1881 census county

Wigtownshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wigtownshire 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

1,658 surnames are listed for Wigtownshire, covering 27,870 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Kay, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wigtownshire

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
1001	Kay	3	0.010%	0.15x
1002	Kenneday	3	0.010%	20.86x
1003	Kirby	3	0.010%	0.20x
1004	Lammond	3	0.010%	39.27x
1005	Lane	3	0.010%	0.11x
1006	Langlands	3	0.010%	3.32x
1007	Leech	3	0.010%	0.47x
1008	Leiper	3	0.010%	3.37x
1009	Lewis	3	0.010%	0.03x
1010	Livingston	3	0.010%	0.86x
1011	Lockett	3	0.010%	1.06x
1012	Lone	3	0.010%	22.49x
1013	Lonsdale	3	0.010%	0.93x
1014	Lowe	3	0.010%	0.10x
1015	Lundy	3	0.010%	4.45x
1016	Mack	3	0.010%	0.77x
1017	Mantle	3	0.010%	1.48x
1018	Marr	3	0.010%	0.68x
1019	Mathews	3	0.010%	0.21x
1020	Matthew	3	0.010%	1.02x
1021	Mellon	3	0.010%	3.73x
1022	Melon	3	0.010%	22.06x
1023	Monie	3	0.010%	26.62x
1024	Morley	3	0.010%	0.19x
1025	Mullen	3	0.010%	0.81x
1026	Mulligan	3	0.010%	1.38x
1027	Myles	3	0.010%	1.65x
1028	Nicol	3	0.010%	0.37x
1029	Nielson	3	0.010%	13.79x
1030	Nixon	3	0.010%	0.25x
1031	Pace	3	0.010%	1.74x
1032	Patteson	3	0.010%	12.45x
1033	Pearson	3	0.010%	0.07x
1034	Peden	3	0.010%	3.83x
1035	Peet	3	0.010%	1.46x
1036	Pike	3	0.010%	0.27x
1037	Pirrie	3	0.010%	4.51x
1038	Plunket	3	0.010%	12.32x
1039	Poland	3	0.010%	4.49x
1040	Price	3	0.010%	0.04x
1041	Pringle	3	0.010%	0.49x
1042	Quarrell	3	0.010%	17.04x
1043	Raney	3	0.010%	23.17x
1044	Reilly	3	0.010%	0.73x
1045	Richmond	3	0.010%	0.35x
1046	Roach	3	0.010%	0.53x
1047	Roberts	3	0.010%	0.02x
1048	Romney	3	0.010%	15.65x
1049	Rosse	3	0.010%	70.26x
1050	Sherwood	3	0.010%	0.61x
1051	Shipherd	3	0.010%	178.57x
1052	Smitham	3	0.010%	14.76x
1053	Speirs	3	0.010%	1.98x
1054	Thornton	3	0.010%	0.15x
1055	Tinney	3	0.010%	7.06x
1056	Tonner	3	0.010%	5.98x
1057	Topping	3	0.010%	1.12x
1058	Twentyman	3	0.010%	9.53x
1059	Waddle	3	0.010%	6.56x
1060	Wightman	3	0.010%	1.18x
1061	Wild	3	0.010%	0.19x
1062	Allington	2	0.010%	2.96x
1063	Atkins	2	0.010%	0.14x
1064	Barbour	2	0.010%	0.94x
1065	Barr	2	0.010%	0.21x
1066	Baskerville	2	0.010%	2.18x
1067	Beverly	2	0.010%	6.18x
1068	Birch	2	0.010%	0.13x
1069	Blacklock	2	0.010%	1.21x
1070	Boll	2	0.010%	21.76x
1071	Bond	2	0.010%	0.10x
1072	Bourke	2	0.010%	2.11x
1073	Boys	2	0.010%	1.31x
1074	Braidwood	2	0.010%	3.60x
1075	Bratton	2	0.010%	4.12x
1076	Briar	2	0.010%	20.33x
1077	Brier	2	0.010%	3.11x
1078	Brydson	2	0.010%	12.98x
1079	Calton	2	0.010%	4.12x
1080	Carl	2	0.010%	8.17x
1081	Carlile	2	0.010%	3.52x
1082	Carruthers	2	0.010%	0.39x
1083	Casey	2	0.010%	0.35x
1084	Caufield	2	0.010%	7.46x
1085	Cave	2	0.010%	0.36x
1086	Chamber	2	0.010%	7.15x
1087	Charlton	2	0.010%	0.18x
1088	Coates	2	0.010%	0.14x
1089	Compton	2	0.010%	0.54x
1090	Conlan	2	0.010%	2.85x
1091	Cousins	2	0.010%	0.29x
1092	Crook	2	0.010%	0.18x
1093	Crowley	2	0.010%	0.80x
1094	Cummins	2	0.010%	0.60x
1095	Curdie	2	0.010%	14.30x
1096	Daly	2	0.010%	0.52x
1097	Dalzell	2	0.010%	3.99x
1098	Daniels	2	0.010%	0.16x
1099	Davies	2	0.010%	0.01x
1100	Dawson	2	0.010%	0.05x