Top surnames from the 1881 census in Parton, Kirkcudbrightshire

Parton 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
MILLIGAN192.6536225.39
THOMSON162.234616.72
CRAIG162.234650.89
BAIRD152.095097.98
KIRK141.955345.16
SCOTT141.95537.73
WELSH141.955349.38
WALKER121.67605.01
MILROY111.5363536.59
GIBSON111.536312.66
ARMSTRONG111.536320.10
ROGERSON111.5363124.86
WALLACE101.396620.39
MOFFAT101.396677.10
HERON91.2570131.00
MORRISON91.257015.99
WARDHAUGH91.25701,800.00
LORIMER91.2570314.69
MUIRHEAD91.2570163.04
GEDDES91.2570104.90
BLAIR81.117343.10
HYSLOP81.1173194.17
CARSON81.1173101.39
LARGE81.1173108.40
DAVIDSON81.117313.29
FRY81.117334.87
EWART81.1173198.51
RAE81.117349.05
WILSON81.11732.43
CAMBELL81.1173406.09
STURGEON70.9777242.21
BROWNE70.977753.39
SMITH70.97770.69
PATERSON70.977714.36
CLEMENT60.838083.22
PRICE50.69833.99
HENDERSON50.69836.43
EWING50.698375.76
HICKEY50.6983112.11
MUIR50.698318.25
IMRIE50.6983178.57
AITKEN40.558721.29
CURRIE40.558719.85
GRAHAM40.55874.87
RUTHERFORD40.558722.90
HUTTON40.558718.71
HAMILTON40.55877.45
COWAN40.558727.40
CALLANDER40.5587273.97
JOHNSTONE40.558712.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WARDHAUGH0.727161800.0000
KIN0.727161250.0000
HAULEY0.727161000.0000
WHAN0.72716666.6667
CALLENDAR0.72716666.6667
MILROY0.72716536.5854
CAVIN0.72716454.5455
CAMBELL0.72716406.0914
LORIMER0.72716314.6853
HILLIS0.72716312.5000
CALLANDER0.72716273.9726
CORSON0.72716270.2703
STURGEON0.72716242.2145
STRAITON0.72716227.2727
HANNING0.72716227.2727
MILLIGAN0.72716225.3855
NISH0.72716208.3333
EWART0.72716198.5112
HYSLOP0.72716194.1748
IMRIE0.72716178.5714
MUIRHEAD0.72716163.0435
BELFORD0.72716158.7302
CROLL0.72716149.2537
HERON0.72716131.0044
ROGERSON0.72716124.8581
HICKEY0.72716112.1076
LARGE0.72716108.4011
SPEIRS0.72716107.1429
GEDDES0.72716104.8951
CARSON0.72716101.3942
STITT0.7271699.0099
BAIRD0.7271697.9752
HENNING0.7271696.1538
HAUGH0.7271694.3396
PAGAN0.7271689.2857
DOBIE0.7271683.6820
CLEMENT0.7271683.2178
SHANKLAND0.7271678.1250
THOMS0.7271678.1250
MOFFAT0.7271677.1010
GOURLEY0.7271676.9231
EWING0.7271675.7576
HAGGARTY0.7271672.4638
CORRIE0.7271661.3497
BROWNE0.7271653.3944
CRAIG0.7271650.8906
WELSH0.7271649.3827
RAE0.7271649.0497
KIRK0.7271645.1613
BLAIR0.7271643.1034

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 716 people called WARDHAUGH in Parton 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 1800.0000 in Parton means that 1800.0000% of the people in Parton on census day were called WARDHAUGH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WARDHAUGH 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 WARDHAUGH 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 WARDHAUGH 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 WARDHAUGH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.72 in Parton means that you are 0.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WARDHAUGH in Parton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Parton in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (11)  ARNOLD (1)  AITKEN (4)  BAILIEFF (1)  BAIRD (15)  BARBER (3)  BARBOUR (1)  BARNETT (2)  BARR (1)  BEATTIE (3)  BELFORD (1)  BELL (2)  BLAIR (8)  BOOTH (1)  BROWNE (7)  BRYDEN (1)  MC CALL (10)  CALLANDER (4)  CALLENDAR (1)  CAMBELL (8)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CARSON (8)  CORSON (2)  CHARTERIS (3)  CARTER (2)  CAVEN (4)  CAVIN (1)  CLACHRIE (1)  MC CLYMONT (4)  CLEMENT (6)  COLE (1)  CONNELL (1)  COOPER (1)  COUPLAND (1)  MC CORMICK (3)  CORMON (4)  CORNAH (1)  CORRIE (1)  COLTART (2)  COWAN (4)  CRAIG (16)  CRAVEN (1)  CROLL (2)  CURRIE (4)  CUTHBERTSON (1)  DAVIDSON (8)  DOBIE (2)  DONALLY (1)  DOUGLAS (4)  DRUMMOND (1)  DUNN (3)  IMRIE (5)  EWART (8)  EWING (5)  FAIRGREY (1)  FARRIES (1)  FERGUSSON (1)  FINDLAY (1)  FENNIE (1)  FINNIGAN (1)  FRASER (2)  FRY (8)  GALLOWAY (1)  GEDDES (9)  GEDDIES (1)  MC GEORGE (13)  GIBSON (11)  MC GILL (6)  GILSTON (13)  GORDON (1)  GOURLEY (1)  GRAHAM (4)  GRAY (1)  GRIERSON (1)  HAGGARTY (1)  HAINING (10)  HALLIDAY (2)  HALIDAY (1)  HAMILTON (4)  HANNAH (3)  HANNING (1)  HARKER (1)  HERRIES (1)  HAULEY (1)  HAUGH (1)  HAY (1)  HENDERSON (5)  HENNING (1)  HENRY (1)  HERON (9)  HYSLOP (8)  HICKEY (5)  HILLIS (1)  HITCHELL (1)  HOATSON (1)  HUNTER (1)  HUTTON (4)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSTONE (4)  JOHNSTON (2)  MC KENNA (1)  MC KIE (8)  MC KILL (1)  KIN (1)  KINNELL (4)  KIRK (14)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  MC KNIGHT (2)  LANDSBOURGH (1)  LARGE (8)  LORRANCE (1)  LEWIS (4)  LITTLE (1)  LORIMER (9)  MALCOLM (3)  MARRAY (4)  MAXWELL (2)  MC ADAM (8)  MC BRIDE (1)  MC CAIG (1)  MC DILL (2)  MC DOWALL (5)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC KEAN (1)  MC KEAND (5)  KISSOCK (1)  MC KLICHAN (4)  MC LASHLAN (1)  MC LAUGHLAN (1)  MC LEAN (2)  MC LELLAN (3)  MC MATH (1)  MC MINN (1)  MC MORRAN (1)  MC NAUGHT (1)  SKIMMING (1)  MIDDLETON (3)  MILLER (3)  MILLIGAN (19)  MILROY (11)  MIRREY (4)  MOFFAT (10)  MONINE (1)  MONTGOMERY (1)  MUIR (5)  MORRISON (9)  MUIRHEAD (9)  MURRAY (2)  NEWELL (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  NISH (1)  NIVEN (1)  NAE (2)  PAGAN (1)  PAILSLEY (1)  PATERSON (7)  PATON (1)  PATULLA (5)  PRICE (5)  RAE (8)  RAY (1)  RILEY (1)  MC ROBERT (9)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROBBY (1)  RODEN (1)  ROGERSON (11)  RUTHERFORD (4)  SCOTT (14)  SHANKLAND (1)  SHANNAN (2)  SMITH (7)  SPEIRS (3)  STEVENSON (2)  STEWART (1)  STITT (1)  STRAITON (1)  STURGEON (7)  TAIT (1)  THOMS (1)  THOMSON (16)  TOUL (1)  TWINAME (1)  WALKER (12)  WALLACE (10)  WARDHAUGH (9)  WEDDERBARN (1)  WEIR (3)  WELSH (14)  WHAN (1)  WHITTRICK (5)  WILSON (8)