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 Fletcher, with 60 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
201	Fletcher	60	0.090%	0.81x
202	Goldie	60	0.090%	14.94x
203	Shaw	59	0.090%	0.50x
204	Dalgleish	58	0.090%	20.00x
205	Dunlop	58	0.090%	5.58x
206	Green	58	0.090%	0.32x
207	Marchbank	58	0.090%	63.79x
208	Trotter	58	0.090%	8.57x
209	Coltart	57	0.090%	76.01x
210	Dixon	57	0.090%	0.81x
211	Latimer	57	0.090%	22.94x
212	Allan	55	0.090%	1.36x
213	Broadfoot	55	0.090%	35.70x
214	Fingland	55	0.090%	166.87x
215	Murphy	55	0.090%	1.07x
216	Robinson	55	0.090%	0.27x
217	Sharpe	54	0.080%	2.84x
218	Simpson	54	0.080%	0.48x
219	Roddan	53	0.080%	192.17x
220	Coulthard	52	0.080%	14.43x
221	Hair	52	0.080%	20.66x
222	Hume	52	0.080%	5.68x
223	Glover	51	0.080%	1.85x
224	Watt	50	0.080%	2.02x
225	Gilbertson	49	0.080%	25.96x
226	Ker	49	0.080%	36.44x
227	Hutton	48	0.070%	2.49x
228	Pringle	48	0.070%	4.72x
229	Underwood	48	0.070%	2.76x
230	Crichton	47	0.070%	8.54x
231	Fisher	47	0.070%	0.62x
232	Hetherington	47	0.070%	5.78x
233	Corson	46	0.070%	69.31x
234	Grant	46	0.070%	0.72x
235	Watret	46	0.070%	355.76x
236	Lawrie	45	0.070%	7.28x
237	Stoddart	45	0.070%	8.35x
238	Buchanan	44	0.070%	2.64x
239	Clow	44	0.070%	22.56x
240	Templeton	44	0.070%	9.23x
241	Love	43	0.070%	2.81x
242	Parker	43	0.070%	0.35x
243	Hotson	42	0.070%	68.88x
244	Steele	42	0.070%	2.43x
245	Drummond	41	0.060%	3.20x
246	Knox	41	0.060%	3.70x
247	Riddick	41	0.060%	38.83x
248	Slimmon	41	0.060%	164.07x
249	Hannah	40	0.060%	4.77x
250	Saunders	40	0.060%	0.68x
251	Scaife	40	0.060%	13.98x
252	Connell	39	0.060%	3.48x
253	Gilmour	39	0.060%	4.27x
254	Paton	39	0.060%	2.70x
255	Pearson	39	0.060%	0.52x
256	Skilling	39	0.060%	60.33x
257	Alston	38	0.060%	9.04x
258	Blaylock	38	0.060%	33.78x
259	Conchie	38	0.060%	135.67x
260	Dunn	38	0.060%	0.71x
261	Leslie	38	0.060%	3.56x
262	Stothart	38	0.060%	115.29x
263	Veitch	38	0.060%	8.93x
264	Common	37	0.060%	25.86x
265	Hawkins	37	0.060%	0.79x
266	Howat	37	0.060%	18.68x
267	Paisley	37	0.060%	25.78x
268	Dickie	36	0.060%	7.11x
269	Harper	36	0.060%	0.87x
270	Law	36	0.060%	1.23x
271	Ward	36	0.060%	0.26x
272	Cuthbertson	35	0.050%	7.02x
273	Hughes	35	0.050%	0.19x
274	Linton	35	0.050%	6.60x
275	Phillips	35	0.050%	0.30x
276	Carrick	34	0.050%	7.33x
277	Charteris	34	0.050%	86.69x
278	Crawford	34	0.050%	1.08x
279	Farrow	34	0.050%	2.81x
280	Howatson	34	0.050%	68.60x
281	Mackie	34	0.050%	2.46x
282	Paul	34	0.050%	2.10x
283	Bennet	33	0.050%	3.70x
284	Clarke	33	0.050%	0.25x
285	Craik	33	0.050%	16.70x
286	Farries	33	0.050%	78.53x
287	Hood	33	0.050%	1.85x
288	Kellock	33	0.050%	41.84x
289	Mills	33	0.050%	0.39x
290	Minto	33	0.050%	18.45x
291	Rorrison	33	0.050%	164.67x
292	Brodie	32	0.050%	3.69x
293	French	32	0.050%	1.02x
294	Neilson	32	0.050%	3.52x
295	Burnett	31	0.050%	1.74x
296	Haugh	31	0.050%	32.40x
297	Lauder	31	0.050%	9.14x
298	Logan	31	0.050%	2.03x
299	Morrin	31	0.050%	87.20x
300	Seaton	31	0.050%	5.68x