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1881 census place

Westerkirk surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire 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

10 surnames are listed for Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire, covering 80 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Johnstone, with 31 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Westerkirk

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.

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1Johnstone31142.27x
2Hastie16524.59x
3Borthwick11405.90x
4Dalgliesh81194.03x
5Coulthard7260.22x
6Hotson3652.17x
7Bonstead1714.29x
8Howatson1270.27x
9Longmuir1112.36x
10Mundle11000.00x