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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 Dunlevy, with 4 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
501Dunlevy450.06x
502Dysart445.61x
503Ferry44.87x
504Fife45.78x
505Gallocher45.56x
506Grear433.61x
507Gutherie447.00x
508Harkins46.80x
509Hendrie46.27x
510Husk421.41x
511Jess419.75x
512Joice47.61x
513Kinney418.87x
514Lachlan436.83x
515Lappin419.75x
516Larkins45.16x
517Macalister432.41x
518Macindoe436.26x
519Mahood455.48x
520Malloy48.84x
521Mellon47.41x
522Motson462.21x
523Muldoon47.80x
524Murphie447.00x
525Niel427.08x
526Oats46.81x
527Ohare46.26x
528Pettigrew43.17x
529Plumtree417.57x
530Reside426.01x
531Scafe452.29x
532Sloss419.59x
533Stevenston439.68x
534Stirrat411.17x
535Strahan431.75x
536Timothy412.24x
537Yeats45.57x
538Aiken37.15x
539Bankhead358.48x
540Brownlie32.63x
541Caddis395.85x
542Cassiday317.80x
543Crookshanks343.17x
544Cuthberton3150.00x
545Donelly35.01x
546Drain36.55x
547Eddington311.51x
548Fordyce35.30x
549Garret39.01x
550Gowan37.57x
551Grimley35.42x
552Haining39.16x
553Hewat326.36x
554Jamison35.78x
555Kenedy38.76x
556Lennan327.62x
557Loch314.76x
558Lurton346.66x
559Macdougal348.62x
560Macnab312.74x
561Macnaughton326.98x
562Marn360.61x
563Motherwell315.98x
564Pale347.32x
565Perrie310.07x
566Pittendrigh344.25x
567Quail39.75x
568Raeburn35.19x
569Rodie331.12x
570Rodman311.07x
571Rogan34.38x
572Slorach331.98x
573Strathdee312.12x
574Strathern315.76x
575Teesdale37.21x
576Tweedle325.21x
577Urie311.83x
578Wardrop35.05x
579Whigham317.99x
580Aitkinson227.40x
581Alderdice239.68x
582Boylen225.58x
583Brannagan222.35x
584Bulloch23.84x
585Candlish26.58x
586Carle27.06x
587Carrole221.32x
588Compston217.44x
589Conlin24.13x
590Connall227.06x
591Creber27.24x
592Cruthers220.37x
593Dakers25.68x
594Durose25.06x
595Eaglesham29.39x
596Fanner219.34x
597Farry235.40x
598Frood210.01x
599Gammie28.56x
600Glasgow23.51x