1881 census place

Kilbirnie surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kilbirnie, 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

170 surnames are listed for Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, covering 2,113 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Barclay, with 134 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kilbirnie

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	Barclay	134	2.55%	124.03x
2	Reid	87	1.66%	15.78x
3	Orr	80	1.52%	90.44x
4	Kerr	74	1.41%	25.84x
5	Allan	69	1.31%	20.94x
6	Fyfe	60	1.14%	124.51x
7	Logan	54	1.03%	43.37x
8	Jamieson	42	0.800%	28.73x
9	Crawford	41	0.780%	15.96x
10	Houston	40	0.760%	59.83x
11	Law	39	0.740%	16.42x
12	Muir	34	0.650%	16.92x
13	Paton	34	0.650%	28.95x
14	Whiteford	34	0.650%	244.25x
15	Knox	30	0.570%	33.29x
16	Dunlop	28	0.530%	33.10x
17	Howie	27	0.510%	52.43x
18	Dick	26	0.500%	22.20x
19	Gatherer	25	0.480%	1488.10x
20	Mackie	25	0.480%	22.27x
21	Caldwell	23	0.440%	28.00x
22	Falloon	23	0.440%	1095.24x
23	Seggie	23	0.440%	801.39x
24	Steele	23	0.440%	16.37x
25	Glasgow	21	0.400%	182.61x
26	Harvie	21	0.400%	122.24x
27	Lang	21	0.400%	17.94x
28	Fotheringham	19	0.360%	86.09x
29	Faulds	18	0.340%	112.36x
30	Gillies	18	0.340%	23.97x
31	Stevenston	18	0.340%	886.70x
32	Stirrat	18	0.340%	249.31x
33	Brodie	17	0.320%	24.12x
34	Menzies	17	0.320%	24.91x
35	Connally	16	0.300%	540.54x
36	Fulton	16	0.300%	24.15x
37	Neil	16	0.300%	23.04x
38	Purdie	16	0.300%	73.73x
39	Darroch	15	0.290%	109.57x
40	Galt	15	0.290%	126.05x
41	Hynds	15	0.290%	470.22x
42	Shedden	15	0.290%	165.20x
43	Skillen	15	0.290%	421.35x
44	Wiggans	15	0.290%	342.47x
45	Bow	14	0.270%	114.10x
46	Geddes	14	0.270%	22.25x
47	Kirkwood	14	0.270%	29.50x
48	Luke	14	0.270%	27.40x
49	Wren	14	0.270%	24.63x
50	Storrie	13	0.250%	153.85x
51	Corrigan	12	0.230%	51.00x
52	Dickie	12	0.230%	29.13x
53	Ewing	12	0.230%	24.79x
54	Barbour	11	0.210%	38.12x
55	Caine	11	0.210%	50.05x
56	Fergusson	11	0.210%	41.38x
57	Peebles	11	0.210%	49.91x
58	Stirling	11	0.210%	16.13x
59	Angel	10	0.190%	44.37x
60	Calderwood	10	0.190%	53.08x
61	Carlisle	10	0.190%	36.17x
62	Warnock	10	0.190%	87.64x
63	Wyllie	10	0.190%	27.20x
64	Farell	9	0.170%	545.45x
65	Flannigan	9	0.170%	69.02x
66	Loy	9	0.170%	195.23x
67	Ohagan	9	0.170%	314.69x
68	Brandon	8	0.150%	30.02x
69	Diamond	8	0.150%	32.79x
70	Dobie	8	0.150%	45.58x
71	Dougal	8	0.150%	83.59x
72	Easdale	8	0.150%	283.69x
73	Fife	8	0.150%	57.27x
74	Haddow	8	0.150%	49.97x
75	Holms	8	0.150%	54.05x
76	Kean	8	0.150%	22.50x
77	Monaghan	8	0.150%	21.02x
78	Mulheron	8	0.150%	382.78x
79	Nugent	8	0.150%	28.76x
80	Plott	8	0.150%	1509.43x
81	Swindle	8	0.150%	146.25x
82	Taggart	8	0.150%	40.34x
83	Tierney	8	0.150%	36.95x
84	Whitelaw	8	0.150%	25.57x
85	Aitcheson	7	0.130%	138.07x
86	Conn	7	0.130%	48.58x
87	Crabbe	7	0.130%	94.59x
88	Donachy	7	0.130%	271.32x
89	Dougan	7	0.130%	55.78x
90	Girvan	7	0.130%	84.75x
91	Kelso	7	0.130%	56.82x
92	Townsley	7	0.130%	68.23x
93	Blue	6	0.110%	66.23x
94	Cathcart	6	0.110%	74.44x
95	Cleland	6	0.110%	43.23x
96	Dailly	6	0.110%	136.36x
97	Edington	6	0.110%	64.10x
98	Fairlie	6	0.110%	46.95x
99	Halbert	6	0.110%	88.24x
100	Hord	6	0.110%	322.58x