Top surnames from the 1881 census in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire

Balmaclellan is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire

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
WILSON343.60937.86
SHAW293.078616.76
GRIERSON212.2293401.53
BLACK202.123132.79
CRAIG202.123148.34
MORRISON192.017025.66
MURRAY181.910815.41
KIRKPATRICK171.8047209.62
WALLACE171.804726.35
THOMSON131.380010.33
WALKER121.27393.81
PATTERSON111.167733.49
WAUGH111.167785.67
GRAY111.16778.18
BLAIN111.1677336.39
CORRIE111.1677514.02
CARSON111.1677105.97
LAWRIE101.0616110.86
COWAN101.061652.06
BAIRD90.955444.69
GORDON90.955415.16
TAIT90.955432.46
LEIPER90.9554416.67
JOHNSTON90.955411.84
LOGAN90.955440.29
DOYLE90.955439.23
GILCHRIST90.955465.17
WELSH90.955424.14
RUSSELL80.84936.96
BELL80.84934.52
PATERSON80.849312.48
WILLIAMSON80.84939.47
MUIR80.849322.19
BORTHWICK80.8493151.23
CANNON80.849346.92
TODD70.743114.60
MOFFAT70.743141.03
RATTRAY70.7431152.17
MAXWELL70.743131.28
MURDOCH60.636937.50
RIDDICK60.6369389.61
JACKSON60.63692.28
HYSLOP60.6369110.70
LORIMER50.5308132.63
STEWART50.53083.39
CARLYLE50.5308192.31
GEDDES50.530844.29
BODDEN40.42461,666.67
DOUGLAS40.42468.77
MILROY40.4246148.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HANING0.949422500.0000
BODDEN0.949421666.6667
ARMSTONG0.94942769.2308
CORRIE0.94942514.0187
CALLENDAR0.94942500.0000
CANNAN0.94942454.5455
LEIPER0.94942416.6667
GRIERSON0.94942401.5296
RIDDICK0.94942389.6104
BLAIN0.94942336.3914
KIRKPATRICK0.94942209.6178
CALLANDER0.94942208.3333
CARLYLE0.94942192.3077
BIGGAR0.94942153.8462
RATTRAY0.94942152.1739
BORTHWICK0.94942151.2287
MILROY0.94942148.1481
LORIMER0.94942132.6260
CHARTERS0.94942116.7315
LAWRIE0.94942110.8647
HYSLOP0.94942110.7011
CARSON0.94942105.9730
LOWDEN0.9494297.0874
WAUGH0.9494285.6698
GILCHRIST0.9494265.1702
FERGUSSON0.9494262.8931
SHANKLAND0.9494259.5238
BARBOUR0.9494257.9151
SPROAT0.9494254.0541
COWAN0.9494252.0562
CRAIG0.9494248.3442
CANNON0.9494246.9208
BAIRD0.9494244.6872
GEDDES0.9494244.2870
CLEMENT0.9494242.1496
MOFFAT0.9494241.0317
LOGAN0.9494240.2865
DOYLE0.9494239.2328
MURDOCH0.9494237.5000
JARDINE0.9494234.1686
PATTERSON0.9494233.4855
BLACK0.9494232.7869
TAIT0.9494232.4558
MAXWELL0.9494231.2779
WALLACE0.9494226.3484
MORRISON0.9494225.6618
WELSH0.9494224.1352
MUIR0.9494222.1914
GAVIN0.9494221.4592
HOLTON0.9494220.5339

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 942 people called HANING in Balmaclellan 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 2500.0000 in Balmaclellan means that 2500.0000% of the people in Balmaclellan on census day were called HANING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HANING 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 HANING 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 HANING 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 HANING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.94 in Balmaclellan means that you are 0.94 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HANING in Balmaclellan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Balmaclellan in 1881

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

MAC ADAM (6)  ANDERSON (2)  ARMSTRONG (2)  ARMSTONG (1)  MC ARTHUR (1)  BAIRD (9)  BARBOUR (3)  BARR (1)  BEATTIE (3)  BELL ((JOHNSTON)) (2)  BELL (8)  BIGGAR (2)  BLACK (20)  BLAIN (11)  BORTHWICK (8)  BODDEN (4)  BOYLE (1)  BRAIDWOOD (1)  BRITTON (1)  BROGAU (5)  BROMWICH (6)  BROWN (1)  MC CAUL (2)  MC CALL (2)  CALLANDER (4)  CALLENDAR (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CANNAN (3)  CANNON (8)  CARLYLE (5)  CARNICON (1)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CARSON (11)  CHARTERS (3)  CARTER (1)  MC CLEARIE (1)  CLEMENT (4)  COOK (4)  COPLAND (1)  MC CORMICK (3)  CORRIE (11)  MC COSH (1)  COUGHTREE (1)  COLTART (16)  COWAN (10)  CRAIG (20)  CUTHBERTSON (1)  DANDIE (1)  DEMPSTER (1)  DICKSON (2)  DONALDSON (1)  DOUGLAS (4)  DOYLE (9)  DUFF (2)  FERGUSSON (3)  FERGUSON (3)  FINLAY (1)  FINDLAY (1)  FINGLAND (1)  FISHER (1)  GALLOWAY (1)  GAVIN (1)  GEDDES (5)  MC GEORGE (4)  GIBSON (1)  GILCHRIST (9)  MC GILL (8)  MAC GILL (1)  GILLESPIE (3)  GLENDINNING (1)  GOLDIE SCOT (6)  GORDON (9)  JARDINE (3)  GRANGE (1)  GRAY (11)  GRIERSON (21)  HANING (2)  HARKNESS (1)  HASTHORN (1)  HENDERSON (3)  HENRY (3)  HYSLOP (6)  HOLTON (1)  HOPE (1)  HIDDLESTON (6)  HUME (1)  HUNTER (3)  JACKSON (6)  MC JANET (1)  JOHNSTON (9)  JOHNSTONE (3)  MC KAY (3)  KELLY (1)  MC KIE (27)  MC KILL (6)  KIRK (2)  KIRKPATRICK (17)  MC KNIGHT (4)  KNOX (2)  LANDSBURGH (7)  LAWRIE (10)  LAW (1)  LEES (3)  LEIPER (9)  LINDSAY (1)  LOGAN (9)  LORIMER (5)  LOVE (1)  LOWDEN (3)  MACKINNELL (1)  MARTIN (1)  MAXWELL (7)  MC ADAM (3)  MC BRYDE (1)  MC CONNAL (1)  MC CONNEL (2)  MAC CONNELL (6)  MC KINNELL (1)  MILEROY OR MCCROY (2)  MC DONALD (7)  MC GHIE (4)  MC GUFFIE (7)  MC GUFFOG (1)  MC KEAN (7)  MC KEAND (3)  MAC KENZIE (2)  KISSOCK (1)  MC LEAN (6)  MAC LEAN (2)  MC LELLAN (5)  MC MASTER (1)  MC MILLAN (2)  MC MINN (1)  MC MURRAY (1)  MC MURTRIE (1)  MC QUHIRR (1)  MC QUKIRR (1)  MELVILLE (2)  MILLER (1)  MILLAR (1)  MILLIGAN (2)  MILROY (4)  MC MICHAEL (21)  MOFFAT (7)  MUIRE (5)  MUIR (8)  MORGAN (1)  MORRISON (19)  MULLINS (1)  MURDOCH (6)  MURRAY (18)  NEILSON (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  PAPPLE (11)  PATTERSON (11)  PATERSON (8)  QUIG (5)  MC QUEEN (14)  RATTRAY (7)  RITCHARD (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  MC ROBERT (14)  ROBERTSON (3)  ROBINSON (1)  RIDDICK (6)  RUSSELL (8)  SAITE (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHANKLAND (1)  SHENNAN (8)  SHANNON (1)  SHAW (29)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (2)  SPROAT (1)  STEELE (1)  STEWART (5)  STIRGNEON (1)  STOBS (3)  TAIT (9)  THOMSON (13)  TODD (7)  TOWLAND (2)  TUDHOPE (1)  TWINHOLM (1)  VINNIE (1)  WALKER (12)  WALLACE (17)  WAUGH (11)  WELSH (9)  MAC WILLIAM (3)  WILLIAMSON (8)  WILSON (34)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (3)