Top surnames from the 1881 census in Keir, Dumfriesshire

Keir is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Dumfriesshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SMITH283.74832.65
WILSON253.34677.29
KIRKPATRICK212.8112326.59
BLACK212.811243.42
HYSLOP212.8112488.37
DEMPSTER182.4096342.21
THOMSON172.275817.03
PAGAN172.27581,465.52
KENNEDY162.141935.52
GRIERSON152.0080361.45
FERGUSON152.008028.33
MAXWELL152.008084.51
SHARP141.874222.49
BELL141.87429.97
JARDINE141.8742201.15
MARTIN131.74037.06
DOUGLAS131.740335.92
KIRK111.472634.01
DALRYMPLE111.4726338.46
STITT101.3387943.40
CLARK91.20484.01
STEWART91.20487.70
BROWN91.20481.83
HOPE91.204835.41
MOIR91.204887.63
DUFF81.071060.20
NIVISON81.07102,962.96
ROBSON81.071016.27
JOHNSTONE81.071023.70
LITTLE81.071022.64
HOUSTON81.071084.12
GORDON81.071016.99
FARROW70.937149.93
KERR70.937117.18
EDGAR70.937160.87
LAWSON70.937115.89
WALLACE60.803211.73
HUGHES60.80322.87
RICHARDSON60.80324.72
COWAN60.803239.37
RODGERSON50.6693543.48
HARDIE50.669351.33
GRACIE50.6693320.51
PATERSON50.66939.84
SCOTT50.66932.65
BLACKSTOCK50.6693454.55
GRAHAM50.66935.83
IRVING40.535524.04
COWIE40.535544.15
FERGUSSON40.5355105.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NIVISON0.757472962.9630
MCCUBBIN0.757471666.6667
PAGAN0.757471465.5172
STITT0.75747943.3962
CONVILLE0.75747714.2857
RODGERSON0.75747543.4783
HYSLOP0.75747488.3721
BLACKSTOCK0.75747454.5455
GRIERSON0.75747361.4458
DEMPSTER0.75747342.2053
DALRYMPLE0.75747338.4615
KIRKPATRICK0.75747326.5941
GRACIE0.75747320.5128
CORSON0.75747259.7403
HANNING0.75747222.2222
JARDINE0.75747201.1494
CORRIE0.75747176.4706
BAYNE0.75747109.8901
FERGUSSON0.75747105.8201
HOLMS0.7574794.7867
DALZIEL0.7574790.9091
DALGLEISH0.7574789.2857
MOIR0.7574787.6339
MAXWELL0.7574784.5070
HOUSTON0.7574784.1220
DOBIE0.7574780.0000
BOYDEN0.7574770.4225
EDGAR0.7574760.8696
DUFF0.7574760.1956
ROBISON0.7574759.8802
CURSON0.7574758.8235
HARDIE0.7574751.3347
FARROW0.7574749.9287
COWIE0.7574744.1501
BLACK0.7574743.4153
COWAN0.7574739.3701
FAIR0.7574738.1679
CARSON0.7574736.4520
DOUGLAS0.7574735.9215
KENNEDY0.7574735.5240
HOPE0.7574735.4052
FRAZER0.7574734.5423
TOD0.7574734.3643
KIRK0.7574734.0136
LAURIE0.7574731.1526
CARRUTHERS0.7574730.3644
FERGUSON0.7574728.3286
CROSBIE0.7574726.1097
BOYES0.7574725.6082
IRVING0.7574724.0385

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 747 people called NIVISON in Keir at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2962.9630 in Keir means that 2962.9630% of the people in Keir on census day were called NIVISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NIVISON in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called NIVISON as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called NIVISON here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called NIVISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Keir means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NIVISON in Keir than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Keir in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ADAMSON (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERSON (3)  ARMSTRONG (2)  BAYNE (3)  BARR (2)  BECK (1)  BELL (14)  BLACK (21)  BLACKSTOCK (5)  BOAG (1)  BOYES (2)  BOYDEN (1)  BROWN (9)  CALDER (2)  MC CALL (5)  COLLOW (1)  CARRUTHERS (3)  CORSON (2)  CARSON (3)  CURSON (1)  CHEDGY (1)  CHISHOM (1)  CLARK (9)  CONNELL (1)  CONVILLE (1)  CORRIE (3)  COLTART (8)  COWAN (6)  COWIE (4)  CROSBIE (1)  CUMMING (2)  DALGLEISH (3)  DALRYMPLE (11)  DALZIEL (3)  DARGAVEL (8)  DAVIDSON (1)  DEMPSTER (18)  DOBIE (2)  DOUGLAS (13)  DUFF (8)  DUNKELD (10)  EDGAR (7)  FAIR (1)  FARROW (7)  FERGUSON (15)  FERGUSSON (4)  FOGGO (1)  FRAZER (2)  GEDDES (2)  GIBSON (1)  GLENDINNING (1)  GLOVER (1)  JARDINE (14)  GORDON (8)  MC GOWAN (1)  GRACIE (5)  GRAHAM (5)  GRAY (1)  GRIERSON (15)  HALLIDAY (2)  HANNING (1)  HARDIE (5)  HARPER (2)  HASTIE (1)  HATNELL (1)  HEDDLESTON (1)  HENDERSON (2)  HENRY (2)  HYSLOP (21)  HEWITSON (1)  HOLMS (2)  HOPE (9)  HOUSTON (8)  HIDDLESTON (8)  HUGHES (6)  IRVING (4)  IRVINE (1)  JOHNSTONE (8)  KELLIT (1)  KENNEDY (16)  KERR (7)  MC KIE (18)  KIRK (11)  KIRKPATRICK (21)  MC NIGHT (1)  LAURIE (2)  LAWSON (7)  LAIDLAW (1)  LITTLE (8)  LORRIMER (1)  MARTIN (13)  MAXWELL (15)  MC ADAM (2)  MC KINNELL (3)  MC CUBBIN (18)  MCCUBBIN (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MC GINLEY (1)  MC INALLY (1)  MC LAUGHLAN (4)  MC LEAN (4)  MC CLEAN (2)  MELDRUM (1)  MICHLE (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILLIGAN (1)  MILLS (1)  MITCHEL (1)  MOFFAT (1)  MOIR (9)  MC MURDO (3)  NIVISON (8)  NICHOLSON (2)  PAGAN (17)  PATERSON (5)  RAE (3)  RAMSAY (2)  RANKINE (6)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBSON (8)  ROBSON OR WALKER (2)  ROBISON (1)  RODGERSON (5)  SCOTT (5)  SHARP (14)  SMITH (28)  STEWART (9)  STITT (10)  STOBO (1)  SWAN (1)  SYMINGTON (7)  THOMSON (17)  THOMPSON (1)  TOD (1)  WALKER (2)  WALLACE (6)  WILKIE (1)  WILSON (25)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (1) 

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