1881 census place

Fenwick surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Fenwick, 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

45 surnames are listed for Fenwick, Ayrshire, covering 434 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dunlop, with 56 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Fenwick

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	Dunlop	56	4.84%	300.43x
2	Lindsay	38	3.28%	100.77x
3	Currie	35	3.03%	107.49x
4	Fulton	33	2.85%	226.03x
5	Gemmill	28	2.42%	1656.80x
6	Calderwood	18	1.56%	433.73x
7	Shedden	17	1.47%	850.00x
8	Howie	16	1.38%	140.97x
9	Bicket	13	1.12%	2203.39x
10	Steven	13	1.12%	148.23x
11	Gemmell	10	0.860%	143.88x
12	Stitt	10	0.860%	613.50x
13	Picken	9	0.780%	186.34x
14	Scoular	9	0.780%	612.24x
15	Shannon	9	0.780%	100.45x
16	Wyllie	9	0.780%	111.11x
17	Fingland	8	0.690%	1355.93x
18	Melvin	8	0.690%	143.63x
19	Roger	8	0.690%	201.01x
20	Garven	7	0.610%	972.22x
21	Greenshields	7	0.610%	338.16x
22	Loudon	7	0.610%	212.77x
23	Nairn	7	0.610%	122.16x
24	Wardrop	7	0.610%	265.15x
25	Brackenridge	6	0.520%	384.62x
26	Retson	6	0.520%	1666.67x
27	Highet	5	0.430%	510.20x
28	Meiklejohn	5	0.430%	191.57x
29	Dunsmore	4	0.350%	134.68x
30	Cunninghame	3	0.260%	361.45x
31	Dalziell	3	0.260%	566.04x
32	Gilliland	3	0.260%	309.28x
33	Creelman	2	0.170%	769.23x
34	Fairlie	2	0.170%	70.92x
35	Fowlds	2	0.170%	625.00x
36	Halbert	2	0.170%	133.33x
37	Donnely	1	0.090%	55.87x
38	Garey	1	0.090%	161.29x
39	Garrie	1	0.090%	256.41x
40	Gaven	1	0.090%	163.93x
41	Gouldie	1	0.090%	322.58x
42	Heyburn	1	0.090%	277.78x
43	Malcom	1	0.090%	107.53x
44	Tannock	1	0.090%	113.64x
45	Whitehill	1	0.090%	107.53x