1881 census place

Dalmellington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dalmellington, 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

246 surnames are listed for Dalmellington, Ayrshire, covering 2,268 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Murray, with 95 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dalmellington

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	Murray	95	1.48%	11.92x
2	Kerr	71	1.10%	20.25x
3	Findlay	44	0.680%	33.03x
4	Orr	41	0.640%	37.85x
5	Park	41	0.640%	20.58x
6	Bryden	39	0.610%	143.75x
7	Murdoch	39	0.610%	35.71x
8	Dickson	33	0.510%	13.86x
9	Boyd	32	0.500%	14.19x
10	Mathieson	32	0.500%	47.25x
11	Rennie	29	0.450%	25.82x
12	Moffat	27	0.420%	23.18x
13	Rutherford	27	0.420%	17.21x
14	Beck	26	0.400%	17.29x
15	Fitzpatrick	26	0.400%	27.64x
16	Dick	25	0.390%	17.43x
17	Currie	24	0.370%	13.26x
18	Guthrie	24	0.370%	29.62x
19	Hewitson	24	0.370%	63.16x
20	Pettigrew	24	0.370%	76.90x
21	Sloss	24	0.370%	476.19x
22	Baird	23	0.360%	16.73x
23	Chalmers	23	0.360%	15.03x
24	Fergusson	21	0.330%	64.54x
25	Auld	20	0.310%	51.61x
26	Gillespie	20	0.310%	19.62x
27	Cairns	19	0.300%	13.67x
28	Dempster	19	0.300%	42.01x
29	Dunlop	19	0.300%	18.34x
30	Henney	19	0.300%	212.29x
31	Knox	19	0.300%	17.22x
32	Fulton	18	0.280%	22.19x
33	Gemmell	18	0.280%	46.58x
34	Gavin	17	0.260%	53.48x
35	Keirs	17	0.260%	1259.26x
36	Wight	16	0.250%	48.37x
37	Hannah	15	0.230%	17.95x
38	Roy	15	0.230%	25.67x
39	Thorburn	15	0.230%	40.41x
40	Howat	14	0.220%	70.96x
41	Malcolmson	14	0.220%	236.49x
42	Neil	14	0.220%	16.46x
43	Finnie	13	0.200%	58.17x
44	Milligan	13	0.200%	17.18x
45	Napier	13	0.200%	25.16x
46	Neilson	13	0.200%	14.35x
47	Shearman	13	0.200%	49.32x
48	Calderwood	12	0.190%	51.99x
49	Cochrane	12	0.190%	12.05x
50	Dickie	12	0.190%	23.79x
51	Frew	12	0.190%	37.14x
52	Reilly	12	0.190%	17.59x
53	Shearer	12	0.190%	14.55x
54	Tennant	12	0.190%	17.49x
55	Thom	12	0.190%	20.87x
56	Clinton	11	0.170%	44.55x
57	Dailey	11	0.170%	124.43x
58	Dempsey	11	0.170%	27.28x
59	Dobbie	11	0.170%	39.17x
60	Kirkwood	11	0.170%	18.93x
61	Robison	11	0.170%	76.60x
62	Younge	11	0.170%	299.73x
63	Bryce	10	0.160%	15.54x
64	Burleigh	10	0.160%	122.85x
65	Conlin	10	0.160%	83.61x
66	Cowper	10	0.160%	35.51x
67	Cron	10	0.160%	460.83x
68	Dalziel	10	0.160%	35.19x
69	Docherty	10	0.160%	10.46x
70	Ferries	10	0.160%	176.37x
71	Frazer	10	0.160%	20.08x
72	Gemmel	10	0.160%	173.31x
73	Keane	10	0.160%	66.84x
74	Leggat	10	0.160%	67.20x
75	Lorimer	10	0.160%	38.91x
76	Prentice	10	0.160%	13.22x
77	Armour	9	0.140%	22.34x
78	Blainey	9	0.140%	295.08x
79	Craige	9	0.140%	500.00x
80	Crombie	9	0.140%	24.96x
81	Curren	9	0.140%	172.41x
82	Gault	9	0.140%	104.77x
83	Harkness	9	0.140%	24.99x
84	Laidlaw	9	0.140%	15.80x
85	Muirhead	9	0.140%	18.15x
86	Mustard	9	0.140%	98.47x
87	Shanks	9	0.140%	18.41x
88	Stoddart	9	0.140%	16.77x
89	Wyllie	9	0.140%	19.99x
90	Agnew	8	0.120%	22.12x
91	Begg	8	0.120%	20.46x
92	Blackwood	8	0.120%	21.34x
93	Blain	8	0.120%	35.83x
94	Brackenridge	8	0.120%	92.27x
95	Calter	8	0.120%	1194.03x
96	Dempsie	8	0.120%	444.44x
97	Fullarton	8	0.120%	59.17x
98	Goldie	8	0.120%	20.00x
99	Hazel	8	0.120%	38.85x
100	Kean	8	0.120%	18.37x