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 Torrance, with 7 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
801	Torrance	7	0.010%	2.46x
802	Tudhope	7	0.010%	14.44x
803	Vallance	7	0.010%	2.41x
804	Vincent	7	0.010%	0.35x
805	Wardrop	7	0.010%	4.75x
806	Weatherstone	7	0.010%	16.58x
807	Whitson	7	0.010%	7.54x
808	Wilkin	7	0.010%	1.98x
809	Wyle	7	0.010%	37.33x
810	Allice	6	0.010%	87.08x
811	Arnold	6	0.010%	0.17x
812	Atkinson	6	0.010%	0.10x
813	Averill	6	0.010%	10.24x
814	Baillie	6	0.010%	0.90x
815	Bogie	6	0.010%	6.83x
816	Braidwood	6	0.010%	6.49x
817	Bray	6	0.010%	0.28x
818	Burge	6	0.010%	1.28x
819	Cambell	6	0.010%	3.38x
820	Carradice	6	0.010%	28.71x
821	Clingan	6	0.010%	37.13x
822	Corbet	6	0.010%	3.38x
823	Curry	6	0.010%	0.65x
824	Davenport	6	0.010%	0.49x
825	Dewar	6	0.010%	0.71x
826	Drysdale	6	0.010%	1.10x
827	Edmonds	6	0.010%	0.49x
828	Ellwood	6	0.010%	1.68x
829	Elvin	6	0.010%	2.64x
830	Esdaile	6	0.010%	39.24x
831	Ewan	6	0.010%	4.08x
832	Fallows	6	0.010%	1.94x
833	Faulder	6	0.010%	8.62x
834	Fawcett	6	0.010%	0.48x
835	Fish	6	0.010%	0.50x
836	Gallocher	6	0.010%	3.36x
837	Gaskell	6	0.010%	0.91x
838	Gates	6	0.010%	0.60x
839	Gemmell	6	0.010%	1.55x
840	Gill	6	0.010%	0.13x
841	Glaister	6	0.010%	5.45x
842	Gouldson	6	0.010%	16.00x
843	Grindall	6	0.010%	37.64x
844	Harding	6	0.010%	0.13x
845	Herron	6	0.010%	2.60x
846	Hind	6	0.010%	0.74x
847	Kemp	6	0.010%	0.17x
848	Kidston	6	0.010%	32.38x
849	Kirkup	6	0.010%	3.86x
850	Lambie	6	0.010%	2.85x
851	Lavan	6	0.010%	22.28x
852	Leiper	6	0.010%	4.05x
853	Lindsey	6	0.010%	1.83x
854	Lithgow	6	0.010%	5.26x
855	Lockerby	6	0.010%	44.91x
856	Low	6	0.010%	0.44x
857	Lowden	6	0.010%	2.84x
858	Lyall	6	0.010%	1.36x
859	Madin	6	0.010%	10.79x
860	Masterton	6	0.010%	2.89x
861	Morran	6	0.010%	7.46x
862	Moss	6	0.010%	0.15x
863	Musgrave	6	0.010%	1.54x
864	Phillip	6	0.010%	1.83x
865	Pinkerton	6	0.010%	3.78x
866	Power	6	0.010%	0.69x
867	Primrose	6	0.010%	7.12x
868	Raffle	6	0.010%	20.17x
869	Ramage	6	0.010%	1.65x
870	Ramsey	6	0.010%	0.86x
871	Reside	6	0.010%	15.73x
872	Roche	6	0.010%	2.20x
873	Roger	6	0.010%	2.71x
874	Rush	6	0.010%	0.87x
875	Sadler	6	0.010%	0.39x
876	Saul	6	0.010%	1.82x
877	Spalding	6	0.010%	1.30x
878	Stafford	6	0.010%	0.44x
879	Stevens	6	0.010%	0.09x
880	Sutherland	6	0.010%	0.18x
881	Tilburn	6	0.010%	21.42x
882	Tinto	6	0.010%	22.83x
883	Trodden	6	0.010%	21.93x
884	Weall	6	0.010%	24.43x
885	Willison	6	0.010%	4.42x
886	Woodcock	6	0.010%	0.33x
887	Wyper	6	0.010%	6.19x
888	Angles	5	0.010%	15.07x
889	Appleyard	5	0.010%	0.85x
890	Arnott	5	0.010%	0.92x
891	Auld	5	0.010%	1.29x
892	Bain	5	0.010%	0.31x
893	Baker	5	0.010%	0.04x
894	Balfour	5	0.010%	1.11x
895	Banter	5	0.010%	32.24x
896	Barker	5	0.010%	0.06x
897	Barrett	5	0.010%	0.12x
898	Barrie	5	0.010%	1.07x
899	Barrowman	5	0.010%	5.63x
900	Bastow	5	0.010%	2.35x