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1881 census place

Kilmarnock surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kilmarnock, 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

752 surnames are listed for Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, covering 16,587 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Yuille, with 19 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kilmarnock

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
201Yuille1987.12x
202Ballantine1822.56x
203Bryden1816.39x
204Caldow18129.50x
205Carlin1813.61x
206Chalmers182.91x
207Duff183.89x
208Forrester185.15x
209Leighton186.43x
210Lyon183.30x
211Roy187.61x
212Semple1814.52x
213Angus174.57x
214Browning173.21x
215Carroll173.25x
216Cassidy175.34x
217Dearie17119.30x
218Dunsmore1725.41x
219Flannagan1732.18x
220Gracie1731.30x
221Kelso1727.83x
222Love172.76x
223Montgomery174.12x
224Newlands1716.17x
225Patrick173.28x
226Thorburn1711.32x
227Wylie175.61x
228Barrie168.52x
229Connely1633.36x
230Dykes168.94x
231Foy167.45x
232Hyslop1610.69x
233Lamont166.91x
234Messer1620.97x
235Blain1516.60x
236Carswell1515.77x
237Cassels1531.85x
238Deans158.50x
239Erskine159.32x
240Fyfe156.28x
241Glen155.82x
242Grahame1522.02x
243Hardie154.42x
244Howat1518.79x
245Kean158.51x
246Littlejohn1511.95x
247Lorimer1514.42x
248Rowat15139.28x
249Tannock1575.72x
250Arbuckle1425.29x
251Carrick147.48x
252Copland149.61x
253Falconer144.51x
254Hector1432.16x
255Jardine145.77x
256Leiper1423.42x
257Mack145.35x
258Meikle147.48x
259Menzies144.14x
260Munn147.47x
261Petrie144.53x
262Riddell146.41x
263Sawers1446.04x
264Beaton134.35x
265Cochrane133.23x
266Donnachie1357.98x
267Frazer136.45x
268Gallacher135.79x
269Hollywood1369.26x
270Linton136.08x
271Milroy1317.46x
272Mooney134.30x
273Ramsey134.60x
274Stirling133.85x
275Tonner1338.66x
276Cosgrove129.47x
277Donachie1236.06x
278Donnely1229.76x
279Drennan1234.10x
280Flinn127.64x
281Gault1234.53x
282Haddow1215.13x
283Haughie12126.72x
284Hopkin125.96x
285Kirkwood125.10x
286Ness1210.16x
287Peden1222.83x
288Sherry1213.13x
289Sprott1254.15x
290Steven126.09x
291Aiton1166.31x
292Campble11100.46x
293Darrock11137.67x
294Dumigan11666.67x
295Duncanson1121.90x
296Farquhar115.43x
297Gilfillan1121.86x
298Halley1111.25x
299Leckie1113.48x
300Manners118.55x