BOUNDARY AND NAME CHANGES:
Burghs
Old Districts (Before 1929)
New Districts (1930-1975)
Regions and Districts (1975-1996)
Boundary Changes Summary: (See details)
Ardrossan - Island of Little Cumbrae transferred to Cumbrae, Buteshire
Beith - Partly in Renfrewshire until 1891
Dunlop - Partly in Renfrewshire until 1891
SURNAMES:
Most Common Surnames:
Brown, Campbell, Kerr, Reid, Robertson, Smith, Stewart, Wilson, Thomson, Young
Common Surnames:
A: Agnew, Allan, Alexander, Anderson, Andrew, Armstrong
B: Baird, Barbour, Barclay, Barnes, Barr, Blane, Blue, Blyth, Boyd, Bradford, Bryden, Bulger, Burns
C: Calderwood, Caldwell, Carmichael, Clark, Clement, Coulter, Cowan, Craig, Crawford, Crombie, Crossan, Cunningham, Currie
D: Davidson, Dick, Dickie, Drummond, Dunlop
F: Ferguson, Findlay, Frew, Fulton, Fyfe
G: Gemmill, Gibson, Gillies, Gilmour, Girvan, Gordon, Graham, Grant, Gunning, Guthrie
H: Hamilton, Hannah, Harvey, Hay, Hill, Hodgson, Hogarth, Hood, Hopkin, Houston, Howat, Hunter, Hyslop
I: Ingram, Irvine
J: Jack, Jamieson, Johnstone, Jones
K: Kean, Kelly, Kennedy, King, Kirkland
L: Laing, Lindsay, Logan, Love
M: Mair, Manson, Marshall, Martin, Millar, Miller, Milroy, Mitchell, Morris, Morrison, Morton, Muir, Murdoch, Murray
N: Neil, Nelson, Nicol, Nicolson, Nisbet
O: Orr
P: Park, Paterson, Patton, Pollock
R: Rennie, Richmond, Rodger, Ross, Russell, Ryan
S: Samson, Scott, Seaton, Sloan, Speirs, Sprott, Stevenson, Sutherland
T: Taylor, Templeton
W: Wakefield, Walker, Wallace, Watson, Watt, Welsh, Williamson, Withers, Wyllie
POPULATION:
1755: 59,009
1801: 84,207
1811: 103,839
1821: 127,299
1831: 145,055
1841: 164,356
1851: 189,858
Location of Ayrshire
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Note: OPR stands for Old Parochial Registers, which are the earliest records of baptisms, marriages, and burials kept by The Church of Scotland. The OPR number is useful, and often necessary, in tracking down these records. The Church of Scotland kept the records before civil registration was introduced in 1855. Civil registration district numbers (RD numbers) are included in the timelines on the Parish pages. See the All Parishes Index for ancient parishes and parishes created or subdivided from older parishes.
| Parish Name | OPR Number |
|---|---|
| Ardrossan | 576 |
| Auchinleck | 577 |
| Ayr | 578 |
| Ballantrae | 579 |
| Barr | 580 |
| Beith | 581 |
| Colmonell | 582 |
| Coylton | 583 |
| Craigie | 584 |
| Dailly | 585 |
| Dalmellington | 586 |
| Dalry | 587 |
| Dalrymple | 588 |
| Dreghorn | 589 |
| Dundonald | 590 |
| Dunlop | 591 |
| Fenwick | 592 |
| Galston | 593 |
| Girvan | 594 |
| Irvine | 595 |
| Kilbirnie | 596 |
| Kilmarnock | 597 |
| Kilmaurs | 598 |
| Kilwinning | 599 |
| Kirkmichael | 600 |
| Kirkoswald | 601 |
| Largs | 602 |
| Loudoun | 603 |
| Mauchline | 604 |
| Maybole | 605 |
| Monkton and Prestwick | 606 |
| Muirkirk | 607 |
| New Cumnock | 608 |
| Ochiltree | 609 |
| Old Cumnock | 610 |
| Riccarton | 611 |
| St Quivox and Newton-upon-Ayr | 612 |
| Sorn | 613 |
| Stair | 614 |
| Stevenston | 615 |
| Stewarton | 616 |
| Straiton | 617 |
| Symington | 618 |
| Tarbolton | 619 |
| West Kilbride | 620 |