Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mouswald, Dumfriesshire

Mouswald 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
DICKSON315.5456149.76
GRIERSON234.1145739.55
TWEEDIE213.7567972.22
IRVING213.7567168.67
KERR193.398962.32
DOBIE183.2200962.57
JOHNSTONE162.862363.32
MUNDELL152.68341,923.08
PATERSON132.325634.17
KIRKPATRICK132.3256270.27
KENNEDY122.146735.61
BELL111.967810.47
HENDERSON101.788916.46
WILSON101.78893.90
PALMER101.788915.18
COWAN101.788987.72
SEMPLE81.4311300.75
BROWN81.43112.17
HANNING71.25222,058.82
WAUGH71.252291.86
GIBSON71.252210.32
CANDLISH71.25221,076.92
FERGUSON71.252217.67
HILL71.25224.92
STAFFORD61.073350.42
RAFFERTY61.0733208.33
HUTCHISON61.073365.29
BLACKLOCK61.0733253.16
NIVEN61.0733154.24
THOMSON61.07338.03
POOL50.894577.16
HASTINGS50.894570.22
DOUGAN50.8945373.13
STEVENSON50.894512.75
SAVAGE50.894523.28
YOUNG40.71563.33
BRUNTON40.715691.12
BECK40.715630.60
JARDINE40.715676.78
GOLDIE40.7156114.94
TODD40.715614.06
MOFFAT40.715639.49
GILLESPIE40.715645.15
HUNTER40.71566.97
BURGESS40.715610.30
MURRAY40.71565.77
CARMICHAEL30.536737.50
STEWART30.53673.43
CHISHOLM30.536736.95
HALLIDAY30.536725.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HANNING0.565592058.8235
MUNDELL0.565591923.0769
HOUSTEN0.565591250.0000
CANDLISH0.565591076.9231
TWEEDIE0.56559972.2222
DOBIE0.56559962.5668
GRIERSON0.56559739.5498
RORK0.56559666.6667
DOUGAN0.56559373.1343
SEMPLE0.56559300.7519
KIRKPATRICK0.56559270.2703
BLACKLOCK0.56559253.1646
RAFFERTY0.56559208.3333
IRVING0.56559168.6747
NIVEN0.56559154.2416
DICKSON0.56559149.7585
BROWNRIGG0.56559138.8889
GOLDIE0.56559114.9425
SHANKLAND0.56559100.0000
SELKIRK0.5655995.2381
WAUGH0.5655991.8635
BRUNTON0.5655991.1162
CALLANDER0.5655987.7193
COWAN0.5655987.7193
PROUDFOOT0.5655981.9672
POOL0.5655977.1605
JARDINE0.5655976.7754
HASTINGS0.5655970.2247
COOLEY0.5655969.9301
HUTCHISON0.5655965.2884
JOHNSTONE0.5655963.3162
KERR0.5655962.3155
BURNSIDE0.5655951.0204
STAFFORD0.5655950.4202
GILLESPIE0.5655945.1467
DALZIEL0.5655940.4858
MOFFAT0.5655939.4867
CARMICHAEL0.5655937.5000
CHISHOLM0.5655936.9458
KENNEDY0.5655935.6083
FINLAY0.5655934.8432
CROSBIE0.5655934.8432
PATERSON0.5655934.1746
BECK0.5655930.6044
TELFER0.5655929.9401
ROWAN0.5655927.7778
CARRUTHERS0.5655927.0636
HALLIDAY0.5655925.9740
SAVAGE0.5655923.2775
MAXWELL0.5655922.5904

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 559 people called HANNING in Mouswald 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 2058.8235 in Mouswald means that 2058.8235% of the people in Mouswald on census day were called HANNING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HANNING 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 HANNING 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 HANNING 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 HANNING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.56 in Mouswald means that you are 0.56 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HANNING in Mouswald than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mouswald in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BAILIEY (2)  BECK (4)  BELL (11)  BLACKLOCK (6)  BLYTH (1)  BOYD (MORRISON) (2)  BROATCH (8)  BROWN (8)  BROWNRIGG (1)  BRUNTON (4)  BURGESS (4)  BURNSIDE (1)  MC CALL (1)  CALLANDER (1)  CAMERON (1)  CANDLISH (7)  MC CARDALE (2)  CARMICHAEL (3)  CARRUTHERS (2)  CHISHOLM (3)  CLARK (1)  COOK (1)  COWAN (10)  COOLEY (1)  CRAWFORD (2)  CROSBIE (1)  CURRIE (1)  DALZIEL (1)  DICKSON (31)  DIXON (3)  DOBIE (18)  DONALDSON (2)  DOUGAN (5)  DOUGLAS (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FERGUSON (7)  FINLAY (2)  FRASER (1)  FRENCH (1)  MC GIBBNEY (1)  GIBSON (7)  GILLESPIE (4)  GLENDINNING (1)  GOLDIE (4)  JARDINE (4)  GREEN (1)  GRIERSON (23)  HALLIDAY (3)  HANNING (7)  HASTINGS (5)  HENDERSON (10)  HILL (7)  HOPE (1)  HOUSTEN (1)  HUNTER (4)  HUTCHISON (6)  HUTTON (2)  IRVING (21)  JEWAR (1)  JOHNSTONE (16)  MC KAY (1)  KENNEDY (12)  KERR (19)  MC KIE (7)  KIRK (1)  KIRKPATRICK (13)  LEPER (1)  LAIDLAW (1)  LINDSAY (1)  MARLOW (1)  MATHIESON (1)  MAXWELL (3)  MC CALLY (1)  MC FARLANE (5)  MC IVOR (1)  MC KENZIE (5)  MC LEAN (8)  MC MILLAN (4)  MC VEE (1)  MILLIGAN (1)  MOFFAT (4)  MUIR (1)  MORRISON (1)  MORTON (1)  MUNDELL (15)  MURRAY (4)  MARR (1)  MC NEIL (1)  NICHOL (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NIVEN (6)  PALMER (10)  PATERSON (13)  PAUL (1)  POOL (5)  PROUDFOOT (2)  MC QUEEN (1)  RAE (2)  RAFFERTY (6)  RAFFLES (1)  RANKINE (1)  REID (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  RITCHIE (1)  RORK (1)  ROWAN (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAVAGE (5)  SELKIRK (1)  SEMPLE (8)  SHANKLAND (1)  SHENNAN (1)  SMITH (2)  STAFFORD (6)  STEVENSON (5)  STEWART (3)  SWAN (1)  TELFER (1)  THOMSON (6)  THOMPSON (1)  TODD (4)  TWEEDIE (21)  VIGAR (1)  WALLACE (1)  WATSON (3)  WAUGH (7)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (10)  YOUNG (4)