1881 census place

Stewarton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stewarton, 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

141 surnames are listed for Stewarton, Ayrshire, covering 2,002 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dunlop, with 171 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stewarton

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	Dunlop	171	3.95%	245.30x
2	Currie	123	2.84%	101.04x
3	Ferguson	105	2.43%	34.24x
4	Kerr	77	1.78%	32.64x
5	Gillies	55	1.27%	88.90x
6	Nairn	53	1.23%	247.55x
7	Alexander	48	1.11%	20.96x
8	Wyllie	46	1.06%	151.87x
9	Orr	42	0.970%	57.62x
10	Picken	41	0.950%	227.02x
11	Barclay	39	0.900%	43.81x
12	Gilmour	39	0.900%	63.70x
13	Mackie	39	0.900%	42.17x
14	Paton	39	0.900%	40.30x
15	Wylie	37	0.860%	73.50x
16	Sim	36	0.830%	74.09x
17	Barbour	35	0.810%	147.18x
18	Muir	35	0.810%	21.14x
19	Neilson	34	0.790%	55.77x
20	Shields	34	0.790%	50.84x
21	Chalmers	32	0.740%	31.07x
22	Rodger	31	0.720%	50.98x
23	Templeton	30	0.690%	93.90x
24	Calderwood	28	0.650%	180.30x
25	Highet	28	0.650%	762.94x
26	Baird	23	0.530%	24.86x
27	Galt	23	0.530%	234.45x
28	Wardrop	23	0.530%	232.79x
29	Borland	22	0.510%	117.58x
30	Browning	19	0.440%	21.58x
31	Armour	17	0.390%	62.71x
32	Deans	17	0.390%	57.94x
33	Dinning	17	0.390%	176.17x
34	Foulds	17	0.390%	58.08x
35	Laird	15	0.350%	30.89x
36	Muirhead	15	0.350%	44.95x
37	Cochrane	14	0.320%	20.89x
38	Fulton	14	0.320%	25.65x
39	Skeoch	14	0.320%	682.93x
40	Cranston	13	0.300%	74.24x
41	Cassells	12	0.280%	170.70x
42	Whiteford	12	0.280%	104.62x
43	Cuthbertson	11	0.250%	32.90x
44	Dakers	11	0.250%	188.03x
45	Dickie	11	0.250%	32.40x
46	Howie	11	0.250%	25.92x
47	Lamberton	11	0.250%	384.62x
48	Skimming	11	0.250%	445.34x
49	Eaglesham	10	0.230%	282.49x
50	Kirkland	10	0.230%	25.97x
51	Laurie	10	0.230%	26.90x
52	Montgomerie	10	0.230%	121.21x
53	Provan	10	0.230%	115.61x
54	Raeburn	10	0.230%	104.06x
55	Auld	9	0.210%	34.52x
56	Colquhoun	9	0.210%	35.12x
57	Howatson	9	0.210%	271.08x
58	Laidlaw	9	0.210%	23.47x
59	Sheddon	9	0.210%	375.00x
60	Aron	8	0.180%	888.89x
61	Clugston	8	0.180%	503.14x
62	Laughland	8	0.180%	337.55x
63	Liddel	8	0.180%	256.41x
64	Steven	8	0.180%	24.41x
65	Carswell	7	0.160%	44.25x
66	Cuningham	7	0.160%	227.27x
67	Holburn	7	0.160%	242.21x
68	Kearney	7	0.160%	34.86x
69	Lochhead	7	0.160%	89.74x
70	Maltman	7	0.160%	125.22x
71	Newlands	7	0.160%	40.05x
72	Sheach	7	0.160%	542.64x
73	Smillie	7	0.160%	81.59x
74	Cassels	6	0.140%	76.63x
75	Gemmell	6	0.140%	23.08x
76	Laughlan	6	0.140%	206.90x
77	Lavery	6	0.140%	50.46x
78	Snodgrass	6	0.140%	153.45x
79	Stillie	6	0.140%	472.44x
80	Bicket	5	0.120%	225.23x
81	Dalgleish	5	0.120%	25.72x
82	Fay	5	0.120%	27.64x
83	Horspool	5	0.120%	144.93x
84	Moncur	5	0.120%	58.69x
85	Blane	4	0.090%	47.90x
86	Connal	4	0.090%	123.08x
87	Gemmel	4	0.090%	102.83x
88	Howatt	4	0.090%	165.98x
89	Mearns	4	0.090%	28.67x
90	Scoular	4	0.090%	72.86x
91	Belger	3	0.070%	714.29x
92	Boag	3	0.070%	23.96x
93	Drinnan	3	0.070%	105.26x
94	Garven	3	0.070%	111.11x
95	Harkins	3	0.070%	30.67x
96	Howat	3	0.070%	22.61x
97	Lewes	3	0.070%	29.38x
98	Rorrison	3	0.070%	223.88x
99	Bole	2	0.050%	66.67x
100	Brownlie	2	0.050%	10.56x