Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire

Tongland 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
BROWN253.01574.57
THOMPSON161.93006.44
BARCLAY151.809487.93
JOHNSTONE151.809440.03
MITCHELL151.80948.92
GOURLAY141.6888304.35
MURRAY121.447511.67
RAE121.447563.53
KIRK121.447533.44
BLAIR111.326951.19
THOMSON111.32699.93
CLARK111.32694.41
PITT111.326962.11
SMITH101.20630.85
CAMPBELL101.20637.13
COPLAND101.2063215.52
ROBERTSON101.20637.20
MAXWELL101.206350.76
WALLACE91.085615.85
SLOAN91.0856115.24
GIBSON91.08568.94
ARMSTRONG91.085614.20
DOBSON80.965021.88
ROSS80.96508.83
FERGUSON80.965013.61
WEBSTER80.965011.10
URQUHART70.844460.09
GRAY70.84445.91
HARRIS70.84443.32
HIGGINS70.844416.70
GRAHAM70.84447.35
KERR70.844415.48
KELLY70.84447.71
FITZSIMONS70.8444546.88
WALKER70.84442.52
DOCHERTY70.844456.77
DUFF70.844447.46
FRASER70.84449.49
KIMM60.72381,818.18
HUNTER60.72387.05
HANNAY60.7238294.12
DRYSDALE60.723885.59
HAMILTON60.72389.65
NISH60.72381,071.43
HENDERSON60.72386.66
RODGER60.723851.50
CORSON60.7238705.88
CAIRNS60.723833.46
MILLIGAN50.603151.23
LAURIE50.603170.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KOSACK0.8382915000.0000
KIMM0.838291818.1818
CALDON0.838291612.9032
GREGAN0.838291250.0000
NISH0.838291071.4286
CORSON0.83829705.8824
FITZSIMONS0.83829546.8750
GOURLAY0.83829304.3478
HANNAY0.83829294.1176
MOWATT0.83829234.3750
ROBISON0.83829216.2162
COPLAND0.83829215.5172
CHARTERS0.83829176.9912
KENNAN0.83829172.4138
SLOAN0.83829115.2369
SCOT0.83829109.8901
COATS0.83829106.6667
KEAN0.8382989.1266
BARCLAY0.8382987.9250
RUSSEL0.8382987.4126
DRYSDALE0.8382985.5920
HYSLOP0.8382983.8574
HAUGH0.8382981.3008
GASS0.8382975.7576
LAURIE0.8382970.2247
KIRKPATRICK0.8382970.0280
HOOKS0.8382969.9301
COLVIN0.8382969.6864
HARKNESS0.8382964.6552
RAE0.8382963.5257
MOAT0.8382962.5000
PITT0.8382962.1118
URQUHART0.8382960.0858
ERSKINE0.8382958.4795
DOCHERTY0.8382956.7721
CARSON0.8382954.7645
AFFLECK0.8382952.3560
RODGER0.8382951.5021
MILLIGAN0.8382951.2295
BLAIR0.8382951.1866
MAXWELL0.8382950.7614
DUFF0.8382947.4576
BYERS0.8382946.5116
NEILSON0.8382942.8082
SHERMAN0.8382942.7350
JOHNSTONE0.8382940.0320
CONOLLY0.8382939.8406
HOUSTON0.8382937.8788
KENWORTHY0.8382936.2319
LAMOND0.8382935.3357

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 829 people called KOSACK in Tongland 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 15000.0000 in Tongland means that 15000.0000% of the people in Tongland on census day were called KOSACK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KOSACK 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 KOSACK 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 KOSACK 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 KOSACK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.83 in Tongland means that you are 0.83 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KOSACK in Tongland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tongland in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AFFLECK (1)  AINSWORTH (1)  AIRLY (2)  ALEXANDER (4)  ALLAN (4)  ANDERSON (3)  ARMSTRONG (9)  BARBOUR (1)  BARCLAY (15)  BAXTER (3)  BEATTIE (3)  BYERS (2)  BIERS (6)  BELL (1)  BIRKMYRE (4)  BLACK (1)  BLAIR (11)  BROWN (25)  BUCHANAN (2)  BYRES (1)  MC BURNEY (6)  CAIRNS (6)  CALDON (5)  CALDOW (8)  CAMPBELL (10)  CORSON (6)  CARSON (5)  CHARTERS (4)  CARTER (4)  CHRISTIE (2)  CLARK (11)  COATS (4)  COLES (2)  COLE (1)  COLVIN (2)  CONCHAR (5)  CONOLLY (1)  COWPER (1)  COPLAND (10)  COLTART (1)  COULTHARD (1)  CRAIG (1)  CRESSWELL (3)  DALZIEL (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DICKIE (1)  DOBSON (8)  DOCHERTY (7)  DONALDSON (1)  DOUGLAS (2)  DRUMMOND (1)  DRYSDALE (6)  DUFF (7)  DUNCAN (1)  EDGAR (2)  EDWARDS (1)  ERSKINE (3)  EWART (1)  FERGUSON (8)  FIELDS (1)  FISHER (2)  FLETCHER (1)  FRASER (7)  GASS (1)  GEDDES (1)  GIBSON (9)  MC GILL (2)  GILLONE (4)  GLENCORSE (1)  GLENDINNING (1)  GLYNN (1)  GORDON (3)  GOURLAY (14)  GRAHAM (7)  GRAY (7)  GREEN (1)  GREGAN (1)  HALL (1)  HALLIDAY (1)  HAMILTON (6)  HANDLEY (1)  HANNAH (1)  HANNAY (6)  HARKNESS (3)  HARPER (1)  HARRIS (7)  HAUGH (1)  HENDERSON (6)  HENDRY (2)  HENRY (1)  HEPBURN (1)  HERRON (1)  HERRING (1)  HYSLOP (4)  HIGGINS (7)  HOATSON (4)  HOLBURN (3)  HOUSTON (4)  HUNTER (6)  HOOKS (1)  HUTCHISON (1)  HUTTON (1)  IRELAND (4)  IRVINE (1)  JOHNSTONE (15)  JOHNSTON (1)  JONES (2)  MC KAY (1)  KEAN (5)  KELLY (7)  KENWORTHY (2)  KENNAN (1)  KERR (7)  MC KIE (5)  KIMM (6)  KIRK (12)  KIRKPATRICK (5)  MC KNIGHT (1)  KOSACK (3)  LAMOND (1)  LAURIE (5)  LEARMONT (1)  LEDWIDGE (1)  LEWIS (1)  LINDSAY (3)  LOCK (1)  LOCKERBIE (1)  MALCALMSON (1)  MALTMAN (4)  MAXWELL (10)  MC CULLOCH (6)  MC DILL (9)  MC DONALD (6)  MC GUFFIE (4)  MC GUFFOG (8)  MC INNES (1)  MC LACHLAN (6)  MC LAREN (1)  MC LAUCHLAN (1)  MC LEAN (2)  MC LELLAN (1)  MC MONIES (2)  MC MILLAN (7)  MC MINN (11)  MC MURRAY (16)  MC RAE (1)  SKIMMING (8)  MC MICHAN (5)  MAKINE (4)  MC MEEKAN (1)  MELVILE (1)  MILLAR (4)  MILLIGAN (5)  MITCHELL (15)  MOAT (1)  MUIR (2)  MOWATT (3)  MUAT (5)  MURPHY (1)  MURRAY (12)  O'NEIL (1)  NEILSON (5)  NISH (6)  NOTMAN (3)  PAPLE (1)  PATTERSON (4)  PITT (11)  RAE (12)  RHENIUS (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROBERTSON (10)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBISON (4)  RODGER (6)  ROSS (8)  ROY (1)  RUSSEL (5)  SCOT (1)  SEGGIE (1)  SHENNAN (1)  SHERMAN (2)  SHAW (1)  FITZSIMONS (7)  SIM (1)  SLOAN (9)  SMITH (10)  STEWART (4)  STURGEON (1)  TAIT (1)  THOMPSON (16)  THOMSON (11)  URQUHART (7)  WALKER (7)  WALLACE (9)  WELSH (2)  WEBSTER (8)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNG (1)