1881 census place

Annan surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Annan, Dumfriesshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

169 surnames are listed for Annan, Dumfriesshire, covering 2,657 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Irving, with 238 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Annan

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Irving	238	4.29%	192.73x
2	Johnstone	183	3.30%	73.04x
3	Bell	165	2.98%	15.84x
4	Thomson	138	2.49%	18.63x
5	Beattie	125	2.26%	105.36x
6	Graham	106	1.91%	16.66x
7	Carruthers	67	1.21%	91.39x
8	Rae	66	1.19%	52.26x
9	Pool	60	1.08%	93.41x
10	Edgar	52	0.940%	60.93x
11	Robison	47	0.850%	379.64x
12	Baxter	40	0.720%	12.11x
13	Carlyle	37	0.670%	242.31x
14	Halliday	37	0.670%	32.31x
15	Ker	37	0.670%	320.35x
16	Farish	36	0.650%	534.12x
17	Elliot	35	0.630%	24.75x
18	Jardine	34	0.610%	65.81x
19	Aitchison	30	0.540%	77.22x
20	Harkness	30	0.540%	96.59x
21	Woodhouse	29	0.520%	22.08x
22	Tweedie	28	0.510%	130.96x
23	Rutherford	26	0.470%	19.22x
24	Tait	26	0.470%	15.93x
25	Dalrymple	22	0.400%	91.14x
26	Gilbertson	22	0.400%	135.72x
27	Chalmers	21	0.380%	15.92x
28	Shannon	21	0.380%	48.95x
29	Warwick	21	0.380%	27.39x
30	Weild	21	0.380%	1510.79x
31	Woodman	21	0.380%	34.30x
32	Burnie	20	0.360%	293.69x
33	Cowan	20	0.360%	17.69x
34	Forsyth	20	0.360%	16.91x
35	Bonner	19	0.340%	39.01x
36	Fergusson	19	0.340%	67.71x
37	Vivers	19	0.340%	2087.91x
38	Blaylock	18	0.320%	186.34x
39	Kirkpatrick	18	0.320%	37.71x
40	Rule	18	0.320%	47.34x
41	Carrick	17	0.310%	42.64x
42	Crone	17	0.310%	167.98x
43	Scaife	17	0.310%	69.16x
44	Thorburn	17	0.310%	53.13x
45	Bryson	15	0.270%	35.29x
46	Lockhart	15	0.270%	38.85x
47	Glendinning	14	0.250%	66.13x
48	Shennan	14	0.250%	487.80x
49	Gass	13	0.230%	147.23x
50	Halbert	12	0.220%	167.13x
51	Wield	12	0.220%	727.27x
52	Alston	11	0.200%	30.46x
53	Craik	11	0.200%	64.82x
54	Dalgleish	11	0.200%	44.16x
55	Ewart	11	0.200%	35.29x
56	Farnell	11	0.200%	54.19x
57	Lawrie	11	0.200%	20.72x
58	Neilson	11	0.200%	14.08x
59	Roddick	11	0.200%	270.27x
60	Fallen	10	0.180%	255.75x
61	Heron	10	0.180%	18.81x
62	Latimer	10	0.180%	46.86x
63	Laurie	10	0.180%	21.00x
64	Lupton	10	0.180%	24.96x
65	Tierney	10	0.180%	43.74x
66	Wylie	10	0.180%	15.50x
67	Byers	9	0.160%	31.32x
68	Dobbie	9	0.160%	37.17x
69	Grierson	9	0.160%	29.22x
70	Queen	9	0.160%	39.63x
71	Rome	9	0.160%	82.42x
72	Semple	9	0.160%	34.08x
73	Broatch	8	0.140%	268.46x
74	Dalgliesh	8	0.140%	104.44x
75	Hiddleston	8	0.140%	251.57x
76	Landells	8	0.140%	270.27x
77	Roxburgh	8	0.140%	46.62x
78	Wyllie	8	0.140%	20.61x
79	Brow	7	0.130%	217.39x
80	Frood	7	0.130%	164.32x
81	Notman	7	0.130%	76.59x
82	Aitcheson	6	0.110%	112.15x
83	Conchie	6	0.110%	248.96x
84	Dinwoodie	6	0.110%	101.01x
85	Faulder	6	0.110%	100.33x
86	Reside	6	0.110%	182.93x
87	Riddick	6	0.110%	66.15x
88	Bastow	5	0.090%	27.31x
89	Ewan	5	0.090%	39.62x
90	Garraway	5	0.090%	68.59x
91	Gillispie	5	0.090%	173.01x
92	Gowan	5	0.090%	59.24x
93	Solley	5	0.090%	103.95x
94	Tonner	5	0.090%	69.83x
95	Trodden	5	0.090%	212.77x
96	Bowstead	4	0.070%	160.00x
97	Garroway	4	0.070%	208.33x
98	Morran	4	0.070%	57.97x
99	Newcomb	4	0.070%	30.60x
100	Ronald	4	0.070%	20.23x