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 Sharpe, with 7 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
701	Sharpe	7	0.020%	0.61x
702	Shields	7	0.020%	1.17x
703	Simson	7	0.020%	6.94x
704	Skilling	7	0.020%	18.01x
705	Stirling	7	0.020%	1.39x
706	Toman	7	0.020%	38.34x
707	Townley	7	0.020%	2.86x
708	Trew	7	0.020%	8.01x
709	Tudhope	7	0.020%	24.02x
710	Waters	7	0.020%	0.45x
711	Wilkie	7	0.020%	1.27x
712	Williams	7	0.020%	0.03x
713	Willoughby	7	0.020%	2.07x
714	Ballie	6	0.020%	39.95x
715	Barret	6	0.020%	5.45x
716	Beddie	6	0.020%	40.65x
717	Biggs	6	0.020%	0.82x
718	Bigham	6	0.020%	29.90x
719	Bodden	6	0.020%	61.79x
720	Borrowdale	6	0.020%	19.80x
721	Brownlee	6	0.020%	4.48x
722	Burgoyne	6	0.020%	3.54x
723	Byers	6	0.020%	2.98x
724	Byres	6	0.020%	22.94x
725	Callander	6	0.020%	7.59x
726	Cash	6	0.020%	2.33x
727	Coltart	6	0.020%	13.31x
728	Cosgrove	6	0.020%	3.17x
729	Coutts	6	0.020%	1.53x
730	Coyle	6	0.020%	2.28x
731	Cubbin	6	0.020%	15.92x
732	Cunninghame	6	0.020%	21.54x
733	Davey	6	0.020%	0.38x
734	Dearie	6	0.020%	28.25x
735	Dinwoodie	6	0.020%	14.43x
736	Divine	6	0.020%	10.16x
737	Drew	6	0.020%	0.59x
738	Eccles	6	0.020%	0.97x
739	Elliot	6	0.020%	0.61x
740	Fox	6	0.020%	0.17x
741	Fredrick	6	0.020%	45.42x
742	Godfrey	6	0.020%	0.52x
743	Haggins	6	0.020%	82.76x
744	Haney	6	0.020%	13.39x
745	Hanlin	6	0.020%	30.47x
746	Harding	6	0.020%	0.21x
747	Harvie	6	0.020%	4.73x
748	Hearle	6	0.020%	21.65x
749	Hillon	6	0.020%	53.86x
750	Holding	6	0.020%	1.74x
751	Holloway	6	0.020%	0.50x
752	Howie	6	0.020%	1.58x
753	Jordan	6	0.020%	0.35x
754	Keefe	6	0.020%	3.59x
755	Latta	6	0.020%	12.35x
756	Lindfield	6	0.020%	12.39x
757	Loach	6	0.020%	11.88x
758	Loan	6	0.020%	26.62x
759	Lochead	6	0.020%	25.46x
760	Lochhead	6	0.020%	8.58x
761	Lochrie	6	0.020%	24.00x
762	Lowther	6	0.020%	2.53x
763	Lymburn	6	0.020%	56.50x
764	Macfie	6	0.020%	21.44x
765	Maclure	6	0.020%	32.17x
766	Meek	6	0.020%	1.33x
767	Melville	6	0.020%	1.47x
768	Morson	6	0.020%	15.60x
769	Page	6	0.020%	0.19x
770	Pattie	6	0.020%	18.02x
771	Peebles	6	0.020%	3.69x
772	Reay	6	0.020%	1.78x
773	Robins	6	0.020%	0.73x
774	Roger	6	0.020%	4.50x
775	Ronnie	6	0.020%	220.59x
776	Smillie	6	0.020%	7.80x
777	Spark	6	0.020%	3.52x
778	Stoddart	6	0.020%	1.85x
779	Thorn	6	0.020%	1.04x
780	Tunnock	6	0.020%	149.63x
781	Turley	6	0.020%	2.87x
782	Whitby	6	0.020%	2.54x
783	Woods	6	0.020%	0.25x
784	Abbott	5	0.010%	0.29x
785	Aitchison	5	0.010%	1.84x
786	Ambrose	5	0.010%	1.46x
787	Banks	5	0.010%	0.25x
788	Basset	5	0.010%	14.09x
789	Beck	5	0.010%	0.55x
790	Bland	5	0.010%	0.62x
791	Boal	5	0.010%	32.45x
792	Boden	5	0.010%	1.59x
793	Braid	5	0.010%	3.51x
794	Bunten	5	0.010%	17.47x
795	Carlisle	5	0.010%	2.45x
796	Carrick	5	0.010%	1.79x
797	Carrol	5	0.010%	2.84x
798	Cassie	5	0.010%	7.67x
799	Clarke	5	0.010%	0.06x
800	Cobbledick	5	0.010%	22.57x