Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dornock, Dumfriesshire

Dornock 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
CARRUTHERS354.2892324.37
ARMSTRONG344.166754.50
IRVING283.4314154.02
BELL273.308817.61
LATIMER253.0637796.18
BRYSON242.9412383.39
STEWART222.696117.23
GORDON182.205935.00
DAVIDSON172.083324.78
RICHARDSON172.083312.24
ROME161.9608993.79
STEEL161.960848.11
GRAHAM151.838216.01
GASS121.4706923.08
SCOTT121.47065.81
KIRKPATRICK111.3480156.47
JARDINE111.3480144.74
JOHNSTONE111.348029.83
THOMSON101.22559.17
MUIRHEAD101.2255158.98
LAWSON80.980416.63
HILL80.98043.85
KERR80.980417.98
HOPE80.980428.81
EDGAR80.980463.69
SWALLOWS70.857817,500.00
LITTLE70.857818.14
BLAKE70.857817.71
SKILLING70.8578853.66
GEDDES70.857871.57
NICHOLSON70.857812.07
ROBERTSON70.85785.12
FERGUSON70.857812.10
JOHNSTON70.857810.63
BOYES60.735370.34
CLARK60.73532.45
YOUNG60.73533.42
BURTON60.73538.63
KIRK60.735316.98
MINTO60.7353265.49
DEANS60.7353108.50
BURNIE60.7353600.00
HAMILTON60.73539.80
COWAN50.612730.05
VERNON50.612737.23
NOBLE50.612714.76
HYSLOP50.6127106.61
BOYS50.6127155.76
KING50.61272.81
BLACKSTOCK50.6127416.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SWALLOWS0.8281617500.0000
ROME0.82816993.7888
GASS0.82816923.0769
SKILLING0.82816853.6585
LATIMER0.82816796.1783
BURNIE0.82816600.0000
FREEL0.82816444.4444
BLACKSTOCK0.82816416.6667
BRYSON0.82816383.3866
FORSYTHE0.82816379.7468
CARRUTHERS0.82816324.3744
MINTO0.82816265.4867
MUIRHEAD0.82816158.9825
KIRKPATRICK0.82816156.4723
BOYS0.82816155.7632
IRVING0.82816154.0154
JARDINE0.82816144.7368
DEANS0.82816108.4991
HYSLOP0.82816106.6098
WHITSON0.8281685.4701
GEDDES0.8281671.5746
BOYES0.8281670.3400
CRONE0.8281667.1141
EDGAR0.8281663.6943
PURDIE0.8281659.3472
ARMSTRONG0.8281654.5046
BIRRELL0.8281650.2513
STEEL0.8281648.1058
HARKNESS0.8281643.7637
VERNON0.8281637.2301
GORDON0.8281634.9990
EASTON0.8281632.3102
DUNLOP0.8281630.4183
COWAN0.8281630.0481
TRAINER0.8281629.9401
JOHNSTONE0.8281629.8265
HOPE0.8281628.8081
NEIL0.8281627.8035
WAUGH0.8281626.9784
DAVIDSON0.8281624.7777
HALLIDAY0.8281623.7248
BYERS0.8281623.6407
COULTHARD0.8281621.9298
POOL0.8281621.1640
WYLIE0.8281621.0526
CHALMERS0.8281620.5973
LITTLE0.8281618.1394
KERR0.8281617.9775
BLAKE0.8281617.7081
BELL0.8281617.6079

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 816 people called SWALLOWS in Dornock 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 17500.0000 in Dornock means that 17500.0000% of the people in Dornock on census day were called SWALLOWS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SWALLOWS 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 SWALLOWS 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 SWALLOWS 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 SWALLOWS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Dornock means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SWALLOWS in Dornock than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dornock in 1881

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

ADAMSON (2)  ANDERSON (3)  ARMSTRONG (34)  AITKEN (1)  BARR (1)  BAXTER (1)  BECK (3)  BYERS (1)  BELL (27)  BELL (SKILLING) (2)  BLAKE (7)  BLACKSTOCK (5)  BOYS (5)  BOYES (6)  BROATCH (3)  BRYSON (24)  BURNETT (3)  BIRRELL (2)  BURTON (6)  BYRES (1)  BURNIE (6)  MC CALL (2)  CAMPBELL (2)  CARRUTHERS (35)  CARSON (1)  CHALMERS (4)  CLARK (6)  COOPER (1)  COULTHARD (1)  COWAN (5)  CRONE (1)  CURRIE (3)  DALGLIESH (8)  DAVIDSON (17)  DEANS (6)  DONALDSON (2)  DOW (1)  DUNLOP (4)  EASTON (4)  EDGAR (8)  ELLIOT (1)  ELLIS (1)  FERGUSON (7)  FORBES (1)  FORSYTH (2)  FORSYTHE (3)  FREEL (2)  GASS (12)  GEDDES (7)  MC GEORGE (5)  GIBSON (1)  JARDINE (11)  GORDON (18)  GRAHAM (15)  HALLIDAY (4)  HAMILTON (6)  HARKNESS (2)  HYSLOP (5)  HEUNELWOOD (1)  HILL (8)  PATERSON (HILL) (2)  HOPPER (1)  HOPE (8)  HIDDLESTON (2)  HUNTER (4)  IERLAN (6)  INGRAM (1)  IRVING (28)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSTON (7)  JOHNSTONE (11)  KERR (8)  KING (5)  KIRK (6)  KIRKPATRICK (11)  LANG (1)  LATIMER (25)  LAWSON (8)  LIGHFOOT (8)  LISTER (4)  LITTLE (7)  MARCHBANK (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MAXWELL (2)  MC ALISTER (7)  MC CRACKEN (7)  MC DONALD (5)  MC DOUGALL (4)  MC KEND (12)  MC KENSIE (1)  MC KORROW (1)  MC VITTIE (6)  MC WHURTER (1)  MILLER (4)  MILLIGAN (1)  MINTO (6)  MORTON (1)  MUIRHEAD (10)  NEIL (3)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLSON (7)  NOBLE (5)  NOTMAN (11)  PATERSON (1)  PAYNE (1)  POOL (2)  POTTER (4)  PRINNETT (1)  PURDIE (2)  MC QUEEN (2)  RAE (3)  RENNIE (1)  RICHARDSON (17)  RIDLEY (1)  ROBERTSON (7)  ROME (16)  ROSS (4)  SCOTT (12)  SEWELL (1)  SHIMMINGS (7)  SYME (1)  SIM (1)  SKILLING (7)  SMITH (1)  SPALDING (1)  STEEL (16)  STEVENSON (1)  STEWART (22)  STUART (1)  SWALLOWS (7)  TELFORD (1)  THOMSON (10)  THOMPSON (1)  TINNING (8)  TRAINER (1)  VERNON (5)  VIVERS (5)  WALLS (1)  WAUGH (3)  WELSH (2)  WHITSON (1)  WILKINSON (1)  MC WILLIAM (3)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHT (1)  WYLIE (2)  YOUNG (6)