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 Waugh, with 75 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
101	Waugh	75	0.180%	13.01x
102	Charters	74	0.180%	64.06x
103	Docherty	74	0.180%	11.77x
104	Coupland	73	0.170%	27.25x
105	Dalziel	73	0.170%	39.05x
106	Blacklock	72	0.170%	40.08x
107	Boyd	68	0.160%	4.58x
108	Ireland	68	0.160%	6.93x
109	Ewart	67	0.160%	28.17x
110	Herries	67	0.160%	294.64x
111	Dobie	64	0.150%	45.28x
112	Harper	64	0.150%	2.36x
113	Montgomery	64	0.150%	9.54x
114	Alexander	63	0.150%	2.81x
115	Corrie	63	0.150%	65.52x
116	Corson	63	0.150%	144.86x
117	Hannay	63	0.150%	60.45x
118	Affleck	62	0.150%	63.54x
119	Cairns	62	0.150%	6.78x
120	Nicholson	62	0.150%	2.06x
121	Porter	62	0.150%	1.95x
122	Wood	62	0.150%	0.46x
123	Neilson	61	0.140%	10.23x
124	Broadfoot	60	0.140%	59.43x
125	Crawford	59	0.140%	2.85x
126	Dempster	59	0.140%	19.83x
127	Burns	58	0.140%	2.04x
128	Gray	58	0.140%	0.96x
129	Sturgeon	58	0.140%	33.95x
130	Glendinning	57	0.130%	35.29x
131	White	57	0.130%	0.42x
132	Gourlay	56	0.130%	23.89x
133	Parker	56	0.130%	0.70x
134	Bryden	55	0.130%	30.81x
135	Cameron	55	0.130%	1.67x
136	Palmer	55	0.130%	1.10x
137	Robison	55	0.130%	58.22x
138	Jackson	54	0.130%	0.46x
139	Baird	53	0.130%	5.86x
140	Candlish	53	0.130%	107.24x
141	Cannon	53	0.130%	6.92x
142	Heron	53	0.130%	13.07x
143	Telfer	52	0.120%	20.56x
144	Elliot	51	0.120%	4.73x
145	Patterson	51	0.120%	3.46x
146	Kimm	50	0.120%	300.12x
147	Kissock	50	0.120%	292.57x
148	Caig	49	0.120%	439.46x
149	Gilmour	49	0.120%	8.19x
150	Hay	49	0.120%	3.16x
151	Sharpe	49	0.120%	3.93x
152	Miller	48	0.110%	0.63x
153	Blair	47	0.110%	4.29x
154	Donaldson	46	0.110%	3.81x
155	Allan	45	0.110%	1.69x
156	Glover	45	0.110%	2.50x
157	Muirhead	45	0.110%	13.80x
158	Duff	44	0.100%	5.85x
159	Fisher	44	0.100%	0.89x
160	Green	44	0.100%	0.37x
161	Logan	44	0.100%	4.39x
162	Nish	44	0.100%	155.04x
163	Russell	44	0.100%	0.85x
164	Blain	43	0.100%	29.28x
165	Carnochan	43	0.100%	182.36x
166	Newall	43	0.100%	17.72x
167	Taylor	43	0.100%	0.16x
168	Byers	42	0.100%	19.15x
169	Connell	42	0.100%	5.71x
170	Cumming	42	0.100%	5.21x
171	King	42	0.100%	0.46x
172	Porteous	42	0.100%	14.89x
173	Carswell	41	0.100%	26.52x
174	Dick	41	0.100%	4.35x
175	Goldie	41	0.100%	15.58x
176	Payne	41	0.100%	1.08x
177	Bennett	40	0.090%	0.58x
178	Caldow	40	0.090%	177.07x
179	Marshall	40	0.090%	0.56x
180	Todd	40	0.090%	1.86x
181	Dalling	39	0.090%	74.64x
182	Findlay	39	0.090%	4.45x
183	Robb	39	0.090%	5.33x
184	Seaton	39	0.090%	10.90x
185	Stitt	39	0.090%	65.29x
186	Barclay	38	0.090%	4.37x
187	Cook	38	0.090%	0.45x
188	Gillies	38	0.090%	6.28x
189	Higgins	38	0.090%	1.78x
190	Skimming	38	0.090%	157.42x
191	Nelson	37	0.090%	1.81x
192	Sharp	37	0.090%	1.05x
193	Tweedie	37	0.090%	22.69x
194	Manson	36	0.090%	7.28x
195	Paton	36	0.090%	3.81x
196	Caird	35	0.080%	40.70x
197	Chesney	35	0.080%	65.23x
198	Forsyth	35	0.080%	3.88x
199	Grant	35	0.080%	0.83x
200	Ritchie	35	0.080%	2.40x