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 Mcbryde, 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
1401	Mcbryde	2	0.000%	51.55x
1402	Mcminn	2	0.000%	17.51x
1403	Mechan	2	0.000%	2.84x
1404	Medcalf	2	0.000%	0.80x
1405	Melvin	2	0.000%	0.64x
1406	Menzie	2	0.000%	7.03x
1407	Merrick	2	0.000%	0.42x
1408	Middleston	2	0.000%	51.55x
1409	Milan	2	0.000%	6.36x
1410	Milburn	2	0.000%	0.35x
1411	Miles	2	0.000%	0.05x
1412	Mingins	2	0.000%	11.75x
1413	Monaghan	2	0.000%	0.43x
1414	Morison	2	0.000%	0.61x
1415	Morrell	2	0.000%	0.33x
1416	Murchie	2	0.000%	1.87x
1417	Murrey	2	0.000%	1.14x
1418	Myres	2	0.000%	3.41x
1419	Napier	2	0.000%	0.39x
1420	Newsham	2	0.000%	0.99x
1421	Nightengale	2	0.000%	13.85x
1422	Nilson	2	0.000%	3.98x
1423	Nimmo	2	0.000%	0.70x
1424	Onell	2	0.000%	232.56x
1425	Orourke	2	0.000%	2.86x
1426	Osbourn	2	0.000%	1.95x
1427	Owens	2	0.000%	0.06x
1428	Peake	2	0.000%	0.32x
1429	Pears	2	0.000%	0.67x
1430	Peel	2	0.000%	0.17x
1431	Pennington	2	0.000%	0.21x
1432	Petters	2	0.000%	6.27x
1433	Piles	2	0.000%	13.65x
1434	Pinkney	2	0.000%	0.79x
1435	Platt	2	0.000%	0.12x
1436	Poland	2	0.000%	1.80x
1437	Porthouse	2	0.000%	6.83x
1438	Prentice	2	0.000%	0.26x
1439	Preston	2	0.000%	0.06x
1440	Quinney	2	0.000%	2.23x
1441	Radcliffe	2	0.000%	0.27x
1442	Ratcliffe	2	0.000%	0.11x
1443	Ray	2	0.000%	0.16x
1444	Reily	2	0.000%	3.38x
1445	Reynolds	2	0.000%	0.04x
1446	Roderick	2	0.000%	0.89x
1447	Rodgers	2	0.000%	0.11x
1448	Romney	2	0.000%	6.27x
1449	Roney	2	0.000%	1.56x
1450	Roome	2	0.000%	1.61x
1451	Rork	2	0.000%	11.32x
1452	Ryan	2	0.000%	0.10x
1453	Seeds	2	0.000%	7.43x
1454	Service	2	0.000%	1.28x
1455	Seton	2	0.000%	3.26x
1456	Sharkey	2	0.000%	1.36x
1457	Shepherd	2	0.000%	0.04x
1458	Sherman	2	0.000%	0.55x
1459	Shillinglaw	2	0.000%	4.76x
1460	Shuttleworth	2	0.000%	0.26x
1461	Siddons	2	0.000%	1.59x
1462	Simm	2	0.000%	0.80x
1463	Skelton	2	0.000%	0.21x
1464	Small	2	0.000%	0.12x
1465	Smiles	2	0.000%	1.49x
1466	Sommerville	2	0.000%	0.79x
1467	Soutter	2	0.000%	3.13x
1468	Sowerby	2	0.000%	0.57x
1469	Spotswood	2	0.000%	9.57x
1470	Steuart	2	0.000%	5.37x
1471	Stodart	2	0.000%	3.11x
1472	Stronach	2	0.000%	1.84x
1473	Stubbs	2	0.000%	0.12x
1474	Swords	2	0.000%	10.55x
1475	Taggart	2	0.000%	0.82x
1476	Tailor	2	0.000%	1.77x
1477	Tilbury	2	0.000%	0.80x
1478	Tinklin	2	0.000%	12.89x
1479	Wadson	2	0.000%	25.77x
1480	Walton	2	0.000%	0.04x
1481	Warren	2	0.000%	0.05x
1482	Weightman	2	0.000%	0.79x
1483	Welch	2	0.000%	0.09x
1484	Well	2	0.000%	5.30x
1485	Willacy	2	0.000%	2.99x
1486	Windsor	2	0.000%	0.37x
1487	Woods	2	0.000%	0.05x
1488	Wrightman	2	0.000%	16.88x
1489	Wyles	2	0.000%	1.23x
1490	Yates	2	0.000%	0.05x
1491	Yeats	2	0.000%	1.12x
1492	Abel	1	0.000%	0.24x
1493	Ackroyd	1	0.000%	0.17x
1494	Addison	1	0.000%	0.11x
1495	Adie	1	0.000%	0.72x
1496	Agnew	1	0.000%	0.28x
1497	Ainslie	1	0.000%	0.59x
1498	Airley	1	0.000%	4.78x
1499	Aiton	1	0.000%	2.43x
1500	Alexandra	1	0.000%	2.86x