Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkbean 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
SHAW253.071316.72
BARBOUR232.8256514.54
DOUGLAS222.702755.80
JARDIN222.70277,857.14
SMITH212.57991.83
ROBSON192.334235.47
JOHNSTONE182.211348.93
MURRAY172.088516.84
CLARK141.71995.72
BLACK131.597124.66
HUME131.5971112.55
WALKER131.59714.77
BRYDEN131.5971377.91
BROWN121.47422.24
REID101.228511.70
CRAIG101.228527.97
LINDSAY101.228537.69
BRIGGS101.228522.62
KERR101.228522.53
HENDERSON91.105710.17
KILPATRICK91.1057214.80
FERGUSON91.105715.60
HYSLOP91.1057192.31
CARRUTHERS91.105783.57
KENNEDY91.105718.34
MAJOR91.105781.97
GIBSON80.98288.10
CAMPBELL80.98285.81
COPLAND80.9828175.44
MILLS80.98287.58
WALLACE80.982814.35
OLIVER70.860012.05
CONNELL70.860049.47
WILKIN70.8600156.95
BEATTIE70.860040.18
POTTER60.737111.37
RUTHERFORD60.737130.21
ROWAN60.7371114.50
YOUNG60.73713.43
DAVIDSON60.73718.77
REED60.737110.10
WARDHAUGH60.73711,052.63
MILLER60.73714.12
SEATON60.737187.21
COOPER60.73713.03
SITT60.737130,000.00
HARRIS50.61432.42
HOWAT50.6143200.00
BOYLE50.614323.67
FULTON50.614348.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SITT0.8181430000.0000
JARDIN0.818147857.1429
MORELY0.818142105.2632
WARDHAUGH0.818141052.6316
KILL0.81814833.3333
CRUTHERS0.81814645.1613
BARBOUR0.81814514.5414
CLURE0.81814454.5455
DAVITT0.81814408.1633
BRYDEN0.81814377.9070
KENNAN0.81814350.8772
PRIMROSE0.81814283.0189
TRACY0.81814222.2222
KILPATRICK0.81814214.7971
HOWAT0.81814200.0000
HYSLOP0.81814192.3077
OLSON0.81814181.8182
COPLAND0.81814175.4386
WILKIN0.81814156.9507
CANTER0.81814140.8451
CHARTERS0.81814135.1351
BABINGTON0.81814125.0000
ROWAN0.81814114.5038
HUME0.81814112.5541
SEATON0.8181487.2093
STITT0.8181486.9565
CARRUTHERS0.8181483.5655
MAJOR0.8181481.9672
COSTIN0.8181475.7576
BATTERSBY0.8181469.5652
SELKIRK0.8181465.7895
KER0.8181458.8235
DOUGLAS0.8181455.7951
LAMONT0.8181455.2486
CONNELL0.8181449.4700
JOHNSTONE0.8181448.9263
FULTON0.8181448.6855
KIRKPATRICK0.8181442.7960
BEATTIE0.8181440.1837
JARDINE0.8181439.5257
LINDSAY0.8181437.6932
FOULDS0.8181436.2976
ROBSON0.8181435.4676
HUGHS0.8181433.8983
CARSON0.8181433.4448
RUTHERFORD0.8181430.2115
CRAIG0.8181427.9720
DALZIEL0.8181427.7778
RABY0.8181425.5754
BLACK0.8181424.6633

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 814 people called SITT in Kirkbean 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 30000.0000 in Kirkbean means that 30000.0000% of the people in Kirkbean on census day were called SITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SITT 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 SITT 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 SITT 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 SITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.81 in Kirkbean means that you are 0.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SITT in Kirkbean than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirkbean in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ALLAN (1)  ANGUS (1)  MC COURTIE (3)  AUSTIN (HUME) (2)  BABINGTON (1)  BACKELY (1)  BALFOUR (1)  BALLINTYNE (7)  BARBOUR (23)  BATTERSBY (4)  BEATTIE (7)  BLACK (13)  BOYD (4)  BOYLE (5)  BRENNAN (1)  MC BRIARY (1)  BRIGGS (10)  BROWN (12)  BRYCE (2)  BRYDEN (13)  BRYDIN (1)  BYRES (1)  CAIRNON (1)  MC CALL (12)  COLLOW (1)  CAMRON (1)  CAMPBELL (8)  CARRUTHERS (9)  CARSON (3)  CHARTERS (3)  CARTER (3)  CANTER (1)  CLARK (14)  CONNELL (7)  COOK (4)  COOPER (6)  COPLAND (8)  COSTIN (1)  COWAN (3)  CRAIK (4)  CRAIG (10)  CRICHTON (1)  MC CRONE (6)  CRUTHERS (2)  CURRIE (1)  DALZIEL (1)  DAVIDSON (6)  DAVITT (2)  DICK (1)  DICKSON (1)  DOUGLAS (22)  MC DUFF (3)  EDGAR (3)  FERGUSON (9)  FOULDS (2)  FULTON (5)  MC GEORGE (2)  GIBSON (8)  MC GILL (4)  GILMOUR (1)  GLENDINNING (1)  JARDINE (3)  GORDON (3)  JARDIN (22)  GRIEVE (1)  GRIERSON (1)  HAINING (7)  HAMILTON (3)  HARRIS (5)  HASTIE (1)  HASTINGS (2)  HENDERSON (9)  HYSLOP (9)  HILL (1)  HOWAT (5)  HUGHES (1)  HUGHS (1)  HUME (13)  HUNTER (2)  IRVING (4)  JOHNSTONE (18)  JOHNSTON (1)  KELLY (1)  KENNEDY (9)  KENNAN (2)  KER (1)  KERR (10)  KETTY (1)  MC KIE (1)  KILL (4)  KILPATRICK (9)  KIRK (3)  KIRKCONNEL (3)  KIRKPATRICK (3)  MC KNIGHT (1)  LAMONT (4)  LAING (1)  LEARK OR LEASK (2)  LINDSAY (10)  LITTLE (2)  MACGELVARY (1)  MAJOR (9)  MARTIN (3)  MC ADAM (5)  MC CAIG (6)  MC CLURE (1)  CLURE (1)  MC CONSTIE (4)  MC KUNE (8)  MC GINLY (1)  KELVIE (1)  MC KENZIE (2)  MC KIN (9)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC MYN (3)  MC MINN (1)  MC MURRAY (4)  MENZIES (1)  MILLER (6)  MILLIGAN (1)  MILLS (8)  MC MICHAEL (1)  MUIR (1)  MORELY (4)  MORRISON (2)  MURRAY (17)  OLIVER (7)  OLSON (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PIMROSE (5)  POTTER (6)  PRIMROSE (3)  MC QUEEN (1)  RABY (1)  RAE (3)  REID (10)  REED (6)  CRAITH (2)  RITCHIE (1)  MC ROBERT (8)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROBSON (19)  ROSS (1)  ROWAN (6)  RUTHERFORD (6)  SEATON (6)  SELKIRK (1)  SHARPE (1)  SHARP (1)  SHAW (25)  SINCLAR (1)  SITT (6)  SMITH (21)  STEVENSON (1)  STEWART (1)  STITT (1)  TELFER (1)  THOMPSON (3)  TODD (4)  TOPPING (1)  TRACY (5)  MC VINNIE (9)  WALKER (13)  WALLACE (8)  WARDHAUGH (6)  WATSON (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WILKIN (7)  MC WILLIAM (5)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (4)  WILIE (9)  YOUNG (6)