Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newabbey, Kirkcudbrightshire

Newabbey 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
WILSON303.31497.22
SMITH192.09941.49
CARRUTHERS181.9890150.38
DOBIE161.7680529.80
IRELAND151.657571.39
THOMSON141.547011.58
ALLAN131.436522.88
MILLIGAN131.4365122.07
NEWALL131.4365250.48
HUNTER131.436513.99
KING131.43656.59
KERR131.436526.34
HAMILTON131.436519.15
KINCAID131.43651,171.17
JARDINE121.3260142.35
CLARK121.32604.41
LEWIS121.32605.04
MILROY111.2155424.71
KIMM101.10502,777.78
STEWART101.10507.06
BLACKLOCK90.9945234.38
BELL90.99455.29
AFFLECK90.9945430.62
EDGAR90.994564.61
WELSH90.994525.12
WATSON80.88403.81
LAIRD80.884078.74
NICHOLSON80.884012.44
IRVING80.884039.68
WALKER80.88402.64
HOOD80.884031.94
CONNEL80.8840479.04
WAUGH80.884064.83
MILLER80.88404.94
ROME80.8840449.44
MURPHY80.884011.07
GEDDES70.773564.52
SEATON70.773591.50
FRAZER70.773599.86
KIRK70.773517.87
GIBSON70.77356.37
RIDDICK70.7735472.97
QUEEN70.7735188.68
TOWNSLEY60.6630338.98
MARSHALL60.66303.95
BEATTIE60.663030.98
GILBERTSON60.6630226.42
DOUGLAS60.663013.69
CORRIE60.6630291.26
KIRKCONNELL60.663015,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KIRKCONNELL0.9190515000.0000
TWINAM0.919053750.0000
KIMM0.919052777.7778
NIVISON0.919051212.1212
KINCAID0.919051171.1712
SEEDS0.91905789.4737
DOBIE0.91905529.8013
CONNEL0.91905479.0419
RIDDICK0.91905472.9730
BURNIE0.91905450.4505
ROME0.91905449.4382
AFFLECK0.91905430.6220
MILROY0.91905424.7104
TOWNSLEY0.91905338.9831
CORRIE0.91905291.2621
NEWALL0.91905250.4817
BLACKLOCK0.91905234.3750
MURIE0.91905227.2727
GILBERTSON0.91905226.4151
QUEEN0.91905188.6792
DALLY0.91905167.5978
GRACIE0.91905158.7302
STITT0.91905156.2500
CARRUTHERS0.91905150.3759
JARDINE0.91905142.3488
LAMBIE0.91905135.5932
MILLIGAN0.91905122.0657
MOLES0.91905115.6069
BRYDEN0.91905104.7120
FRAZER0.9190599.8573
SEATON0.9190591.5033
HANNAY0.9190589.6861
BOYDE0.9190581.9672
LAIRD0.9190578.7402
DEMPSTER0.9190578.4929
IRELAND0.9190571.3946
BONAR0.9190568.9655
BROGAN0.9190565.5738
WAUGH0.9190564.8298
EDGAR0.9190564.6088
GEDDES0.9190564.5161
LAURIE0.9190564.2674
LINK0.9190560.9756
HYSLOP0.9190557.6923
TWEEDIE0.9190557.3066
CALLANDER0.9190554.3478
COUPLAND0.9190552.3560
CROSBIE0.9190543.1034
DAILY0.9190542.7350
COLLIN0.9190542.4628

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 905 people called KIRKCONNELL in Newabbey 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 15000.0000 in Newabbey means that 15000.0000% of the people in Newabbey on census day were called KIRKCONNELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KIRKCONNELL 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 KIRKCONNELL 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 KIRKCONNELL 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 KIRKCONNELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.91 in Newabbey means that you are 0.91 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KIRKCONNELL in Newabbey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newabbey in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AFFLECK (9)  ALLAN (13)  MC COURTIE (7)  AITKEN (4)  BARBER (1)  BEATTIE (6)  BECK (1)  BELL (9)  BYTHELL (1)  BLACKLOCK (9)  BLAND (1)  BONAR (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BOYD (3)  BOYDE (1)  BROGAN (2)  BROWN (5)  BRYDEN (4)  MC BURNIE (1)  BURNIE (5)  CAIRNS (1)  MC CALL (1)  CALLANDER (1)  CAMPBELL (5)  CAIRD (11)  CARRUTHERS (18)  CARTER (4)  CAVEN (3)  CLARE (1)  CLARK (12)  MC CLEMENT (1)  CLEMENT (1)  COLLIN (2)  COLLINS (3)  COLVILLE (1)  CONNEL (8)  CONNELL (2)  COUPLAND (3)  COPLAND (1)  CORRIE (6)  COLTART (3)  COWAN (5)  CRAIK (1)  CRIGHTON (1)  CROSBIE (2)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  CURRIE (1)  DAILY (1)  DALSTON (1)  DALLY (3)  DAVIDSON (1)  DEMPSTER (5)  DICKSON (1)  DOBIE (16)  DOCHERTY (1)  DOUGLAS (6)  DUNN (3)  EDGAR (9)  FINGLAND (3)  FORD (4)  FRAZER (7)  GALLOCHER (1)  GALLOWAY (5)  GAIRDNER (3)  GARDINER (1)  GERRAND (1)  GEDDES (7)  GIBSON (7)  GILBERTSON (6)  MC GILL (2)  GOLDIE (1)  JARDINE (12)  GORDON (1)  GRACIE (3)  GRAHAM (6)  GRAY (3)  GREARSON (1)  GUNION (2)  HALLIDAY (1)  HALIDAY (1)  HAMILTON (13)  HANNAH (3)  HANNAY (2)  HARRIES (3)  HASTINGS (1)  HENDERSON (2)  HEPBURN (3)  HERBERTSON (1)  HYSLOP (3)  HIGGINS (2)  HILL (1)  HOOD (8)  HOUSTON (1)  HIDDLESTON (1)  HUGH (1)  HUNTER (13)  IRELAND (15)  IRVING (8)  JOHNSTON (3)  JOHNSTONE (1)  KELLY (1)  KERR (13)  MC KIE (7)  KIMM (10)  KINCAID (13)  KING (13)  KINGAN (9)  KIRK (7)  KIRKCONNELL (6)  KIRKPATRICK (2)  MC KNIGHT (2)  MC NIGHT (2)  LAIRD (8)  LAMBIE (4)  LANDSBURGH (6)  LANSBURGH (1)  LAURIE (5)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (12)  LINDSAY (2)  LOCKERBIE (1)  LOVE (1)  LINK (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MARTIN (6)  MATHEWS (4)  MC BRIDE (9)  MC CLUNE (1)  MC CUBBIN (5)  MC CUBBING (2)  MC DILL (1)  MC DONALD (6)  MC DOWALL (8)  MC KINNA (1)  MC KUNE (6)  MC LACHLAN (1)  MC LAREN (1)  MC LEAN (6)  MC LELLAN (1)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC MINN (8)  MC MYN (2)  MC MORRN (2)  MC MURRAY (1)  QUEEN (7)  MILLER (8)  MILLAR (2)  MILLIGAN (13)  MILROY (11)  MENTEATH (6)  MUIR (2)  MORRINE (1)  MORRISON (4)  MOLES (2)  MOLLENS (6)  MURDOCH (3)  MURPHY (8)  MURRAY (5)  MURIE (1)  MC NEIL (4)  O NEILL (8)  NEILSON (3)  NELSON (3)  NIVISON (4)  NEWALL (13)  NICHOLSON (8)  OLIVER (2)  PALMER (1)  PATTERSON (1)  PATON (3)  RANKINE (1)  REID (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  RIX (1)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROME (8)  RIDDICK (7)  SCOTT (1)  SEATON (7)  SEEDS (3)  SHENNAN (6)  SHARPE (2)  FITZIMONS (1)  SMITH (19)  SPELLSEY (1)  STEWART (10)  STITT (2)  STODDART (1)  THOMSON (14)  TIMBLETT (2)  TOWNSLEY (6)  TURNER (1)  TWEEDIE (2)  TWINAM (3)  WALKER (8)  VARNEY (2)  WATRET (1)  WATSON (8)  WAUGH (8)  WEEKS (1)  WELSH (9)  WILSON (30)  WOOD (4)  WRIGHT (1)