Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lochrutton, Kirkcudbrightshire

Lochrutton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire

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
WILSON142.27274.95
LITTLE132.110444.63
JOHNSTONE121.948143.10
THOMSON101.623412.15
YOUNG101.62347.56
CRAIG101.623436.97
ANDERSON101.62348.22
MOFFAT101.623489.61
KERR101.623429.76
IRVING101.623472.89
HALLIDAY91.461070.70
HYSLOP91.4610254.24
KIRKPATRICK91.4610169.81
MUIR91.461038.18
BLACK81.298720.06
COOPER81.29875.34
DICKSON81.298735.07
SMITH81.29870.92
WALKER81.29873.88
CLARK81.29874.32
MITCHEL81.2987132.89
GRIFFITHS71.13646.94
BISSET71.1364144.93
CURRIE71.136440.37
PATERSON71.136416.70
BECK71.136448.61
PEAT60.9740122.20
JARDINE60.9740104.53
EDWARDS60.97403.49
SAUNDERS60.974010.62
COWAN60.974047.77
MURRAY60.97407.86
BROWN60.97401.48
JOHNSTON50.811710.06
GOLDIE50.8117130.55
LINDSAY50.811724.90
SHANKLAND50.8117454.55
ROGERSON50.811765.96
RICHARDSON50.81174.77
CRYAN50.81172,272.73
BOBSON50.811750,000.00
STEEL40.649415.93
MILLER40.64943.63
CARRUTHERS40.649449.08
TAIT40.649422.05
PATON40.649429.03
FRASER40.64947.29
RODGERSON40.6494526.32
CAIRNS40.649430.03
HIGGINS40.649412.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOBSON0.6261650000.0000
CRYAN0.626162272.7273
MORON0.626161666.6667
LOAN0.62616833.3333
RODGERSON0.62616526.3158
LILE0.62616476.1905
SHANKLAND0.62616454.5455
HYSLOP0.62616254.2373
LEGGET0.62616227.2727
NAYSMITH0.62616222.2222
KIRKPATRICK0.62616169.8113
CALLANDER0.62616160.0000
BISSET0.62616144.9275
MITCHEL0.62616132.8904
BURNIE0.62616131.5789
GOLDIE0.62616130.5483
PEAT0.62616122.1996
HOGGAN0.62616112.3596
JARDINE0.62616104.5296
MOFFAT0.6261689.6057
BRYDEN0.6261676.9231
IRVING0.6261672.8863
GALT0.6261671.4286
HALLIDAY0.6261670.6991
AFFLECK0.6261670.4225
BROADFOOT0.6261668.0272
ROGERSON0.6261665.9631
MONTEITH0.6261660.9756
BALLANTINE0.6261652.9101
COUPLAND0.6261651.2821
CARRUTHERS0.6261649.0798
BECK0.6261648.6111
DOBIE0.6261648.5437
COWAN0.6261647.7707
SHERRY0.6261646.2963
LITTLE0.6261644.6275
JOHNSTONE0.6261643.1034
LORIMER0.6261640.6504
CURRIE0.6261640.3691
MUIR0.6261638.1841
CRAIG0.6261636.9686
DALZIEL0.6261636.7647
DICKSON0.6261635.0723
SAUL0.6261631.7460
CAIRNS0.6261630.0300
KERR0.6261629.7619
BARBOUR0.6261629.4985
PATON0.6261629.0276
HAWTHORN0.6261628.0112
TELFER0.6261627.1739

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 616 people called BOBSON in Lochrutton 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 50000.0000 in Lochrutton means that 50000.0000% of the people in Lochrutton on census day were called BOBSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOBSON 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 BOBSON 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 BOBSON 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 BOBSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Lochrutton means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOBSON in Lochrutton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lochrutton in 1881

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

AFFLECK (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERSON (10)  DUNKELD ((ARMSTRONG)) (2)  ARMSTRONG (2)  AVERILE (1)  BALLANTINE (1)  BARBOUR (1)  BECK (7)  BELL (1)  BELLAMY (1)  BENNET (1)  BISSET (7)  BLACK (8)  BOBSON (5)  BOYES (1)  BOYD (1)  BRIGGS (3)  BRIGS (1)  BROADFOOT (1)  BROWN (6)  BRYDEN (2)  BURNIE (1)  MC BURNIE (2)  CADIE (1)  CAIRNS (4)  MC CALL (6)  CALLANDER (2)  CAMPBELL (2)  CARNOCHAN (1)  CARRICK (1)  CARRUTHERS (4)  CHALMERS (1)  CLARK (8)  COOPER (8)  COUPLAND (2)  COWAN (6)  COOLY (14)  CRAIG (10)  CRAWFORD (1)  MC CREADIE (1)  CREADIE (1)  CRYAN (5)  CUNNINGHAM (2)  CURRIE (7)  DALGLIESH (5)  DALZIEL (1)  DAVIDSON (2)  DEMPSTER (1)  DICKSON (8)  DOBIE (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUFF (1)  DUNCAN (1)  DUNKELD (5)  EDWARDS (6)  ESDAILE (1)  MC FAGGAN (1)  FARRIES (2)  FLEMING (1)  FORSYTH (3)  FRASER (4)  GALL (GAW) (2)  GALT (1)  GARDINER (1)  MC GEORGE (6)  GILLARD (1)  GLENCORSE (1)  GOLDIE (5)  JARDINE (6)  MC GOWAN (3)  GRAHAM (3)  GRIFFITHS (7)  HAINING (9)  HALLIDAY (9)  HAWTHORN (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HERBERTSON (1)  HYSLOP (9)  HEWIT (5)  HIGGINS (4)  HOGGAN (1)  HOPE (1)  HUNTER (1)  INGLIS (1)  IRVING (10)  JOHNSTONE (12)  JOHNSTON (5)  JONES (2)  KENNEDY (3)  KERR (10)  KING (1)  KIRK (2)  KIRKPATRICK (9)  NIBLO (5)  LANDSBOROUGH (3)  LEGGET (1)  LAIDLAW (1)  LILE (1)  LINDSAY (5)  LITTLE (13)  LOCKE (1)  LOCKERBIE (6)  LOAN (3)  LORIMER (1)  MC MAHON (1)  MAXWELL (3)  MC CLACHAN (1)  MC CONCHIE (3)  MC DONALD (2)  MC DOUGALL (8)  MC FARLANE (2)  MC GUFFOG (1)  KISSOCK (21)  MC NAUGHT (18)  MENZIES (2)  MERRY (?) (1)  MERRY (1)  MILLER (4)  MILIGAN (4)  MC MICHAEL (2)  MITCHEL (8)  MOFFAT (10)  MONTEITH (1)  MUIR (9)  MORON (1)  MORGAN (3)  MORTON (1)  MC MURDO (1)  MURDOCH (1)  MURPHY (2)  MURRAY (6)  NAYSMITH (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NIVEN (1)  PALMER (1)  PATERSON (7)  PATON (4)  PEAT (6)  REID (1)  RICHARDSON (5)  MC ROBERT (2)  ROBSON (1)  ROGERSON (5)  RODGERSON (4)  SAUL (1)  SAUNDERS (6)  SHANKLAND (5)  SHERRY (1)  SMITH (8)  STEEL (4)  STEWART (1)  TAIT (4)  TAYLOR (1)  TELEFER (1)  TELFER (1)  THOMPSON (3)  THOMSON (10)  TOCHRANE (2)  VEENIE (1)  VINNIE (1)  WALKER (8)  WALLACE (3)  WAUGH (1)  WHYTE (1)  WIGHTMAN (1)  WILSON (14)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (10)