1881 census place

Ardrossan surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ardrossan, Ayrshire 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

267 surnames are listed for Ardrossan, Ayrshire, covering 3,265 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Miller, with 130 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ardrossan

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	Miller	130	1.72%	9.60x
2	Robertson	107	1.41%	8.44x
3	Kerr	106	1.40%	25.68x
4	Crawford	99	1.31%	26.73x
5	Thomson	85	1.12%	8.41x
6	Boyd	76	1.00%	28.63x
7	Hunter	71	0.940%	9.14x
8	Currie	58	0.770%	27.23x
9	Wallace	58	0.770%	11.19x
10	Watt	54	0.710%	18.61x
11	Hamilton	51	0.670%	8.98x
12	Allan	46	0.610%	9.68x
13	Wyllie	45	0.590%	84.92x
14	Aitken	44	0.580%	22.16x
15	Ritchie	42	0.560%	16.06x
16	Fullarton	41	0.540%	257.54x
17	Hogarth	40	0.530%	80.11x
18	Muir	40	0.530%	13.81x
19	Barbour	36	0.480%	86.54x
20	Alexander	35	0.460%	8.74x
21	Arnott	34	0.450%	53.48x
22	Barr	34	0.450%	18.58x
23	Stirrat	34	0.450%	326.61x
24	Blair	33	0.440%	16.82x
25	Mathieson	33	0.440%	41.39x
26	Guthrie	32	0.420%	33.55x
27	Dunlop	31	0.410%	25.42x
28	Nicol	31	0.410%	19.68x
29	Hendry	28	0.370%	23.36x
30	Millar	28	0.370%	10.14x
31	Armour	26	0.340%	54.82x
32	Barclay	26	0.340%	16.69x
33	Breckenridge	26	0.340%	338.54x
34	Caldwell	26	0.340%	21.96x
35	Glen	26	0.340%	34.71x
36	Cowan	24	0.320%	15.55x
37	Templeton	24	0.320%	42.93x
38	Fullerton	23	0.300%	71.83x
39	Leitch	23	0.300%	31.86x
40	Logan	23	0.300%	12.82x
41	Chalmers	22	0.290%	12.21x
42	Love	22	0.290%	12.26x
43	Brackenridge	21	0.280%	205.68x
44	Cairns	21	0.280%	12.83x
45	Cumming	21	0.280%	14.54x
46	Kean	21	0.280%	40.98x
47	Murchie	21	0.280%	167.60x
48	Shearer	21	0.280%	21.63x
49	Carson	20	0.260%	23.98x
50	Howie	20	0.260%	26.94x
51	Lynn	20	0.260%	30.28x
52	Paton	20	0.260%	11.81x
53	Borland	19	0.250%	58.05x
54	Irvine	19	0.250%	11.40x
55	Maule	19	0.250%	105.32x
56	Baillie	17	0.220%	21.65x
57	Cuthbertson	17	0.220%	29.07x
58	Willock	17	0.220%	167.82x
59	Ballantine	16	0.210%	68.97x
60	Frew	16	0.210%	42.07x
61	Leckie	16	0.210%	67.43x
62	Wylie	16	0.210%	18.17x
63	Auld	15	0.200%	32.89x
64	Bannatyne	15	0.200%	164.47x
65	Brodie	15	0.200%	14.77x
66	Cuthbert	15	0.200%	13.79x
67	Ferrier	15	0.200%	34.08x
68	Gillies	15	0.200%	13.86x
69	Galbraith	14	0.190%	20.23x
70	Hannah	14	0.190%	14.23x
71	Service	14	0.190%	76.21x
72	Stirling	14	0.190%	14.24x
73	Bryden	13	0.170%	40.70x
74	Fulton	12	0.160%	12.57x
75	Mathie	12	0.160%	78.48x
76	Whiteford	12	0.160%	59.82x
77	Yuille	12	0.160%	189.27x
78	Galt	11	0.150%	64.10x
79	Gilfillan	11	0.150%	75.19x
80	Greer	11	0.150%	43.27x
81	Grier	11	0.150%	99.64x
82	Dron	10	0.130%	204.08x
83	Kelso	10	0.130%	56.27x
84	Lauder	10	0.130%	25.14x
85	Mack	10	0.130%	13.14x
86	Pettigrew	10	0.130%	27.22x
87	Shedden	10	0.130%	76.39x
88	Agnew	9	0.120%	21.14x
89	Docherty	9	0.120%	8.00x
90	Gemmill	9	0.120%	81.52x
91	Linney	9	0.120%	37.82x
92	Macfarlane	9	0.120%	20.79x
93	Mearns	9	0.120%	36.87x
94	Torrance	9	0.120%	26.98x
95	Barrie	8	0.110%	14.65x
96	Blackwood	8	0.110%	18.13x
97	Clasper	8	0.110%	87.43x
98	Highet	8	0.110%	124.61x
99	Kane	8	0.110%	13.13x
100	Kirkwood	8	0.110%	11.69x