1881 census place

Girvan surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Girvan, 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

207 surnames are listed for Girvan, Ayrshire, covering 1,517 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gordon, with 45 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Girvan

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	Gordon	45	0.820%	13.01x
2	Sloan	41	0.750%	79.33x
3	Blair	37	0.670%	26.01x
4	Rowan	33	0.600%	93.41x
5	Hannah	32	0.580%	44.86x
6	Murdoch	32	0.580%	34.33x
7	Muir	30	0.550%	14.28x
8	Milligan	29	0.530%	44.89x
9	Bone	28	0.510%	27.53x
10	Hyslop	27	0.490%	85.55x
11	Dunbar	26	0.470%	41.23x
12	Sneddon	24	0.440%	73.46x
13	Love	23	0.420%	17.68x
14	Dickie	22	0.400%	51.09x
15	Drynan	20	0.360%	757.58x
16	Fergusson	20	0.360%	71.99x
17	Melville	20	0.360%	34.52x
18	Gillespie	18	0.330%	20.68x
19	Galloway	17	0.310%	17.99x
20	Orr	17	0.310%	18.38x
21	Dunlop	16	0.290%	18.09x
22	Goudie	16	0.290%	92.11x
23	Hutchison	16	0.290%	17.73x
24	Rennie	16	0.290%	16.69x
25	Fyfe	15	0.270%	29.77x
26	Tweedie	15	0.270%	70.86x
27	Blane	14	0.260%	132.20x
28	Coulter	14	0.260%	50.80x
29	Newall	14	0.260%	44.47x
30	Shankland	14	0.260%	143.00x
31	Templeton	14	0.260%	34.53x
32	Wason	14	0.260%	299.79x
33	Gallacher	13	0.240%	27.47x
34	Hervey	13	0.240%	184.40x
35	Carson	12	0.220%	19.84x
36	Howie	12	0.220%	22.29x
37	Monie	12	0.220%	754.72x
38	Strain	12	0.220%	113.10x
39	Devlin	11	0.200%	24.48x
40	Dorman	11	0.200%	62.32x
41	Headley	11	0.200%	74.22x
42	Hearton	11	0.200%	2972.97x
43	Mcdowall	11	0.200%	419.85x
44	Mcewen	11	0.200%	428.02x
45	Ballantine	10	0.180%	59.45x
46	Dobbie	10	0.180%	41.72x
47	Finlay	10	0.180%	17.75x
48	Flannagan	10	0.180%	89.77x
49	Forgie	10	0.180%	159.49x
50	Houston	10	0.180%	14.31x
51	Kays	10	0.180%	469.48x
52	Loudon	10	0.180%	64.14x
53	Niven	10	0.180%	26.18x
54	Colquhoun	9	0.160%	27.68x
55	Corson	9	0.160%	159.57x
56	Nibloe	9	0.160%	1097.56x
57	Blest	8	0.150%	583.94x
58	Carlile	8	0.150%	99.50x
59	Cato	8	0.150%	108.11x
60	Culley	8	0.150%	34.41x
61	Eaglesham	8	0.150%	178.17x
62	Fairbairn	8	0.150%	19.73x
63	Hislop	8	0.150%	24.23x
64	Keany	8	0.150%	1509.43x
65	Livingston	8	0.150%	16.23x
66	Mackenna	8	0.150%	1212.12x
67	Mellis	8	0.150%	91.12x
68	Peebles	8	0.150%	34.74x
69	Blue	7	0.130%	73.92x
70	Girvan	7	0.130%	81.11x
71	Harkness	7	0.130%	22.76x
72	Kenna	7	0.130%	134.10x
73	Ledgerwood	7	0.130%	276.68x
74	Maitland	7	0.130%	19.66x
75	Mckee	7	0.130%	184.70x
76	Montgomerie	7	0.130%	66.92x
77	Murchie	7	0.130%	77.01x
78	Riddock	7	0.130%	510.95x
79	Steed	7	0.130%	26.51x
80	Aird	6	0.110%	21.02x
81	Bigham	6	0.110%	211.27x
82	Bonnar	6	0.110%	80.65x
83	Brackenridge	6	0.110%	81.08x
84	Cathcart	6	0.110%	71.17x
85	Coltart	6	0.110%	94.04x
86	Hodgen	6	0.110%	245.90x
87	Jess	6	0.110%	140.52x
88	Lavery	6	0.110%	39.79x
89	Leadbeater	6	0.110%	26.60x
90	Macmillan	6	0.110%	39.40x
91	Mcbride	6	0.110%	144.23x
92	Mcconnell	6	0.110%	167.13x
93	Mcleod	6	0.110%	66.15x
94	Milliken	6	0.110%	130.43x
95	Rennison	6	0.110%	45.59x
96	Carle	5	0.090%	83.75x
97	Cully	5	0.090%	82.37x
98	Devoy	5	0.090%	294.12x
99	Garey	5	0.090%	169.49x
100	Gowan	5	0.090%	59.81x