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 Malia, with 3 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
1801	Malia	3	0.000%	5.67x
1802	Mannion	3	0.000%	1.47x
1803	Marsters	3	0.000%	6.58x
1804	Mathewson	3	0.000%	1.58x
1805	Matson	3	0.000%	1.56x
1806	Mckail	3	0.000%	191.08x
1807	Mcnair	3	0.000%	16.84x
1808	Melrose	3	0.000%	0.99x
1809	Middlemas	3	0.000%	2.42x
1810	Milby	3	0.000%	23.85x
1811	Moncrieff	3	0.000%	1.52x
1812	Motherwell	3	0.000%	5.30x
1813	Murison	3	0.000%	3.91x
1814	Murry	3	0.000%	0.72x
1815	Murtagh	3	0.000%	6.77x
1816	Nichol	3	0.000%	0.36x
1817	Noon	3	0.000%	0.53x
1818	Norman	3	0.000%	0.08x
1819	Oconnell	3	0.000%	1.62x
1820	Odonell	3	0.000%	20.45x
1821	Oswell	3	0.000%	4.51x
1822	Pater	3	0.000%	8.94x
1823	Perritt	3	0.000%	8.81x
1824	Phee	3	0.000%	30.93x
1825	Pilkington	3	0.000%	0.21x
1826	Pithie	3	0.000%	7.73x
1827	Pott	3	0.000%	1.68x
1828	Powell	3	0.000%	0.03x
1829	Quail	3	0.000%	3.23x
1830	Rathbone	3	0.000%	0.69x
1831	Rew	3	0.000%	2.16x
1832	Richie	3	0.000%	4.06x
1833	Riddle	3	0.000%	0.46x
1834	Roach	3	0.000%	0.26x
1835	Rowell	3	0.000%	0.44x
1836	Sample	3	0.000%	2.43x
1837	Scanlan	3	0.000%	1.70x
1838	Schofield	3	0.000%	0.07x
1839	Selby	3	0.000%	0.32x
1840	Sergeant	3	0.000%	0.80x
1841	Sharkey	3	0.000%	1.67x
1842	Sibbald	3	0.000%	1.44x
1843	Snedden	3	0.000%	2.83x
1844	Snell	3	0.000%	0.20x
1845	Spittal	3	0.000%	3.66x
1846	Stocks	3	0.000%	0.35x
1847	Stow	3	0.000%	0.87x
1848	Swann	3	0.000%	0.35x
1849	Sylvester	3	0.000%	1.14x
1850	Sym	3	0.000%	7.34x
1851	Thoburn	3	0.000%	5.75x
1852	Tolan	3	0.000%	6.81x
1853	Toner	3	0.000%	3.07x
1854	Tool	3	0.000%	6.62x
1855	Townley	3	0.000%	0.61x
1856	Trail	3	0.000%	2.10x
1857	Vallentine	3	0.000%	15.47x
1858	Vickers	3	0.000%	0.15x
1859	Waddle	3	0.000%	3.24x
1860	Wade	3	0.000%	0.10x
1861	Wallis	3	0.000%	0.11x
1862	Walter	3	0.000%	0.25x
1863	Warren	3	0.000%	0.06x
1864	Warrick	3	0.000%	2.50x
1865	Watters	3	0.000%	1.20x
1866	Wellesley	3	0.000%	17.08x
1867	Wemyss	3	0.000%	2.76x
1868	Wightman	3	0.000%	0.58x
1869	Willocks	3	0.000%	6.89x
1870	Wink	3	0.000%	4.60x
1871	Wormald	3	0.000%	0.84x
1872	York	3	0.000%	0.29x
1873	Yule	3	0.000%	0.76x
1874	Agnew	2	0.000%	0.45x
1875	Aiton	2	0.000%	4.00x
1876	Allwood	2	0.000%	0.63x
1877	Arthurs	2	0.000%	1.67x
1878	Ashton	2	0.000%	0.05x
1879	Austin	2	0.000%	0.05x
1880	Bacon	2	0.000%	0.10x
1881	Balland	2	0.000%	31.80x
1882	Balmer	2	0.000%	0.67x
1883	Bartley	2	0.000%	0.53x
1884	Beat	2	0.000%	3.97x
1885	Beckett	2	0.000%	0.13x
1886	Beggs	2	0.000%	1.90x
1887	Betts	2	0.000%	0.12x
1888	Bews	2	0.000%	1.65x
1889	Birnie	2	0.000%	0.60x
1890	Blades	2	0.000%	0.45x
1891	Bonnar	2	0.000%	1.88x
1892	Boswell	2	0.000%	0.27x
1893	Bough	2	0.000%	1.56x
1894	Bovill	2	0.000%	3.67x
1895	Bowe	2	0.000%	1.13x
1896	Box	2	0.000%	0.31x
1897	Braithwaite	2	0.000%	0.22x
1898	Branigan	2	0.000%	3.65x
1899	Brebner	2	0.000%	1.98x
1900	Briggs	2	0.000%	0.05x