1881 census place

Muirkirk surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Muirkirk, 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

171 surnames are listed for Muirkirk, Ayrshire, covering 2,015 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Samson, with 118 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Muirkirk

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	Samson	118	2.30%	321.79x
2	Murdoch	93	1.81%	106.64x
3	Gibson	68	1.32%	10.91x
4	Blyth	61	1.19%	75.37x
5	Wallace	61	1.19%	17.35x
6	Weir	54	1.05%	40.45x
7	Park	51	0.990%	32.05x
8	Bone	41	0.800%	43.09x
9	Johnstone	39	0.760%	16.81x
10	Lindsay	39	0.760%	23.31x
11	Gilchrist	38	0.740%	50.49x
12	Jack	35	0.680%	32.08x
13	Steele	35	0.680%	25.47x
14	Hodge	32	0.620%	24.73x
15	Dempster	30	0.580%	83.06x
16	Baird	29	0.560%	26.42x
17	Vallance	28	0.550%	121.00x
18	Begg	25	0.490%	80.05x
19	Loggie	24	0.470%	672.27x
20	Harkness	23	0.450%	79.94x
21	Telfer	23	0.450%	74.92x
22	Beck	22	0.430%	18.33x
23	Gilfillan	22	0.430%	221.55x
24	Woodburn	22	0.430%	135.22x
25	Dunbar	21	0.410%	35.60x
26	Forsyth	21	0.410%	19.17x
27	Adamson	20	0.390%	14.73x
28	Hutchison	20	0.390%	23.69x
29	Mair	19	0.370%	40.04x
30	Logie	18	0.350%	120.72x
31	Moffat	18	0.350%	19.35x
32	Neil	18	0.350%	26.51x
33	Paton	18	0.350%	15.67x
34	Morran	17	0.330%	266.04x
35	Bertram	16	0.310%	65.17x
36	Kilpatrick	16	0.310%	60.54x
37	Symington	16	0.310%	112.76x
38	Howie	15	0.290%	29.78x
39	Archibald	14	0.270%	31.59x
40	Callan	14	0.270%	84.80x
41	Dalziel	14	0.270%	61.67x
42	Lambie	14	0.270%	83.58x
43	Milligan	14	0.270%	23.17x
44	Caldow	13	0.250%	474.45x
45	Higgans	13	0.250%	520.00x
46	Killin	13	0.250%	381.23x
47	Mullan	13	0.250%	139.63x
48	Service	13	0.250%	104.33x
49	Shearer	13	0.250%	19.73x
50	Aird	12	0.230%	44.93x
51	Bryce	12	0.230%	23.36x
52	Hair	12	0.230%	59.94x
53	Haugh	12	0.230%	157.69x
54	Rowan	12	0.230%	36.31x
55	Sloan	12	0.230%	24.82x
56	Crosbie	11	0.210%	41.75x
57	Curran	11	0.210%	25.58x
58	Blackwood	10	0.190%	33.41x
59	Dougan	10	0.190%	81.50x
60	Downie	10	0.190%	16.61x
61	Girdwood	10	0.190%	155.04x
62	Thorburn	10	0.190%	33.74x
63	Cranston	9	0.180%	43.31x
64	Cuthbertson	9	0.180%	22.69x
65	Ewing	9	0.180%	19.02x
66	Fairbairn	9	0.180%	23.73x
67	Goldie	9	0.180%	28.17x
68	Gowans	9	0.180%	54.45x
69	Hyslop	9	0.180%	30.49x
70	Laidlaw	9	0.180%	19.78x
71	Lennox	9	0.180%	29.55x
72	Maddan	9	0.180%	708.66x
73	Purdon	9	0.180%	94.64x
74	Steven	9	0.180%	23.14x
75	Templeton	9	0.180%	23.73x
76	Wooley	9	0.180%	27.40x
77	Borthwick	8	0.160%	27.76x
78	Herron	8	0.160%	43.53x
79	Overend	8	0.160%	52.39x
80	Brogan	7	0.140%	40.44x
81	Burnside	7	0.140%	38.89x
82	Connar	7	0.140%	250.90x
83	Howatson	7	0.140%	177.67x
84	Quinton	7	0.140%	29.35x
85	Sneddon	7	0.140%	22.90x
86	Trudgen	7	0.140%	630.63x
87	Cree	6	0.120%	39.14x
88	Drylie	6	0.120%	480.00x
89	Finnan	6	0.120%	416.67x
90	Finnie	6	0.120%	33.61x
91	Hotchkiss	6	0.120%	49.14x
92	Lammie	6	0.120%	238.10x
93	Moreland	6	0.120%	52.96x
94	Murdock	6	0.120%	32.29x
95	Rodie	6	0.120%	315.79x
96	Stirrat	6	0.120%	84.99x
97	Tweedie	6	0.120%	30.30x
98	Wardrope	6	0.120%	119.05x
99	Caine	5	0.100%	23.26x
100	Clapperton	5	0.100%	41.43x