1881 census county

Dunbartonshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dunbartonshire 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

2,891 surnames are listed for Dunbartonshire, covering 58,726 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Campbell, with 1,270 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dunbartonshire

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	Campbell	1,270	1.62%	9.56x
2	Smith	922	1.17%	0.83x
3	Stewart	856	1.09%	6.97x
4	Wilson	747	0.950%	2.07x
5	Brown	746	0.950%	1.44x
6	Cameron	643	0.820%	10.54x
7	Thomson	636	0.810%	6.06x
8	Robertson	575	0.730%	4.37x
9	Miller	565	0.720%	4.02x
10	Graham	542	0.690%	6.01x
11	Buchanan	534	0.680%	26.32x
12	Walker	453	0.580%	1.72x
13	Murray	416	0.530%	4.27x
14	Anderson	415	0.530%	2.68x
15	Reid	384	0.490%	4.66x
16	Scott	370	0.470%	1.86x
17	Watson	365	0.460%	2.00x
18	Ferguson	353	0.450%	6.34x
19	Stirling	335	0.430%	32.84x
20	Kerr	331	0.420%	7.73x
21	Young	323	0.410%	1.92x
22	Kennedy	313	0.400%	6.61x
23	Paterson	308	0.390%	5.77x
24	Clark	306	0.390%	1.30x
25	Wallace	290	0.370%	5.39x
26	Docherty	287	0.370%	24.58x
27	Henderson	280	0.360%	3.28x
28	Taylor	280	0.360%	0.56x
29	Hamilton	279	0.360%	4.74x
30	Allan	277	0.350%	5.62x
31	Gray	263	0.340%	2.35x
32	Kelly	259	0.330%	3.01x
33	Stevenson	258	0.330%	4.68x
34	Morrison	255	0.320%	4.13x
35	Marshall	252	0.320%	1.91x
36	Martin	252	0.320%	1.30x
37	White	248	0.320%	0.98x
38	Ross	245	0.310%	2.86x
39	Weir	244	0.310%	11.95x
40	Mitchell	241	0.310%	1.51x
41	Lang	238	0.300%	13.60x
42	Bell	233	0.300%	1.58x
43	Black	231	0.290%	4.54x
44	Aitken	228	0.290%	11.07x
45	Hunter	218	0.280%	2.70x
46	Burns	216	0.280%	4.10x
47	Logan	203	0.260%	10.90x
48	Lindsay	198	0.250%	7.74x
49	Boyle	194	0.250%	9.52x
50	Munro	194	0.250%	5.54x
51	Colquhoun	193	0.250%	41.50x
52	Russell	192	0.240%	2.00x
53	Gordon	191	0.240%	3.86x
54	Fleming	189	0.240%	5.79x
55	Glen	189	0.240%	24.32x
56	Paton	189	0.240%	10.76x
57	Muir	185	0.240%	6.16x
58	Millar	184	0.230%	6.42x
59	Blair	181	0.230%	8.89x
60	Johnston	176	0.220%	2.78x
61	Currie	175	0.220%	7.92x
62	Rennie	174	0.220%	12.69x
63	Bain	173	0.220%	8.88x
64	Shaw	173	0.220%	1.20x
65	Grant	170	0.220%	2.18x
66	Boyd	169	0.220%	6.14x
67	Watt	165	0.210%	5.48x
68	Ritchie	163	0.210%	6.01x
69	King	162	0.210%	0.95x
70	Barr	160	0.200%	8.43x
71	Crawford	159	0.200%	4.14x
72	Ewing	158	0.200%	21.83x
73	Hay	158	0.200%	5.49x
74	Fraser	154	0.200%	2.20x
75	Chalmers	152	0.190%	8.13x
76	Jardine	151	0.190%	20.64x
77	Williamson	145	0.180%	2.06x
78	Stark	143	0.180%	13.30x
79	Baird	141	0.180%	8.40x
80	Connelly	140	0.180%	19.20x
81	Forsyth	140	0.180%	8.36x
82	Gillies	138	0.180%	12.29x
83	Davidson	137	0.170%	2.08x
84	Gallacher	136	0.170%	20.09x
85	Orr	136	0.170%	10.28x
86	Gillespie	135	0.170%	10.84x
87	Jack	135	0.170%	8.09x
88	Montgomery	133	0.170%	10.68x
89	Armstrong	131	0.170%	2.18x
90	Kinloch	129	0.160%	74.22x
91	Paul	127	0.160%	6.46x
92	Findlay	126	0.160%	7.75x
93	Sharp	126	0.160%	1.93x
94	Johnstone	122	0.160%	3.44x
95	Wright	122	0.160%	0.48x
96	Cooper	118	0.150%	0.62x
97	Rodger	118	0.150%	10.69x
98	Gardner	117	0.150%	2.20x
99	Turnbull	117	0.150%	3.54x
100	Douglas	116	0.150%	3.05x