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 Boyle, with 34 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
201	Boyle	34	0.080%	3.10x
202	Gibb	34	0.080%	4.55x
203	Gilchrist	34	0.080%	5.48x
204	Harris	34	0.080%	0.32x
205	Hope	34	0.080%	2.36x
206	Hughes	34	0.080%	0.29x
207	Hutton	34	0.080%	2.69x
208	Lockerbie	34	0.080%	143.34x
209	Rankine	34	0.080%	15.85x
210	Rutherford	34	0.080%	3.29x
211	Allison	33	0.080%	2.75x
212	Baxter	33	0.080%	1.31x
213	Copeland	33	0.080%	8.25x
214	Dunn	33	0.080%	0.94x
215	Lewis	33	0.080%	0.30x
216	Simpson	33	0.080%	0.45x
217	Adams	32	0.080%	0.51x
218	Austin	32	0.080%	1.55x
219	Ballantyne	32	0.080%	9.98x
220	Bennet	32	0.080%	5.48x
221	Clement	32	0.080%	7.51x
222	Galloway	32	0.080%	4.39x
223	Rennie	32	0.080%	4.33x
224	Swan	32	0.080%	2.92x
225	Cochrane	31	0.070%	4.73x
226	Maltman	31	0.070%	56.72x
227	Purdie	31	0.070%	17.73x
228	Slater	31	0.070%	1.21x
229	Collins	30	0.070%	0.49x
230	Colvin	30	0.070%	20.47x
231	Cooper	30	0.070%	0.29x
232	Crocket	30	0.070%	54.89x
233	Jolly	30	0.070%	5.00x
234	Templeton	30	0.070%	9.60x
235	Dill	29	0.070%	120.13x
236	Lawson	29	0.070%	1.16x
237	Rogerson	29	0.070%	5.57x
238	Rowan	29	0.070%	10.65x
239	Beck	28	0.070%	2.83x
240	Davies	28	0.070%	0.13x
241	Gass	28	0.070%	41.57x
242	Locke	28	0.070%	7.37x
243	Malcolm	28	0.070%	5.04x
244	Seggie	28	0.070%	120.90x
245	Connel	27	0.060%	34.70x
246	Fletcher	27	0.060%	0.56x
247	Kean	27	0.060%	9.43x
248	Monaghan	27	0.060%	8.81x
249	Oliver	27	0.060%	0.90x
250	Rain	27	0.060%	35.88x
251	Stroyan	27	0.060%	123.34x
252	Wylie	27	0.060%	5.49x
253	Agnew	26	0.060%	10.93x
254	Briggs	26	0.060%	1.13x
255	Buchanan	26	0.060%	2.38x
256	Faulds	26	0.060%	20.15x
257	Lamont	26	0.060%	6.91x
258	Neil	26	0.060%	4.65x
259	Drummond	25	0.060%	2.97x
260	Edwards	25	0.060%	0.21x
261	Helme	25	0.060%	35.99x
262	Kennan	25	0.060%	84.32x
263	Cole	24	0.060%	0.62x
264	Farries	24	0.060%	87.15x
265	Harrison	24	0.060%	0.26x
266	Hood	24	0.060%	2.05x
267	Howard	24	0.060%	0.58x
268	Lawrie	24	0.060%	5.93x
269	Menzies	24	0.060%	4.37x
270	Charteris	23	0.050%	89.49x
271	Erskine	23	0.050%	8.79x
272	Gardiner	23	0.050%	1.89x
273	Howat	23	0.050%	17.72x
274	Imrie	23	0.050%	13.91x
275	Moreland	23	0.050%	24.64x
276	Pagan	23	0.050%	34.88x
277	Phillips	23	0.050%	0.30x
278	Wardhaugh	23	0.050%	77.94x
279	Burgess	22	0.050%	0.75x
280	Callender	22	0.050%	25.62x
281	Chalmers	22	0.050%	2.19x
282	Clingan	22	0.050%	207.74x
283	Dalrymple	22	0.050%	11.95x
284	Hiddleston	22	0.050%	90.57x
285	Jardin	22	0.050%	152.78x
286	Lennox	22	0.050%	8.77x
287	Thorburn	22	0.050%	9.01x
288	Airley	21	0.050%	153.40x
289	Hughan	21	0.050%	105.47x
290	Irvine	21	0.050%	2.25x
291	Riley	21	0.050%	0.63x
292	Vernon	21	0.050%	3.02x
293	Weir	21	0.050%	1.91x
294	Belford	20	0.050%	53.45x
295	Brodie	20	0.050%	3.52x
296	Coyle	20	0.050%	6.96x
297	Flinn	20	0.050%	7.83x
298	Gaw	20	0.050%	79.59x
299	Glencross	20	0.050%	54.69x
300	Grieve	20	0.050%	4.08x