1881 census place

Kilwinning surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kilwinning, 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

255 surnames are listed for Kilwinning, Ayrshire, covering 3,115 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Kerr, with 111 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kilwinning

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	Kerr	111	1.57%	28.83x
2	Muir	100	1.42%	37.01x
3	Reid	89	1.26%	12.00x
4	Ferguson	83	1.18%	16.59x
5	Gibson	79	1.12%	9.22x
6	Montgomerie	61	0.860%	453.19x
7	Hamilton	58	0.820%	10.95x
8	Barr	57	0.810%	33.39x
9	Howie	53	0.750%	76.52x
10	Millar	53	0.750%	20.57x
11	Boyd	51	0.720%	20.60x
12	Crawford	50	0.710%	14.47x
13	Frew	48	0.680%	135.29x
14	Montgomery	46	0.650%	41.06x
15	Baird	41	0.580%	27.16x
16	Allan	39	0.550%	8.80x
17	Donaldson	37	0.520%	18.38x
18	Maxwell	35	0.500%	20.86x
19	Cairns	33	0.470%	21.61x
20	Wylie	33	0.470%	40.17x
21	Allison	31	0.440%	15.45x
22	Lamont	31	0.440%	49.38x
23	Lindsay	29	0.410%	12.60x
24	Auld	28	0.400%	65.80x
25	Nairn	28	0.400%	80.14x
26	Barclay	27	0.380%	18.58x
27	Currie	27	0.380%	13.59x
28	Gillespie	27	0.380%	24.12x
29	Gilmour	27	0.380%	27.02x
30	Ralston	27	0.380%	113.64x
31	Dunlop	26	0.370%	22.85x
32	Richmond	26	0.370%	16.81x
33	Logan	25	0.350%	14.93x
34	Mackie	25	0.350%	16.56x
35	Blair	23	0.330%	12.57x
36	Docherty	23	0.330%	21.90x
37	Lynch	23	0.330%	12.35x
38	Wales	23	0.330%	40.22x
39	Jeffrey	22	0.310%	16.85x
40	Service	22	0.310%	128.35x
41	Brodie	21	0.300%	22.16x
42	Strachan	21	0.300%	17.25x
43	Bannerman	20	0.280%	80.81x
44	Knox	20	0.280%	16.50x
45	Templeton	20	0.280%	38.35x
46	Conn	19	0.270%	98.04x
47	Sim	18	0.260%	22.70x
48	Cowie	17	0.240%	19.84x
49	Greig	17	0.240%	15.21x
50	Hannah	17	0.240%	18.52x
51	Neil	17	0.240%	18.21x
52	Rennie	17	0.240%	13.79x
53	Baillie	16	0.230%	21.84x
54	Cairney	16	0.230%	101.14x
55	Gemmell	16	0.230%	37.71x
56	Beveridge	15	0.210%	20.41x
57	Bicket	15	0.210%	413.22x
58	Doak	15	0.210%	447.76x
59	Fulton	15	0.210%	16.84x
60	Goldie	15	0.210%	34.14x
61	Kenneth	15	0.210%	520.83x
62	Paisley	15	0.210%	95.54x
63	Perrie	15	0.210%	185.41x
64	Samson	15	0.210%	29.74x
65	Woodside	15	0.210%	387.60x
66	Garven	14	0.200%	317.46x
67	Longmuir	14	0.200%	106.79x
68	Steven	14	0.200%	26.17x
69	Aird	13	0.180%	35.39x
70	Allardice	13	0.180%	139.19x
71	Dyet	13	0.180%	377.91x
72	Heron	13	0.180%	19.20x
73	Somerville	13	0.180%	22.12x
74	Strain	13	0.180%	95.24x
75	Arnot	12	0.170%	55.10x
76	Ballantyne	12	0.170%	22.41x
77	Downie	12	0.170%	14.49x
78	Hopkin	12	0.170%	21.98x
79	Littlejohn	12	0.170%	35.23x
80	Petrie	12	0.170%	14.30x
81	Trayner	12	0.170%	178.04x
82	Hail	11	0.160%	244.44x
83	Kelso	11	0.160%	66.39x
84	Kirkland	11	0.160%	17.50x
85	Kirkwood	11	0.160%	17.24x
86	Niven	11	0.160%	22.39x
87	Tennant	11	0.160%	14.59x
88	Crookston	10	0.140%	257.07x
89	Finnigan	10	0.140%	36.26x
90	Gourlay	10	0.140%	25.56x
91	Lockhart	10	0.140%	20.33x
92	Sime	10	0.140%	35.35x
93	Skelly	10	0.140%	74.96x
94	Strathdee	10	0.140%	148.81x
95	Wyllie	10	0.140%	20.23x
96	Babington	9	0.130%	129.50x
97	Bothwell	9	0.130%	115.68x
98	Close	9	0.130%	14.61x
99	Dalziel	9	0.130%	28.84x
100	Dickie	9	0.130%	16.25x