1881 census place

Campbeltown surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Campbeltown, Argyllshire 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

219 surnames are listed for Campbeltown, Argyllshire, covering 2,999 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Campbell, with 197 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Campbeltown

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	Campbell	197	2.01%	11.87x
2	Mitchell	156	1.59%	7.84x
3	Stewart	135	1.38%	8.80x
4	Galbraith	130	1.33%	144.90x
5	Morrison	101	1.03%	13.10x
6	Thomson	92	0.940%	7.02x
7	Kelly	81	0.830%	7.54x
8	Armour	77	0.780%	125.22x
9	Muir	61	0.620%	16.25x
10	Ralston	60	0.610%	181.71x
11	Gilchrist	58	0.590%	40.33x
12	Greenlees	56	0.570%	293.19x
13	Wallace	55	0.560%	8.19x
14	Hamilton	54	0.550%	7.34x
15	Kerr	52	0.530%	9.72x
16	Colville	51	0.520%	151.88x
17	Girvan	47	0.480%	304.60x
18	Blue	45	0.460%	265.64x
19	Black	43	0.440%	6.77x
20	Matheson	40	0.410%	29.82x
21	Blair	39	0.400%	15.34x
22	Carmichael	35	0.360%	24.93x
23	Montgomery	34	0.350%	21.84x
24	Munro	32	0.330%	7.31x
25	Johnstone	31	0.320%	6.99x
26	Milloy	30	0.310%	372.21x
27	Rae	29	0.300%	12.98x
28	Currie	28	0.290%	10.14x
29	Mathieson	28	0.290%	27.09x
30	Huie	27	0.280%	927.84x
31	Weir	27	0.280%	10.58x
32	Stalker	26	0.270%	53.85x
33	Downie	25	0.250%	21.72x
34	Whiteford	25	0.250%	96.12x
35	Blackstock	23	0.230%	159.17x
36	Wylie	22	0.220%	19.27x
37	Keith	21	0.210%	19.97x
38	Fullarton	20	0.200%	96.90x
39	Newlands	20	0.200%	50.45x
40	Docherty	19	0.190%	13.02x
41	Sillars	17	0.170%	200.47x
42	Durnan	16	0.160%	816.33x
43	Ohara	16	0.160%	28.38x
44	Hattan	15	0.150%	714.29x
45	Livingston	15	0.150%	17.02x
46	Finn	14	0.140%	15.64x
47	Gillespie	13	0.130%	8.36x
48	Grahame	13	0.130%	50.62x
49	Hogarth	13	0.130%	20.08x
50	Merrilees	13	0.130%	233.39x
51	Omay	13	0.130%	1101.69x
52	Revie	13	0.130%	172.64x
53	Broadly	12	0.120%	139.86x
54	Darroch	12	0.120%	46.91x
55	Dunsmore	12	0.120%	47.58x
56	Hyndman	12	0.120%	107.43x
57	Bicket	11	0.110%	218.25x
58	Bowie	11	0.110%	12.87x
59	Denny	11	0.110%	13.34x
60	Ewing	11	0.110%	12.16x
61	Scally	11	0.110%	156.92x
62	Houston	10	0.100%	8.00x
63	Mains	10	0.100%	62.19x
64	Mathison	10	0.100%	37.69x
65	Giffen	9	0.090%	113.07x
66	Gillin	9	0.090%	179.64x
67	Kane	9	0.090%	11.39x
68	Killen	9	0.090%	66.03x
69	Lamont	9	0.090%	10.32x
70	Littlejohn	9	0.090%	19.02x
71	Templeton	9	0.090%	12.42x
72	Watterson	9	0.090%	28.33x
73	Balloch	8	0.080%	117.47x
74	Barnaby	8	0.080%	40.90x
75	Beggs	8	0.080%	60.88x
76	Beith	8	0.080%	84.48x
77	Calderwood	8	0.080%	22.72x
78	Dickie	8	0.080%	10.39x
79	Hosie	8	0.080%	38.22x
80	Leyden	8	0.080%	107.10x
81	Lothian	8	0.080%	35.92x
82	Mackinnon	8	0.080%	22.70x
83	Sommerville	8	0.080%	20.68x
84	Spinks	8	0.080%	12.08x
85	Strang	8	0.080%	18.17x
86	Conley	7	0.070%	19.71x
87	Hatten	7	0.070%	66.60x
88	Louden	7	0.070%	41.25x
89	Mackinlay	7	0.070%	111.82x
90	Mactaggart	7	0.070%	395.48x
91	Mcintyre	7	0.070%	35.62x
92	Meenan	7	0.070%	419.16x
93	Peterson	7	0.070%	14.03x
94	Prout	7	0.070%	14.35x
95	Purcell	7	0.070%	10.26x
96	Barbour	6	0.060%	11.13x
97	Caird	6	0.060%	30.08x
98	Carse	6	0.060%	51.02x
99	Clementson	6	0.060%	46.62x
100	Coffield	6	0.060%	179.64x