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 Haswell, with 19 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
301	Haswell	19	0.050%	15.15x
302	Jackson	19	0.050%	0.18x
303	Jenkins	19	0.050%	0.42x
304	Lamond	19	0.050%	14.34x
305	Nairn	19	0.050%	9.90x
306	Paton	19	0.050%	2.19x
307	Wyllie	19	0.050%	7.00x
308	Auld	18	0.050%	7.70x
309	Carney	18	0.050%	5.13x
310	Cathcart	18	0.050%	30.21x
311	Dalziell	18	0.050%	101.47x
312	Dixon	18	0.050%	0.42x
313	Flynn	18	0.050%	2.42x
314	Mackay	18	0.050%	1.28x
315	Maltman	18	0.050%	35.91x
316	Michael	18	0.050%	8.63x
317	Milby	18	0.050%	289.86x
318	Neilson	18	0.050%	3.29x
319	Paxton	18	0.050%	5.82x
320	Phillips	18	0.050%	0.26x
321	Wade	18	0.050%	1.16x
322	Balfour	17	0.040%	6.29x
323	Beattie	17	0.040%	2.05x
324	Caven	17	0.040%	52.08x
325	Davis	17	0.040%	0.20x
326	Dorans	17	0.040%	211.71x
327	Gifford	17	0.040%	5.04x
328	Goodfellow	17	0.040%	4.96x
329	Houston	17	0.040%	3.44x
330	Kinnear	17	0.040%	9.03x
331	Lupton	17	0.040%	6.06x
332	Osborne	17	0.040%	0.92x
333	Stitt	17	0.040%	31.03x
334	Sweeney	17	0.040%	3.27x
335	Waugh	17	0.040%	3.22x
336	Barclay	16	0.040%	2.00x
337	Berry	16	0.040%	0.52x
338	Bodle	16	0.040%	37.44x
339	Croney	16	0.040%	82.35x
340	Donnelly	16	0.040%	3.28x
341	Edwards	16	0.040%	0.15x
342	Evans	16	0.040%	0.09x
343	Farries	16	0.040%	63.34x
344	Garrick	16	0.040%	27.21x
345	Hainey	16	0.040%	86.39x
346	Hair	16	0.040%	10.58x
347	Harley	16	0.040%	3.20x
348	Kiltie	16	0.040%	343.35x
349	Loch	16	0.040%	52.79x
350	Lundie	16	0.040%	23.80x
351	Mackie	16	0.040%	1.93x
352	Main	16	0.040%	2.52x
353	Miles	16	0.040%	0.70x
354	Ramsey	16	0.040%	3.80x
355	Walsh	16	0.040%	0.77x
356	Bailie	15	0.040%	27.84x
357	Branney	15	0.040%	186.80x
358	Bryce	15	0.040%	3.86x
359	Byron	15	0.040%	10.58x
360	Calderwood	15	0.040%	10.77x
361	Cannon	15	0.040%	2.14x
362	Cockburn	15	0.040%	3.03x
363	Grier	15	0.040%	26.50x
364	Harris	15	0.040%	0.15x
365	Hastings	15	0.040%	3.04x
366	Hathorn	15	0.040%	130.21x
367	Hogarth	15	0.040%	5.86x
368	Hutcheson	15	0.040%	7.53x
369	Macaulay	15	0.040%	10.84x
370	Nibloe	15	0.040%	257.29x
371	Shennan	15	0.040%	74.74x
372	Vance	15	0.040%	20.32x
373	Varney	15	0.040%	7.39x
374	Vint	15	0.040%	44.88x
375	Andrew	14	0.040%	1.14x
376	Burnett	14	0.040%	1.30x
377	Chisholm	14	0.040%	2.49x
378	Crozier	14	0.040%	7.69x
379	Cummings	14	0.040%	2.34x
380	Dunse	14	0.040%	122.81x
381	English	14	0.040%	1.92x
382	Gallacher	14	0.040%	4.18x
383	Geddes	14	0.040%	3.01x
384	Goudie	14	0.040%	11.40x
385	Gracey	14	0.040%	46.79x
386	Hawkins	14	0.040%	0.50x
387	Hutchinson	14	0.040%	0.64x
388	Jack	14	0.040%	1.70x
389	Knight	14	0.040%	0.29x
390	Lowrie	14	0.040%	10.54x
391	Nimmo	14	0.040%	8.10x
392	Ralston	14	0.040%	10.72x
393	Rankine	14	0.040%	7.12x
394	Roy	14	0.040%	3.97x
395	Sproule	14	0.040%	142.28x
396	Walls	14	0.040%	3.00x
397	Ward	14	0.040%	0.17x
398	Bailey	13	0.030%	0.22x
399	Bannister	13	0.030%	1.94x
400	Brackenridge	13	0.030%	24.84x