Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dumfriesshire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
BELL1,6982.631214.00
JOHNSTONE1,3312.062545.63
IRVING1,1181.732477.76
GRAHAM1,0041.555813.55
SMITH9971.54491.09
SCOTT9411.45815.76
WILSON8901.37913.00
BROWN8811.36522.07
THOMSON8131.25989.43
LITTLE7891.222625.85
KERR7111.101720.20
MURRAY6951.07708.69
ARMSTRONG6851.061513.89
CARRUTHERS6531.011976.50
RICHARDSON6380.98865.81
BEATTIE6170.956144.67
ANDERSON5950.92204.67
DAVIDSON5600.867810.32
JARDINE5580.864792.78
HENDERSON4680.72526.67
RAE4470.692730.40
KIRKPATRICK4170.646275.04
DICKSON4130.640017.28
HALLIDAY4020.622930.15
MOFFAT3990.618334.13
EDGAR3830.593538.55
HYSLOP3800.5888102.41
JOHNSTON3710.57497.12
MAXWELL3610.559423.54
PATERSON3510.54397.99
HARKNESS3340.517692.37
KENNEDY3230.50058.30
COWAN3220.499024.46
CLARK3160.48971.63
GIBSON3050.47263.89
HUNTER2910.45094.39
STEWART2890.44782.86
BLACK2850.44166.82
WALLACE2830.43856.40
CAMPBELL2650.41062.43
YOUNG2640.40911.90
LAIDLAW2610.404445.64
ELLIOT2600.402915.79
GRIERSON2600.402972.51
FERGUSON2600.40295.68
WATSON2560.39671.71
DOUGLAS2560.39678.19
ROBERTSON2560.39672.37
JACKSON2370.36721.31
THOMPSON2280.35331.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DINWOODIE193.731340.2076
PAGAN156.021570.2433
RODDICK149.76710.1100
STITT140.431280.1983
FARISH116.03910.1410
SHANKLAND106.891230.1906
HYSLOP102.413800.5888
BLACKSTOCK102.07970.1503
CARLYLE97.871740.2696
JARDINE92.785580.8647
HARKNESS92.373340.5176
BURNIE89.53710.1100
GASS78.81810.1255
IRVING77.761,1181.7324
CARRUTHERS76.506531.0119
KIRKPATRICK75.044170.6462
GRACIE74.251000.1550
MUNDELL74.03670.1038
GRIERSON72.512600.4029
ROBISON70.061010.1565
DOBIE69.541500.2324
ROME66.07840.1302
BRYDEN63.521730.2681
BYERS60.362020.3130
DALZIEL59.241690.2619
TWEEDIE52.231300.2014
CROSBIE51.031690.2619
BLACKLOCK50.711390.2154
CALLANDER47.93630.0976
PROUDFOOT47.261330.2061
LAIDLAW45.642610.4044
JOHNSTONE45.631,3312.0625
CORRIE44.98660.1023
BEATTIE44.676170.9561
LORIMER40.321040.1612
FERGUSSON40.101310.2030
EDGAR38.553830.5935
COUPLAND38.411570.2433
BROADFOOT35.70550.0852
CREIGHTON35.36900.1395
MOFFAT34.133990.6183
BORTHWICK33.961230.1906
TELFER32.911270.1968
THORBURN32.481210.1875
DALRYMPLE30.61860.1333
RAE30.404470.6927
HALLIDAY30.154020.6229
ROGERSON27.832210.3425
MILLIGAN27.382080.3223
LAURIE26.331460.2262

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 134 people called DINWOODIE in Dumfriesshire 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 0.2076 in Dumfriesshire means that 0.2076% of the people in Dumfriesshire on census day were called DINWOODIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DINWOODIE 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 DINWOODIE 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 DINWOODIE 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 DINWOODIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 193.73 in Dumfriesshire means that you are 193.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DINWOODIE in Dumfriesshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Dumfriesshire comprises 44 registration districts