Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dalton, Dumfriesshire

Dalton 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
IRVING233.9724178.29
MURRAY172.936123.68
KERR172.936153.83
TWEEDIE162.7634717.49
WHITE152.59078.06
BELL152.590713.79
THOMSON142.418018.10
SMITH142.41801.71
GASS142.41801,521.74
JOHNSTON122.072525.68
CARRUTHERS91.5544117.49
ROBERTSON91.55449.28
CURRIE81.381749.11
WILSON81.38173.01
DALZIEL81.3817312.50
BRYDEN81.3817327.87
GRAY81.38179.68
RAE71.209053.07
BLAIR71.209046.64
CALLENDER71.2090593.22
SCOTT71.20904.78
ARMSTRONG71.209015.82
CROMBIE71.2090215.38
HAMILTON71.209016.11
WALLACE71.209017.65
LESLIE71.209072.99
HEPBURN61.0363116.50
HALLIDAY61.036350.17
BROWN61.03631.57
COWAN61.036350.80
HOGGAN50.8636602.41
GRAHAM50.86367.52
HODGSON50.863612.46
HARKNESS50.8636154.32
FRASER50.86369.70
JARDINE50.863692.59
TROTTER50.863682.37
MACLEAN40.690862.40
DICKSON40.690818.66
LAIDLAW40.690877.97
PATERSON40.690810.15
MACDUFF40.69081,904.76
CALVERT40.690833.87
DUFF30.518129.13
DONALDSON30.518118.17
GARDNER30.51817.63
LINTON30.518163.03
MOFFAT30.518128.60
RUDDICK30.5181217.39
YOUNG30.51812.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PFLUGER0.5857910000.0000
MACDUFF0.585791904.7619
GASS0.585791521.7391
TWEEDIE0.58579717.4888
DUMBAR0.58579714.2857
HOGGAN0.58579602.4096
CALLENDER0.58579593.2203
RAPHAEL0.58579500.0000
KELTON0.58579500.0000
BRYDEN0.58579327.8689
DALZIEL0.58579312.5000
LESSLIE0.58579250.0000
NILSON0.58579222.2222
RUDDICK0.58579217.3913
CROMBIE0.58579215.3846
MACADAM0.58579200.0000
MILBOURNE0.58579181.8182
IRVING0.58579178.2946
HARKNESS0.58579154.3210
DOUGAN0.58579144.9275
CARLYLE0.58579125.0000
CARRUTHERS0.58579117.4935
HEPBURN0.58579116.5049
JARDINE0.5857992.5926
PINKNEY0.5857988.1057
TROTTER0.5857982.3723
LAIDLAW0.5857977.9727
AFFLECK0.5857974.6269
LESLIE0.5857972.9927
LINTON0.5857963.0252
MACLEAN0.5857962.4025
KERR0.5857953.8315
RAE0.5857953.0705
COWAN0.5857950.8044
HALLIDAY0.5857950.1672
CURRIE0.5857949.1099
BURNET0.5857947.1698
BLAIR0.5857946.6356
GEAR0.5857946.2963
FAIRWEATHER0.5857944.5434
CRIGHTON0.5857943.4783
BERWICK0.5857942.9185
CALVERT0.5857933.8696
CROSBIE0.5857933.6700
LAUDER0.5857932.8947
BORTHWICK0.5857930.7692
GOLD0.5857930.3951
DUFF0.5857929.1262
MOFFAT0.5857928.5987
HETHERINGTON0.5857927.3973

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 579 people called PFLUGER in Dalton 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 10000.0000 in Dalton means that 10000.0000% of the people in Dalton on census day were called PFLUGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PFLUGER 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 PFLUGER 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 PFLUGER 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 PFLUGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Dalton means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PFLUGER in Dalton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dalton in 1881

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

MACADAM (1)  ADAMSON (1)  AFFLECK (1)  ALFORD (1)  ANDERSON (2)  ARMSTRONG (7)  MC CARTNEY (1)  BARKER (1)  BERWICK (1)  BELL (15)  BLAIR (7)  BORTHWICK (1)  BOYD (1)  BOYLE (1)  BROWN (6)  BRYDEN (8)  BUCHANAN (1)  BURNET (1)  MC BURNIE (1)  CALLENDER (7)  CALVERT (4)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARLYLE (2)  CARRUTHERS (9)  CASSIDY (1)  CLARK (1)  COLTHART (2)  COWAN (6)  CRIGHTON (1)  CRICHTON (1)  CROMBIE (7)  CROSBIE (1)  CURRIE (8)  CUTHBERTSON (1)  DALZIEL (8)  DAVIDSON (2)  DAVIS (2)  DEROM (6)  DEWAR (1)  DICK (1)  DICKSON (4)  DOBBIE (2)  DONALDSON (3)  DOUGAN (2)  DOUGLAS (1)  MACDUFF (4)  DUFF (3)  DUMBAR (1)  DUNLOP (1)  ENGLAND (1)  ESKDALE (1)  FORFAR (2)  FAIRWEATHER (2)  FERGUSON (1)  FISHER (1)  FRASER (5)  FROBISHER (1)  FULLARTON (1)  GARDNER (3)  GASS (14)  GEAR (1)  GENT (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILLESPIE (1)  JARDINE (5)  GORDON (2)  GOLD (1)  GRAHAM (5)  GRAHAME (4)  GRAY (8)  HAINING (3)  HALL (2)  HALLIDAY (6)  HAMILTON (7)  HARKNESS (5)  HARRISON (1)  HAYES (1)  HENDERSON (2)  HEPBURN (6)  HETHERINGTON (2)  HODGSON (5)  HOGGAN (5)  HOPE (2)  HUDDART (1)  HIDDLESTON (8)  HEUGHS (1)  HUTCHISON (2)  IRVING (23)  IVISON (1)  JOHNSTON (12)  JOHNSTONE (1)  MC CAA (1)  KENNEDY (1)  KERR (17)  KIRK (1)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  LARRAM (1)  LAUDER (1)  LESLIE (7)  LESSLIE (1)  LAIDLAW (4)  LINTON (3)  LITTLE (2)  LYON (1)  MARCHBANK (5)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (2)  MAXWELL (2)  MC DONALD (1)  MC DOUGALL (2)  MC GHIR (1)  MC INTOSH (1)  MC LEAN (3)  MACLEAN (4)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC NIE (1)  MC VORRAN (1)  MC WHIRTER (10)  MEREDITH (1)  MILBOURNE (1)  MOFFAT (3)  MONTGOMERY (1)  MOSS (1)  MURRAY (17)  MC NEIL (3)  NEIL (1)  NILSON (1)  NOTMAW (4)  OLIVER (1)  PATERSON (4)  PAUL (1)  PFLUGER (1)  PINKNEY (2)  PRESTON (1)  RAE (7)  RAPHAEL (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBERTSON (9)  RUDDICK (3)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SCOTT (7)  SHARP (2)  SIGHTFOOT (4)  SYME (1)  KELTON (1)  SMITH (14)  STOTT (1)  STROYAN (6)  SWAN (2)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMSON (14)  TROTTER (5)  TWEEDIE (16)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (7)  WARSOCK (3)  WATRET (12)  WATSON (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WHITE (15)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (8)  YOUNG (3)