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 Dair, with 2 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
1301	Dair	2	0.000%	16.58x
1302	Dauson	2	0.000%	7.37x
1303	Davies	2	0.000%	0.01x
1304	Devine	2	0.000%	0.31x
1305	Dockerty	2	0.000%	3.09x
1306	Dockray	2	0.000%	2.64x
1307	Dodd	2	0.000%	0.08x
1308	Dodson	2	0.000%	0.40x
1309	Dougal	2	0.000%	1.70x
1310	Dowall	2	0.000%	13.65x
1311	Dowding	2	0.000%	0.73x
1312	Dowie	2	0.000%	1.29x
1313	Dowling	2	0.000%	0.28x
1314	Dowthwaite	2	0.000%	3.49x
1315	Drumond	2	0.000%	7.14x
1316	Dryburgh	2	0.000%	1.32x
1317	Duns	2	0.000%	11.32x
1318	Dyer	2	0.000%	0.08x
1319	Eadie	2	0.000%	0.66x
1320	Ensor	2	0.000%	1.39x
1321	Erskine	2	0.000%	0.50x
1322	Fairweather	2	0.000%	0.40x
1323	Farquhar	2	0.000%	0.40x
1324	Farquharson	2	0.000%	0.55x
1325	Farrel	2	0.000%	1.36x
1326	Ferguison	2	0.000%	21.10x
1327	Ferrell	2	0.000%	5.19x
1328	Fielding	2	0.000%	0.14x
1329	Fitzgerald	2	0.000%	0.18x
1330	Freel	2	0.000%	5.63x
1331	Freer	2	0.000%	0.56x
1332	Gainford	2	0.000%	7.37x
1333	Galbraith	2	0.000%	0.34x
1334	Gallaher	2	0.000%	4.71x
1335	Garrey	2	0.000%	19.34x
1336	Geekie	2	0.000%	2.98x
1337	Georgeson	2	0.000%	1.55x
1338	Goodall	2	0.000%	0.14x
1339	Gorrie	2	0.000%	1.45x
1340	Gough	2	0.000%	0.11x
1341	Grassie	2	0.000%	6.32x
1342	Graven	2	0.000%	12.55x
1343	Grear	2	0.000%	6.78x
1344	Griffen	2	0.000%	0.95x
1345	Gulland	2	0.000%	5.02x
1346	Haddon	2	0.000%	0.46x
1347	Hagan	2	0.000%	0.62x
1348	Hagg	2	0.000%	5.04x
1349	Hamill	2	0.000%	1.81x
1350	Hattersley	2	0.000%	1.09x
1351	Hawe	2	0.000%	7.08x
1352	Hawkens	2	0.000%	40.32x
1353	Hayes	2	0.000%	0.05x
1354	Helm	2	0.000%	0.69x
1355	Henning	2	0.000%	2.12x
1356	Heslop	2	0.000%	0.36x
1357	Hetherton	2	0.000%	13.85x
1358	Hewit	2	0.000%	1.95x
1359	Hibbert	2	0.000%	0.21x
1360	Holbrook	2	0.000%	0.43x
1361	Horrocks	2	0.000%	0.25x
1362	Hoult	2	0.000%	1.20x
1363	Howard	2	0.000%	0.03x
1364	Hughan	2	0.000%	6.58x
1365	Hutchieson	2	0.000%	4.38x
1366	Jayne	2	0.000%	3.30x
1367	Jenkins	2	0.000%	0.03x
1368	Jessiman	2	0.000%	4.59x
1369	Jolly	2	0.000%	0.22x
1370	Judge	2	0.000%	0.29x
1371	Kane	2	0.000%	0.38x
1372	Keay	2	0.000%	0.73x
1373	Kenna	2	0.000%	3.26x
1374	Kilgour	2	0.000%	0.84x
1375	Kyle	2	0.000%	0.56x
1376	Lamonby	2	0.000%	9.77x
1377	Laughlan	2	0.000%	4.62x
1378	Leader	2	0.000%	0.68x
1379	Legget	2	0.000%	4.38x
1380	Liddell	2	0.000%	0.34x
1381	Loan	2	0.000%	5.33x
1382	Lochhead	2	0.000%	1.72x
1383	Longmuir	2	0.000%	1.67x
1384	Louden	2	0.000%	1.79x
1385	Lowne	2	0.000%	8.29x
1386	Lowrie	2	0.000%	0.90x
1387	Ludwig	2	0.000%	7.25x
1388	Lumsden	2	0.000%	0.37x
1389	Lundie	2	0.000%	1.79x
1390	Macdougal	2	0.000%	13.08x
1391	Macdowall	2	0.000%	25.77x
1392	Macfarlane	2	0.000%	0.54x
1393	Mackintosh	2	0.000%	0.46x
1394	Macmaster	2	0.000%	12.22x
1395	Macwilliam	2	0.000%	29.03x
1396	Major	2	0.000%	0.23x
1397	Maloy	2	0.000%	2.01x
1398	March	2	0.000%	0.29x
1399	Marsland	2	0.000%	0.53x
1400	Maudsley	2	0.000%	1.09x