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1881 census place

Penninghame surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Penninghame, Wigtownshire 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

145 surnames are listed for Penninghame, Wigtownshire, covering 1,042 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hannah, with 65 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Penninghame

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Hannah65126.39x
2Erskine30122.55x
3Agnew27121.29x
4Thorburn25109.46x
5Irvine2326.39x
6Irving2326.10x
7Milroy23203.18x
8Vernon2233.78x
9Findlay2125.62x
10Forsyth1922.51x
11Hyslop1983.52x
12Hannay18184.62x
13Rennie1826.05x
14Moffat1723.72x
15Cochran16105.96x
16Jardine1643.40x
17Cuthbertson1445.80x
18Dalrymple1481.25x
19Bryden1377.84x
20Carson1329.82x
21Cochrane1321.21x
22Drysdale1338.86x
23Fulton1326.04x
24Nairn1366.39x
25Hodkinson1242.96x
26Blain1180.06x
27Broadfoot11116.53x
28Farries11426.36x
29Diamond1054.38x
30Donnan10456.62x
31Gifford1029.07x
32Kevan10296.74x
33Landers10159.49x
34Lockhart1036.28x
35Malone1031.59x
36Murchie10152.67x
37Stroyan10487.80x
38Tongue1075.53x
39Blackwood939.03x
40Ferries9257.88x
41Nimmo951.08x
42Roney9114.36x
43Templeton930.80x
44Girvan8128.62x
45Haining8160.64x
46Hewetson8199.01x
47Lundie8116.62x
48Monteith876.19x
49Moodie843.08x
50Niven829.06x
51Nivison8551.72x
52Purdie848.93x
53Seggie8368.66x
54Sherman835.79x
55Brackenridge7131.09x
56Duffie7258.30x
57Garnell7583.33x
58Litterick7673.08x
59Peattie7140.28x
60Pride771.87x
61Rankine734.88x
62Ronalds7909.09x
63Varney733.82x
64Byron641.49x
65Dearie6276.50x
66Fingland6297.03x
67Haswell646.91x
68Hislop625.21x
69Ormsby6124.48x
70Ballie5326.80x
71Basset5138.12x
72Beddie5331.13x
73Bigham5243.90x
74Coid5675.68x
75Craik541.29x
76Dinwoodie5117.92x
77Hanlon527.37x
78Learmont5320.51x
79Pettigrew526.03x
80Roddick5171.82x
81Airdrie4465.12x
82Boyles452.02x
83Caird449.75x
84Crossan474.07x
85Cunninghame4140.85x
86Dicken435.91x
87Lorrimer4261.44x
88Tear471.43x
89Burnie361.73x
90Cairney333.86x
91Caskie3168.54x
92Clair3204.08x
93Farnon3681.82x
94Hanlin3149.25x
95Herries3140.85x
96Maclure3157.89x
97Robison333.94x
98Rosse3681.82x
99Skelly340.11x
100Skimming3132.74x