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.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Johnstone	49	4.04%	89.30x
2	Irving	48	3.95%	177.45x
3	Beattie	22	1.81%	84.68x
4	Carruthers	22	1.81%	136.99x
5	Harkness	22	1.81%	323.53x
6	Telford	14	1.15%	130.84x
7	Cartner	12	0.990%	1111.11x
8	Glendining	12	0.990%	2105.26x
9	Bryson	11	0.910%	118.15x
10	Reay	11	0.910%	104.36x
11	Blacklock	9	0.740%	174.42x
12	Coultard	9	0.740%	2500.00x
13	Straiton	9	0.740%	1200.00x
14	Veitch	9	0.740%	112.50x
15	Birnie	8	0.660%	154.74x
16	Weal	8	0.660%	776.70x
17	Birrell	7	0.580%	118.24x
18	Macartney	7	0.580%	886.08x
19	Minto	7	0.580%	208.33x
20	Broatch	5	0.410%	769.23x
21	Kirkup	5	0.410%	170.65x
22	Mathie	5	0.410%	204.08x
23	Heaney	4	0.330%	192.31x
24	Rome	4	0.330%	167.36x
25	Weall	4	0.330%	869.57x
26	Ker	3	0.250%	118.58x
27	Liddel	3	0.250%	340.91x
28	Wannop	3	0.250%	340.91x
29	Wotherspoon	3	0.250%	77.72x
30	Berrell	2	0.160%	645.16x
31	Gass	2	0.160%	103.63x
32	Gulland	2	0.160%	266.67x
33	Millburn	2	0.160%	141.84x
34	Tinklin	2	0.160%	689.66x
35	Whalan	2	0.160%	322.58x
36	Alexandra	1	0.080%	151.52x
37	Birrel	1	0.080%	156.25x
38	Boustead	1	0.080%	109.89x
39	Carns	1	0.080%	232.56x
40	Dinwoodie	1	0.080%	76.92x
41	Farries	1	0.080%	126.58x
42	Forsythe	1	0.080%	84.75x
43	Huggan	1	0.080%	86.21x
44	Logue	1	0.080%	108.70x
45	Loucas	1	0.080%	2500.00x
46	Weild	1	0.080%	333.33x
47	Wield	1	0.080%	277.78x