Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirkcudbrightshire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
THOMSON5621.32899.95
SMITH5471.29340.92
WILSON5421.28162.79
BROWN4911.16101.76
JOHNSTONE4531.071223.70
CLARK4341.02623.41
MURRAY3510.83006.69
GORDON3160.747211.86
CAMPBELL3090.73074.32
GIBSON3030.71655.90
MAXWELL2920.690529.06
RAE2910.688130.20
MILLIGAN2770.655055.65
STEWART2720.64324.11
CARSON2660.629057.08
WALKER2610.61721.84
HUNTER2600.61485.99
HALLIDAY2550.603029.18
PATERSON2540.60068.83
KIRK2510.593513.71
BELL2440.57703.07
KIRKPATRICK2420.572266.45
ANDERSON2330.55102.79
SCOTT2320.54862.17
KERR2310.546210.02
GRIERSON2300.543997.88
JOHNSTON2160.51086.33
FERGUSON2150.50847.17
DOUGLAS2100.496610.25
MUIR2030.480012.54
BLACK1940.45877.08
ROBERTSON1910.45162.70
HYSLOP1910.451678.55
HANNAH1900.449334.56
KELLY1810.42803.91
TAIT1800.425614.46
LITTLE1680.39738.40
WELSH1640.38789.80
REID1600.37833.60
WRIGHT1570.37121.16
EDGAR1570.371224.11
IRVING1550.366516.45
JARDINE1550.366539.33
CROSBIE1540.364270.95
HENDERSON1530.36183.33
GRAHAM1510.35713.11
MURDOCH1490.352320.74
HAMILTON1480.35004.67
CRAIG1470.34767.92
DICKSON1450.34299.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURNIE165.48860.2034
CORSON144.86630.1490
RIDDICK143.08990.2341
HAUGH129.21810.1915
SPROAT122.851020.2412
CANDLISH107.24530.1253
MILROY104.121260.2979
GRIERSON97.882300.5439
CALLANDER87.07750.1773
HYSLOP78.551910.4516
CROSBIE70.951540.3642
KIRKPATRICK66.452420.5722
CORRIE65.52630.1490
CHARTERS64.06740.1750
AFFLECK63.54620.1466
HANNAY60.45630.1490
BROADFOOT59.43600.1419
ROBISON58.22550.1301
CARSON57.082660.6290
MILLIGAN55.652770.6550
COPLAND48.981160.2743
DOBIE45.28640.1513
FERGUSSON44.84960.2270
BLACKLOCK40.08720.1703
JARDINE39.331550.3665
DALZIEL39.05730.1726
BARBOUR38.72900.2128
HANNAH34.561900.4493
STURGEON33.95580.1371
BRYDEN30.81550.1301
RAE30.202910.6881
HALLIDAY29.182550.6030
MAXWELL29.062920.6905
EWART28.17670.1584
COUPLAND27.25730.1726
GEDDES25.051270.3003
LAURIE24.22880.2081
CARRUTHERS24.141350.3192
EDGAR24.111570.3712
GOURLAY23.89560.1324
JOHNSTONE23.704531.0712
SLOAN23.35930.2199
MURDOCH20.741490.3523
TELFER20.56520.1230
DEMPSTER19.83590.1395
HOUSTON17.82960.2270
MOFFAT17.491340.3169
HASTINGS16.90910.2152
IRVING16.451550.3665
COWAN15.881370.3240

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 86 people called BURNIE in Kirkcudbrightshire 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 0.2034 in Kirkcudbrightshire means that 0.2034% of the people in Kirkcudbrightshire on census day were called BURNIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURNIE 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 BURNIE 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 BURNIE 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 BURNIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 165.48 in Kirkcudbrightshire means that you are 165.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURNIE in Kirkcudbrightshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Kirkcudbrightshire comprises 30 registration districts

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