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 Blackley, with 19 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
401	Blackley	19	0.030%	10.86x
402	Bonner	19	0.030%	3.35x
403	Byres	19	0.030%	43.65x
404	Donald	19	0.030%	1.46x
405	Elliott	19	0.030%	0.35x
406	Halbert	19	0.030%	22.73x
407	Keenan	19	0.030%	3.48x
408	Milroy	19	0.030%	10.29x
409	Sanderson	19	0.030%	0.71x
410	Shearer	19	0.030%	2.29x
411	Trainer	19	0.030%	7.20x
412	Brownrigg	18	0.030%	21.59x
413	Colthart	18	0.030%	66.30x
414	Connor	18	0.030%	0.94x
415	Dobbie	18	0.030%	6.39x
416	Hodgson	18	0.030%	0.40x
417	Lewis	18	0.030%	0.11x
418	Saddler	18	0.030%	9.29x
419	Sewell	18	0.030%	1.32x
420	Stark	18	0.030%	2.04x
421	West	18	0.030%	0.29x
422	Chambers	17	0.030%	0.46x
423	Copeland	17	0.030%	2.78x
424	Findlater	17	0.030%	17.85x
425	Gardner	17	0.030%	0.39x
426	Hanning	17	0.030%	43.35x
427	Harrison	17	0.030%	0.12x
428	Lister	17	0.030%	0.92x
429	Noon	17	0.030%	3.67x
430	Rafferty	17	0.030%	5.11x
431	Shennan	17	0.030%	50.90x
432	Walls	17	0.030%	2.19x
433	Bendall	16	0.020%	6.81x
434	Birrell	16	0.020%	5.09x
435	Brydon	16	0.020%	7.88x
436	Clapperton	16	0.020%	10.55x
437	Dalglish	16	0.020%	13.57x
438	Donnelly	16	0.020%	1.97x
439	Forbes	16	0.020%	0.74x
440	Ford	16	0.020%	0.25x
441	Gallagher	16	0.020%	1.63x
442	Hardie	16	0.020%	1.90x
443	Hewitson	16	0.020%	4.19x
444	Ireland	16	0.020%	1.07x
445	Kilpatrick	16	0.020%	4.82x
446	Locke	16	0.020%	2.76x
447	Lockie	16	0.020%	10.90x
448	Macartney	16	0.020%	38.28x
449	Nevison	16	0.020%	21.59x
450	Newlands	16	0.020%	6.14x
451	Nivison	16	0.020%	67.51x
452	Pattinson	16	0.020%	2.77x
453	Percy	16	0.020%	2.66x
454	Pollock	16	0.020%	1.71x
455	Riddell	16	0.020%	2.96x
456	Selkirk	16	0.020%	13.26x
457	Struthers	16	0.020%	5.55x
458	Borrowman	15	0.020%	42.44x
459	Burges	15	0.020%	9.31x
460	Cartner	15	0.020%	26.17x
461	Clowe	15	0.020%	58.99x
462	Frood	15	0.020%	30.27x
463	Gorman	15	0.020%	1.93x
464	Gowan	15	0.020%	15.27x
465	Hadden	15	0.020%	5.23x
466	Hoggan	15	0.020%	16.15x
467	Jack	15	0.020%	1.09x
468	Kirkhope	15	0.020%	41.69x
469	Lorraine	15	0.020%	51.56x
470	Martindale	15	0.020%	4.05x
471	Mason	15	0.020%	0.17x
472	Meikle	15	0.020%	3.23x
473	Reay	15	0.020%	2.68x
474	Roxburgh	15	0.020%	7.51x
475	Shields	15	0.020%	1.50x
476	Stobbs	15	0.020%	8.04x
477	Storey	15	0.020%	0.91x
478	Symington	15	0.020%	8.41x
479	Barclay	14	0.020%	1.05x
480	Burton	14	0.020%	0.25x
481	Cannon	14	0.020%	1.20x
482	Cockburn	14	0.020%	1.70x
483	Coulter	14	0.020%	4.32x
484	Dougan	14	0.020%	9.07x
485	Downie	14	0.020%	1.85x
486	Eckford	14	0.020%	21.51x
487	Ellis	14	0.020%	0.15x
488	Geddis	14	0.020%	56.02x
489	Gillies	14	0.020%	1.52x
490	Holt	14	0.020%	0.32x
491	Hopper	14	0.020%	1.52x
492	Ingram	14	0.020%	0.71x
493	Lattimer	14	0.020%	15.66x
494	Lee	14	0.020%	0.13x
495	Mathison	14	0.020%	8.02x
496	Neil	14	0.020%	1.64x
497	Nisbet	14	0.020%	2.05x
498	Rankin	14	0.020%	1.46x
499	Raphael	14	0.020%	31.38x
500	Rea	14	0.020%	3.86x