1881 census place

Beith surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Beith, 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

210 surnames are listed for Beith, Ayrshire, covering 2,950 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Kerr, with 189 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Beith

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	Kerr	189	2.90%	53.12x
2	Crawford	125	1.92%	39.15x
3	Hamilton	121	1.85%	24.72x
4	Love	115	1.76%	74.36x
5	Stevenson	111	1.70%	24.25x
6	Fulton	102	1.56%	123.91x
7	Caldwell	78	1.20%	76.41x
8	Muir	75	1.15%	30.04x
9	Jamieson	69	1.06%	37.98x
10	Hunter	65	1.00%	9.70x
11	Millar	56	0.860%	23.52x
12	Gilmour	55	0.840%	59.58x
13	Barr	50	0.770%	31.69x
14	Kirkwood	49	0.750%	83.09x
15	Orr	44	0.670%	40.03x
16	Dale	39	0.600%	14.15x
17	Calderwood	37	0.570%	157.98x
18	Boyd	35	0.540%	15.30x
19	Guy	35	0.540%	24.50x
20	Wylie	34	0.520%	44.78x
21	Dunlop	33	0.510%	31.39x
22	Johnstone	33	0.510%	11.19x
23	Houston	30	0.460%	36.11x
24	Gillies	29	0.440%	31.08x
25	Bryce	28	0.430%	42.89x
26	Dickie	26	0.400%	50.79x
27	Howie	26	0.400%	40.63x
28	Ritchie	26	0.400%	11.53x
29	Gardiner	25	0.380%	13.33x
30	Mackie	25	0.380%	17.92x
31	Shedden	25	0.380%	221.63x
32	Irvine	24	0.370%	16.70x
33	Biggart	22	0.340%	1018.52x
34	Aitken	21	0.320%	12.27x
35	Geddes	21	0.320%	26.85x
36	Barclay	19	0.290%	14.15x
37	Conway	18	0.280%	14.73x
38	Galt	18	0.280%	121.70x
39	Rodger	18	0.280%	19.63x
40	Cochrane	17	0.260%	16.82x
41	Knox	17	0.260%	15.18x
42	Kirkland	16	0.250%	27.55x
43	Glen	15	0.230%	23.23x
44	Haveron	15	0.230%	1111.11x
45	Malcolm	15	0.230%	17.48x
46	Whyte	15	0.230%	13.56x
47	Browne	14	0.210%	11.72x
48	Conn	14	0.210%	78.17x
49	Cuthbertson	14	0.210%	27.77x
50	Gemmell	14	0.210%	35.71x
51	Glasgow	14	0.210%	97.97x
52	Arnott	13	0.200%	23.72x
53	Blackwood	13	0.200%	34.17x
54	Dobie	13	0.200%	59.61x
55	Hastings	13	0.200%	15.65x
56	Pettigrew	13	0.200%	41.05x
57	Strathern	13	0.200%	272.54x
58	Canning	12	0.180%	25.88x
59	Fyfe	12	0.180%	20.04x
60	Hays	12	0.180%	43.07x
61	Pollock	12	0.180%	12.66x
62	Purdie	12	0.180%	44.49x
63	Cochran	11	0.170%	44.18x
64	Lamont	11	0.170%	18.96x
65	Linton	11	0.170%	20.53x
66	Steuart	11	0.170%	291.78x
67	Waddell	11	0.170%	19.00x
68	Warden	11	0.170%	23.60x
69	Barbour	10	0.150%	27.89x
70	Danks	10	0.150%	35.20x
71	Docherty	10	0.150%	10.31x
72	Fairlie	10	0.150%	62.97x
73	Fields	10	0.150%	31.90x
74	Fife	10	0.150%	57.60x
75	Gemmill	10	0.150%	105.04x
76	Giffen	10	0.150%	189.04x
77	Halls	10	0.150%	19.38x
78	Laughlan	10	0.150%	228.31x
79	Lennox	10	0.150%	25.83x
80	Lockhart	10	0.150%	22.01x
81	Pate	10	0.150%	37.02x
82	Semple	10	0.150%	32.16x
83	Shanks	10	0.150%	20.16x
84	Speir	10	0.150%	342.47x
85	Whiteford	10	0.150%	57.80x
86	Dearie	9	0.140%	252.10x
87	Edmonstone	9	0.140%	371.90x
88	Faulds	9	0.140%	45.20x
89	Gribbin	9	0.140%	126.40x
90	Howatson	9	0.140%	179.64x
91	Wardrobe	9	0.140%	542.17x
92	Balfour	8	0.120%	17.61x
93	Donelly	8	0.120%	53.30x
94	Gillan	8	0.120%	34.87x
95	Goldie	8	0.120%	19.70x
96	Kincaid	8	0.120%	100.13x
97	Mackillop	8	0.120%	318.73x
98	Meikle	8	0.120%	17.04x
99	Porterfield	8	0.120%	246.15x
100	Rafferty	8	0.120%	23.77x