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 Day, with 2 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
1101	Day	2	0.010%	0.05x
1102	Develin	2	0.010%	6.08x
1103	Devine	2	0.010%	0.52x
1104	Donald	2	0.010%	0.26x
1105	Downes	2	0.010%	0.42x
1106	Dunns	2	0.010%	35.91x
1107	Eaglesham	2	0.010%	6.30x
1108	Edmonds	2	0.010%	0.27x
1109	Emerson	2	0.010%	0.74x
1110	Emmerson	2	0.010%	0.52x
1111	Emslie	2	0.010%	1.72x
1112	Fairbairn	2	0.010%	0.70x
1113	Fairgrieve	2	0.010%	3.36x
1114	Fernie	2	0.010%	1.73x
1115	Fisken	2	0.010%	13.20x
1116	Flemming	2	0.010%	1.28x
1117	Flood	2	0.010%	0.59x
1118	Gairdner	2	0.010%	17.36x
1119	Gemmill	2	0.010%	3.53x
1120	Gillies	2	0.010%	0.36x
1121	Gillin	2	0.010%	10.10x
1122	Given	2	0.010%	6.23x
1123	Glendinning	2	0.010%	1.35x
1124	Goode	2	0.010%	0.40x
1125	Gould	2	0.010%	0.14x
1126	Grahm	2	0.010%	24.13x
1127	Grey	2	0.010%	0.24x
1128	Griffen	2	0.010%	1.58x
1129	Haines	2	0.010%	0.22x
1130	Halloway	2	0.010%	14.43x
1131	Hampton	2	0.010%	0.33x
1132	Hanning	2	0.010%	8.49x
1133	Hanratty	2	0.010%	9.36x
1134	Hartley	2	0.010%	0.08x
1135	Hawes	2	0.010%	0.42x
1136	Hetherington	2	0.010%	0.41x
1137	Hillan	2	0.010%	19.80x
1138	Hillhouse	2	0.010%	5.70x
1139	Holdcroft	2	0.010%	2.27x
1140	Holms	2	0.010%	1.83x
1141	Iddon	2	0.010%	2.04x
1142	Jamison	2	0.010%	2.59x
1143	Johns	2	0.010%	0.20x
1144	Keeys	2	0.010%	37.66x
1145	Kenmuir	2	0.010%	55.25x
1146	Kenna	2	0.010%	5.42x
1147	Kenyan	2	0.010%	64.31x
1148	Larkin	2	0.010%	0.57x
1149	Larsen	2	0.010%	7.53x
1150	Lauder	2	0.010%	0.98x
1151	Lauderdale	2	0.010%	12.55x
1152	Laverty	2	0.010%	3.50x
1153	Leckie	2	0.010%	1.64x
1154	Ledingham	2	0.010%	3.52x
1155	Lent	2	0.010%	14.99x
1156	Linwood	2	0.010%	9.19x
1157	Logg	2	0.010%	16.26x
1158	Louch	2	0.010%	3.80x
1159	Loudon	2	0.010%	1.81x
1160	Maben	2	0.010%	11.70x
1161	Macavoy	2	0.010%	37.66x
1162	Macdonald	2	0.010%	0.13x
1163	Mackenzie	2	0.010%	0.18x
1164	Mahony	2	0.010%	2.27x
1165	Mason	2	0.010%	0.04x
1166	Matheson	2	0.010%	0.38x
1167	Mitchison	2	0.010%	6.89x
1168	Money	2	0.010%	0.86x
1169	Moreland	2	0.010%	2.34x
1170	Morren	2	0.010%	9.65x
1171	Morris	2	0.010%	0.02x
1172	Muirhead	2	0.010%	0.67x
1173	Mulroy	2	0.010%	6.33x
1174	Mure	2	0.010%	11.11x
1175	Napier	2	0.010%	0.64x
1176	Neven	2	0.010%	19.07x
1177	Newall	2	0.010%	0.90x
1178	Newberry	2	0.010%	1.26x
1179	Odonnell	2	0.010%	0.80x
1180	Parkhill	2	0.010%	10.43x
1181	Pateman	2	0.010%	1.37x
1182	Pedley	2	0.010%	1.02x
1183	Peterson	2	0.010%	1.01x
1184	Philips	2	0.010%	0.28x
1185	Powell	2	0.010%	0.04x
1186	Riddle	2	0.010%	0.62x
1187	Rowley	2	0.010%	0.20x
1188	Roxburgh	2	0.010%	1.67x
1189	Rutherford	2	0.010%	0.21x
1190	Ryan	2	0.010%	0.17x
1191	Rye	2	0.010%	1.33x
1192	Sharman	2	0.010%	0.37x
1193	Slimmon	2	0.010%	13.32x
1194	Stack	2	0.010%	2.51x
1195	Stark	2	0.010%	0.38x
1196	Starke	2	0.010%	6.08x
1197	Steen	2	0.010%	2.64x
1198	Steveson	2	0.010%	17.75x
1199	Storrar	2	0.010%	5.32x
1200	Struthers	2	0.010%	1.15x