1881 census county

Kirkcudbrightshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kirkcudbrightshire 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

1,741 surnames are listed for Kirkcudbrightshire, covering 32,717 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Thomson, with 562 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kirkcudbrightshire

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
1	Thomson	562	1.33%	9.95x
2	Smith	547	1.29%	0.92x
3	Wilson	542	1.28%	2.79x
4	Brown	491	1.16%	1.76x
5	Johnstone	453	1.07%	23.70x
6	Clark	434	1.03%	3.41x
7	Murray	351	0.830%	6.69x
8	Gordon	316	0.750%	11.86x
9	Campbell	309	0.730%	4.32x
10	Gibson	303	0.720%	5.90x
11	Maxwell	292	0.690%	29.06x
12	Rae	291	0.690%	30.20x
13	Milligan	277	0.660%	55.65x
14	Stewart	272	0.640%	4.11x
15	Carson	266	0.630%	57.08x
16	Walker	261	0.620%	1.84x
17	Hunter	260	0.610%	5.99x
18	Halliday	255	0.600%	29.18x
19	Paterson	254	0.600%	8.83x
20	Bell	244	0.580%	3.07x
21	Kirkpatrick	242	0.570%	66.45x
22	Anderson	233	0.550%	2.79x
23	Scott	232	0.550%	2.17x
24	Kerr	231	0.550%	10.02x
25	Grierson	230	0.540%	97.88x
26	Johnston	216	0.510%	6.33x
27	Ferguson	215	0.510%	7.17x
28	Douglas	210	0.500%	10.25x
29	Muir	203	0.480%	12.54x
30	Black	194	0.460%	7.08x
31	Hyslop	191	0.450%	78.55x
32	Robertson	191	0.450%	2.70x
33	Hannah	190	0.450%	34.56x
34	Kelly	181	0.430%	3.91x
35	Tait	180	0.430%	14.46x
36	Little	168	0.400%	8.40x
37	Welsh	164	0.390%	9.80x
38	Reid	160	0.380%	3.60x
39	Edgar	157	0.370%	24.11x
40	Wright	157	0.370%	1.16x
41	Irving	155	0.370%	16.45x
42	Jardine	155	0.370%	39.33x
43	Crosbie	154	0.360%	70.95x
44	Coltart	153	0.360%	311.36x
45	Henderson	153	0.360%	3.33x
46	Graham	151	0.360%	3.11x
47	Murdoch	149	0.350%	20.74x
48	Hamilton	148	0.350%	4.67x
49	Dickson	145	0.340%	9.26x
50	Currie	144	0.340%	12.10x
51	Wallace	143	0.340%	4.94x
52	Shaw	141	0.330%	1.82x
53	Cowan	137	0.320%	15.88x
54	Carruthers	135	0.320%	24.14x
55	Moffat	134	0.320%	17.49x
56	Watson	134	0.320%	1.37x
57	Henry	133	0.310%	12.44x
58	Davidson	130	0.310%	3.66x
59	Beattie	129	0.310%	14.25x
60	Geddes	127	0.300%	25.05x
61	Milroy	126	0.300%	104.12x
62	Robson	124	0.290%	4.46x
63	Carter	116	0.270%	1.63x
64	Copland	116	0.270%	48.98x
65	Young	112	0.260%	1.23x
66	Millar	107	0.250%	6.93x
67	Martin	105	0.250%	1.01x
68	Gillespie	102	0.240%	15.21x
69	Sproat	102	0.240%	122.85x
70	Stevenson	101	0.240%	3.40x
71	Thompson	100	0.240%	0.79x
72	Riddick	99	0.230%	143.08x
73	Fergusson	96	0.230%	44.84x
74	Houston	96	0.230%	17.82x
75	Murphy	95	0.220%	2.81x
76	Armstrong	93	0.220%	2.88x
77	Sloan	93	0.220%	23.35x
78	Hastings	91	0.220%	16.90x
79	Barbour	90	0.210%	38.72x
80	Morrison	90	0.210%	2.71x
81	Aitken	89	0.210%	8.02x
82	Laurie	88	0.210%	24.22x
83	Ross	87	0.210%	1.88x
84	Turner	87	0.210%	0.74x
85	Burnie	86	0.200%	165.48x
86	Craik	86	0.200%	66.41x
87	Mitchell	86	0.200%	1.00x
88	Williamson	86	0.200%	2.27x
89	Fraser	83	0.200%	2.20x
90	Caven	82	0.190%	230.47x
91	Haining	82	0.190%	154.05x
92	Haugh	81	0.190%	129.21x
93	Lindsay	80	0.190%	5.80x
94	Richardson	80	0.190%	1.11x
95	Brydson	79	0.190%	470.24x
96	Jamieson	79	0.190%	6.71x
97	Shennan	77	0.180%	351.76x
98	Kennedy	76	0.180%	2.98x
99	Callander	75	0.180%	87.07x
100	Hume	75	0.180%	12.50x