Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirkconnell, Dumfriesshire

Kirkconnell 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
SHANKLAND373.62042,032.97
BROWN333.22904.90
WILSON323.13116.82
HARKNESS262.5440453.75
ANDERSON222.152610.90
BLACK191.859128.71
GIBSON181.761314.51
MONTEITH171.6634627.31
STITT171.66341,180.56
HYSLOP161.5656272.11
JACKSON151.46775.25
ROBERTSON141.36998.17
SCOTT131.27205.03
KERR121.174221.53
THOMSON121.17428.79
KILPATRICK121.1742228.14
MILLAR121.174232.17
LOVE111.076345.40
ARTHUR111.076349.39
SMITH111.07630.76
LORIMER111.0763269.61
HENDERSON111.07639.90
BROADFOOT100.9785409.84
STEELE100.978536.56
COWAN100.978547.98
BONE100.978552.80
MORRISON90.880611.20
HILLHOUSE90.8806978.26
WALKER90.88062.63
COLVIN90.8806254.24
WILLIAMSON90.88069.82
LAMMIE90.88061,800.00
MUIR90.880623.01
REID90.88068.38
KENNEDY90.880614.61
CRON80.78282,352.94
WHITE80.78282.44
MURDOCH80.782846.08
HOUSTON80.782861.44
MONTIETH80.78284,705.88
CAMPBELL80.78284.63
GOLDIE70.6849110.06
CARRUTHERS70.684951.78
GILLESPIE70.684943.18
HALL70.68492.33
LENNOX70.6849115.51
PATERSON70.684910.06
HARRIS70.68492.70
LEE70.68494.19
MILLIGAN60.587149.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MONTIETH1.021,0224705.8824
CRON1.021,0222352.9412
SHANKLAND1.021,0222032.9670
LAMMIE1.021,0221800.0000
STITT1.021,0221180.5556
BODDEN1.021,0221153.8462
HILLHOUSE1.021,022978.2609
MONTEITH1.021,022627.3063
HARKNESS1.021,022453.7522
BROADFOOT1.021,022409.8361
HALBERT1.021,022378.7879
HYSLOP1.021,022272.1088
LORIMER1.021,022269.6078
COLVIN1.021,022254.2373
RENFREW1.021,022245.3988
KILPATRICK1.021,022228.1369
KER1.021,022187.7934
TORRANCE1.021,022133.3333
LENNOX1.021,022115.5116
WIGHT1.021,022114.0684
LUNDIE1.021,022112.9944
GOLDIE1.021,022110.0629
BLACKWOOD1.021,022100.6711
HISLOP1.021,02297.5610
BLACKLOCK1.021,02292.1659
DALZIEL1.021,02288.4956
THORBURN1.021,02284.7458
LOCKHART1.021,02270.2247
LAURIE1.021,02268.3371
MEIKLE1.021,02268.0272
HOUSTON1.021,02261.4439
RIGG1.021,02258.2072
KIRKLAND1.021,02254.9451
ROY1.021,02253.8213
GOURLAY1.021,02253.0035
BONE1.021,02252.7983
CARRUTHERS1.021,02251.7751
MILLIGAN1.021,02249.8753
ARTHUR1.021,02249.3938
COWAN1.021,02247.9846
SELLARS1.021,02247.3186
MURDOCH1.021,02246.0829
LOVE1.021,02245.3983
LAIDLAW1.021,02244.1501
GILLESPIE1.021,02243.1832
WYLIE1.021,02242.0521
BARRIE1.021,02240.7056
HASTINGS1.021,02238.4025
HENDRY1.021,02237.0599
NEIL1.021,02236.9822

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,022 people called MONTIETH in Kirkconnell 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 4705.8824 in Kirkconnell means that 4705.8824% of the people in Kirkconnell on census day were called MONTIETH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MONTIETH 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 MONTIETH 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 MONTIETH 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 MONTIETH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.02 in Kirkconnell means that you are 1.02 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MONTIETH in Kirkconnell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirkconnell in 1881

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

ANDERSON (22)  ARMSTRONG (6)  ARTHUR (11)  BAIRD (2)  BALLANTYNE (2)  BELL (1)  BARRIE (3)  BARRY (1)  BLACK (19)  BLACKLOCK (4)  BLACKWOOD (6)  BONE (10)  BODDEN (3)  BRITTON (1)  BROADFOOT (10)  BROWN (33)  BRUCE (5)  BRYCE (2)  BURNS (1)  BYRES (6)  CALLANDER (1)  CAMPBELL (8)  CARMICHAEL (2)  CARRUTHERS (7)  CAVNEY (1)  CLARK (1)  COLVIN (9)  COPLAND (1)  COWAN (10)  CRAR OR CRAE (4)  CRAWFORD (5)  CRON (8)  MC CRON (5)  MC CRONE (1)  CROSBIE (1)  DALZIEL (4)  MC DAVID (1)  DEMPSTER (1)  DONALDSON (2)  DOUGLAS (1)  DOWIE (1)  DRIFE (9)  DRYFE (4)  ELLIOTT (2)  FERGUSON (2)  FINLAY (3)  FINDLAY (1)  FINGLAND (1)  GALLOWAY (2)  GARDNER (5)  GIBSON (18)  GILLESPIE (7)  GLENDINNING (1)  GOLDIE (7)  GOODALL (1)  GOODWIN (2)  GORDON (1)  GOURLAY (3)  GRAY (1)  GREENSHIELDS (1)  HALBERT (5)  HALL (7)  HALLIDAY (2)  HAMILTON (1)  HARKNESS (26)  HARPER (2)  HARRIS (7)  HASTINGS (5)  HENDERSON (11)  HENDRY (6)  HYSLOP (16)  HISLOP (6)  HILLHOUSE (9)  HOUSTON (8)  HOWAT (1)  HIDDLESTON (10)  HUME (2)  HUNTER (3)  MC CUTCHEON (1)  INGLIS (4)  INGRAM (1)  IRELAND (1)  IRVING (2)  IRVIN (1)  JACKSON (15)  JENKINS (2)  MUIR (JENKINS) (2)  JOHNSTONE (5)  KEIGHTLEY (1)  KENNEDY (9)  KERR (12)  KER (4)  KILPATRICK (12)  KIRK (1)  KIRKLAND (5)  MC KNIGHT (9)  LAMB (1)  LAMMIE (9)  LAING (6)  LAURIE (6)  LEE (7)  LENNOX (7)  LAIDLAW (4)  LINDSAY (2)  LOCKHART (5)  LORIMER (11)  LOVE (11)  LUNDIE (2)  MARCHBANK (2)  MASON (1)  MAXWELL (2)  MC ADAM (11)  MC CALLUM (4)  MC CAUGHIE (5)  MC CONNOCHIE (3)  MC DOWALL (2)  MC GARRLY (6)  MC GREGOR (7)  MC HARG (1)  MC INTOSH (7)  MC KERROW (1)  MC LELLAN (2)  MC MILLAN (7)  MC MORRIN (1)  MC NAUGHT (1)  MC QUAT (8)  MENZIES (1)  MERRIE (3)  MELBURNE (1)  MILLER (2)  MILLAR (12)  MILLIGAN (6)  MITCHELL (2)  MEIKLE (5)  MOFFAT (4)  MONTEITH (17)  MONTIETH (8)  MUIR (9)  MORGAN (1)  MORRISON (9)  MC MURDO (1)  MURDOCH (8)  MURPHY (1)  NEIL (5)  NISBET (1)  OSBORNE (1)  PATERSON (7)  PURDIE (1)  REID (9)  RENFREW (4)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIGG (5)  RILEY (3)  MC ROBERT (1)  ROBERTSON (14)  ROWAN (1)  ROY (5)  RUSK (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SCOTT (13)  SELLARS (3)  SHANKLAND (37)  SHAW (1)  SLOAN (1)  SMITH (11)  STEELE (10)  STEVENSON (2)  STEWART (1)  STIRLING (1)  STITT (17)  STOTT (2)  STOBBS (1)  STURGEON (1)  SUTHERLAND (3)  SYMINGTON (5)  TELFER (1)  THOMSON (12)  THORBURN (5)  TORRANCE (6)  WALKER (9)  WALLACE (2)  WATT (1)  WAUGH (5)  WEIR (5)  WELSH (1)  WIGHT (6)  WHITE (8)  WILLIAMSON (9)  WILSON (32)  WYLIE (5)  YIRS (1)  YOUNG (6)