Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire

Westerkirk 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
THOMSON347.053952.80
JOHNSTONE316.4315142.27
LITTLE255.1867109.70
ARMSTRONG255.186767.86
BELL204.149422.08
HASTIE163.3195524.59
IRVING153.1120139.66
ANDERSON132.697113.66
PRINGLE122.4896158.10
KNOX122.4896145.10
BORTHWICK112.2822405.90
DAVIDSON112.282227.15
NICOL112.2822109.67
HALL91.86726.35
HARVEY91.867217.49
JACKSON91.86726.68
ELLIOT91.867273.23
BEATTIE81.659877.52
MOFFAT81.659891.64
RUTHERFORD81.659868.03
BLACK81.659825.63
COULTHARD71.4523260.22
MURRAY61.244810.04
BYERS61.2448240.00
SLOAN61.2448132.16
FAWCETT61.244864.38
HYSLOP61.2448216.61
WYLIE51.037389.13
WELSH51.037326.21
HARKNESS51.0373185.19
JEFFREY51.037356.12
GRAHAM51.03739.04
BAIRD40.829938.80
MAXWELL40.829934.93
HOPE40.829924.39
FLETCHER40.82997.27
POTTS40.829924.86
SCOTT30.62242.46
EDGAR30.622440.43
JAMIESON30.622422.35
INGLES30.6224205.48
ELLIOTT30.62247.34
WILSON30.62241.36
DONALDSON30.622421.82
PATERSON20.41496.10
DALGLEISH20.414992.17
JARDINE20.414944.54
FAIRBAIRN20.414956.18
ROGER20.4149120.48
JOHNSTON20.41495.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HASTIE0.48482524.5902
BORTHWICK0.48482405.9041
COULTHARD0.48482260.2230
BYERS0.48482240.0000
HYSLOP0.48482216.6065
INGLES0.48482205.4795
HARKNESS0.48482185.1852
PRINGLE0.48482158.1028
KNOX0.48482145.1028
JOHNSTONE0.48482142.2671
IRVING0.48482139.6648
SLOAN0.48482132.1586
ROGER0.48482120.4819
LITTLE0.48482109.6972
NICOL0.48482109.6710
SWORD0.48482105.2632
DALGLEISH0.4848292.1659
MOFFAT0.4848291.6380
LEADER0.4848291.3242
CORRIE0.4848290.9091
WYLIE0.4848289.1266
BEATTIE0.4848277.5194
ELLIOT0.4848273.2303
RUTHERFORD0.4848268.0272
ARMSTRONG0.4848267.8610
FAWCETT0.4848264.3777
DOBIE0.4848262.1118
FAIRBAIRN0.4848256.1798
JEFFREY0.4848256.1167
THOMSON0.4848252.7950
JARDINE0.4848244.5434
EDGAR0.4848240.4313
BAIRD0.4848238.7973
MAXWELL0.4848234.9345
WIGHTMAN0.4848231.5457
WYLLIE0.4848229.5858
DAVIDSON0.4848227.1471
WELSH0.4848226.2055
BLACK0.4848225.6328
POTTS0.4848224.8602
HOPE0.4848224.3902
LAIDLAW0.4848223.4192
JAMIESON0.4848222.3547
BELL0.4848222.0824
DONALDSON0.4848221.8182
COWAN0.4848220.3459
ASKEW0.4848218.3824
GRIEVE0.4848217.9211
HARVEY0.4848217.4893
ROGERSON0.4848216.8634

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 482 people called HASTIE in Westerkirk 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 524.5902 in Westerkirk means that 524.5902% of the people in Westerkirk on census day were called HASTIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HASTIE 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 HASTIE 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 HASTIE 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 HASTIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in Westerkirk means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HASTIE in Westerkirk than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westerkirk in 1881

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

ANDERSON (13)  ARMSTRONG (25)  ASKEW (1)  BAIRD (4)  BALL (1)  BEATTIE (8)  BYERS (6)  BELL (20)  BLACK (8)  BONSTEAD (1)  BORTHWICK (11)  BROWN (1)  BYRE (1)  CORRIE (1)  COULTHARD (7)  COWAN (2)  DALGLIESH (8)  DALGLEISH (2)  DAVIDSON (11)  EDGAR (DAVIDSON) (2)  DICKSON (1)  DOBIE (1)  DONALDSON (3)  EDGAR (3)  ELLIOT (9)  ELLIOTT (3)  FAIRBAIRN (2)  FAWCETT (6)  FLETCHER (4)  FRASER (1)  GLENDINNING (4)  JARDINE (2)  GRAHAM (5)  GRIEVE (1)  HALL (9)  HARKNESS (5)  HARVEY (9)  HASTIE (16)  HENDERSON (1)  HYSLOP (6)  HOWATSON (1)  HOPE (4)  HOTSON (3)  INGLES (3)  IRVING (15)  JACKSON (9)  MC JAMES (1)  JAMIESON (3)  JEFFREY (5)  JOHNSTONE (31)  JOHNSTON (2)  KNOX (12)  LEADER (2)  LAIDLAW (1)  LITTLE (25)  LONGMUIR (1)  MAXWELL (4)  MC CULLOCH (1)  MC LAUGHLAN (1)  MC MINN (1)  MC NAB (4)  MILLAR (1)  MOFFAT (8)  MUNDLE (1)  MURRAY (6)  NICOL (11)  NOBLE (2)  PATERSON (2)  POTTS (4)  PRINGLE (12)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBSON (2)  ROGER (2)  ROGERSON (1)  RUTHERFORD (8)  SCOTT (3)  SKEIL (1)  SLOAN (6)  STOREY (1)  SWORD (1)  THOMSON (34)  TURNBULL (1)  WARD (1)  WELSH (5)  WIGHTMAN (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (3)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (1)  WYLIE (5)  WYLLIE (1)  YOUNG (2)