1881 census place

Old Cumnock surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Old Cumnock, 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

146 surnames are listed for Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, covering 1,695 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Baird, with 78 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Old Cumnock

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	Baird	78	1.60%	74.93x
2	Murdoch	58	1.19%	70.14x
3	Richmond	47	0.970%	44.07x
4	Kay	44	0.900%	17.40x
5	Crawford	43	0.880%	18.05x
6	Howat	43	0.880%	287.82x
7	Kerr	42	0.860%	15.82x
8	Dunsmore	37	0.760%	295.53x
9	Hyslop	36	0.740%	128.62x
10	Samson	35	0.720%	100.66x
11	Findlay	33	0.680%	32.72x
12	Vallance	33	0.680%	150.41x
13	Nicol	29	0.600%	28.62x
14	Lorimer	27	0.550%	138.75x
15	Purdie	27	0.550%	134.19x
16	Arthur	26	0.530%	24.51x
17	Stillie	26	0.530%	1818.18x
18	Cuthbertson	24	0.490%	63.81x
19	Connell	23	0.470%	27.18x
20	Houston	23	0.470%	37.10x
21	Bradford	22	0.450%	23.18x
22	Robb	22	0.450%	26.13x
23	Crichton	21	0.430%	50.57x
24	Wardrop	21	0.430%	188.85x
25	Cowan	20	0.410%	20.14x
26	Lang	20	0.410%	18.43x
27	Gibb	19	0.390%	22.10x
28	Gillespie	19	0.390%	24.61x
29	Livingstone	19	0.390%	41.87x
30	Lamont	18	0.370%	41.58x
31	Wyllie	18	0.370%	52.80x
32	Aird	17	0.350%	67.11x
33	Dunsmuir	17	0.350%	484.33x
34	Hutcheson	17	0.350%	68.05x
35	Drummond	16	0.330%	16.54x
36	Patrick	16	0.330%	16.50x
37	Shankland	16	0.330%	184.33x
38	Blackwood	15	0.310%	52.85x
39	Cree	15	0.310%	103.23x
40	Gaffney	15	0.310%	90.85x
41	Nimmo	15	0.310%	69.19x
42	Stoddart	15	0.310%	36.91x
43	Gilmour	14	0.290%	20.32x
44	Rolinson	14	0.290%	401.15x
45	Laurie	13	0.270%	31.09x
46	Mathieson	13	0.270%	25.35x
47	Neil	13	0.270%	20.19x
48	Ronald	13	0.270%	74.88x
49	Broadfoot	12	0.250%	103.27x
50	Latta	12	0.250%	196.72x
51	Merry	12	0.250%	32.99x
52	Riggans	12	0.250%	3243.24x
53	Boswell	11	0.230%	24.06x
54	Climie	11	0.230%	1208.79x
55	Goldie	11	0.230%	36.30x
56	Jardine	11	0.230%	24.25x
57	Kirkland	11	0.230%	25.38x
58	Begg	10	0.210%	33.76x
59	Blain	10	0.210%	59.14x
60	Docherty	10	0.210%	13.81x
61	Lennox	10	0.210%	34.63x
62	Donaghy	9	0.180%	178.22x
63	Fergueson	9	0.180%	810.81x
64	Laidlaw	9	0.180%	20.86x
65	Rankine	9	0.180%	36.45x
66	Sloan	9	0.180%	19.63x
67	Templeton	9	0.180%	25.03x
68	Bannatyne	8	0.160%	136.29x
69	Findley	8	0.160%	62.21x
70	Marrs	8	0.160%	162.60x
71	Moodie	8	0.160%	35.01x
72	Napier	8	0.160%	20.44x
73	Tannock	8	0.160%	215.63x
74	Tear	8	0.160%	116.11x
75	Barrowman	7	0.140%	104.48x
76	Dinning	7	0.140%	64.46x
77	Eadie	7	0.140%	30.41x
78	Foggo	7	0.140%	137.52x
79	Plunkett	7	0.140%	54.39x
80	Sime	7	0.140%	35.88x
81	Boa	6	0.120%	291.26x
82	Callan	6	0.120%	38.34x
83	Frew	6	0.120%	24.53x
84	Girvan	6	0.120%	78.33x
85	Heart	6	0.120%	136.67x
86	Hillhouse	6	0.120%	136.05x
87	Lammie	6	0.120%	251.05x
88	Moyle	6	0.120%	25.58x
89	Rannie	6	0.120%	232.56x
90	Shirkie	6	0.120%	1153.85x
91	Skilling	6	0.120%	122.95x
92	Tannahill	6	0.120%	124.22x
93	Wight	6	0.120%	23.95x
94	Ewings	5	0.100%	156.25x
95	Haddow	5	0.100%	33.69x
96	Howatson	5	0.100%	133.69x
97	Lafferty	5	0.100%	44.96x
98	Loy	5	0.100%	117.10x
99	Smeaton	5	0.100%	36.52x
100	Sneddon	5	0.100%	17.25x