1881 census place

Tarbolton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Tarbolton, 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

118 surnames are listed for Tarbolton, Ayrshire, covering 963 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dunlop, with 89 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Tarbolton

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	89	2.47%	153.50x
2	Paton	34	0.950%	42.24x
3	Vance	31	0.860%	452.55x
4	Frew	28	0.780%	154.87x
5	Drinnan	25	0.690%	1054.85x
6	Meikle	25	0.690%	96.56x
7	Barbour	19	0.530%	96.06x
8	Nicol	19	0.530%	25.37x
9	Nisbet	19	0.530%	50.01x
10	Tannock	19	0.530%	693.43x
11	Hendren	18	0.500%	2278.48x
12	Smillie	18	0.500%	252.10x
13	Candlish	17	0.470%	404.76x
14	Symington	16	0.440%	160.80x
15	Spiers	15	0.420%	50.64x
16	Adair	14	0.390%	124.89x
17	Nimmo	14	0.390%	87.34x
18	Imrie	13	0.360%	92.40x
19	Mair	13	0.360%	39.09x
20	Storrie	13	0.360%	224.53x
21	Nilson	12	0.330%	428.57x
22	Vallance	12	0.330%	73.98x
23	Gourley	11	0.310%	168.97x
24	Hepburn	11	0.310%	34.36x
25	Monaghan	11	0.310%	42.18x
26	Templeton	11	0.310%	41.38x
27	Balfour	10	0.280%	39.90x
28	Blain	10	0.280%	80.06x
29	Shankland	10	0.280%	155.76x
30	Speirs	10	0.280%	71.07x
31	Balmer	9	0.250%	66.13x
32	Blackwood	9	0.250%	42.90x
33	Curran	9	0.250%	29.87x
34	Doolan	9	0.250%	127.66x
35	Goudie	9	0.250%	79.02x
36	Macarthur	9	0.250%	208.82x
37	Murchie	9	0.250%	151.01x
38	Borland	8	0.220%	51.41x
39	Deans	8	0.220%	32.79x
40	Montgomerie	8	0.220%	116.62x
41	Neill	8	0.220%	33.59x
42	Pyper	8	0.220%	208.33x
43	Sweeten	8	0.220%	1632.65x
44	Whiteford	8	0.220%	83.86x
45	Wyllie	8	0.220%	31.76x
46	Addie	7	0.190%	175.00x
47	Auld	7	0.190%	32.27x
48	Chrystal	7	0.190%	141.13x
49	Cree	7	0.190%	65.18x
50	Galt	7	0.190%	85.78x
51	Gilfillan	7	0.190%	100.57x
52	Howat	7	0.190%	63.41x
53	Truesdale	7	0.190%	1400.00x
54	Beggs	6	0.170%	124.48x
55	Caddis	6	0.170%	1395.35x
56	Corrigan	6	0.170%	37.22x
57	Danks	6	0.170%	38.29x
58	Donnley	6	0.170%	1111.11x
59	Haining	6	0.170%	132.45x
60	Haliday	6	0.170%	185.76x
61	Jess	6	0.170%	214.29x
62	Macpherson	6	0.170%	25.75x
63	Mathie	6	0.170%	82.53x
64	Nish	6	0.170%	248.96x
65	Ohara	6	0.170%	29.01x
66	Semple	6	0.170%	35.01x
67	Shannan	6	0.170%	317.46x
68	Calderwood	5	0.140%	38.70x
69	Crate	5	0.140%	216.45x
70	Develin	5	0.140%	163.93x
71	Kennan	5	0.140%	198.41x
72	Meehan	5	0.140%	69.64x
73	Nevil	5	0.140%	442.48x
74	Shimmin	5	0.140%	52.14x
75	Bonar	4	0.110%	69.32x
76	Drennan	4	0.110%	82.14x
77	Fitzwilliam	4	0.110%	388.35x
78	Gouldie	4	0.110%	421.05x
79	Hanney	4	0.110%	69.57x
80	Marchall	4	0.110%	275.86x
81	Mulholland	4	0.110%	29.92x
82	Cochran	3	0.080%	21.85x
83	Girvin	3	0.080%	238.10x
84	Hendrie	3	0.080%	34.01x
85	Highet	3	0.080%	98.36x
86	Kenna	3	0.080%	87.72x
87	Mcadam	3	0.080%	254.24x
88	Ralston	3	0.080%	24.77x
89	Shirlaw	3	0.080%	132.74x
90	Speir	3	0.080%	186.34x
91	Cassells	2	0.060%	34.19x
92	Craige	2	0.060%	198.02x
93	Crossan	2	0.060%	40.73x
94	Fergie	2	0.060%	118.34x
95	Hanna	2	0.060%	35.15x
96	Kissock	2	0.060%	137.93x
97	Maclure	2	0.060%	115.61x
98	Morr	2	0.060%	1111.11x
99	Mure	2	0.060%	119.76x
100	Sillars	2	0.060%	64.31x