2	0.000%	7.31x
1261	Benson	2	0.000%	0.11x
1262	Berrell	2	0.000%	12.06x
1263	Bertram	2	0.000%	0.65x
1264	Berwick	2	0.000%	0.77x
1265	Bettie	2	0.000%	13.08x
1266	Bigger	2	0.000%	10.09x
1267	Bishop	2	0.000%	0.04x
1268	Blackie	2	0.000%	0.76x
1269	Bloomfield	2	0.000%	0.24x
1270	Bohn	2	0.000%	7.80x
1271	Bowe	2	0.000%	1.38x
1272	Boyden	2	0.000%	1.63x
1273	Braddick	2	0.000%	3.29x
1274	Braithwait	2	0.000%	8.14x
1275	Breck	2	0.000%	17.18x
1276	Brenan	2	0.000%	3.87x
1277	Brockie	2	0.000%	2.58x
1278	Brownlie	2	0.000%	0.71x
1279	Bryan	2	0.000%	0.12x
1280	Buck	2	0.000%	0.14x
1281	Calder	2	0.000%	0.22x
1282	Callan	2	0.000%	0.96x
1283	Cam	2	0.000%	3.85x
1284	Campell	2	0.000%	6.45x
1285	Carey	2	0.000%	0.16x
1286	Carlisle	2	0.000%	0.59x
1287	Carnochan	2	0.000%	5.56x
1288	Carswell	2	0.000%	0.85x
1289	Clegg	2	0.000%	0.09x
1290	Coats	2	0.000%	0.69x
1291	Cochran	2	0.000%	0.81x
1292	Connelly	2	0.000%	0.33x
1293	Connolly	2	0.000%	0.27x
1294	Coubrough	2	0.000%	7.03x
1295	Coventry	2	0.000%	0.78x
1296	Cowper	2	0.000%	0.71x
1297	Croasdale	2	0.000%	1.95x
1298	Cruikshank	2	0.000%	2.08x
1299	Crum	2	0.000%	5.43x
1300	Cuming	2	0.000%	2.56x