1881 census place

Dumfries surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire 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

263 surnames are listed for Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, covering 2,350 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thomson, with 91 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dumfries

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	Thomson	91	1.43%	10.70x
2	Kirkpatrick	82	1.29%	149.58x
3	Kerr	74	1.16%	21.31x
4	Dickson	71	1.12%	30.12x
5	Paterson	58	0.910%	13.39x
6	Kennedy	48	0.750%	12.51x
7	Johnstone	47	0.740%	16.33x
8	Edgar	42	0.660%	42.85x
9	Little	37	0.580%	12.29x
10	Maxwell	36	0.570%	23.80x
11	Milligan	36	0.570%	48.04x
12	Cowan	35	0.550%	26.96x
13	Douglas	34	0.530%	11.02x
14	Crosbie	33	0.520%	101.01x
15	Moffat	33	0.520%	28.62x
16	Coupland	32	0.500%	79.37x
17	Rae	32	0.500%	22.06x
18	Beck	27	0.420%	18.14x
19	Halliday	26	0.410%	19.77x
20	Jardine	26	0.410%	43.82x
21	Sturgeon	26	0.410%	101.09x
22	Laidlaw	24	0.380%	42.54x
23	Roddan	24	0.380%	882.35x
24	Grierson	23	0.360%	65.03x
25	Laurie	23	0.360%	42.06x
26	Murdoch	23	0.360%	21.27x
27	Houston	22	0.350%	27.14x
28	Lennon	22	0.350%	98.00x
29	Duff	21	0.330%	18.54x
30	Chalmers	20	0.310%	13.20x
31	Blacklock	19	0.300%	70.27x
32	Hair	19	0.300%	76.52x
33	Irving	19	0.300%	13.40x
34	Keenan	19	0.300%	35.23x
35	Byers	18	0.280%	54.53x
36	Trotter	18	0.280%	26.97x
37	Rorrison	17	0.270%	858.59x
38	Bendall	16	0.250%	69.05x
39	Carruthers	16	0.250%	19.00x
40	Glendinning	16	0.250%	65.79x
41	Trainer	16	0.250%	61.44x
42	Crichton	15	0.240%	27.62x
43	Gallagher	15	0.240%	15.51x
44	Harkness	15	0.240%	42.05x
45	Walls	15	0.240%	19.59x
46	Dunbar	14	0.220%	19.14x
47	Gorman	14	0.220%	18.23x
48	Gracie	14	0.220%	105.34x
49	Haining	14	0.220%	174.78x
50	Herries	14	0.220%	409.36x
51	Templeton	14	0.220%	29.77x
52	Hutchison	13	0.200%	12.42x
53	Shannon	13	0.200%	26.39x
54	Boyes	12	0.190%	18.04x
55	Coltart	12	0.190%	162.16x
56	Creighton	12	0.190%	47.81x
57	Dickie	12	0.190%	24.02x
58	Hastings	12	0.190%	14.80x
59	Percy	12	0.190%	20.21x
60	Wightman	12	0.190%	28.67x
61	Glencross	11	0.170%	199.64x
62	Hannah	11	0.170%	13.29x
63	Adair	10	0.160%	50.43x
64	Chrystie	10	0.160%	1020.41x
65	Craik	10	0.160%	51.31x
66	Hannan	10	0.160%	49.41x
67	Howat	10	0.160%	51.20x
68	Muirhead	10	0.160%	20.37x
69	Neilson	10	0.160%	11.14x
70	Selkirk	10	0.160%	84.03x
71	Sloan	10	0.160%	16.68x
72	Affleck	9	0.140%	61.27x
73	Asken	9	0.140%	502.79x
74	Cavin	9	0.140%	454.55x
75	Clint	9	0.140%	194.38x
76	Goldie	9	0.140%	22.72x
77	Hyslop	9	0.140%	24.59x
78	Lockerbie	9	0.140%	252.10x
79	Beggs	8	0.130%	93.90x
80	Blackley	8	0.130%	46.35x
81	Boe	8	0.130%	347.83x
82	Callander	8	0.130%	61.68x
83	Charteris	8	0.130%	206.72x
84	Cooney	8	0.130%	30.28x
85	Fildes	8	0.130%	52.42x
86	Gowan	8	0.130%	82.56x
87	Litterick	8	0.130%	476.19x
88	Newall	8	0.130%	21.91x
89	Paisley	8	0.130%	56.50x
90	Proudfoot	8	0.130%	28.82x
91	Riddick	8	0.130%	76.78x
92	Saddler	8	0.130%	41.86x
93	Shortt	8	0.130%	333.33x
94	Thom	8	0.130%	14.05x
95	Biggar	7	0.110%	79.55x
96	Blackstock	7	0.110%	74.71x
97	Carrol	7	0.110%	24.26x
98	Caven	7	0.110%	130.60x
99	Charters	7	0.110%	40.25x
100	Cosgrove	7	0.110%	22.57x