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1881 census place

Stranraer surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stranraer, 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

138 surnames are listed for Stranraer, Wigtownshire, covering 928 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pirrie, with 2 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stranraer

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
101Pirrie232.84x
102Storrar258.14x
103Tosh225.19x
104Wagner227.59x
105Belford131.85x
106Boe178.13x
107Brasted1196.08x
108Carnie116.42x
109Carruth147.17x
110Casper164.94x
111Cavan145.05x
112Clydesdale142.37x
113Cosh135.21x
114Cruthers174.63x
115Dun125.97x
116Faires183.33x
117Fryar186.96x
118Fullarton113.40x
119Girvin180.65x
120Goudie18.90x
121Halloway178.74x
122Hillan1108.70x
123Hillen162.89x
124Hughan159.88x
125Hulmes121.69x
126Kays172.99x
127Lead158.48x
128Lochart167.11x
129Milliken133.67x
130Milling137.04x
131Obryan164.52x
132Oconnel1161.29x
133Rielly119.53x
134Roddie159.17x
135Steuart148.78x
136Torbet155.56x
137Whannel1158.73x
138Wilkens199.01x