Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire

Ruthwell 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
SMITH465.29343.75
BOYD374.2578121.39
JOHNSTONE374.257894.20
GRIERSON293.3372600.41
LITTLE283.222168.13
PHILLIPS182.071311.58
MURRAY182.071316.70
DUNBAR182.0713180.36
JARDINE182.0713222.22
GRAHAM171.956317.04
BELL171.956310.41
DICKSON171.956352.83
BURNIE141.61101,308.41
IRVING131.496067.15
FERGUSON131.496021.10
COULTHARD121.3809247.42
HILL111.26584.97
WHITE111.26583.94
HARKNESS111.2658225.87
CARRUTHERS111.265895.74
CARSON101.1507104.38
RICHARDSON101.15076.76
PAGAN101.1507735.29
CLARK91.03573.45
HOOD91.035737.41
PARKER80.92064.84
WARWICK80.920666.56
ADAMSON70.805530.45
HALL70.80552.74
WEIR70.805530.97
DAVIDSON70.80559.58
MOLLINS70.805523,333.33
CAMPBELL70.80554.76
KELLY60.69046.30
JACKSON60.69042.47
HETHERINGTON60.690454.79
ROBERTSON60.69044.12
RAE60.690430.30
HENDERSON60.69046.35
GIBSON60.69045.69
IRVINE60.690431.33
WALLACE60.690410.08
WATERS50.575414.32
FRASER50.57546.46
HUTTON50.575419.27
WHITSON50.5754400.00
POOL50.575449.65
COWAN50.575428.22
FISHER40.46033.93
THOMSON40.46033.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOLLINS0.8786923333.3333
CARGLE0.8786910000.0000
BURNIE0.878691308.4112
RODAN0.87869833.3333
PAGAN0.87869735.2941
GRIERSON0.87869600.4141
WHITSON0.87869400.0000
HANNING0.87869377.3585
GILESPIE0.87869370.3704
RADCLIFF0.87869370.3704
CAMPBLE0.87869270.2703
COULTHARD0.87869247.4227
HARKNESS0.87869225.8727
JARDINE0.87869222.2222
DUNBAR0.87869180.3607
GILBERTSON0.87869157.4803
RIDDICK0.87869140.8451
BOYD0.87869121.3911
FORSYTHE0.87869119.0476
CARSON0.87869104.3841
AFFLECK0.8786999.5025
BENNY0.8786996.1538
CARRUTHERS0.8786995.7354
FARISH0.8786994.3396
JOHNSTONE0.8786994.1955
BYERS0.8786988.6918
MUNDELL0.8786981.9672
GASS0.8786972.4638
FERGUSSON0.8786968.1818
LITTLE0.8786968.1265
IRVING0.8786967.1488
WARWICK0.8786966.5557
GUNNING0.8786963.0915
DICKIE0.8786958.6510
NEVIN0.8786957.4713
HETHERINGTON0.8786954.7945
DICKSON0.8786952.8278
RUSSEL0.8786950.0835
POOL0.8786949.6524
CARLYLE0.8786941.8410
BUTTLER0.8786938.0228
HOOD0.8786937.4065
SLOAN0.8786936.6748
WATTERS0.8786936.1011
MENZIES0.8786935.3982
BARRIE0.8786931.8979
IRVINE0.8786931.3316
WEIR0.8786930.9735
ADAMSON0.8786930.4480
RAE0.8786930.3030

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 869 people called MOLLINS in Ruthwell 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 23333.3333 in Ruthwell means that 23333.3333% of the people in Ruthwell on census day were called MOLLINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOLLINS 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 MOLLINS 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 MOLLINS 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 MOLLINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.87 in Ruthwell means that you are 0.87 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOLLINS in Ruthwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ruthwell in 1881

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

ADAMSON (7)  AFFLECK (2)  ARMSTRONG (3)  AUSTIN (1)  BARBOUR (1)  BARRAM (3)  BARTON (1)  BEATTIE (3)  BECK (4)  BYERS (4)  BELL (17)  BENNY (1)  BARRIE (2)  BOYES (1)  BOYD (37)  BREATCH (9)  BRYERS (1)  BRIDGES (1)  BROATCH (3)  BROWN (1)  BURGESS (4)  BUTTLER (1)  BURNIE (14)  CALVERT (1)  CAMPBELL (7)  CAMPBLE (1)  CARGLE (1)  CARLYLE (1)  CARRUTHERS (11)  CARSON (10)  CHALMERS (4)  CLARK (9)  CONNELL (1)  COUPLAND (1)  MC CORMIC (1)  COULTHARD (12)  COWAN (5)  COULAND (1)  CRACKSTON (1)  DAVIDSON (7)  DICKIE (4)  DICKSON (17)  DOUGLAS (2)  DOW (1)  DUNBAR (18)  DUNCAN (2)  EARSMAN (1)  FARISH (1)  FARRIER OR FARRIES (2)  FERGUSON (13)  FERGUSSON (3)  FISHER (4)  FORSYTHE (1)  FRASER (5)  FROOD (6)  GARDNER (3)  GASS (1)  GEDDES (1)  GIBSON (6)  GILBERTSON (4)  MC GILL (7)  GILESPIE (1)  JARDINE (18)  GORDON (1)  GRAHAM (17)  GRIERSON (29)  GUNNING (2)  HALL (7)  HALLIDAY (2)  HANNING (2)  HARKNESS (11)  HARVEY (1)  HASTINGS (1)  HAYDEN (1)  HENDERSON (6)  HETHERINGTON (6)  HILL (11)  HOOD (9)  MC QUE (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUME (3)  HUTCHISON (1)  HUTTON (5)  HYSLOF (1)  IRVING (13)  IRVINE (6)  IRVING (JOHNSTONE) (2)  JACKSON (6)  JOHNSTONE (37)  KELLY (6)  KENNEDY (1)  KERR (1)  KING (1)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  LEARMONT (4)  LEITCH (1)  LAIDLAW (1)  LITTLE (28)  CONCHIE (5)  MC DOUGALL (9)  MC DOWALL (7)  MC FARLAN (7)  MC INTOSH (9)  MACKINTOSH (1)  MC KAIG (3)  MC LEAN (18)  MC MILLAN (4)  MC MINN (6)  MC RUNE (1)  MC VITTIE (3)  MENZIES (4)  MILLS (1)  MEIKLE (1)  MONBRAY (1)  MUIR (2)  MOLLINS (7)  MUNDLE (2)  MUNDILL (6)  MUNDELL (1)  MC MURDO (1)  MURRAY (18)  NELSON (4)  NEWLANDS (2)  NEVIN (1)  PAGAN (10)  PARKER (8)  PATERSON (4)  PAUL (3)  PHILLIPS (18)  POOL (5)  PORTER (1)  RAE (6)  RADCLIFF (3)  RICHARDSON (10)  ROBERTSON (6)  RODAN (1)  RODGER (3)  ROGERSON (1)  RIDDICK (2)  RUSSEL (3)  SCAIFE (1)  SCOTT (3)  SEATON (1)  SHANNAN (8)  SHARP (1)  SLOAN (3)  SMITH (46)  STEWART (2)  TEMPLETON (1)  THOMSON (4)  TWEEDIE (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WALLACE (6)  WARWICK (8)  WATERS (5)  WATTERS (1)  WEIR (7)  WHITE (11)  WHITSON (5)  WILKIN (1)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (1)