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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 Smylie, with 1 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.

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201Smylie173.53x
202Tumilty162.89x
203Vallentine173.53x
204Wands141.32x
205Wilkison162.11x
206Willet120.28x
207Wyper112.12x