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 Dickinson, with 7 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
701	Dickinson	7	0.020%	0.39x
702	Dockray	7	0.020%	14.08x
703	Eddy	7	0.020%	2.76x
704	Edington	7	0.020%	9.28x
705	Fair	7	0.020%	4.73x
706	Fergueson	7	0.020%	72.92x
707	Ferrol	7	0.020%	99.15x
708	Fleeming	7	0.020%	93.58x
709	Foulkes	7	0.020%	1.78x
710	Fullarton	7	0.020%	7.87x
711	Gifford	7	0.020%	1.90x
712	Gilfeather	7	0.020%	309.73x
713	Glendenning	7	0.020%	11.53x
714	Gowans	7	0.020%	5.14x
715	Hanlon	7	0.020%	3.58x
716	Harries	7	0.020%	0.88x
717	Hawthorn	7	0.020%	2.86x
718	Hewit	7	0.020%	10.41x
719	Hewitson	7	0.020%	2.80x
720	Keane	7	0.020%	7.11x
721	Laden	7	0.020%	48.14x
722	Lambie	7	0.020%	5.07x
723	Leckie	7	0.020%	5.28x
724	Low	7	0.020%	0.78x
725	Lumsden	7	0.020%	1.98x
726	Macadam	7	0.020%	19.07x
727	Macqueen	7	0.020%	14.29x
728	Mair	7	0.020%	1.79x
729	Maitland	7	0.020%	2.55x
730	Mann	7	0.020%	0.31x
731	Mein	7	0.020%	14.54x
732	Mellon	7	0.020%	7.98x
733	Melvile	7	0.020%	95.37x
734	Minnock	7	0.020%	206.49x
735	Mouncey	7	0.020%	33.49x
736	Mure	7	0.020%	35.66x
737	Newbigging	7	0.020%	19.59x
738	Newlands	7	0.020%	4.10x
739	Osborne	7	0.020%	0.35x
740	Potter	7	0.020%	0.26x
741	Price	7	0.020%	0.09x
742	Raffle	7	0.020%	35.92x
743	Ramage	7	0.020%	2.95x
744	Rooney	7	0.020%	1.86x
745	Sheridan	7	0.020%	2.75x
746	Shirra	7	0.020%	28.82x
747	Slevin	7	0.020%	56.36x
748	Solly	7	0.020%	9.16x
749	Stephen	7	0.020%	0.94x
750	Strachan	7	0.020%	0.96x
751	Sutcliffe	7	0.020%	0.42x
752	Tomlinson	7	0.020%	0.36x
753	Tracy	7	0.020%	6.00x
754	Warwick	7	0.020%	1.20x
755	Waters	7	0.020%	0.41x
756	Wightman	7	0.020%	2.52x
757	Battersby	6	0.010%	2.01x
758	Blythe	6	0.010%	1.87x
759	Borland	6	0.010%	3.28x
760	Bowden	6	0.010%	0.49x
761	Bromwich	6	0.010%	6.47x
762	Bryant	6	0.010%	0.33x
763	Butler	6	0.010%	0.15x
764	Carrick	6	0.010%	1.97x
765	Cron	6	0.010%	42.08x
766	Culling	6	0.010%	8.72x
767	Duke	6	0.010%	1.22x
768	Farish	6	0.010%	11.67x
769	Fell	6	0.010%	1.01x
770	Finlayson	6	0.010%	1.23x
771	Gemmel	6	0.010%	15.80x
772	Goodwin	6	0.010%	0.27x
773	Greig	6	0.010%	0.90x
774	Grindall	6	0.010%	57.42x
775	Hanning	6	0.010%	23.35x
776	Harley	6	0.010%	1.10x
777	Jenkins	6	0.010%	0.12x
778	Johns	6	0.010%	0.55x
779	Johnson	6	0.010%	0.04x
780	Kenedy	6	0.010%	10.78x
781	Kinnaird	6	0.010%	8.08x
782	Lamond	6	0.010%	4.15x
783	Lancaster	6	0.010%	0.57x
784	Leitch	6	0.010%	1.49x
785	Lenord	6	0.010%	37.27x
786	Leyden	6	0.010%	18.63x
787	Marjoribanks	6	0.010%	56.66x
788	Monagan	6	0.010%	40.87x
789	Monoghan	6	0.010%	47.77x
790	Monteath	6	0.010%	15.40x
791	Moore	6	0.010%	0.07x
792	Naismith	6	0.010%	5.33x
793	Nivison	6	0.010%	38.63x
794	Pattinson	6	0.010%	1.59x
795	Peat	6	0.010%	1.78x
796	Peters	6	0.010%	0.40x
797	Reed	6	0.010%	0.19x
798	Shepherd	6	0.010%	0.19x
799	Sherlock	6	0.010%	2.11x
800	Sowerby	6	0.010%	2.63x