1881 census county

Stirlingshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stirlingshire 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

2,979 surnames are listed for Stirlingshire, covering 89,176 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Hill, with 189 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stirlingshire

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	Hill	189	0.180%	0.69x
102	Kirkwood	189	0.180%	19.41x
103	Inglis	188	0.170%	10.45x
104	Kennedy	185	0.170%	2.85x
105	Cairns	184	0.170%	7.90x
106	Morton	184	0.170%	3.20x
107	Stark	183	0.170%	12.40x
108	Waugh	183	0.170%	12.46x
109	Hardie	182	0.170%	12.96x
110	Muir	182	0.170%	4.41x
111	Ritchie	181	0.170%	4.86x
112	Gilchrist	180	0.170%	11.40x
113	Finlayson	178	0.170%	14.34x
114	Jarvie	178	0.170%	62.95x
115	Sutherland	175	0.160%	3.22x
116	Dickson	174	0.160%	4.36x
117	Ewing	172	0.160%	17.31x
118	Wallace	172	0.160%	2.33x
119	Weir	167	0.160%	5.96x
120	Bryce	166	0.150%	15.39x
121	Drysdale	166	0.150%	18.22x
122	Watt	166	0.150%	4.02x
123	Lindsay	164	0.150%	4.67x
124	Shanks	163	0.150%	19.90x
125	Murdoch	157	0.150%	8.58x
126	Roberts	156	0.140%	0.38x
127	Forbes	155	0.140%	4.29x
128	Kay	154	0.140%	2.75x
129	Whyte	154	0.140%	8.43x
130	Rankine	153	0.140%	28.00x
131	Galloway	148	0.140%	7.98x
132	Malcolm	148	0.140%	10.45x
133	Douglas	146	0.140%	2.80x
134	Nimmo	145	0.130%	30.21x
135	Lawson	144	0.130%	2.27x
136	Patrick	142	0.130%	6.61x
137	Nisbet	141	0.130%	12.39x
138	Harvey	139	0.130%	1.21x
139	Easton	137	0.130%	8.38x
140	Dow	136	0.130%	10.48x
141	Dougall	133	0.120%	39.66x
142	Gillies	133	0.120%	8.63x
143	Harley	132	0.120%	9.50x
144	Logan	131	0.120%	5.13x
145	Kemp	130	0.120%	2.18x
146	Munro	130	0.120%	2.70x
147	Turner	130	0.120%	0.43x
148	Bowie	128	0.120%	13.64x
149	Bruce	128	0.120%	2.54x
150	Strang	128	0.120%	26.47x
151	Davie	125	0.120%	12.59x
152	Docherty	125	0.120%	7.80x
153	Eadie	125	0.120%	24.54x
154	King	125	0.120%	0.53x
155	Fotheringham	124	0.120%	27.37x
156	Moffat	124	0.120%	6.35x
157	Hendry	123	0.110%	7.21x
158	Rankin	123	0.110%	7.68x
159	Barrie	122	0.110%	15.69x
160	Archibald	121	0.110%	13.01x
161	Dewar	121	0.110%	8.61x
162	Menzies	121	0.110%	8.64x
163	Webster	120	0.110%	1.28x
164	Hutchison	119	0.110%	6.72x
165	Todd	119	0.110%	2.17x
166	Grindlay	118	0.110%	100.30x
167	Cowie	117	0.110%	8.95x
168	Irvine	117	0.110%	4.93x
169	Leckie	116	0.110%	34.34x
170	Ramsay	116	0.110%	4.18x
171	Cook	115	0.110%	0.54x
172	Moir	115	0.110%	7.76x
173	Paul	115	0.110%	4.26x
174	Provan	115	0.110%	53.36x
175	Carmichael	113	0.100%	7.33x
176	Gordon	113	0.100%	1.66x
177	Lockhart	113	0.100%	15.06x
178	Main	113	0.100%	6.41x
179	Fisher	112	0.100%	0.89x
180	Shearer	111	0.100%	8.03x
181	Alexander	110	0.100%	1.93x
182	Allison	109	0.100%	3.56x
183	Armstrong	109	0.100%	1.32x
184	Findlay	109	0.100%	4.88x
185	Livingstone	109	0.100%	10.85x
186	Cochrane	108	0.100%	6.47x
187	Galbraith	108	0.100%	10.96x
188	Erskine	107	0.100%	16.05x
189	Lang	107	0.100%	4.45x
190	Meikle	107	0.100%	13.80x
191	Murphy	107	0.100%	1.24x
192	Robb	107	0.100%	5.74x
193	Niven	106	0.100%	14.14x
194	Adams	104	0.100%	0.66x
195	Callander	104	0.100%	47.39x
196	Jackson	104	0.100%	0.35x
197	Barr	103	0.100%	3.95x
198	Currie	103	0.100%	3.40x
199	Dunlop	102	0.090%	5.87x
200	Hall	102	0.090%	0.32x