Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wigtownshire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SMITH4121.06210.75
GIBSON3921.01058.33
MURRAY3901.00548.11
STEWART3860.99516.36
THOMSON3520.90746.79
WILSON3480.89711.95
HANNAH3430.884268.02
BROWN3420.88161.34
CAMPBELL3350.86365.10
KELLY2650.68316.24
KERR2520.649611.91
HAMILTON2470.63678.49
MUIR2460.634216.57
WALLACE2240.57758.43
ANDERSON2080.53622.71
BELL2040.52592.80
PATERSON1970.50787.46
MILROY1900.4898171.17
ROSS1890.48724.46
DOUGLAS1870.48219.95
HERON1840.474349.46
AGNEW1840.474384.31
SCOTT1820.46921.85
REID1750.45114.30
MARTIN1670.43051.75
GRAHAM1640.42283.68
GORDON1570.40476.42
DAVIDSON1530.39444.69
BOYD1500.386711.02
MARSHALL1490.38412.29
JOHNSTONE1480.38158.44
RENNIE1460.376421.55
HUNTER1450.37383.64
MORRISON1430.36864.69
PARKER1410.36351.91
FERGUSON1380.35585.02
BLACK1360.35065.41
JOHNSTON1340.34544.28
ROBERTSON1330.34292.05
NELSON1320.34037.03
BLAIN1270.327494.28
ALLISON1250.322211.34
LITTLE1230.31716.70
KENNEDY1220.31455.22
ALEXANDER1200.30945.84
HANNAY1200.3094125.54
WRIGHT1170.30160.94
COCHRANE1150.296519.14
EDGAR1150.296519.25
WALKER1100.28360.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DONNAN390.70840.2165
MILROY171.171900.4898
KEVAN160.46530.1366
HANNAY125.541200.3094
BLAIN94.281270.3274
BROADFOOT90.70840.2165
ADAIR87.711060.2733
AGNEW84.311840.4743
HANNAH68.023430.8842
DALRYMPLE50.33850.2191
HERON49.461840.4743
THORBURN47.331060.2733
ERSKINE45.411090.2810
KYLE32.92710.1830
KILPATRICK30.04600.1547
TEMPLETON26.87770.1985
DRYSDALE26.22860.2217
MILLIGAN23.001050.2707
RENNIE21.551460.3764
EDGAR19.251150.2965
COCHRANE19.141150.2965
FULTON19.00930.2397
GILMOUR18.761030.2655
RANKIN17.351000.2578
MUIR16.572460.6342
CALDWELL16.31990.2552
GALLOWAY15.271020.2629
RODGER15.04820.2114
MURDOCH13.81910.2346
KERR11.912520.6496
ALLISON11.341250.3222
IRVINE11.23960.2475
BOYD11.021500.3867
IRVING10.99950.2449
CUMMING10.94810.2088
MONTGOMERY10.56650.1676
CAIN10.43840.2165
MAXWELL10.09930.2397
FINDLAY10.08810.2088
DOUGLAS9.951870.4821
HENRY9.79960.2475
LOVE9.24850.2191
GIBB9.05620.1598
HAMILTON8.492470.6367
JOHNSTONE8.441480.3815
BAIRD8.44700.1805
WALLACE8.432240.5775
GIBSON8.333921.0105
MURRAY8.113901.0054
DODDS7.47610.1573

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 84 people called DONNAN in Wigtownshire 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 0.2165 in Wigtownshire means that 0.2165% of the people in Wigtownshire on census day were called DONNAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DONNAN 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 DONNAN 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 DONNAN 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 DONNAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 390.70 in Wigtownshire means that you are 390.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DONNAN in Wigtownshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Wigtownshire comprises 18 registration districts

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