1881 census county

Clackmannanshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Clackmannanshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

1,189 surnames are listed for Clackmannanshire, covering 20,415 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Hunter, with 739 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Clackmannanshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Hunter	739	3.06%	29.83x
2	Paterson	634	2.63%	38.61x
3	Mitchell	417	1.73%	8.52x
4	Thomson	328	1.36%	10.17x
5	Ferguson	284	1.18%	16.61x
6	Allan	266	1.10%	17.56x
7	Robertson	236	0.980%	5.84x
8	Dawson	224	0.930%	8.42x
9	Stewart	210	0.870%	5.56x
10	Fyfe	202	0.840%	91.21x
11	Drysdale	201	0.830%	98.53x
12	Henderson	198	0.820%	7.55x
13	Wilson	195	0.810%	1.76x
14	Fraser	185	0.770%	8.61x
15	Brown	179	0.740%	1.13x
16	Harrower	177	0.730%	327.41x
17	Anderson	176	0.730%	3.69x
18	Sharp	175	0.730%	8.70x
19	Morrison	174	0.720%	9.18x
20	Campbell	172	0.710%	4.21x
21	Scott	166	0.690%	2.72x
22	Wright	165	0.680%	2.13x
23	Young	165	0.680%	3.18x
24	Drummond	160	0.660%	33.37x
25	Hall	156	0.650%	2.20x
26	Miller	145	0.600%	3.36x
27	Watson	142	0.590%	2.54x
28	Murray	141	0.580%	4.71x
29	White	139	0.580%	1.79x
30	Marshall	135	0.560%	3.34x
31	Archibald	127	0.530%	60.98x
32	Simpson	126	0.520%	2.99x
33	Reid	124	0.510%	4.89x
34	Taylor	118	0.490%	0.76x
35	Blair	115	0.480%	18.39x
36	Smith	115	0.480%	0.34x
37	Cook	111	0.460%	2.32x
38	Millar	104	0.430%	11.81x
39	Walker	100	0.410%	1.24x
40	Adamson	98	0.410%	15.36x
41	Ramsay	97	0.400%	15.61x
42	Forsyth	96	0.400%	18.65x
43	Stalker	96	0.400%	80.84x
44	Russell	93	0.390%	3.16x
45	Hutton	90	0.370%	12.49x
46	Johnstone	90	0.370%	8.25x
47	Gibson	89	0.370%	3.04x
48	Carmichael	88	0.360%	25.49x
49	Michie	88	0.360%	74.51x
50	Syme	84	0.350%	92.60x
51	Donaldson	82	0.340%	11.92x
52	Gray	82	0.340%	2.38x
53	Alexander	79	0.330%	6.19x
54	Cairns	79	0.330%	15.14x
55	Christie	79	0.330%	10.10x
56	Crawford	78	0.320%	6.61x
57	Scotland	78	0.320%	113.37x
58	Love	71	0.290%	12.41x
59	Bowie	70	0.290%	33.30x
60	Cameron	70	0.290%	3.73x
61	Johnston	69	0.290%	3.54x
62	Bernard	68	0.280%	68.07x
63	Condie	67	0.280%	209.51x
64	Graham	67	0.280%	2.42x
65	Rankine	67	0.280%	54.75x
66	Aitken	65	0.270%	10.27x
67	Cochrane	65	0.270%	17.39x
68	Ramage	65	0.270%	47.94x
69	Wallace	65	0.270%	3.93x
70	Stevenson	64	0.270%	3.78x
71	Black	61	0.250%	3.90x
72	Martin	61	0.250%	1.03x
73	Pollock	61	0.250%	17.41x
74	Clark	57	0.240%	0.79x
75	Dunn	57	0.240%	2.84x
76	Knox	56	0.230%	13.52x
77	Malcolm	56	0.230%	17.65x
78	Lindsay	55	0.230%	6.99x
79	Bain	54	0.220%	9.02x
80	Dempster	53	0.220%	31.22x
81	Monteath	53	0.220%	238.31x
82	Penman	53	0.220%	33.58x
83	Honeyman	51	0.210%	64.66x
84	Dick	50	0.210%	9.29x
85	Hutchison	50	0.210%	12.60x
86	Jack	50	0.210%	9.75x
87	Davidson	48	0.200%	2.37x
88	Galloway	48	0.200%	11.55x
89	Gillespie	48	0.200%	12.55x
90	Beveridge	47	0.190%	18.72x
91	Cram	47	0.190%	99.89x
92	Howieson	47	0.190%	157.67x
93	Ewing	46	0.190%	20.68x
94	Sneddon	45	0.190%	31.33x
95	Whyte	45	0.190%	11.00x
96	Blackwood	44	0.180%	31.28x
97	Izatt	43	0.180%	185.34x
98	Shepherd	43	0.180%	2.43x
99	Buchanan	42	0.170%	6.74x
100	Fife	42	0.170%	65.41x