1881 census place
Sorn surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Sorn, 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
142 surnames are listed for Sorn, Ayrshire, covering 1,322 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Black, with 46 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Sorn
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 | Black | 46 | 16.54x |
| 2 | Park | 41 | 30.80x |
| 3 | Baird | 39 | 42.47x |
| 4 | Morton | 39 | 16.99x |
| 5 | Muir | 37 | 22.51x |
| 6 | Gibb | 32 | 42.19x |
| 7 | Nimmo | 32 | 167.28x |
| 8 | Buchanan | 31 | 27.93x |
| 9 | Templeton | 30 | 94.58x |
| 10 | Kirkland | 29 | 75.86x |
| 11 | Urquhart | 27 | 44.75x |
| 12 | Gemmell | 26 | 100.74x |
| 13 | Girvan | 26 | 385.19x |
| 14 | Hendry | 25 | 36.74x |
| 15 | Ramage | 25 | 103.56x |
| 16 | Dalziel | 23 | 121.12x |
| 17 | Weir | 22 | 19.70x |
| 18 | Sloan | 21 | 51.93x |
| 19 | Lamberton | 20 | 704.23x |
| 20 | Gillies | 19 | 30.93x |
| 21 | Murdoch | 19 | 26.04x |
| 22 | Piper | 19 | 22.39x |
| 23 | Goldie | 17 | 63.60x |
| 24 | Meikle | 17 | 55.00x |
| 25 | Retson | 17 | 1287.88x |
| 26 | Bone | 16 | 20.10x |
| 27 | Caldwell | 16 | 23.81x |
| 28 | Barbour | 15 | 63.53x |
| 29 | Blain | 15 | 100.54x |
| 30 | Dunlop | 15 | 21.67x |
| 31 | Hyslop | 15 | 60.73x |
| 32 | Baillie | 14 | 31.41x |
| 33 | Hair | 14 | 83.58x |
| 34 | Lyle | 14 | 69.69x |
| 35 | Connelly | 13 | 32.60x |
| 36 | Doole | 13 | 984.85x |
| 37 | Haining | 13 | 240.30x |
| 38 | Arnott | 12 | 33.26x |
| 39 | Begg | 12 | 45.92x |
| 40 | Bryson | 12 | 36.44x |
| 41 | Caldon | 12 | 745.34x |
| 42 | Manson | 12 | 23.89x |
| 43 | Blane | 11 | 132.69x |
| 44 | Rowan | 11 | 39.78x |
| 45 | Dunsmuir | 10 | 322.58x |
| 46 | Maitland | 10 | 35.88x |
| 47 | Aird | 9 | 40.29x |
| 48 | Bennie | 9 | 75.82x |
| 49 | Hector | 9 | 125.17x |
| 50 | Morran | 9 | 168.22x |
| 51 | Struthers | 9 | 46.88x |
| 52 | Torbet | 9 | 412.84x |
| 53 | Agnew | 8 | 33.10x |
| 54 | Cuthbertson | 8 | 24.10x |
| 55 | Donohoe | 8 | 134.45x |
| 56 | Goudie | 8 | 58.82x |
| 57 | Hinds | 8 | 27.00x |
| 58 | Lithgow | 8 | 105.40x |
| 59 | Nairn | 8 | 37.65x |
| 60 | Rankine | 8 | 36.73x |
| 61 | Skillen | 8 | 274.91x |
| 62 | Strathearn | 8 | 284.70x |
| 63 | Winning | 8 | 82.99x |
| 64 | Dowie | 7 | 67.63x |
| 65 | Folley | 7 | 76.00x |
| 66 | Gall | 7 | 25.26x |
| 67 | Goodlet | 7 | 292.89x |
| 68 | Hastie | 7 | 25.74x |
| 69 | Kyle | 7 | 29.31x |
| 70 | Moan | 7 | 330.19x |
| 71 | Trainer | 7 | 39.84x |
| 72 | Greenshields | 6 | 78.23x |
| 73 | Lightbody | 6 | 79.58x |
| 74 | Raeside | 6 | 163.49x |
| 75 | Collans | 5 | 925.93x |
| 76 | Fitzsimons | 5 | 75.30x |
| 77 | Frew | 5 | 23.17x |
| 78 | Garey | 5 | 216.45x |
| 79 | Lambie | 5 | 35.69x |
| 80 | Mochan | 5 | 331.13x |
| 81 | Murchie | 5 | 70.32x |
| 82 | Traill | 5 | 84.46x |
| 83 | Train | 5 | 51.71x |
| 84 | Connar | 4 | 170.94x |
| 85 | Curdie | 4 | 258.06x |
| 86 | Gemmill | 4 | 63.80x |
| 87 | Headley | 4 | 34.48x |
| 88 | Mowatt | 4 | 60.51x |
| 89 | Sawers | 4 | 79.68x |
| 90 | Sword | 4 | 47.06x |
| 91 | Blackley | 3 | 25.75x |
| 92 | Brechin | 3 | 77.12x |
| 93 | Callender | 3 | 34.40x |
| 94 | Howat | 3 | 22.76x |
| 95 | Strain | 3 | 36.14x |
| 96 | Caldow | 2 | 87.34x |
| 97 | Cessford | 2 | 118.34x |
| 98 | Climie | 2 | 250.00x |
| 99 | Dalzell | 2 | 36.04x |
| 100 | Doak | 2 | 98.04x |