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 Power, with 3 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
1101	Power	3	0.010%	0.53x
1102	Rawlins	3	0.010%	1.22x
1103	Reay	3	0.010%	0.82x
1104	Reddick	3	0.010%	10.12x
1105	Richards	3	0.010%	0.05x
1106	Roddick	3	0.010%	9.66x
1107	Rouse	3	0.010%	0.49x
1108	Saul	3	0.010%	1.39x
1109	Schofield	3	0.010%	0.13x
1110	Shand	3	0.010%	1.03x
1111	Shanks	3	0.010%	0.93x
1112	Sillars	3	0.010%	8.20x
1113	Sinclar	3	0.010%	15.17x
1114	Slavin	3	0.010%	10.73x
1115	Snedden	3	0.010%	5.26x
1116	Strang	3	0.010%	1.58x
1117	Stratton	3	0.010%	0.82x
1118	Sturrock	3	0.010%	1.97x
1119	Telford	3	0.010%	0.81x
1120	Thomas	3	0.010%	0.02x
1121	Tilbrook	3	0.010%	5.55x
1122	Tinning	3	0.010%	12.35x
1123	Tosney	3	0.010%	96.77x
1124	Twig	3	0.010%	39.37x
1125	Wallis	3	0.010%	0.21x
1126	Wardrop	3	0.010%	3.11x
1127	Watret	3	0.010%	35.42x
1128	Wishart	3	0.010%	0.91x
1129	Abbot	2	0.000%	1.00x
1130	Adair	2	0.000%	1.52x
1131	Aitchison	2	0.000%	0.67x
1132	Andrew	2	0.000%	0.15x
1133	Andrews	2	0.000%	0.05x
1134	Arnott	2	0.000%	0.56x
1135	Bachelor	2	0.000%	3.29x
1136	Bainbridge	2	0.000%	0.34x
1137	Barnett	2	0.000%	0.10x
1138	Barron	2	0.000%	0.31x
1139	Bear	2	0.000%	1.78x
1140	Begg	2	0.000%	0.78x
1141	Beggs	2	0.000%	3.53x
1142	Berry	2	0.000%	0.06x
1143	Betty	2	0.000%	3.86x
1144	Bilby	2	0.000%	4.78x
1145	Bissett	2	0.000%	1.99x
1146	Blaney	2	0.000%	2.35x
1147	Blenkin	2	0.000%	4.61x
1148	Blount	2	0.000%	1.38x
1149	Bond	2	0.000%	0.09x
1150	Boreland	2	0.000%	14.16x
1151	Briden	2	0.000%	6.30x
1152	Brook	2	0.000%	0.12x
1153	Burges	2	0.000%	1.89x
1154	Burke	2	0.000%	0.16x
1155	Burnell	2	0.000%	0.79x
1156	Butt	2	0.000%	0.37x
1157	Butters	2	0.000%	0.96x
1158	Byron	2	0.000%	1.29x
1159	Cally	2	0.000%	37.31x
1160	Calvert	2	0.000%	0.23x
1161	Canning	2	0.000%	0.67x
1162	Chappell	2	0.000%	0.28x
1163	Clapman	2	0.000%	48.90x
1164	Clayton	2	0.000%	0.09x
1165	Coid	2	0.000%	25.32x
1166	Collin	2	0.000%	0.91x
1167	Comb	2	0.000%	7.01x
1168	Comrie	2	0.000%	2.90x
1169	Connar	2	0.000%	8.69x
1170	Connellan	2	0.000%	41.67x
1171	Coulthard	2	0.000%	0.85x
1172	Croll	2	0.000%	2.52x
1173	Cronie	2	0.000%	28.33x
1174	Crumpton	2	0.000%	2.00x
1175	Curnow	2	0.000%	1.38x
1176	Dale	2	0.000%	0.11x
1177	Denmark	2	0.000%	6.94x
1178	Dobbie	2	0.000%	1.08x
1179	Doig	2	0.000%	0.80x
1180	Donelly	2	0.000%	2.06x
1181	Donely	2	0.000%	10.12x
1182	Dow	2	0.000%	0.39x
1183	Downes	2	0.000%	0.38x
1184	Duffie	2	0.000%	6.91x
1185	Duffy	2	0.000%	0.22x
1186	Dunsmuir	2	0.000%	6.56x
1187	Dyson	2	0.000%	0.15x
1188	Earnshaw	2	0.000%	0.38x
1189	Faid	2	0.000%	23.61x
1190	Farmer	2	0.000%	0.15x
1191	Fitspatrick	2	0.000%	24.01x
1192	France	2	0.000%	0.31x
1193	Freeman	2	0.000%	0.07x
1194	Gardner	2	0.000%	0.07x
1195	Garrett	2	0.000%	0.21x
1196	Gaven	2	0.000%	9.02x
1197	Gillison	2	0.000%	10.98x
1198	Glacken	2	0.000%	42.92x
1199	Glendining	2	0.000%	10.05x
1200	Gorman	2	0.000%	0.39x