Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirkgunzeon, Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkgunzeon is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire

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
CLARK192.89199.62
SCOTT182.739710.83
GIBSON162.435320.06
THOMSON152.283117.09
BROWN152.28313.46
JARDINE131.9787212.42
HUNTER131.978719.27
ROBSON131.978730.06
WATSON121.82657.87
COUPLAND111.6743264.42
LITTLE101.522132.19
WRIGHT101.52214.74
SMITH101.52211.08
EWART101.5221271.00
GRIERSON91.3699246.58
GILLESPIE91.369986.37
PATERSON91.369920.13
KYLE91.3699246.58
KIRK91.369931.63
COWAN81.217759.70
PATRICK81.217761.12
WATT81.217731.76
GRAHAM71.06549.28
GILLIES71.065474.47
ROME71.0654542.64
MILLIGAN71.065490.56
CANNON71.065458.87
KIMM71.06542,692.31
IRVING71.065447.81
NICOL71.065451.17
DUFF60.913251.33
DENNISTON60.91321,935.48
HARKNESS60.9132163.04
MURRAY60.91327.36
ANDERSON60.91324.62
BARBOUR50.7610138.50
JAMIESON50.761027.32
WOOD50.76102.39
DUNBAR50.761066.23
BELL40.60883.24
NEILSON40.608843.20
DICK40.608827.30
HOUSTON40.608847.79
SWAN40.608823.50
COPLAND40.6088108.70
EDGAR30.456629.64
PAGAN30.4566294.12
BIGGER30.45661,500.00
JOHNSTONE30.456610.10
BOYES30.456643.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KIMM0.666572692.3077
DENNISTON0.666571935.4839
BIGGER0.666571500.0000
NICKOL0.666571111.1111
ROME0.66657542.6357
KIRWIN0.66657512.8205
PAGAN0.66657294.1176
EWART0.66657271.0027
COUPLAND0.66657264.4231
GRIERSON0.66657246.5753
KYLE0.66657246.5753
KENNAN0.66657217.3913
JARDINE0.66657212.4183
BRIDEN0.66657204.0816
HARKNESS0.66657163.0435
BARBOUR0.66657138.5042
AFFLECK0.66657131.5789
BIGGAR0.66657109.8901
COPLAND0.66657108.6957
DOBIE0.6665790.9091
MILLIGAN0.6665790.5563
GILLESPIE0.6665786.3724
FLINN0.6665775.5668
GILLIES0.6665774.4681
DUNBAR0.6665766.2252
PATRICK0.6665761.1154
COWAN0.6665759.7015
CANNON0.6665758.8730
GILBERTSON0.6665752.0833
DUFF0.6665751.3259
NICOL0.6665751.1696
IRVING0.6665747.8142
HOUSTON0.6665747.7897
WIGHTMAN0.6665746.2963
BOYES0.6665743.6681
NEILSON0.6665743.1965
HAIR0.6665739.0625
DEVLIN0.6665737.1747
MOWBRAY0.6665736.6300
PROUDFOOT0.6665734.8432
LITTLE0.6665732.1854
WATT0.6665731.7586
KIRK0.6665731.6344
ROBSON0.6665730.0648
FERGUSSON0.6665730.0300
CROSBIE0.6665729.6736
EDGAR0.6665729.6443
MICHAEL0.6665728.3286
JAMIESON0.6665727.3224
DICK0.6665727.3038

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 657 people called KIMM in Kirkgunzeon 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 2692.3077 in Kirkgunzeon means that 2692.3077% of the people in Kirkgunzeon on census day were called KIMM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KIMM 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 KIMM 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 KIMM 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 KIMM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Kirkgunzeon means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KIMM in Kirkgunzeon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirkgunzeon in 1881

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

AFFLECK (2)  AIRLIE (5)  ANDERSON (6)  MC CARTNEY (1)  ATHISON (1)  BAIN (1)  BARBOUR (5)  BAXTER (1)  BELL (4)  BIGGAR (1)  BIGGER (3)  BOOTH (1)  BOYES (3)  BOYLE (1)  BROWN (15)  BRIDEN (1)  BYRES (2)  MC CALL (5)  CANNON (7)  CARMACHAN (1)  CARNOCHAN (7)  CARNACHAN (1)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CHRUTHERS (4)  CLARK (19)  CONCHER (1)  COOK (2)  COPLAND (4)  COUPLAND (11)  MC CORMICK (1)  COUGHTIRE (1)  COURRIE (1)  COWAN (8)  CRAIK (11)  CRAIG (1)  CROSBIE (1)  KIRWIN (2)  O DAY (6)  DENNISTON (6)  DEVLIN (2)  DICK (4)  DICKSON (2)  DOBIE (2)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUFF (6)  DUNBAR (5)  EDGAR (3)  EWART (10)  FERGUSON (1)  FERGUSSON (1)  FLINT (1)  FLINN (3)  GIBSON (16)  GILBERTSON (1)  GILLIES (7)  GILLESPIE (9)  GLENCROSS (1)  GLENDINNING (1)  JARDINE (13)  GORDON (2)  GORMAN (1)  MC GOWAN (9)  GRAHAM (7)  GRANSTON (1)  GRAY (1)  GRIERSON (9)  GUNREON (3)  HANNAH (1)  HAIR (1)  HARKNESS (6)  HERRIES (9)  HASTINGS (1)  HEYSLOP (12)  HOUSTON (4)  HIDDLESTON (9)  HUNTER (13)  IRVING (7)  JAMIESON (5)  JOHNSTONE (3)  KENNAN (1)  KERR (1)  MC KIE (13)  KIMM (7)  KING (1)  KIRK (9)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  KYLE (9)  LING (1)  LITTLE (10)  MC GUIRE (6)  MC CULLOCH (7)  MC DAIRMONT (6)  MC DOLL (1)  MC DONALD (6)  MC GURK (1)  MC KAIG (1)  MC LACHLEN (1)  MC LELLAN (1)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC MINN (12)  MC MORINE (7)  MC TAGGART (1)  MC VEE (7)  MC MICKAN (1)  MILLIGAN (7)  MICHAEL ((NICKOL)) (2)  MICHAEL (1)  MOWBRAY (1)  MC MURDO (4)  MURRAY (6)  MC NERNEY (2)  MC NISH (2)  NEILSON (4)  NELSON (2)  NEWAL (3)  NICOL (7)  NICKOL (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  PAGAN (3)  PARKER (2)  PATERSON (9)  PATRICK (8)  PROUDFOOT (1)  RAVIE (3)  RICHMOND (2)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBERTSON (3)  ROBSON (13)  ROME (7)  SCOTT (18)  SCRAMBLER (1)  SHENNAN (3)  SMITH (10)  SNOWDEN (1)  SPELLICIE (1)  SWAN (4)  THOMSON (15)  THOMPSON (1)  TORERAN (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (1)  WATREL (7)  WATSON (12)  WATT (8)  WIGHTMAN (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WOOD (5)  WRIGHT (10) 

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