1881 census place
Kilfinan surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Kilfinan, Argyllshire 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
49 surnames are listed for Kilfinan, Argyllshire, covering 366 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Whyte, with 61 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Kilfinan
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whyte | 61 | 165.81x |
| 2 | Douglas | 38 | 36.15x |
| 3 | Lamont | 28 | 145.08x |
| 4 | Millar | 28 | 35.35x |
| 5 | Blair | 23 | 40.89x |
| 6 | Livingston | 20 | 102.62x |
| 7 | Olding | 20 | 479.62x |
| 8 | Dow | 15 | 57.38x |
| 9 | Jamison | 11 | 254.04x |
| 10 | Carmicheal | 10 | 1562.50x |
| 11 | Nimmo | 10 | 103.41x |
| 12 | Kenedy | 9 | 315.79x |
| 13 | Ure | 8 | 118.69x |
| 14 | Carswell | 7 | 88.27x |
| 15 | Dallas | 6 | 73.17x |
| 16 | Gilbraith | 6 | 769.23x |
| 17 | Greenshields | 6 | 154.64x |
| 18 | Scoular | 6 | 218.18x |
| 19 | Aitcheson | 5 | 239.23x |
| 20 | Sealy | 5 | 128.53x |
| 21 | Saidler | 4 | 1818.18x |
| 22 | Blue | 3 | 80.00x |
| 23 | Clerk | 3 | 53.38x |
| 24 | Clerke | 3 | 400.00x |
| 25 | Gatfield | 3 | 180.72x |
| 26 | Dugan | 2 | 47.39x |
| 27 | Morren | 2 | 172.41x |
| 28 | Odonald | 2 | 240.96x |
| 29 | Tran | 2 | 444.44x |
| 30 | Ballingall | 1 | 32.05x |
| 31 | Coner | 1 | 434.78x |
| 32 | Dobbin | 1 | 29.33x |
| 33 | Dougal | 1 | 25.25x |
| 34 | Grear | 1 | 101.01x |
| 35 | Halbert | 1 | 35.59x |
| 36 | Holm | 1 | 60.24x |
| 37 | Houstoun | 1 | 217.39x |
| 38 | Jonstone | 1 | 400.00x |
| 39 | Kermode | 1 | 19.34x |
| 40 | Levack | 1 | 77.52x |
| 41 | Maccallum | 1 | 178.57x |
| 42 | Macfie | 1 | 63.69x |
| 43 | Maclachlan | 1 | 49.75x |
| 44 | Macnaughton | 1 | 107.53x |
| 45 | Milk | 1 | 163.93x |
| 46 | Mure | 1 | 99.01x |
| 47 | Roberton | 1 | 49.26x |
| 48 | Stirrat | 1 | 33.44x |
| 49 | Wamsley | 1 | 103.09x |