Top surnames from the 1881 census in Torthorwald, Dumfriesshire

Torthorwald 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
BELL545.449029.00
KIRKPATRICK505.0454586.17
KERR424.238177.71
BRYDEN272.7245645.93
HUTCHISON262.6236159.61
WELLS242.421829.11
HAMILTON212.119128.25
WILSON202.01824.39
FERGUSSON202.0182398.41
ANDERSON191.91739.71
BOYES191.9173183.40
DICKSON171.715446.33
PATERSON171.715425.21
GRAHAM161.614514.06
GRIERSON161.6145290.38
JARDINE151.5136162.34
CAMPBELL141.41278.35
RAE131.311857.57
KAY131.311825.25
BROWN121.21091.84
COWAN111.110054.43
BECK111.110047.48
AITKEN111.110042.31
LAURIE111.1100129.26
SWAN111.110042.85
THOMSON101.00917.55
HENDERSON101.00919.28
EDGAR90.908258.98
COUPLAND90.9082143.31
TEMPLETON80.8073109.29
JOHNSTON80.807310.00
LEAPER80.8073701.75
VERNON80.807349.05
DAVIDSON70.70648.40
CAVAN70.70641,129.03
LITTLE70.706414.93
JACKSON60.60542.17
BLACKSTOCK60.6054410.96
IRVINE60.605427.49
KING60.60542.78
AVERILL60.6054666.67
HODGSON60.60548.74
HENRY60.605423.95
LEIPER60.6054263.16
BURGESS60.60548.72
GIBSON60.60544.99
SCOTT60.60542.39
IRVING60.605427.17
HYSLOP60.6054105.26
EDMONDS60.605431.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRYD0.9999110000.0000
STEPHSON0.999912000.0000
SWAM0.999912000.0000
LOCKERBY0.999911904.7619
LOUIE0.999911250.0000
CAVAN0.999911129.0323
PATTIE0.99991705.8824
LEAPER0.99991701.7544
AVERILL0.99991666.6667
BRYDEN0.99991645.9330
KIRKPATRICK0.99991586.1665
GILLISON0.99991465.1163
BLACKSTOCK0.99991410.9589
FERGUSSON0.99991398.4064
CADEN0.99991384.6154
CRON0.99991303.0303
GRIERSON0.99991290.3811
LEIPER0.99991263.1579
SNEDDEN0.99991223.8806
NIBLOCK0.99991200.0000
MARRS0.99991200.0000
BOYES0.99991183.3977
FARISH0.99991166.6667
JARDINE0.99991162.3377
HUTCHISON0.99991159.6071
COUPLAND0.99991143.3121
TWEEDIE0.99991130.8901
LAURIE0.99991129.2597
ROGAN0.99991114.9425
CARLYLE0.99991109.8901
TEMPLETON0.99991109.2896
HYSLOP0.99991105.2632
CROSBIE0.9999178.5855
KERR0.9999177.7058
MUNDELL0.9999171.9424
PAGAN0.9999164.5161
SEATON0.9999159.6659
EDGAR0.9999158.9777
LOUDEN0.9999158.4795
RAE0.9999157.5731
AITCHISON0.9999157.5540
COWAN0.9999154.4285
DICKIE0.9999151.4139
VERNON0.9999149.0497
GOLDIE0.9999148.6224
DRYSDALE0.9999147.7327
BECK0.9999147.4752
DICKSON0.9999146.3342
SWAN0.9999142.8516
AITKEN0.9999142.3077

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 991 people called BRYD in Torthorwald 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 Torthorwald means that 10000.0000% of the people in Torthorwald on census day were called BRYD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRYD 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 BRYD 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 BRYD 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 BRYD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.99 in Torthorwald means that you are 0.99 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRYD in Torthorwald than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Torthorwald in 1881

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

ADAMSON (5)  ANDERSON (19)  ARMSTRONG (4)  MC COURTIE (1)  MC COURTY (1)  AITKEN (11)  AITCHISON (4)  AVERILL (6)  BALLANTYNE (1)  BEATTIE (1)  BECK (11)  BELL (54)  BLACK (5)  BLACKSTOCK (6)  BOYES (19)  BRENNAN (1)  BRYD (2)  BROWN (12)  BRUCE (1)  BRYAM (2)  BRYDEN (27)  BURGESS (6)  CADEN (1)  MC CALL (5)  CAMPBELL (14)  CARLYLE (3)  CARRUTHERS (5)  CARTER (1)  CAVAN (7)  CLARK (1)  CLOVER (1)  COUPLAND (9)  COSTAN (1)  COWAN (11)  CRAIK (1)  CRAVEN (1)  CRON (1)  CROSBIE (4)  CURRY (5)  DAVIDSON (7)  DEACHAN (1)  DEWAR (4)  DICKIE (4)  DICKSON (17)  DOBIE (1)  DOUGLAS (2)  DRYSDALE (4)  DUNBAR (1)  DUNCAN (2)  EASTON (2)  EDGAR (9)  EDMONDS (6)  EDWARDS (1)  FARISH (2)  FERGUSON (3)  FERGUSSON (20)  FOREST (1)  FORSYTH (4)  FRASER (3)  MC GEORGE (2)  GIBB (1)  GIBSON (6)  GILLESPIE (4)  GILLISON (2)  GLENDINNING (4)  GLOVER (1)  GOLDIE (3)  JARDINE (15)  GORDON (5)  GRAHAM (16)  GREY (2)  GRIERSON (16)  HAINING (1)  HALLIDAY (3)  HAMILTON (21)  HENDERSON (10)  HENRY (6)  HESKETH (1)  HYSLOP (6)  HEWITSON (1)  HILL (4)  HODGSON (6)  HOOD (2)  HORNAL (1)  HUNTER (2)  HUTCHISON (26)  IRELAND (1)  IRVING (6)  IRVINE (6)  JACK (2)  JACKSON (6)  MC JANE (1)  JOHNSTON (8)  JOHNSTONE (5)  KAY (13)  MC KAY (1)  KELLY (4)  KENNEDY (4)  KERR (42)  MC KIE (3)  KINNIS (1)  KING (6)  KIRKPATRICK (50)  LAURIE (11)  LOUIE (1)  LAWSON (2)  LEAPER (8)  LEIPER (6)  LIDDEL (1)  LINDSAY (1)  LITTLE (7)  LOCKERBIE (3)  LOCKERBY (4)  LORIMER (1)  LOUDEN (1)  MARCHBANK (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (3)  MATHESON (1)  MC ADAM (1)  MC KINNEL (1)  MC CRACKEN (1)  MC DONALD (8)  DONALD (1)  GINLAY (1)  MC GREGOR (6)  MC GRIGOR (1)  MC KAIG (1)  MACKIE (3)  MC KEEN (4)  MC LELLAN (2)  MC NAE (1)  MC QUHAE (1)  MILLAR (4)  MILLIGAN (2)  MILLS (5)  MILROY (1)  MOFFAT (2)  MUIR (2)  MORRISON (1)  MUNDELL (1)  MURRAY (3)  MARRS (2)  NEALSON (2)  NIBLOCK (1)  NICOL (5)  NICHOL (2)  OLIVER (1)  PAGAN (1)  PARKER (3)  PATERSON (17)  PATON (1)  PAYNE (3)  PATTIE (6)  RAE (13)  REID (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROCK (1)  ROGAN (3)  ROGERSON (1)  ROXBURGH (1)  SCOTT (6)  SEATON (5)  SEWELL (1)  SMITH (4)  SNEDDEN (3)  STEPHSON (1)  STEWART (2)  SWAN (11)  SWAM (1)  TAIT (1)  TEMPLETON (8)  THANDERSON (1)  THOMSON (10)  THOMPSON (3)  THORBURN (2)  TODD (1)  TWEEDIE (5)  MC VAN (2)  VERNON (8)  WATSON (1)  WELLS (24)  WHANNELL (1)  WHITE (3)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (20)  WRIGHT (5)