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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 Mcbain, with 1 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
401Mcbain1131.58x
402Mcbride112.79x
403Mcclure129.33x
404Mcclymont197.09x
405Mcconnell114.81x
406Mccreath1181.82x
407Mcdougall113.70x
408Mcgarva1357.14x
409Mcintire176.34x
410Mckinley126.39x
411Mckinnon134.97x
412Mclellan120.28x
413Mcmichael1222.22x
414Mcrobert1322.58x
415Mcskimming11428.57x
416Midleton126.88x
417Morney133.33x
418Morrisson136.23x
419Mulroy111.89x
420Murnin1116.28x
421Murphie129.59x
422Niel117.06x
423Nisbett19.87x
424Ofarrell126.88x
425Oman18.13x
426Oneal19.80x
427Orourke18.93x
428Parlane119.08x
429Parsell123.98x
430Peattie17.68x
431Quail18.20x
432Rarity190.91x
433Rewcastle114.03x
434Rise124.81x
435Risk18.18x
436Robarts19.80x
437Robbie14.21x
438Roddie120.28x
439Rolley113.32x
440Sackey1416.67x
441Shade110.91x
442Shard122.68x
443Sillars111.21x
444Sted1192.31x
445Stevenston125.00x
446Stobo18.96x
447Strathearn114.81x
448Toppin110.63x
449Tunnock193.46x
450Usborne144.64x
451Village154.64x
452Waddel113.57x
453Wardrobe138.17x
454Wattie126.60x
455Welfare16.33x
456Whigham115.11x
457Wyper16.45x
458Yeadon13.53x