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1881 census place

Gretna surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Gretna, 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

47 surnames are listed for Gretna, Dumfriesshire, covering 359 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Johnstone, with 49 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Gretna

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Johnstone4989.30x
2Irving48177.45x
3Beattie2284.68x
4Carruthers22136.99x
5Harkness22323.53x
6Telford14130.84x
7Cartner121111.11x
8Glendining122105.26x
9Bryson11118.15x
10Reay11104.36x
11Blacklock9174.42x
12Coultard92500.00x
13Straiton91200.00x
14Veitch9112.50x
15Birnie8154.74x
16Weal8776.70x
17Birrell7118.24x
18Macartney7886.08x
19Minto7208.33x
20Broatch5769.23x
21Kirkup5170.65x
22Mathie5204.08x
23Heaney4192.31x
24Rome4167.36x
25Weall4869.57x
26Ker3118.58x
27Liddel3340.91x
28Wannop3340.91x
29Wotherspoon377.72x
30Berrell2645.16x
31Gass2103.63x
32Gulland2266.67x
33Millburn2141.84x
34Tinklin2689.66x
35Whalan2322.58x
36Alexandra1151.52x
37Birrel1156.25x
38Boustead1109.89x
39Carns1232.56x
40Dinwoodie176.92x
41Farries1126.58x
42Forsythe184.75x
43Huggan186.21x
44Logue1108.70x
45Loucas12500.00x
46Weild1333.33x
47Wield1277.78x