1881 census place

Stevenston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stevenston, 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

185 surnames are listed for Stevenston, Ayrshire, covering 2,051 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hamilton, with 104 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stevenston

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	Hamilton	104	1.82%	24.33x
2	Reid	91	1.60%	15.20x
3	Boyd	87	1.53%	43.52x
4	Thomson	85	1.49%	11.16x
5	Frew	77	1.35%	268.85x
6	Kerr	61	1.07%	19.63x
7	Kilpatrick	49	0.860%	167.01x
8	Park	48	0.840%	27.18x
9	Kelso	41	0.720%	306.43x
10	Banks	37	0.650%	12.66x
11	Logan	36	0.630%	26.64x
12	Lambie	34	0.600%	182.89x
13	Caldwell	33	0.580%	37.01x
14	Duff	29	0.510%	28.60x
15	Stevely	28	0.490%	3414.63x
16	Nicol	27	0.470%	22.76x
17	Conn	26	0.460%	166.24x
18	Howie	26	0.460%	46.50x
19	Dick	23	0.400%	18.09x
20	Allison	22	0.390%	13.58x
21	Baillie	21	0.370%	35.51x
22	Dickie	21	0.370%	46.96x
23	Wyllie	21	0.370%	52.62x
24	Aitken	20	0.350%	13.37x
25	Steele	20	0.350%	13.11x
26	Thom	19	0.330%	37.28x
27	Byron	18	0.320%	86.37x
28	Orr	18	0.320%	18.75x
29	Strachan	18	0.320%	18.32x
30	Bicket	17	0.300%	580.20x
31	Easton	17	0.300%	19.67x
32	Rodman	17	0.300%	286.20x
33	Beveridge	16	0.280%	26.97x
34	Brannan	16	0.280%	41.52x
35	Docherty	16	0.280%	18.88x
36	Findlay	16	0.280%	13.55x
37	Fleck	16	0.280%	248.06x
38	Mathieson	16	0.280%	26.65x
39	Fulton	15	0.260%	20.86x
40	Gilmour	14	0.250%	17.36x
41	Roy	14	0.250%	27.03x
42	Halbert	13	0.230%	176.15x
43	Leggat	13	0.230%	98.56x
44	Montgomerie	13	0.230%	119.60x
45	Cambridge	12	0.210%	68.77x
46	Leitch	12	0.210%	22.07x
47	Lennon	12	0.210%	59.70x
48	Magee	12	0.210%	47.89x
49	Pollock	12	0.210%	14.50x
50	Clasper	11	0.190%	159.65x
51	Gemmell	11	0.190%	32.12x
52	Kirkwood	11	0.190%	21.36x
53	Norwood	11	0.190%	47.66x
54	Vallance	11	0.190%	42.82x
55	Vance	11	0.190%	101.38x
56	Auld	10	0.180%	29.11x
57	Gaw	10	0.180%	294.99x
58	Gracie	10	0.180%	84.10x
59	Greenlees	10	0.180%	90.17x
60	Stevenston	10	0.180%	452.49x
61	Armour	9	0.160%	25.20x
62	Cherrie	9	0.160%	290.32x
63	Deans	9	0.160%	23.29x
64	Herdman	9	0.160%	62.72x
65	Shedden	9	0.160%	91.28x
66	Smillie	9	0.160%	79.65x
67	Witherspoon	9	0.160%	265.49x
68	Bigham	8	0.140%	271.19x
69	Blythe	8	0.140%	18.48x
70	Doran	8	0.140%	16.89x
71	Dorman	8	0.140%	43.64x
72	Glen	8	0.140%	14.18x
73	Gourlay	8	0.140%	25.32x
74	Pennell	8	0.140%	48.54x
75	Speir	8	0.140%	313.73x
76	Stirrat	8	0.140%	102.04x
77	Trainer	8	0.140%	34.32x
78	Woodside	8	0.140%	256.41x
79	Biggar	7	0.120%	88.83x
80	Connely	7	0.120%	66.67x
81	Convery	7	0.120%	172.84x
82	Cunninghame	7	0.120%	171.15x
83	Gallacher	7	0.120%	14.24x
84	Gouldie	7	0.120%	466.67x
85	Harvie	7	0.120%	37.53x
86	Newall	7	0.120%	21.41x
87	Rowan	7	0.120%	19.08x
88	Sharkey	7	0.120%	53.76x
89	Kinnon	6	0.110%	174.93x
90	Laughlan	6	0.110%	157.07x
91	Laughran	6	0.110%	491.80x
92	Meehan	6	0.110%	52.72x
93	Millan	6	0.110%	73.53x
94	Munroe	6	0.110%	38.94x
95	Nilson	6	0.110%	135.44x
96	Reilley	6	0.110%	210.53x
97	Watters	6	0.110%	33.02x
98	Boye	5	0.090%	641.03x
99	Brannigan	5	0.090%	87.87x
100	Brownlee	5	0.090%	25.38x