1881 census place

Ayr surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ayr, 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

458 surnames are listed for Ayr, Ayrshire, covering 3,855 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hunter, with 111 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ayr

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	Hunter	111	1.08%	10.47x
2	Thomson	99	0.960%	7.18x
3	Murray	79	0.770%	6.17x
4	Reid	71	0.690%	6.55x
5	Kerr	67	0.650%	11.91x
6	Paton	66	0.640%	28.59x
7	Kennedy	59	0.570%	9.48x
8	Wallace	57	0.550%	8.07x
9	Neil	53	0.510%	38.83x
10	Baird	52	0.500%	23.57x
11	Crawford	51	0.490%	10.10x
12	Murdoch	50	0.480%	28.53x
13	Paterson	50	0.480%	7.12x
14	Dunlop	47	0.460%	28.26x
15	Cowan	46	0.450%	21.86x
16	Dick	43	0.420%	18.68x
17	Boyd	42	0.410%	11.60x
18	Muir	42	0.410%	10.64x
19	Allan	41	0.400%	6.33x
20	Dickie	37	0.360%	45.70x
21	Tyrie	37	0.360%	338.83x
22	Alexander	36	0.350%	6.59x
23	Morton	36	0.350%	6.53x
24	Sloan	33	0.320%	33.96x
25	Templeton	31	0.300%	40.67x
26	Nicol	30	0.290%	13.97x
27	Irvine	29	0.280%	12.76x
28	Wyllie	28	0.270%	38.75x
29	Brackenridge	27	0.260%	193.97x
30	Findlay	27	0.260%	12.63x
31	Ramsay	27	0.260%	10.16x
32	Hannah	26	0.250%	19.38x
33	Hastings	26	0.250%	19.78x
34	Hay	26	0.250%	6.87x
35	Highet	26	0.250%	297.14x
36	Arthur	25	0.240%	11.12x
37	Goudie	25	0.240%	76.55x
38	Hood	25	0.240%	8.75x
39	Barr	24	0.230%	9.62x
40	Gemmell	24	0.230%	38.70x
41	Cumming	23	0.220%	11.68x
42	Fullarton	23	0.220%	105.94x
43	Duff	22	0.210%	11.98x
44	Laurie	22	0.210%	24.81x
45	Nisbet	22	0.210%	20.19x
46	Caldwell	21	0.200%	13.01x
47	Cherry	21	0.200%	19.88x
48	Currie	21	0.200%	7.23x
49	Milligan	21	0.200%	17.29x
50	Pollock	21	0.200%	14.01x
51	Buchanan	20	0.190%	7.50x
52	Donald	20	0.190%	9.63x
53	Frew	20	0.190%	38.57x
54	Hyslop	20	0.190%	33.71x
55	Jess	20	0.190%	249.07x
56	Logan	19	0.180%	7.76x
57	Neill	19	0.180%	27.81x
58	Rodger	19	0.180%	13.10x
59	Cuthbert	18	0.170%	12.14x
60	Forgie	18	0.170%	152.80x
61	Jack	18	0.170%	8.21x
62	Love	18	0.170%	7.36x
63	Bone	17	0.160%	8.89x
64	Calder	17	0.160%	11.78x
65	Dobbie	17	0.160%	37.72x
66	Guthrie	17	0.160%	13.07x
67	Meredith	17	0.160%	8.16x
68	Niven	17	0.160%	23.67x
69	Shields	17	0.160%	10.66x
70	Auld	16	0.160%	25.73x
71	Dalziel	16	0.160%	35.07x
72	Dykes	16	0.160%	22.54x
73	Gairdner	16	0.160%	521.17x
74	Rowan	15	0.150%	22.58x
75	Blane	14	0.140%	70.28x
76	Purdie	14	0.140%	32.82x
77	Struthers	14	0.140%	30.34x
78	Cathcart	13	0.130%	82.02x
79	Dunbar	13	0.130%	10.96x
80	Lockhart	13	0.130%	18.09x
81	Loudon	13	0.130%	44.34x
82	Mair	13	0.130%	13.63x
83	Bowie	12	0.120%	13.35x
84	Copeland	12	0.120%	12.29x
85	Faulds	12	0.120%	38.11x
86	Kirkland	12	0.120%	13.06x
87	Lambie	12	0.120%	35.65x
88	Maitland	12	0.120%	17.92x
89	Skelly	12	0.120%	61.54x
90	Spiers	12	0.120%	14.13x
91	Symington	12	0.120%	42.06x
92	Agnew	11	0.110%	18.95x
93	Bryden	11	0.110%	25.26x
94	Conkie	11	0.110%	1222.22x
95	Fulton	11	0.110%	8.45x
96	Mcdonald	11	0.110%	13.13x
97	Nimmo	11	0.110%	23.93x
98	Shearer	11	0.110%	8.31x
99	Aird	10	0.100%	18.63x
100	Copland	10	0.100%	17.31x