1881 census place

Ballantrae surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ballantrae, 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

48 surnames are listed for Ballantrae, Ayrshire, covering 326 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Agnew, with 22 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ballantrae

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	Agnew	22	1.52%	270.27x
2	Coulter	22	1.52%	303.03x
3	Hannah	20	1.38%	106.38x
4	Drynan	17	1.18%	2428.57x
5	Leckie	16	1.11%	353.20x
6	Murdoch	16	1.11%	65.15x
7	Eaglesham	14	0.970%	1186.44x
8	Blain	13	0.900%	258.96x
9	Bryden	12	0.830%	196.72x
10	Fergusson	12	0.830%	163.93x
11	Porteus	11	0.760%	718.95x
12	Riddell	11	0.760%	90.68x
13	Wason	11	0.760%	894.31x
14	Sandford	10	0.690%	97.18x
15	Skilling	10	0.690%	689.66x
16	Grass	9	0.620%	810.81x
17	Muirhead	8	0.550%	71.75x
18	Carnochan	7	0.480%	864.20x
19	Conley	7	0.480%	133.84x
20	Hanvey	7	0.480%	1794.87x
21	Keegan	6	0.410%	125.00x
22	Lochrie	6	0.410%	645.16x
23	Milroy	6	0.410%	144.93x
24	Kennan	5	0.350%	495.05x
25	Kevan	5	0.350%	406.50x
26	Brackenridge	4	0.280%	205.13x
27	Brydon	4	0.280%	87.91x
28	Kennon	4	0.280%	800.00x
29	Loch	4	0.280%	353.98x
30	Greenlees	3	0.210%	106.76x
31	Nish	3	0.210%	309.28x
32	Dinning	2	0.140%	61.92x
33	Haldane	2	0.140%	54.64x
34	Ranken	2	0.140%	219.78x
35	Skillin	2	0.140%	833.33x
36	Beathe	1	0.070%	588.24x
37	Bothwell	1	0.070%	62.89x
38	Bunten	1	0.070%	93.46x
39	Cains	1	0.070%	54.64x
40	Conly	1	0.070%	200.00x
41	Cruthers	1	0.070%	181.82x
42	Dumbar	1	0.070%	277.78x
43	Garrity	1	0.070%	38.76x
44	Howatson	1	0.070%	90.09x
45	Morson	1	0.070%	69.93x
46	Ororke	1	0.070%	303.03x
47	Snedden	1	0.070%	51.28x
48	Tonner	1	0.070%	53.48x