1881 census place
Largs surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Largs, 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
195 surnames are listed for Largs, Ayrshire, covering 1,535 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Crawford, with 99 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Largs
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 | Crawford | 99 | 39.27x |
| 2 | Boyd | 70 | 38.74x |
| 3 | Jack | 57 | 52.07x |
| 4 | Hendry | 47 | 57.60x |
| 5 | Blair | 42 | 31.46x |
| 6 | Paton | 39 | 33.84x |
| 7 | Muir | 36 | 18.26x |
| 8 | Houston | 34 | 51.83x |
| 9 | Orr | 32 | 36.87x |
| 10 | Hopkirk | 27 | 906.04x |
| 11 | Lang | 27 | 23.51x |
| 12 | Barbour | 23 | 81.24x |
| 13 | Rankin | 23 | 30.06x |
| 14 | Dickie | 22 | 54.43x |
| 15 | Malcolm | 21 | 31.01x |
| 16 | Aitken | 20 | 14.80x |
| 17 | Fife | 20 | 145.88x |
| 18 | Barr | 19 | 15.25x |
| 19 | Gallacher | 19 | 42.76x |
| 20 | Rodger | 19 | 26.24x |
| 21 | Tyre | 18 | 388.77x |
| 22 | Beith | 17 | 342.05x |
| 23 | Gallocher | 17 | 119.38x |
| 24 | Guthrie | 17 | 26.19x |
| 25 | Wylie | 17 | 28.36x |
| 26 | Boag | 16 | 107.31x |
| 27 | Fleck | 16 | 274.44x |
| 28 | Kirkwood | 15 | 32.22x |
| 29 | Caldwell | 14 | 17.37x |
| 30 | Gills | 13 | 264.23x |
| 31 | Glen | 13 | 25.50x |
| 32 | Kane | 13 | 31.33x |
| 33 | Quin | 13 | 23.56x |
| 34 | Riddle | 13 | 30.42x |
| 35 | Shedden | 13 | 145.90x |
| 36 | Stirling | 13 | 19.43x |
| 37 | Bryce | 12 | 23.28x |
| 38 | Cassidy | 12 | 19.06x |
| 39 | Becket | 11 | 105.36x |
| 40 | Eadie | 11 | 45.17x |
| 41 | Gallie | 11 | 163.93x |
| 42 | Malcom | 11 | 265.06x |
| 43 | Moodie | 11 | 45.49x |
| 44 | Lamont | 10 | 21.83x |
| 45 | Lochhead | 10 | 107.64x |
| 46 | Meikle | 10 | 26.98x |
| 47 | Speirs | 10 | 49.65x |
| 48 | Blythe | 9 | 23.00x |
| 49 | Brash | 9 | 98.90x |
| 50 | Carswell | 9 | 47.80x |
| 51 | Heaney | 9 | 101.81x |
| 52 | Livingstone | 9 | 18.74x |
| 53 | Lunan | 9 | 210.28x |
| 54 | Blue | 8 | 89.99x |
| 55 | Goldie | 8 | 24.95x |
| 56 | Ledgerwood | 8 | 337.55x |
| 57 | Lennan | 8 | 372.09x |
| 58 | Wyllie | 8 | 22.18x |
| 59 | Broadfoot | 7 | 56.91x |
| 60 | Dorr | 7 | 246.48x |
| 61 | Duck | 7 | 25.31x |
| 62 | Flarty | 7 | 330.19x |
| 63 | Litterick | 7 | 514.71x |
| 64 | Rourk | 7 | 432.10x |
| 65 | Arlett | 6 | 186.34x |
| 66 | Binnie | 6 | 27.95x |
| 67 | Connachan | 6 | 740.74x |
| 68 | Donachy | 6 | 237.15x |
| 69 | Easson | 6 | 60.24x |
| 70 | Erskine | 6 | 18.83x |
| 71 | Guill | 6 | 1153.85x |
| 72 | Harpur | 6 | 145.28x |
| 73 | Hislop | 6 | 19.36x |
| 74 | Littlejohn | 6 | 24.14x |
| 75 | Millin | 6 | 101.18x |
| 76 | Newlands | 6 | 28.83x |
| 77 | Proudfoot | 6 | 26.71x |
| 78 | Beatie | 5 | 125.31x |
| 79 | Bryon | 5 | 97.85x |
| 80 | Carnie | 5 | 56.56x |
| 81 | Clyde | 5 | 68.59x |
| 82 | Dowds | 5 | 349.65x |
| 83 | Foulis | 5 | 129.87x |
| 84 | Holms | 5 | 34.44x |
| 85 | Kyd | 5 | 238.10x |
| 86 | Leckie | 5 | 30.96x |
| 87 | Maben | 5 | 220.26x |
| 88 | Macnamara | 5 | 70.03x |
| 89 | Peek | 5 | 36.76x |
| 90 | Primrose | 5 | 74.29x |
| 91 | Raphael | 5 | 140.45x |
| 92 | Arbuthnott | 4 | 209.42x |
| 93 | Caskie | 4 | 172.41x |
| 94 | Cassels | 4 | 42.92x |
| 95 | Dugan | 4 | 39.88x |
| 96 | Edie | 4 | 139.37x |
| 97 | Fergus | 4 | 43.01x |
| 98 | Goodlet | 4 | 139.37x |
| 99 | Grahame | 4 | 29.67x |
| 100 | Halbert | 4 | 59.97x |