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 Riley, with 14 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
501	Riley	14	0.020%	0.27x
502	Roberts	14	0.020%	0.06x
503	Rodger	14	0.020%	1.54x
504	Snowden	14	0.020%	2.44x
505	Snowdon	14	0.020%	2.91x
506	Stuart	14	0.020%	0.91x
507	Thom	14	0.020%	2.43x
508	Warrick	14	0.020%	14.19x
509	Allen	13	0.020%	0.11x
510	Ballintyne	13	0.020%	56.40x
511	Borland	13	0.020%	4.66x
512	Bowman	13	0.020%	0.77x
513	Cavers	13	0.020%	44.69x
514	Clint	13	0.020%	27.68x
515	Collow	13	0.020%	125.73x
516	Elder	13	0.020%	1.91x
517	Gall	13	0.020%	3.12x
518	Gladstone	13	0.020%	7.46x
519	Gourlay	13	0.020%	3.63x
520	Hendry	13	0.020%	1.27x
521	Kirkland	13	0.020%	2.26x
522	Leckie	13	0.020%	6.42x
523	Liddle	13	0.020%	1.71x
524	Macdonald	13	0.020%	0.51x
525	Mars	13	0.020%	21.24x
526	Nesbit	13	0.020%	6.55x
527	Nettleship	13	0.020%	15.96x
528	Penman	13	0.020%	3.08x
529	Purdie	13	0.020%	4.87x
530	Rankine	13	0.020%	3.97x
531	Rowan	13	0.020%	3.13x
532	Thomas	13	0.020%	0.05x
533	Wardrope	13	0.020%	20.52x
534	Waters	13	0.020%	0.50x
535	Whitelaw	13	0.020%	3.38x
536	Whyte	13	0.020%	1.19x
537	Wield	13	0.020%	67.81x
538	Wilkinson	13	0.020%	0.13x
539	Airey	12	0.020%	2.45x
540	Arthur	12	0.020%	0.85x
541	Atchison	12	0.020%	15.43x
542	Birnie	12	0.020%	4.37x
543	Bowie	12	0.020%	2.13x
544	Boys	12	0.020%	4.73x
545	Clement	12	0.020%	1.85x
546	Dow	12	0.020%	1.54x
547	Fair	12	0.020%	5.31x
548	Fallas	12	0.020%	26.90x
549	Fox	12	0.020%	0.20x
550	Fulton	12	0.020%	1.47x
551	Good	12	0.020%	1.50x
552	Hewetson	12	0.020%	18.32x
553	Houliston	12	0.020%	47.60x
554	Keen	12	0.020%	0.93x
555	Landells	12	0.020%	34.81x
556	Lind	12	0.020%	10.96x
557	Ogilvy	12	0.020%	8.26x
558	Potter	12	0.020%	0.29x
559	Queen	12	0.020%	4.54x
560	Richards	12	0.020%	0.12x
561	Rigg	12	0.020%	2.21x
562	Rogan	12	0.020%	7.07x
563	Sibbald	12	0.020%	6.99x
564	Skinner	12	0.020%	0.37x
565	Stott	12	0.020%	0.60x
566	Tomlinson	12	0.020%	0.40x
567	Webster	12	0.020%	0.21x
568	Adair	11	0.020%	5.47x
569	Baty	11	0.020%	7.04x
570	Beckett	11	0.020%	0.86x
571	Bird	11	0.020%	0.22x
572	Brockbank	11	0.020%	4.81x
573	Brunton	11	0.020%	2.17x
574	Conacher	11	0.020%	18.63x
575	Cotts	11	0.020%	116.03x
576	Craven	11	0.020%	0.88x
577	Dawson	11	0.020%	0.15x
578	Derby	11	0.020%	9.22x
579	Evans	11	0.020%	0.04x
580	Fairbairn	11	0.020%	2.31x
581	Farnell	11	0.020%	4.65x
582	Hannan	11	0.020%	5.36x
583	Harrow	11	0.020%	7.11x
584	Heron	11	0.020%	1.78x
585	Holmes	11	0.020%	0.14x
586	Houghton	11	0.020%	0.49x
587	Hutchinson	11	0.020%	0.30x
588	Johnson	11	0.020%	0.05x
589	Kean	11	0.020%	2.52x
590	Lambert	11	0.020%	0.31x
591	Leaper	11	0.020%	14.84x
592	Norman	11	0.020%	0.37x
593	Roan	11	0.020%	23.74x
594	Smellie	11	0.020%	3.85x
595	Barr	10	0.020%	0.64x
596	Bilton	10	0.020%	3.65x
597	Bissett	10	0.020%	6.52x
598	Caesar	10	0.020%	23.20x
599	Chrystie	10	0.020%	100.91x
600	Church	10	0.020%	0.71x