1881 census place

Dalry surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dalry, 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

310 surnames are listed for Dalry, Ayrshire, covering 4,661 people in the local records.

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

Most common surnames in Dalry

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	Crawford	189	1.84%	37.54x
2	Reid	142	1.38%	13.14x
3	Barr	141	1.37%	56.67x
4	Thomson	114	1.11%	8.29x
5	Kerr	110	1.07%	19.60x
6	Hamilton	101	0.980%	13.09x
7	Graham	94	0.910%	7.96x
8	Paterson	94	0.910%	13.43x
9	Muir	88	0.860%	22.35x
10	Boyd	87	0.850%	24.11x
11	Ferguson	86	0.840%	11.79x
12	Murray	80	0.780%	6.27x
13	Orr	72	0.700%	41.53x
14	Gray	70	0.680%	4.77x
15	Logan	70	0.680%	28.69x
16	Allan	65	0.630%	10.06x
17	Blair	55	0.530%	20.62x
18	Ramsay	51	0.500%	19.25x
19	Sloan	41	0.400%	42.32x
20	Houston	40	0.390%	30.53x
21	Archibald	38	0.370%	42.79x
22	Roy	38	0.370%	40.64x
23	Irvine	35	0.340%	15.44x
24	Neil	35	0.340%	25.72x
25	Aitken	34	0.330%	12.59x
26	Pringle	34	0.330%	20.98x
27	Boyle	33	0.320%	12.36x
28	Connor	33	0.320%	10.87x
29	Lamont	33	0.320%	36.07x
30	Paton	32	0.310%	13.90x
31	Speir	32	0.310%	695.65x
32	Stirrat	32	0.310%	226.15x
33	Devlin	31	0.300%	36.80x
34	Glen	30	0.290%	29.46x
35	Jamieson	30	0.290%	10.47x
36	Kilpatrick	30	0.290%	56.64x
37	Montgomery	30	0.290%	18.38x
38	Cochrane	29	0.280%	18.20x
39	Millar	28	0.270%	7.46x
40	Smillie	28	0.270%	137.19x
41	Frew	27	0.260%	52.22x
42	Hawthorn	27	0.260%	45.32x
43	Shedden	27	0.260%	151.77x
44	Carswell	26	0.250%	69.11x
45	Dempster	26	0.250%	35.92x
46	Dunsmuir	26	0.250%	350.40x
47	Gilmour	26	0.250%	17.86x
48	Dickie	25	0.240%	30.97x
49	Gemmell	25	0.240%	40.43x
50	Barbour	24	0.230%	42.45x
51	Dunlop	24	0.230%	14.48x
52	Morrow	23	0.220%	54.88x
53	Murdoch	23	0.220%	13.16x
54	Patrick	23	0.220%	11.22x
55	Mackie	22	0.210%	10.00x
56	Beveridge	21	0.200%	19.61x
57	Blue	21	0.200%	118.24x
58	Clelland	21	0.200%	73.92x
59	Close	21	0.200%	23.40x
60	Hendry	21	0.200%	12.89x
61	Howie	21	0.200%	20.81x
62	Knox	21	0.200%	11.89x
63	Lennon	21	0.200%	57.88x
64	Blackwood	20	0.190%	33.34x
65	Duffin	20	0.190%	51.43x
66	Mooney	20	0.190%	16.74x
67	Wylie	20	0.190%	16.71x
68	Baird	19	0.180%	8.64x
69	Boyce	19	0.180%	12.34x
70	Deans	19	0.180%	27.23x
71	Kirkwood	19	0.180%	20.43x
72	Livingstone	19	0.180%	19.81x
73	Marley	19	0.180%	31.82x
74	Muirhead	19	0.180%	23.94x
75	Barclay	18	0.180%	8.50x
76	Hainey	18	0.180%	366.60x
77	Harvie	18	0.180%	53.46x
78	Bone	17	0.170%	8.92x
79	Kerry	17	0.170%	24.44x
80	Brodie	16	0.160%	11.59x
81	Templeton	16	0.160%	21.06x
82	Gaw	15	0.150%	245.50x
83	Picken	15	0.150%	34.93x
84	Poland	15	0.150%	84.60x
85	Robb	15	0.150%	8.43x
86	Waugh	15	0.150%	10.70x
87	Begg	14	0.140%	22.37x
88	Finlay	14	0.140%	13.26x
89	Galt	14	0.140%	60.03x
90	Malcomson	14	0.140%	468.23x
91	Pettigrew	14	0.140%	28.03x
92	Connelly	13	0.130%	13.61x
93	Hughs	13	0.130%	34.82x
94	Binning	12	0.120%	82.59x
95	Brannan	12	0.120%	17.25x
96	Callaghan	12	0.120%	10.30x
97	Carrick	12	0.120%	16.22x
98	Carrol	12	0.120%	25.74x
99	Gorman	12	0.120%	9.67x
100	Scouller	12	0.120%	218.18x