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 Wyllie, with 31 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
301	Wyllie	31	0.050%	6.86x
302	Chisholm	30	0.050%	3.20x
303	Frazer	30	0.050%	6.00x
304	Glendining	30	0.050%	98.75x
305	Harvey	30	0.050%	0.44x
306	Porter	30	0.050%	0.62x
307	Alexander	29	0.040%	0.85x
308	Allison	29	0.040%	1.58x
309	Bisset	29	0.040%	5.73x
310	Boyle	29	0.040%	1.73x
311	Galloway	29	0.040%	2.61x
312	Laing	29	0.040%	2.24x
313	Linn	29	0.040%	19.70x
314	Woodhouse	29	0.040%	1.90x
315	Brough	28	0.040%	3.55x
316	Colvin	28	0.040%	12.52x
317	Cron	28	0.040%	128.68x
318	Dick	28	0.040%	1.95x
319	Dobson	28	0.040%	0.98x
320	Dryden	28	0.040%	7.20x
321	Findlay	28	0.040%	2.09x
322	Niven	28	0.040%	6.24x
323	Tinning	28	0.040%	75.55x
324	Buchannan	27	0.040%	29.69x
325	Charters	27	0.040%	15.32x
326	Crone	27	0.040%	22.91x
327	Gilchrist	27	0.040%	2.85x
328	Herries	27	0.040%	77.83x
329	Imrie	27	0.040%	10.70x
330	Moir	27	0.040%	3.04x
331	Notman	27	0.040%	25.36x
332	Spence	27	0.040%	1.26x
333	Sturgeon	27	0.040%	10.36x
334	Syme	27	0.040%	11.13x
335	Blackwood	26	0.040%	6.91x
336	Denholm	26	0.040%	9.62x
337	Harris	26	0.040%	0.16x
338	Hislop	26	0.040%	6.70x
339	Lamont	26	0.040%	4.53x
340	Dargavel	25	0.040%	104.52x
341	Hay	25	0.040%	1.06x
342	Pattie	25	0.040%	45.14x
343	Quinn	25	0.040%	2.03x
344	Robb	25	0.040%	2.24x
345	Slack	25	0.040%	2.46x
346	Tweddle	25	0.040%	11.25x
347	Blair	24	0.040%	1.43x
348	Collins	24	0.040%	0.26x
349	Cranston	24	0.040%	9.19x
350	Cumming	24	0.040%	1.95x
351	Forrest	24	0.040%	1.44x
352	Hepburn	24	0.040%	4.18x
353	Hudson	24	0.040%	0.45x
354	Learmont	24	0.040%	94.38x
355	Monteith	24	0.040%	14.01x
356	Newall	24	0.040%	6.48x
357	Shannan	24	0.040%	70.94x
358	Vivers	24	0.040%	227.27x
359	Burnet	23	0.040%	9.74x
360	Goodfellow	23	0.040%	4.03x
361	Haddow	23	0.040%	11.69x
362	Kay	23	0.040%	0.69x
363	Lightfoot	23	0.040%	2.56x
364	Mackenzie	23	0.040%	1.27x
365	Oneil	23	0.040%	3.55x
366	Urquhart	23	0.040%	2.54x
367	Blyth	22	0.030%	2.16x
368	Dodds	22	0.030%	1.62x
369	Jeffrey	22	0.030%	1.84x
370	Lennon	22	0.030%	9.67x
371	Mackay	22	0.030%	0.94x
372	Scoon	22	0.030%	80.41x
373	Vernon	22	0.030%	2.07x
374	Weild	22	0.030%	136.14x
375	Adams	21	0.030%	0.22x
376	Bone	21	0.030%	1.76x
377	Caven	21	0.030%	38.67x
378	Cochrane	21	0.030%	2.10x
379	Docherty	21	0.030%	2.19x
380	Garthwaite	21	0.030%	17.04x
381	Gourley	21	0.030%	17.98x
382	Montgomery	21	0.030%	2.05x
383	Noble	21	0.030%	0.78x
384	Payne	21	0.030%	0.36x
385	Ramsay	21	0.030%	1.26x
386	Redpath	21	0.030%	7.01x
387	Strong	21	0.030%	2.18x
388	Woodman	21	0.030%	2.95x
389	Affleck	20	0.030%	13.43x
390	Bruce	20	0.030%	0.66x
391	Deans	20	0.030%	4.57x
392	Jones	20	0.030%	0.03x
393	Main	20	0.030%	1.89x
394	Malcolm	20	0.030%	2.36x
395	Mundle	20	0.030%	142.86x
396	Potts	20	0.030%	0.93x
397	Rule	20	0.030%	4.52x
398	Semple	20	0.030%	6.50x
399	Sloane	20	0.030%	13.41x
400	Temple	20	0.030%	2.36x