1881 census place

Holywood surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Holywood, 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

43 surnames are listed for Holywood, Dumfriesshire, covering 288 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Johnston, with 59 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Holywood

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	Johnston	59	5.47%	67.82x
2	Kirkpatrick	21	1.95%	226.29x
3	Stitt	16	1.48%	1052.63x
4	Roddan	14	1.30%	3043.48x
5	Morrin	13	1.21%	2203.39x
6	Haining	12	1.11%	882.35x
7	Sloan	10	0.930%	98.52x
8	Derby	9	0.830%	452.26x
9	Barbour	7	0.650%	118.24x
10	Boys	7	0.650%	165.09x
11	Crosbie	7	0.650%	126.58x
12	Glencross	7	0.650%	752.69x
13	Hyslop	7	0.650%	112.90x
14	Learmont	7	0.650%	1666.67x
15	Leith	7	0.650%	125.45x
16	Lockerbie	7	0.650%	1166.67x
17	Rome	7	0.650%	330.19x
18	Brownrigg	6	0.560%	431.65x
19	Clingan	6	0.560%	2222.22x
20	Dalziel	6	0.560%	125.79x
21	Gourlay	6	0.560%	100.33x
22	Stenton	6	0.560%	304.57x
23	Dargavel	5	0.460%	1250.00x
24	Lorimer	5	0.460%	116.01x
25	Selkirk	5	0.460%	247.52x
26	Haugh	4	0.370%	250.00x
27	Robison	4	0.370%	165.98x
28	Garrey	2	0.190%	1176.47x
29	Wilkison	2	0.190%	625.00x
30	Airley	1	0.090%	285.71x
31	Allon	1	0.090%	149.25x
32	Biggar	1	0.090%	67.11x
33	Blackstock	1	0.090%	62.89x
34	Broatch	1	0.090%	172.41x
35	Brownridge	1	0.090%	119.05x
36	Burnie	1	0.090%	75.76x
37	Carnochan	1	0.090%	166.67x
38	Conners	1	0.090%	163.93x
39	Corson	1	0.090%	90.09x
40	Glendining	1	0.090%	196.08x
41	Gribbon	1	0.090%	163.93x
42	Morran	1	0.090%	74.63x
43	Shortt	1	0.090%	243.90x