1881 census place

Dreghorn surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dreghorn, 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

106 surnames are listed for Dreghorn, Ayrshire, covering 1,258 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lindsay, with 59 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dreghorn

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	Lindsay	59	1.49%	45.73x
2	Frew	56	1.41%	281.55x
3	Muir	51	1.29%	33.67x
4	Howat	48	1.21%	395.06x
5	Dunlop	45	1.14%	70.56x
6	Fulton	45	1.14%	90.11x
7	Strachan	44	1.11%	64.47x
8	Kerr	41	1.04%	18.99x
9	Bowie	40	1.01%	116.01x
10	Howie	36	0.910%	92.71x
11	Dick	32	0.810%	36.24x
12	Milligan	32	0.810%	68.68x
13	Boyd	30	0.760%	21.61x
14	Steele	28	0.710%	26.44x
15	Bennie	26	0.660%	237.66x
16	Gillies	25	0.630%	44.16x
17	Love	23	0.580%	24.52x
18	Kirkwood	21	0.530%	58.69x
19	Orr	20	0.510%	29.99x
20	Mair	19	0.480%	51.94x
21	Glen	18	0.450%	45.95x
22	English	17	0.430%	22.84x
23	Gilmour	17	0.430%	30.35x
24	Auld	16	0.400%	67.06x
25	Lusk	16	0.400%	440.77x
26	Templeton	16	0.400%	54.74x
27	Watters	16	0.400%	126.78x
28	Baillie	15	0.380%	36.51x
29	Kelso	15	0.380%	161.46x
30	Lafferty	15	0.380%	165.93x
31	Gouldie	14	0.350%	1346.15x
32	Deans	12	0.300%	44.71x
33	Mounce	11	0.280%	814.81x
34	Adair	10	0.250%	81.10x
35	Allardice	10	0.250%	191.20x
36	Balfour	10	0.250%	36.27x
37	Bryden	10	0.250%	59.84x
38	Crichton	10	0.250%	29.61x
39	Docherty	10	0.250%	16.99x
40	Gallocher	10	0.250%	91.41x
41	Lawrie	10	0.250%	26.39x
42	Montgomerie	10	0.250%	132.45x
43	Calderwood	9	0.230%	63.34x
44	Lambie	9	0.230%	69.71x
45	Mathie	9	0.230%	112.50x
46	Scollick	9	0.230%	947.37x
47	Seales	9	0.230%	311.42x
48	Samson	8	0.200%	28.30x
49	Strathdee	8	0.200%	212.20x
50	Wyllie	8	0.200%	28.87x
51	Agnew	7	0.180%	31.43x
52	Barrowman	7	0.180%	128.44x
53	Gallacher	7	0.180%	20.50x
54	Herron	7	0.180%	49.40x
55	Kilpatrick	7	0.180%	34.35x
56	Mackinnon	7	0.180%	49.23x
57	Blane	6	0.150%	78.53x
58	Cree	6	0.150%	50.76x
59	Goudie	6	0.150%	47.89x
60	Haggarty	6	0.150%	78.64x
61	Hillhouse	6	0.150%	167.60x
62	Oneill	6	0.150%	23.82x
63	Snedden	6	0.150%	112.36x
64	Becket	5	0.130%	62.34x
65	Breckenridge	5	0.130%	124.38x
66	Laughlin	5	0.130%	80.00x
67	Nimmo	5	0.130%	28.36x
68	Shedden	5	0.130%	72.99x
69	Skillen	5	0.130%	186.57x
70	Conn	4	0.100%	36.83x
71	Cran	4	0.100%	71.17x
72	Cunninghame	4	0.100%	140.85x
73	Donaghey	4	0.100%	444.44x
74	Riddick	4	0.100%	61.73x
75	Syme	4	0.100%	26.88x
76	Ralston	3	0.080%	22.52x
77	Shirkie	3	0.080%	714.29x
78	Barbar	2	0.050%	202.02x
79	Dyet	2	0.050%	103.63x
80	Gilland	2	0.050%	145.99x
81	Hollan	2	0.050%	666.67x
82	Hynd	2	0.050%	21.32x
83	Spense	2	0.050%	163.93x
84	Wilkison	2	0.050%	172.41x
85	Allardyce	1	0.030%	25.45x
86	Boss	1	0.030%	19.92x
87	Burnie	1	0.030%	20.58x
88	Cairney	1	0.030%	11.27x
89	Conry	1	0.030%	97.09x
90	Crann	1	0.030%	57.47x
91	Denford	1	0.030%	40.65x
92	Donnely	1	0.030%	16.31x
93	Giffen	1	0.030%	31.15x
94	Haney	1	0.030%	21.88x
95	Hoff	1	0.030%	33.22x
96	Huston	1	0.030%	33.00x
97	Hyndman	1	0.030%	22.17x
98	Lamberton	1	0.030%	38.17x
99	Loggie	1	0.030%	36.36x
100	Loudon	1	0.030%	8.89x