Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tynron, Dumfriesshire

Tynron 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
SMITH153.57142.53
BROWN153.57145.42
LAURIE143.3333387.81
HYSLOP122.8571495.87
ANDERSON112.619013.26
ARMSTRONG112.619034.27
PATERSON112.619038.49
WALLACE92.142931.28
STITT92.14291,525.42
HARKNESS92.1429382.98
KENNEDY92.142935.55
CRAVEN92.1429110.97
CALLANDER81.9048930.23
MENZIES81.9048146.52
TEMPLETON81.9048258.06
MACAULAY81.9048533.33
MORRISON71.666721.21
LAMBERTON61.42862,142.86
BORTHWICK61.4286254.24
MOFFAT61.428678.84
FRAZER61.4286184.62
CROSBIE61.4286277.78
BLACK61.428622.06
EWART61.4286254.24
GRAY51.19058.34
MORTON51.190522.27
FERGUSON51.190516.80
LOCKHART40.9524136.52
DORWARD40.9524519.48
COUPER40.9524212.77
ROEBUCK40.9524140.85
GIBSON30.71435.88
CORRIE30.7143312.50
PRINGLE30.714345.32
PENMAN30.7143109.09
DOBIE30.7143214.29
ROGERSON30.714358.03
TYRE30.7143789.47
CLARKE30.71433.53
JARDINE20.476251.15
BELL20.47622.53
MAXWELL20.476220.04
FISHER20.47624.07
MURRAY20.47623.84
RITCHIE20.476213.78
GOURLAY20.476285.84
THOMSON20.47623.56
CLEMENT20.476247.28
GLOVER20.476211.17
HUNTER20.47624.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAMBERTON0.424202142.8571
STITT0.424201525.4237
CALLANDER0.42420930.2326
TYRE0.42420789.4737
MACAULAY0.42420533.3333
DORWARD0.42420519.4805
HYSLOP0.42420495.8678
LAURIE0.42420387.8116
HARKNESS0.42420382.9787
CORRIE0.42420312.5000
CROSBIE0.42420277.7778
TEMPLETON0.42420258.0645
BORTHWICK0.42420254.2373
EWART0.42420254.2373
DOBIE0.42420214.2857
COUPER0.42420212.7660
MACQUEEN0.42420204.0816
FRAZER0.42420184.6154
MENZIES0.42420146.5201
ROEBUCK0.42420140.8451
LOCKHART0.42420136.5188
GRACIE0.42420113.6364
CRAVEN0.42420110.9741
PENMAN0.42420109.0909
GOURLAY0.4242085.8369
MOFFAT0.4242078.8436
LAMBIE0.4242072.9927
ROGERSON0.4242058.0271
DALZIEL0.4242053.7634
JARDINE0.4242051.1509
CLEMENT0.4242047.2813
PRINGLE0.4242045.3172
TELFER0.4242039.8406
BEGG0.4242039.0625
PATERSON0.4242038.4885
COUPLAND0.4242037.5940
HASTIE0.4242037.5940
KENNEDY0.4242035.5450
RULE0.4242034.7222
ARMSTRONG0.4242034.2679
WALLACE0.4242031.2826
MUIRHEAD0.4242030.8642
SOMERVILLE0.4242028.5714
REILLY0.4242022.4215
MORTON0.4242022.2717
BLACK0.4242022.0588
MORRISON0.4242021.2057
MAXWELL0.4242020.0401
HASTINGS0.4242018.6916
CARRUTHERS0.4242017.9856

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 420 people called LAMBERTON in Tynron 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 2142.8571 in Tynron means that 2142.8571% of the people in Tynron on census day were called LAMBERTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAMBERTON 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 LAMBERTON 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 LAMBERTON 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 LAMBERTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Tynron means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAMBERTON in Tynron than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tynron in 1881

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

ANDERSON (11)  ARMSTRONG (11)  MC KINNELL (ARMSTRONG) (2)  BEGG (1)  BELL (2)  BLACK (6)  BOOTH (MACAULAY) (2)  BORTHWICK (6)  BOA (5)  BRODIE (1)  BROWN (15)  CALLANDER (8)  CAMERON (1)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CLARKE (3)  CLARK (1)  CLEMENT (2)  COUPER (4)  COUPLAND (1)  CORRIE (3)  COLTART (5)  CRAVEN (9)  CROSBIE (6)  DALZIEL (1)  DICKSON (1)  DOBIE (3)  DORWARD (4)  MC DUFF (10)  EWART (6)  FALLAS (1)  FERGUSON (5)  FINGLAND (10)  FISHER (2)  FLEMING (1)  FRAZER (6)  GIBSON (3)  GLENCORSE (8)  GLENDINNING (5)  GLOVER (2)  JARDINE (2)  GOURLAY (2)  GRACIE (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (5)  HAINING (3)  HAMILTON (1)  HARKNESS (9)  HASTIE (1)  HASTINGS (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HYSLOP (12)  HEWITSON (3)  HOPE (1)  HIDDLESTON (1)  HUNTER (2)  JOHNSTON (1)  KELLY (1)  KENNEDY (9)  KERR (1)  LAMBERTON (6)  LAMBIE (1)  MC LATCHIE (1)  LAURIE (14)  LOCKHART (4)  MAXWELL (2)  CONCHIE (1)  MC KINNELL (1)  MC CULLOCH (1)  MACAULAY (8)  MC LEAN (9)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC MUNNIES (4)  PETTRIE (MC MUNNIES) (2)  MACQUEEN (1)  MEGGET (1)  MENZIES (8)  MOFFAT (6)  POOL (MOFFAT) (2)  MONTGOMERY (1)  MORRISON (7)  MORTON (5)  MUNSIE (3)  MUIRHEAD (1)  MURDOCH (1)  MURRAY (2)  O'NEIL (5)  PATERSON (11)  PENMAN (3)  PRINGLE (3)  RAE (1)  RAGEN (1)  REID (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  REILLY (1)  RITCHIE (2)  ROEBUCK (4)  ROGERSON (3)  RUICKBIE (7)  RULE (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (15)  SOMERVILLE (1)  STITT (9)  TELFER (1)  TEMPLETON (8)  THOMSON (2)  TURNBULL (1)  TYRE (3)  WALLACE (9)