Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barr, Ayrshire

Barr is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Ayrshire

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
KIRKLAND203.3333374.53
KENNEDY183.000049.75
CALDWELL162.6667170.39
LAING152.5000124.38
SEATON152.5000295.86
GUNNING122.0000547.95
CAMPBELL122.000011.82
DRUMMOND122.0000100.67
SMITH122.00001.42
ALLAN111.833329.20
SCOTT91.50005.93
STEWART91.50009.59
COWAN91.500073.53
LAMBIE91.5000459.18
BURNS81.333319.86
THOMSON71.16678.73
MURRAY71.16679.41
BOYD71.166733.27
DONALD61.000049.67
MILLAR61.000027.40
HUTCHISON61.000060.79
HOOD61.000036.12
CUTHBERTSON61.0000129.31
GIBSON50.83336.87
TELFORD50.833394.52
GOODALL50.833338.91
JOHNSTONE50.833318.44
GILMOUR50.833358.89
WYLLIE50.8333119.05
PRINGLE40.666742.33
ROWAN40.6667103.63
LOCKHART40.666795.69
LITTLE40.666714.09
LAMB30.50009.48
ARMSTRONG30.50006.54
GREGG30.500071.09
CROSBIE30.500097.40
PAULINE30.50002,307.69
BROWN30.50000.76
HARVEY20.33333.12
RAMSAY20.333312.95
ROXBURGH20.3333107.53
ROSS20.33333.05
SLOSS20.3333425.53
RENNIE20.333319.08
FERGUSON20.33334.70
WASON20.3333392.16
CRAWFORD20.33336.81
AULD10.166727.62
FINDLAY10.16678.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KINARD0.6060010000.0000
TEMPELTON0.606005000.0000
PAULINE0.606002307.6923
GUNNING0.60600547.9452
LAMBIE0.60600459.1837
SLOSS0.60600425.5319
WASON0.60600392.1569
KIRKLAND0.60600374.5318
DOAK0.60600357.1429
SEATON0.60600295.8580
DUNKIN0.60600172.4138
CALDWELL0.60600170.3940
SKILLING0.60600166.6667
CUTHBERTSON0.60600129.3103
LAING0.60600124.3781
WYLLIE0.60600119.0476
ROXBURGH0.60600107.5269
ROWAN0.60600103.6269
MURCHIE0.60600101.0101
DRUMMOND0.60600100.6711
CROSBIE0.6060097.4026
LOCKHART0.6060095.6938
TELFORD0.6060094.5180
GRACIE0.6060080.0000
SCOBIE0.6060076.9231
COWAN0.6060073.5294
AFFLECK0.6060072.4638
LEIPER0.6060072.4638
GREGG0.6060071.0900
HUTCHISON0.6060060.7903
GILMOUR0.6060058.8928
KENNEDY0.6060049.7512
DONALD0.6060049.6689
PRINGLE0.6060042.3280
GARDEN0.6060039.8406
GOODALL0.6060038.9105
HOOD0.6060036.1228
MELVIN0.6060034.6021
BOYD0.6060033.2700
ALLAN0.6060029.2010
THORBURN0.6060028.9017
AULD0.6060027.6243
MILLAR0.6060027.3973
BALLANTYNE0.6060021.9780
BURNS0.6060019.8610
ROUTLEDGE0.6060019.6078
RENNIE0.6060019.0840
JOHNSTONE0.6060018.4366
ROY0.6060018.3486
SLOAN0.6060017.6991

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 600 people called KINARD in Barr 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 10000.0000 in Barr means that 10000.0000% of the people in Barr on census day were called KINARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KINARD 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 KINARD 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 KINARD 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 KINARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.60 in Barr means that you are 0.60 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KINARD in Barr than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barr in 1881

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

AFFLECK (1)  ALLAN (11)  ARMSTRONG (3)  AULD (1)  BALLANTYNE (1)  BEVERIDGE (1)  BLACK (1)  BOYD (7)  BOYLE (1)  BROWN (3)  BURGESS (1)  BURNS (8)  CALDWELL (16)  CAMPBELL (12)  CARSEWELL (3)  CHISHOLM (1)  CLARK (1)  COUGHTRY (5)  COLTART (4)  COWAN (9)  CRAWFORD (2)  MC CREADIE (1)  CREADIE (2)  CROSBIE (3)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  CUTHBERTSON (6)  DOAK (1)  DOWNIE (1)  DRUMMOND (12)  DUNKIN (1)  EARL (1)  PHEE (2)  FERGUSON (2)  FINDLAY (1)  FINLAY (1)  FULTON (1)  GARDEN (1)  GARDINER (1)  GIBSON (5)  GILMOUR (5)  GOODALL (5)  MC GOWAN (2)  GRACIE (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREACY (1)  GREGG (3)  GUNNING (12)  GUTHRIE (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HARVEY (2)  HEWITSON (22)  HOOD (6)  HOUSTON (1)  HUNTER (1)  MC HUTCHEON (2)  MC CUTCHEON (4)  HUTCHISON (6)  JAMIESON (1)  MC GARVA (11)  JOHNSTONE (5)  KENNEDY (18)  MC KENNA (6)  MC KIE (2)  KINARD (1)  KIRKLAND (20)  MC KNIGHT (6)  LAMB (3)  LAMBIE (9)  LAING (15)  LYBURN (6)  LEIPER (1)  LINTAN (1)  LITTLE (4)  LOCKHART (4)  LOGAN (1)  MC CANN (1)  MC CREATH (15)  MC ANDREW (1)  MC AUGHTRIE (1)  MC COLM (2)  MC CALLUM (1)  MC CLURE (4)  MC CONNELL (1)  MC CRACKEN (5)  MC CRINDLE (5)  MC CULLOCH (2)  MC DONALD (1)  DONALD (6)  MC DOWALL (1)  MC DOWAL (1)  MC FADZEAN (12)  MC FARLANE (3)  MC GREGOR (2)  MC HARG (4)  MC INTYRE (1)  MC KINNON (1)  MC KISSOCK (1)  MC CLUNG (1)  MC MILLAN (3)  MC MURRAY (10)  MC MURTRIE (3)  MC PHERSON (1)  MC QUAKER (6)  MC SKIMMING (2)  MC TAGGART (13)  MC TAGGERT (4)  MC WHIRTER (20)  WHIRTER (5)  MELVIN (1)  MILLAR (6)  MIRKER (1)  MUIR (1)  MURCHIE (1)  MURRAY (7)  OLIVER (1)  PAULINE (3)  PRINGLE (4)  RAMSAY (2)  REID (1)  MC ILWRAITH (4)  RENNIE (2)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROSS (2)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  ROWAN (4)  ROXBURGH (2)  ROY (1)  SCOBIE (1)  SCOTT (9)  SEATON (15)  SHAW (1)  SKILLING (1)  SLOAN (1)  SLOSS (2)  SMITH (12)  STEEL (1)  STEWART (9)  SYMINGTON (1)  TAIT (1)  TELFORD (5)  TEMPELTON (1)  THOMSON (7)  THOMPSON (1)  THORBURN (1)  TOWALL (10)  WATSON (1)  WASON (2)  WILSON (1)  WITHERS (1)  WRIGHT (1)  WYLLIE (5)