Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ardrossan West, Ayrshire

Ardrossan West is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Ayrshire

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
STEVENSON147.2165102.87
JOHNSTONE105.1546114.03
HOGARTH94.6392703.13
WAKEFIELD84.1237230.55
WYLLIE84.1237588.24
CRAWFORD84.123784.30
WELSH73.608291.15
ROBERTSON73.608221.53
BURNS63.092846.08
CALDWELL63.0928197.37
LOGAN52.5773108.70
ROBB52.5773149.25
ARMOUR52.5773409.84
JOLLY52.5773181.82
COCKBURN52.5773201.61
HUTCHISON42.0619125.39
MARTIN42.06198.37
TAYLOR42.06193.22
BROWN42.06193.13
BOWES31.5464168.54
KAY31.546429.76
KERR31.546428.36
ALEXANDER31.546429.21
GARDNER31.546422.78
GARDINER21.030935.84
STEWART21.03096.59
KING21.03094.73
GRAY21.03097.22
KIRKWOOD21.0309114.29
PORTER10.51556.87
ANDERSON10.51552.61
HAGGANS10.51555,000.00
WEIR10.515519.80
CAMPBELL10.51553.05
AITKEN10.515519.65
DOUGLAS10.515510.64
SHEDDEN10.5155294.12
CONNOLY10.5155384.62
WILSON10.51551.12
COCHRANE10.515533.22
NICOL10.515524.75
ALLAN10.51558.21
LAWRIE10.515553.76
EVANS10.51551.18
BRYCE10.515551.55
CURRIE10.515518.32
SHEARER10.515540.16
BAIRD10.515524.10
CONN10.5155188.68
REID10.51554.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAGGANS0.191945000.0000
CASSIDAY0.19194769.2308
HOGARTH0.19194703.1250
WYLLIE0.19194588.2353
ARMOUR0.19194409.8361
CONNOLY0.19194384.6154
SHEDDEN0.19194294.1176
WAKEFIELD0.19194230.5476
COCKBURN0.19194201.6129
CALDWELL0.19194197.3684
CONN0.19194188.6792
JOLLY0.19194181.8182
BOWES0.19194168.5393
ROBB0.19194149.2537
HUTCHISON0.19194125.3918
KIRKWOOD0.19194114.2857
JOHNSTONE0.19194114.0251
LOGAN0.19194108.6957
STEVENSON0.19194102.8655
WELSH0.1919491.1458
CRAWFORD0.1919484.2993
LAWRIE0.1919453.7634
BRYCE0.1919451.5464
BURNS0.1919446.0829
DOWNIE0.1919443.8596
SHEARER0.1919440.1606
GARDINER0.1919435.8423
COCHRANE0.1919433.2226
KAY0.1919429.7619
ALEXANDER0.1919429.2113
KERR0.1919428.3554
CAIN0.1919424.8139
NICOL0.1919424.7525
BAIRD0.1919424.0964
GARDNER0.1919422.7790
ROBERTSON0.1919421.5318
WEIR0.1919419.8020
AITKEN0.1919419.6464
CURRIE0.1919418.3150
ANDREW0.1919416.2602
DOUGLAS0.1919410.6383
KENNEDY0.191948.5470
MARTIN0.191948.3700
ALLAN0.191948.2102
GRAY0.191947.2202
SHEPHERD0.191947.0323
PORTER0.191946.8681
ARMSTRONG0.191946.7431
STEWART0.191946.5898
REID0.191944.9068

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 194 people called HAGGANS in Ardrossan West 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 5000.0000 in Ardrossan West means that 5000.0000% of the people in Ardrossan West on census day were called HAGGANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAGGANS 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 HAGGANS 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 HAGGANS 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 HAGGANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Ardrossan West means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAGGANS in Ardrossan West than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ardrossan West in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (3)  ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ANDREW (1)  ARMOUR (5)  ARMSTRONG (1)  AITKEN (1)  BAIRD (1)  BOWES (3)  BROWN (4)  BRYCE (1)  BURNS (6)  CAIN (1)  CALDWELL (6)  CAMPBELL (1)  CONN (1)  CASSIDAY (1)  COCHRANE (1)  COCKBURN (5)  CONNOLY (1)  CRAWFORD (8)  CURRIE (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DOWNIE (1)  EVANS (1)  GARDINER (2)  GARDNER (3)  GRAY (2)  HAGGANS (1)  HOGARTH (9)  HUTCHISON (4)  JOHNSTONE (10)  JOLLY (5)  KAY (3)  KENNEDY (1)  KERR (3)  KING (2)  KIRKWOOD (2)  LAWRIE (1)  LOGAN (5)  MACNAMENY (1)  MACNAMONY (1)  MARTIN (4)  MC EWAN (1)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC KINNON (2)  MC LAUGHLAN (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC MURRAY (1)  MC VEY (1)  NICOL (1)  PORTER (1)  REID (1)  REWLAND (1)  ROBB (5)  ROBERTSON (7)  SILLARS (2)  SHEDDEN (1)  SHELLADAY (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHEARER (1)  STEVENSON (14)  STEWART (2)  STIRRAT (1)  TAYLOR (4)  WAKEFIELD (8)  WEIR (1)  WELSH (7)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (1)  WYLLIE (8)