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 Mann, with 31 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
201	Mann	31	0.080%	1.52x
202	Roney	31	0.080%	40.16x
203	Wylie	31	0.080%	6.87x
204	Hardie	30	0.080%	5.93x
205	Harper	30	0.080%	1.21x
206	Hawthorn	30	0.080%	13.36x
207	Lamb	30	0.080%	1.47x
208	Niven	30	0.080%	11.11x
209	Bark	29	0.070%	48.99x
210	Boyes	29	0.070%	7.15x
211	Currie	29	0.070%	2.66x
212	Ewing	29	0.070%	8.11x
213	Keenan	29	0.070%	8.83x
214	Moodie	29	0.070%	15.92x
215	Bone	28	0.070%	3.89x
216	Clive	28	0.070%	58.59x
217	Cochran	28	0.070%	18.91x
218	Dougan	28	0.070%	30.19x
219	Espie	28	0.070%	137.73x
220	Garrett	28	0.070%	3.18x
221	Griffin	28	0.070%	1.53x
222	Kenyon	28	0.070%	3.46x
223	Matthews	28	0.070%	0.83x
224	Tait	28	0.070%	2.45x
225	Tweedie	28	0.070%	18.72x
226	Webster	28	0.070%	0.83x
227	Conning	27	0.070%	93.49x
228	Diamond	27	0.070%	14.98x
229	Flinn	27	0.070%	11.53x
230	Harkness	27	0.070%	12.42x
231	Hutton	27	0.070%	2.33x
232	Ramsay	27	0.070%	2.70x
233	Saunders	27	0.070%	0.76x
234	Torrance	27	0.070%	15.79x
235	Bonar	26	0.070%	41.82x
236	Cluckie	26	0.070%	573.95x
237	Gardner	26	0.070%	0.99x
238	Gracie	26	0.070%	32.12x
239	Lennox	26	0.070%	11.30x
240	Russell	26	0.070%	0.55x
241	Gillespie	25	0.060%	4.06x
242	Lavery	25	0.060%	23.45x
243	Lawrie	25	0.060%	6.73x
244	Rae	25	0.060%	2.83x
245	Turnbull	25	0.060%	1.53x
246	Jones	24	0.060%	0.05x
247	Lynch	24	0.060%	2.34x
248	Roddie	24	0.060%	129.59x
249	Routledge	24	0.060%	7.27x
250	Alison	23	0.060%	32.76x
251	Ballantine	23	0.060%	19.34x
252	Collins	23	0.060%	0.41x
253	Freeman	23	0.060%	0.93x
254	Galbraith	23	0.060%	6.48x
255	Garret	23	0.060%	46.36x
256	Glass	23	0.060%	5.73x
257	Green	23	0.060%	0.21x
258	Murchie	23	0.060%	35.80x
259	Oneil	23	0.060%	5.91x
260	Vernon	23	0.060%	3.60x
261	Wales	23	0.060%	7.32x
262	Blackwood	22	0.060%	9.73x
263	Carnochan	22	0.060%	101.71x
264	Crossan	22	0.060%	41.53x
265	Curran	22	0.060%	6.77x
266	Dill	22	0.060%	99.32x
267	Donaldson	22	0.060%	1.99x
268	Gorman	22	0.060%	4.70x
269	Hanlon	22	0.060%	12.28x
270	More	22	0.060%	7.29x
271	Oneill	22	0.060%	8.91x
272	Purdie	22	0.060%	13.72x
273	Rodie	22	0.060%	152.99x
274	Sandford	22	0.060%	7.97x
275	Service	22	0.060%	23.36x
276	Sprott	22	0.060%	66.61x
277	Briggs	21	0.050%	1.00x
278	Cairney	21	0.050%	24.16x
279	Cameron	21	0.050%	0.70x
280	Cronie	21	0.050%	324.58x
281	Duff	21	0.050%	3.04x
282	Johnson	21	0.050%	0.16x
283	Kirkpatrick	21	0.050%	6.29x
284	Palmer	21	0.050%	0.46x
285	Wood	21	0.050%	0.17x
286	Aird	20	0.050%	9.91x
287	Bradley	20	0.050%	0.64x
288	Cavan	20	0.050%	82.58x
289	Cooper	20	0.050%	0.21x
290	Copland	20	0.050%	9.21x
291	Edmunds	20	0.050%	3.96x
292	Finlay	20	0.050%	5.02x
293	Hutchison	20	0.050%	3.14x
294	Kain	20	0.050%	25.69x
295	Lawson	20	0.050%	0.87x
296	Lightbody	20	0.050%	29.36x
297	Loggie	20	0.050%	74.24x
298	Ballantyne	19	0.050%	6.46x
299	Cuthbertson	19	0.050%	6.34x
300	Haining	19	0.050%	38.91x