1881 census place

Loudoun surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Loudoun, 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

161 surnames are listed for Loudoun, Ayrshire, covering 2,779 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Morton, with 334 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Loudoun

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	Morton	334	6.35%	118.85x
2	Young	172	3.27%	15.23x
3	Mair	142	2.70%	292.18x
4	Richmond	96	1.83%	83.34x
5	Pollock	95	1.81%	124.39x
6	Findlay	71	1.35%	65.17x
7	Aird	69	1.31%	252.29x
8	Lawson	62	1.18%	20.00x
9	Paterson	60	1.14%	16.77x
10	Hamilton	57	1.08%	14.45x
11	Cleland	55	1.05%	395.40x
12	Dykes	52	0.990%	143.77x
13	Nisbet	50	0.950%	90.06x
14	Muir	42	0.800%	20.87x
15	Borland	41	0.780%	180.30x
16	Connell	41	0.780%	44.86x
17	Jamieson	39	0.740%	26.63x
18	Torrance	39	0.740%	168.25x
19	Baird	34	0.650%	30.24x
20	Hood	34	0.650%	23.36x
21	Scade	31	0.590%	4428.57x
22	Fleming	28	0.530%	12.82x
23	Neil	28	0.530%	40.26x
24	Wagstaff	28	0.530%	42.79x
25	Lindsay	27	0.510%	15.75x
26	Love	26	0.490%	20.86x
27	Gebbie	25	0.480%	465.55x
28	Auld	22	0.420%	69.42x
29	Houston	22	0.420%	32.86x
30	Lawrie	22	0.420%	43.69x
31	Woodburn	22	0.420%	132.05x
32	Cochrane	21	0.400%	25.78x
33	Howie	21	0.400%	40.71x
34	Loudon	21	0.400%	140.56x
35	Rankin	21	0.400%	26.89x
36	Alston	20	0.380%	58.39x
37	Orr	20	0.380%	22.58x
38	Stirling	20	0.380%	29.27x
39	Gallocher	19	0.360%	130.67x
40	Girvan	19	0.360%	229.75x
41	Wylie	19	0.360%	31.05x
42	Archibald	18	0.340%	39.66x
43	Chynoweth	18	0.340%	821.92x
44	Cochran	17	0.320%	84.70x
45	Kirkland	17	0.320%	36.32x
46	Roxburgh	17	0.320%	104.42x
47	Shields	16	0.300%	19.69x
48	Crerar	15	0.290%	146.34x
49	Finnie	15	0.290%	82.06x
50	Gallacher	15	0.290%	33.08x
51	Haddow	15	0.290%	93.57x
52	Tarbet	15	0.290%	292.40x
53	Caldwell	14	0.270%	17.02x
54	Spiers	14	0.270%	32.35x
55	Agnew	13	0.250%	43.95x
56	Aiton	13	0.250%	388.06x
57	Gemmill	13	0.250%	169.49x
58	Struthers	13	0.250%	55.30x
59	Bowie	12	0.230%	26.20x
60	Goldie	12	0.230%	36.66x
61	Lambie	12	0.230%	69.97x
62	Ralston	12	0.230%	67.80x
63	Burley	11	0.210%	22.05x
64	Hannah	11	0.210%	16.09x
65	Semple	11	0.210%	43.91x
66	Beggs	10	0.190%	142.05x
67	Dunning	10	0.190%	22.41x
68	Meikle	10	0.190%	26.43x
69	Ramage	10	0.190%	33.84x
70	Cuthbertson	9	0.170%	22.15x
71	Erskine	9	0.170%	27.67x
72	Lindsey	9	0.170%	33.63x
73	Livingstone	9	0.170%	18.36x
74	Murchie	9	0.170%	103.33x
75	Sommerville	9	0.170%	43.42x
76	Barbour	8	0.150%	27.68x
77	Gloag	8	0.150%	167.36x
78	Heneghan	8	0.150%	842.11x
79	Steven	8	0.150%	20.08x
80	Thorburn	8	0.150%	26.35x
81	Wardrop	8	0.150%	66.61x
82	Wishart	8	0.150%	19.42x
83	Howatson	7	0.130%	173.27x
84	Mathie	7	0.130%	65.91x
85	Mcpherson	7	0.130%	101.16x
86	Peden	7	0.130%	65.91x
87	Sawers	7	0.130%	113.82x
88	Welden	7	0.130%	555.56x
89	Aaron	6	0.110%	73.17x
90	Easdon	6	0.110%	517.24x
91	Frew	6	0.110%	22.71x
92	Laughland	6	0.110%	208.33x
93	Mudge	6	0.110%	37.55x
94	Whitelaw	6	0.110%	19.14x
95	Arbuckle	5	0.100%	44.72x
96	Cush	5	0.100%	378.79x
97	Howat	5	0.100%	31.00x
98	Jamie	5	0.100%	176.68x
99	Bulger	4	0.080%	69.93x
100	Calderwood	4	0.080%	21.20x