1881 census place

Dundonald surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dundonald, 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

266 surnames are listed for Dundonald, Ayrshire, covering 2,983 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wallace, with 102 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dundonald

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	Wallace	102	1.27%	18.47x
2	Hunter	88	1.09%	10.63x
3	Reid	72	0.890%	8.50x
4	Boyd	63	0.780%	22.28x
5	Andrew	60	0.740%	23.49x
6	Muir	58	0.720%	18.80x
7	Hamilton	56	0.690%	9.26x
8	Paterson	56	0.690%	10.21x
9	Black	55	0.680%	10.54x
10	Howie	55	0.680%	69.54x
11	Ferguson	53	0.660%	9.27x
12	Kerr	53	0.660%	12.05x
13	Crawford	44	0.550%	11.15x
14	Paton	44	0.550%	24.39x
15	Cowan	42	0.520%	25.54x
16	Guthrie	37	0.460%	36.42x
17	Gilmour	36	0.450%	31.55x
18	Jeffrey	35	0.430%	23.48x
19	Dickie	34	0.420%	53.75x
20	Dunlop	34	0.420%	26.17x
21	Hutton	33	0.410%	13.71x
22	Wyllie	33	0.410%	58.46x
23	Barr	32	0.400%	16.41x
24	Buchanan	32	0.400%	15.36x
25	Milligan	29	0.360%	30.56x
26	Orr	29	0.360%	21.35x
27	Calderwood	28	0.350%	96.75x
28	Allison	26	0.320%	11.35x
29	Auld	26	0.320%	53.51x
30	Houston	26	0.320%	25.32x
31	Montgomery	26	0.320%	20.33x
32	Irvine	25	0.310%	14.08x
33	Hutchison	24	0.300%	18.11x
34	Tannock	24	0.300%	390.88x
35	Fulton	23	0.290%	22.61x
36	Carson	22	0.270%	24.76x
37	Blair	21	0.260%	10.05x
38	Caldwell	21	0.260%	16.65x
39	Connell	21	0.260%	14.99x
40	Kilpatrick	21	0.260%	50.59x
41	Elliot	20	0.250%	9.73x
42	Neil	20	0.250%	18.76x
43	Dick	19	0.240%	10.57x
44	Gillies	19	0.240%	16.48x
45	Hannah	19	0.240%	18.13x
46	Donachie	18	0.220%	174.59x
47	Spiers	18	0.220%	27.12x
48	Baird	17	0.210%	9.86x
49	Bicker	17	0.210%	248.54x
50	Gilmore	17	0.210%	35.99x
51	Sheilds	17	0.210%	216.29x
52	Heron	16	0.200%	20.70x
53	Brodie	15	0.190%	13.86x
54	Cochrane	15	0.190%	12.01x
55	Cuthbert	15	0.190%	12.95x
56	Lusk	15	0.190%	202.70x
57	Milroy	15	0.190%	65.02x
58	Wilkie	15	0.190%	13.05x
59	Fullarton	14	0.170%	82.55x
60	Pollock	14	0.170%	11.96x
61	Templeton	14	0.170%	23.51x
62	Coghill	13	0.160%	81.45x
63	Deans	13	0.160%	23.78x
64	Lambie	13	0.160%	49.43x
65	Loudon	13	0.160%	56.74x
66	Mitchel	13	0.160%	16.50x
67	Stirrat	13	0.160%	117.22x
68	Docherty	12	0.150%	10.01x
69	Greenshields	12	0.150%	83.33x
70	Manson	12	0.150%	12.73x
71	Mooney	12	0.150%	12.82x
72	Shannon	12	0.150%	19.23x
73	Whiteside	12	0.150%	18.70x
74	Abbot	11	0.140%	28.90x
75	Bannatyne	11	0.140%	113.17x
76	Breckenridge	11	0.140%	134.47x
77	Leith	11	0.140%	26.35x
78	Lennon	11	0.140%	38.69x
79	Nisbet	11	0.140%	12.92x
80	Affleck	10	0.120%	53.76x
81	Dempster	10	0.120%	17.63x
82	Diamond	10	0.120%	26.69x
83	Gemmell	10	0.120%	20.64x
84	Hynd	10	0.120%	52.33x
85	Lockhart	10	0.120%	17.81x
86	Niven	10	0.120%	17.83x
87	Watters	10	0.120%	38.90x
88	Barbour	9	0.110%	20.31x
89	Bigham	9	0.110%	215.83x
90	Carnochan	9	0.110%	200.00x
91	Colman	9	0.110%	11.99x
92	Dykes	9	0.110%	16.23x
93	Gebbie	9	0.110%	109.22x
94	Gemmel	9	0.110%	124.31x
95	Halbert	9	0.110%	86.21x
96	Keenan	9	0.110%	13.18x
97	Lowry	9	0.110%	27.65x
98	Murchie	9	0.110%	67.42x
99	Rolley	9	0.110%	153.32x
100	Urie	9	0.110%	114.50x