Top surnames from the 1881 census in New Luce, Wigtownshire

New Luce is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Wigtownshire

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
WILSON314.32369.41
KELLY223.068328.02
BLACKWELL172.3710130.07
AGNEW141.9526347.39
DALRYMPLE131.8131416.67
ROSS121.673615.31
HARDIE121.6736128.34
TODD111.534230.15
WRIGHT101.39474.35
BAIRD101.394765.23
WOOD101.39474.38
JOHNSTONE91.255227.77
PERRY81.115815.17
BICKERSTAFF81.1158533.33
ORR81.115866.23
FORSYTH81.115852.29
HAMILTON81.115814.87
GRIBBEN70.97631,346.15
HOGG70.976327.03
PARK70.976331.50
LOVE70.976341.18
MURRAY70.97637.87
GALLOWAY70.976356.68
TWEEDIE70.9763252.71
DOUGLAS70.976320.16
FISHER70.97638.34
LUPTON60.8368115.83
DORMAN60.8368259.74
JOHNSTON60.836810.37
BOYD60.836823.86
LINTON60.8368101.87
MITCHELL60.83684.13
ROBERTSON60.83684.99
DRYSDALE50.697482.51
GILMOUR50.697449.26
BLACK50.697410.77
KIRK50.697416.11
MACLEAN50.697463.05
GORDON50.697411.06
MURPHY50.69748.73
CRAWFORD40.557911.40
TEMPLETON40.557975.47
BOYLES30.4184215.83
HANNAY30.4184169.49
LAIDLAW30.418447.24
BURNS30.41846.23
WYLIE30.418435.97
SPROAT30.4184212.77
MILLAR20.27897.64
COBURN20.2789147.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOLLER10,000.0010.1395
GRIBBEN1,346.1570.9763
SWEETEN1,000.0010.1395
BICKERSTAFF533.3381.1158
CAVINS526.3210.1395
DALRYMPLE416.67131.8131
CHAMBER384.6220.2789
AGNEW347.39141.9526
CRONEY277.7810.1395
DORMAN259.7460.8368
TWEEDIE252.7170.9763
BOYLES215.8330.4184
SPROAT212.7730.4184
HANNAY169.4930.4184
COBURN147.0620.2789
BLACKWELL130.07172.3710
HARDIE128.34121.6736
LINCH123.4610.1395
LUPTON115.8360.8368
HAILS112.3610.1395
LINTON101.8760.8368
GOWAN91.7410.1395
MURCHIE84.0310.1395
DRYSDALE82.5150.6974
TEMPLETON75.4740.5579
ORR66.2381.1158
BAIRD65.23101.3947
TORRANCE63.2920.2789
MACLEAN63.0550.6974
FITZSIMMONS57.1410.1395
GALLOWAY56.6870.9763
FORSYTH52.2981.1158
GILMOUR49.2650.6974
LAIDLAW47.2430.4184
LOVE41.1870.9763
WYLIE35.9730.4184
PARK31.5070.9763
TODD30.15111.5342
KELLY28.02223.0683
JOHNSTONE27.7791.2552
QUIGLEY27.2510.1395
HOGG27.0370.9763
COPLAND24.9410.1395
BOYD23.8660.8368
DOIG23.7010.1395
WAUGH20.4720.2789
DOUGLAS20.1670.9763
COCHRANE18.0020.2789
KIRK16.1150.6974
ROSS15.31121.6736

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called FOLLER in New Luce 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 0.1395 in New Luce means that 0.1395% of the people in New Luce on census day were called FOLLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOLLER 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 FOLLER 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 FOLLER 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 FOLLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in New Luce means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOLLER in New Luce than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in New Luce in 1881

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

AGNEW (14)  ANDERSON (1)  AITKEN (1)  BAIRD (10)  BAIRD OR KING (6)  BARCLAY (1)  BEATTIE (1)  BELL (2)  BICKERSTAFF (8)  BLACK (5)  BLACKWELL (17)  BLACKWELL ((ROSS)) (2)  BOYD (6)  WRIGHT OR BOYD (2)  NELSON OR BOYD (2)  ELDRIE OR BOYD (2)  BOYLES (3)  BRANNEY (9)  BROWN (1)  BRYNAN (1)  BURNS (3)  CAIG (1)  CAVINS (1)  CHAMBER (2)  MC CARTIE (5)  MC CLYMONT (2)  COBURN (2)  COCHRANE (2)  COLLINS (2)  COPLAND (1)  MC CORMICK (2)  CRAIG (1)  CRAWFORD (4)  CRONEY (1)  DALRYMPLE (13)  DOIG (1)  DORMAN (6)  DOUGLAS (7)  DOWLING (1)  DRYNAN (4)  DRYSDALE (5)  ECCLES (1)  EDGAR (1)  MC FADGEN (7)  FENION (9)  FISHER (7)  FORSYTH (8)  FOLLER (1)  GALLOWAY (7)  MC GEOCH OR MC HARG (2)  MC GEOCH (3)  GILMOUR (5)  GORDON (5)  MC GOWAN (15)  GOWAN (1)  GRACE (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIBBEN (7)  HAILS (1)  HALLIDAY (1)  HAMILTON (8)  HANNAH (1)  HANNAY (3)  HUGHES OR HARDIE (2)  HARDIE (12)  HARDY (1)  MC HARRIE (7)  HOWATSON (7)  HOGG (7)  HUNTER (1)  JOHNSTON (6)  JOHNSTONE (9)  KEATINGS (1)  KELLY (22)  KENMUIR (2)  KENNEDY (1)  KERR (1)  KESSIE (1)  MC KIE (10)  KIRK (5)  MC LAUGLIN (1)  LAIDLAW (3)  LINTON (6)  LITTLE (1)  LOGAN (1)  LOVE (7)  LUNDEY (1)  LUPTON (6)  LINCH (1)  MC CREATH (3)  MACMICKING (2)  MC GUIRE (13)  MAIORER (4)  MARTIN (2)  MC BRYDE OR MILROY (2)  MC BRYDE (1)  MC CAIG (1)  MC COLM (3)  MC CAVERY (1)  MC CLURE (6)  MC CUBBIN (4)  MC CULLOCH (4)  MC DOWALL (8)  MC EWEN (1)  MC GRAW (1)  MC GAW (4)  MC GHEE (2)  MC HARG (6)  MC KECHNIE (7)  MC KENZIE (10)  MC KERLIE (1)  MC NEILLIE (4)  MC LAUCHLAN (3)  MC LEAN (3)  MACLEAN (5)  CLUCKIE (1)  MC MILLAN (10)  MC MURRAY (5)  MC NALLIE (2)  MC NILLIE (9)  MC QUAKER (6)  MC QUISTIN (7)  MC WHIRTER (2)  MC MICKING (2)  MILLAR (2)  MITCHELL (6)  MOFFAT (1)  MUIR (1)  MC MORLAND (1)  MORRISON (1)  MURCHIE (1)  MURPHY (5)  MURRAY (7)  MC NISH (9)  NELSON (1)  ORR (8)  PARK (7)  PARKER (1)  PATERSON (1)  REID OR PERRY (2)  PERRY (8)  POTTER (1)  PRESTON (1)  QUIGLEY (1)  REID (1)  MC ILWRAITH (3)  RENIE (1)  MC ILWRICK (7)  RICHARDSON (2)  RICHMOND (1)  ROBERTSON (6)  ROSS (12)  SCOTT (1)  SHAW (1)  FITZIMMONS (1)  FITZSIMMONS (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (1)  SPROAT (3)  SWEETEN (1)  TEMPLETON (4)  THOMSON (1)  TODD (11)  TORRANCE (2)  TWEEDIE (7)  WALLACE (1)  WAUGH (2)  WELSH (2)  WHITE (1)  MC WILLIAM (1)  WILSON (31)  WOOD (10)  WRIGHT (10)  WYLIE (3)