1881 census place

Urr surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire 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

188 surnames are listed for Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, covering 1,878 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Johnstone, with 88 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Urr

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	Johnstone	88	1.60%	35.39x
2	Johnston	58	1.05%	13.07x
3	Caven	52	0.950%	1123.11x
4	Gillespie	49	0.890%	56.17x
5	Maxwell	48	0.870%	36.72x
6	Grierson	47	0.850%	153.75x
7	Crosbie	42	0.760%	148.78x
8	Carson	37	0.670%	61.04x
9	Hyslop	35	0.640%	110.65x
10	Burnie	33	0.600%	488.17x
11	Tait	32	0.580%	19.76x
12	Milligan	31	0.560%	47.88x
13	Rae	31	0.560%	24.73x
14	Dalziel	30	0.550%	123.36x
15	Dempster	29	0.530%	74.94x
16	Welsh	29	0.530%	13.32x
17	Kirkpatrick	28	0.510%	59.11x
18	Halliday	27	0.490%	23.75x
19	Murdoch	26	0.470%	27.83x
20	Carruthers	24	0.440%	32.99x
21	Newall	24	0.440%	76.05x
22	Coltart	23	0.420%	359.94x
23	Carswell	22	0.400%	109.40x
24	Craik	22	0.400%	130.64x
25	Copland	21	0.380%	68.18x
26	Copeland	20	0.360%	38.42x
27	Faulds	20	0.360%	119.12x
28	Sloan	20	0.360%	38.61x
29	Ewart	19	0.350%	61.43x
30	Helme	19	0.350%	210.18x
31	Billson	18	0.330%	211.76x
32	Kimm	18	0.330%	829.49x
33	Edgar	17	0.310%	20.07x
34	Nish	17	0.310%	460.70x
35	Riddick	17	0.310%	188.89x
36	Beattie	15	0.270%	12.74x
37	Cowden	15	0.270%	346.42x
38	Hannah	15	0.270%	20.98x
39	Porteous	14	0.250%	38.17x
40	Broadfoot	13	0.240%	99.01x
41	Brodie	13	0.240%	17.61x
42	Brydson	13	0.240%	593.61x
43	Corson	13	0.240%	229.68x
44	Docherty	13	0.240%	15.89x
45	Geddes	13	0.240%	19.71x
46	Place	13	0.240%	45.08x
47	Biggar	12	0.220%	157.89x
48	Buchannan	12	0.220%	154.84x
49	Charters	12	0.220%	79.84x
50	Harriman	12	0.220%	84.93x
51	Mackin	12	0.220%	145.10x
52	Muirhead	12	0.220%	28.28x
53	Wykes	12	0.220%	62.50x
54	Jardine	11	0.200%	21.46x
55	Baum	10	0.180%	117.65x
56	Bertram	10	0.180%	38.02x
57	Dobie	10	0.180%	54.38x
58	Dornan	10	0.180%	327.87x
59	Drain	10	0.180%	103.31x
60	Flinn	10	0.180%	30.11x
61	Goldie	10	0.180%	29.21x
62	Hanley	10	0.180%	22.07x
63	Davie	9	0.160%	17.76x
64	Gourlay	9	0.160%	29.52x
65	Patton	9	0.160%	46.01x
66	Pow	9	0.160%	69.82x
67	Affleck	8	0.150%	63.04x
68	Blacklock	8	0.150%	34.25x
69	Charteris	8	0.150%	239.52x
70	Glencross	8	0.150%	168.07x
71	Poland	8	0.150%	84.39x
72	Robison	8	0.150%	65.09x
73	Carlyle	7	0.130%	46.20x
74	Chiswell	7	0.130%	102.94x
75	Crockett	7	0.130%	27.03x
76	Dunwoodie	7	0.130%	250.90x
77	Erskine	7	0.130%	20.56x
78	Glendinning	7	0.130%	33.32x
79	Gowans	7	0.130%	39.53x
80	Haugh	7	0.130%	85.78x
81	Landsborough	7	0.130%	693.07x
82	Ledwidge	7	0.130%	958.90x
83	Lightbody	7	0.130%	72.46x
84	Notman	7	0.130%	77.18x
85	Paisley	7	0.130%	57.24x
86	Raleigh	7	0.130%	443.04x
87	Rooney	7	0.130%	14.26x
88	Shankland	7	0.130%	71.36x
89	Sproat	7	0.130%	64.81x
90	Cassiday	6	0.110%	168.54x
91	Conchie	6	0.110%	251.05x
92	Cowper	6	0.110%	24.90x
93	Crocket	6	0.110%	84.39x
94	Farrel	6	0.110%	48.04x
95	Marjoribanks	6	0.110%	434.78x
96	Monoghan	6	0.110%	368.10x
97	Rankine	6	0.110%	21.51x
98	Sturgeon	6	0.110%	26.99x
99	Toon	6	0.110%	29.08x
100	Whan	6	0.110%	526.32x