1881 census place

Kilmaurs surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kilmaurs, 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

114 surnames are listed for Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, covering 1,270 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Fulton, with 99 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kilmaurs

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	Fulton	99	2.66%	210.91x
2	Templeton	52	1.40%	189.23x
3	Gilmour	43	1.16%	81.69x
4	Findlay	40	1.08%	51.89x
5	Strachan	38	1.02%	59.24x
6	Goldie	36	0.970%	155.51x
7	Armour	33	0.890%	141.51x
8	Montgomerie	33	0.890%	465.44x
9	Muir	32	0.860%	22.48x
10	Murdoch	31	0.830%	49.06x
11	Aitken	26	0.700%	26.64x
12	Sym	25	0.670%	1288.66x
13	Houston	22	0.590%	46.43x
14	Howie	21	0.560%	57.55x
15	Guthrie	20	0.540%	42.66x
16	Frew	19	0.510%	101.66x
17	Loudon	19	0.510%	179.75x
18	Orr	19	0.510%	30.31x
19	Mackie	18	0.480%	22.63x
20	Seggie	18	0.480%	882.35x
21	Rorrison	17	0.460%	1465.52x
22	Heron	15	0.400%	42.05x
23	Hillhouse	15	0.400%	445.10x
24	Laughland	15	0.400%	735.29x
25	Kilpatrick	14	0.380%	73.11x
26	Neil	14	0.380%	28.46x
27	Smillie	14	0.380%	189.70x
28	Candlish	13	0.350%	298.85x
29	Cuthbertson	13	0.350%	45.23x
30	Thorburn	13	0.350%	60.52x
31	Dickie	12	0.320%	41.11x
32	Gilliland	12	0.320%	385.85x
33	Howat	12	0.320%	105.08x
34	Lamberton	12	0.320%	487.80x
35	Laurie	12	0.320%	37.55x
36	Ledgerwood	12	0.320%	701.75x
37	Strike	12	0.320%	195.12x
38	Breckenridge	11	0.300%	291.01x
39	Petrie	11	0.300%	24.88x
40	Roy	11	0.300%	32.53x
41	Easterbrook	10	0.270%	94.52x
42	Fullarton	10	0.270%	127.71x
43	Wyllie	10	0.270%	38.39x
44	Allardice	9	0.240%	182.93x
45	Balfour	9	0.240%	34.74x
46	Lamont	9	0.240%	27.21x
47	Taggart	9	0.240%	64.06x
48	Tannock	9	0.240%	318.02x
49	Whiteside	9	0.240%	30.40x
50	Blackley	8	0.220%	79.29x
51	Colquhoun	8	0.220%	36.30x
52	Kier	8	0.220%	484.85x
53	Oliphant	8	0.220%	55.25x
54	Towler	8	0.220%	48.19x
55	Vallance	8	0.220%	47.70x
56	Gillan	7	0.190%	53.52x
57	Gourlay	7	0.190%	33.95x
58	Harvie	7	0.190%	57.52x
59	Hynds	7	0.190%	309.73x
60	Kinney	7	0.190%	231.02x
61	Kippen	7	0.190%	244.76x
62	Lind	7	0.190%	110.94x
63	Steell	7	0.190%	1029.41x
64	Barbour	6	0.160%	29.34x
65	Blane	6	0.160%	83.57x
66	Calderwood	6	0.160%	44.94x
67	Conn	6	0.160%	58.77x
68	Gollan	6	0.160%	222.22x
69	Littlejohn	6	0.160%	33.43x
70	Nairn	6	0.160%	32.59x
71	Semple	6	0.160%	33.84x
72	Seton	6	0.160%	169.49x
73	Skillin	6	0.160%	967.74x
74	Balloch	5	0.130%	193.80x
75	Beglin	5	0.130%	1923.08x
76	Carton	5	0.130%	242.72x
77	Caskie	5	0.130%	297.62x
78	Creber	5	0.130%	126.58x
79	Hallan	5	0.130%	423.73x
80	Lochart	5	0.130%	318.47x
81	Lodd	5	0.130%	1111.11x
82	Malcolmson	5	0.130%	145.77x
83	Merton	5	0.130%	118.76x
84	Baine	4	0.110%	142.35x
85	Devon	4	0.110%	116.62x
86	Faulds	4	0.110%	35.24x
87	Leamon	4	0.110%	300.75x
88	Service	4	0.110%	44.30x
89	Symington	4	0.110%	38.87x
90	Biggar	3	0.080%	58.37x
91	Brogan	3	0.080%	23.90x
92	Craighead	3	0.080%	89.82x
93	Highet	3	0.080%	95.24x
94	Rorison	3	0.080%	291.26x
95	Whiteford	3	0.080%	30.43x
96	Fee	2	0.050%	31.65x
97	Gairdner	2	0.050%	180.18x
98	Hasty	2	0.050%	130.72x
99	Olner	2	0.050%	215.05x
100	Raeside	2	0.050%	62.89x