1881 census place

Irvine surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Irvine, 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

227 surnames are listed for Irvine, Ayrshire, covering 2,143 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Reid, with 76 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Irvine

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	Reid	76	1.25%	11.91x
2	Muir	73	1.20%	31.41x
3	Dunlop	60	0.990%	61.31x
4	Hamilton	54	0.890%	11.85x
5	Black	52	0.860%	13.22x
6	Paterson	49	0.810%	11.86x
7	Boyd	47	0.770%	22.06x
8	Findlay	41	0.680%	32.58x
9	Gorman	39	0.640%	53.23x
10	Irvine	37	0.610%	27.65x
11	Frew	36	0.590%	117.96x
12	Baird	31	0.510%	23.87x
13	Fulton	28	0.460%	36.54x
14	Millar	28	0.460%	12.63x
15	Allison	27	0.440%	15.64x
16	Cowan	27	0.440%	21.80x
17	Wyllie	27	0.440%	63.50x
18	Agnew	26	0.430%	76.09x
19	Gilmour	26	0.430%	30.25x
20	Howie	26	0.430%	43.64x
21	Blair	24	0.400%	15.25x
22	Dickie	24	0.400%	50.37x
23	Galt	24	0.400%	174.29x
24	Gillies	24	0.400%	27.63x
25	Mathieson	24	0.400%	37.51x
26	Neil	24	0.400%	29.88x
27	Rodger	24	0.400%	28.11x
28	Aitken	22	0.360%	13.81x
29	Dick	22	0.360%	16.24x
30	Mullin	22	0.360%	80.79x
31	Jaffrey	21	0.350%	368.42x
32	Orr	21	0.350%	20.52x
33	Paton	21	0.350%	15.46x
34	Jeffrey	20	0.330%	17.81x
35	Armour	19	0.310%	49.92x
36	Richmond	19	0.310%	14.28x
37	Stirrat	19	0.310%	227.54x
38	Mullen	18	0.300%	31.00x
39	Montgomery	17	0.280%	17.64x
40	Caldwell	16	0.260%	16.84x
41	Fleck	16	0.260%	232.90x
42	Finnie	15	0.250%	71.06x
43	Coulter	14	0.230%	45.90x
44	Longmuir	14	0.230%	124.22x
45	Shields	14	0.230%	14.91x
46	Brannan	13	0.210%	31.66x
47	Geddes	13	0.210%	17.86x
48	Rafferty	13	0.210%	41.49x
49	Arbuckle	12	0.200%	92.88x
50	Wark	12	0.200%	163.93x
51	Watters	12	0.200%	61.95x
52	Yuille	12	0.200%	235.76x
53	Colvin	11	0.180%	52.26x
54	Grubb	11	0.180%	29.27x
55	Macaulay	11	0.180%	50.78x
56	Marr	11	0.180%	15.88x
57	Plenderleith	11	0.180%	170.54x
58	Sloan	11	0.180%	19.23x
59	Aird	10	0.160%	31.66x
60	Garvin	10	0.160%	184.84x
61	Lamont	10	0.160%	18.52x
62	Nairn	10	0.160%	33.28x
63	Rankin	10	0.160%	11.08x
64	Samson	10	0.160%	23.05x
65	Wylie	10	0.160%	14.15x
66	Alston	9	0.150%	22.75x
67	Barbour	9	0.150%	26.96x
68	Cousen	9	0.150%	407.24x
69	Gemmell	9	0.150%	24.66x
70	Haughton	9	0.150%	29.13x
71	Murchie	9	0.150%	89.46x
72	Robie	9	0.150%	989.01x
73	Rowatt	9	0.150%	326.09x
74	Somerville	9	0.150%	17.80x
75	Syme	9	0.150%	39.42x
76	Tremble	9	0.150%	151.52x
77	Burnie	8	0.130%	107.24x
78	Calderwood	8	0.130%	36.70x
79	Devlin	8	0.130%	16.09x
80	Govan	8	0.130%	72.27x
81	How	8	0.130%	20.18x
82	Ringland	8	0.130%	427.81x
83	Ronald	8	0.130%	36.93x
84	Blackley	7	0.120%	42.50x
85	Dalziel	7	0.120%	26.07x
86	Durie	7	0.120%	68.76x
87	Ennis	7	0.120%	42.25x
88	Haggarty	7	0.120%	59.83x
89	Hanvey	7	0.120%	426.83x
90	Howat	7	0.120%	37.55x
91	Jeffray	7	0.120%	216.05x
92	Kyle	7	0.120%	20.73x
93	Lockerby	7	0.120%	555.56x
94	Maclachlan	7	0.120%	124.56x
95	Pipe	7	0.120%	25.97x
96	Saul	7	0.120%	22.56x
97	Selkirk	7	0.120%	61.62x
98	Blane	6	0.100%	51.19x
99	Boreland	6	0.100%	295.57x
100	Cree	6	0.100%	33.09x