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 Galbraith, with 116 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
101	Galbraith	116	0.150%	16.16x
102	Irvine	115	0.150%	6.65x
103	Adams	111	0.140%	0.96x
104	Alexander	111	0.140%	2.67x
105	Kirkwood	111	0.140%	15.64x
106	Bulloch	110	0.140%	70.05x
107	Pollock	107	0.140%	9.38x
108	Galloway	106	0.140%	7.84x
109	Simpson	106	0.140%	0.77x
110	Jamieson	105	0.130%	4.80x
111	Dunn	103	0.130%	1.58x
112	Gibson	103	0.130%	1.08x
113	Gilmour	103	0.130%	9.27x
114	Connolly	101	0.130%	11.08x
115	Dickson	99	0.130%	3.41x
116	Caldwell	98	0.120%	7.98x
117	Coyle	98	0.120%	18.38x
118	Morton	98	0.120%	2.34x
119	Goodwin	97	0.120%	2.34x
120	Allison	95	0.120%	4.26x
121	Cochrane	95	0.120%	7.81x
122	Donald	93	0.120%	5.88x
123	Donaldson	93	0.120%	4.15x
124	Ward	93	0.120%	0.54x
125	Wood	92	0.120%	0.37x
126	Houston	91	0.120%	9.10x
127	Ramsay	91	0.120%	4.50x
128	Murphy	89	0.110%	1.42x
129	Davie	88	0.110%	12.17x
130	Cairns	87	0.110%	5.12x
131	Howie	86	0.110%	11.17x
132	Park	85	0.110%	3.49x
133	Thompson	85	0.110%	0.36x
134	Robb	83	0.110%	6.11x
135	Drummond	82	0.100%	5.26x
136	Murdoch	82	0.100%	6.15x
137	Shearer	82	0.100%	8.14x
138	Whyte	82	0.100%	6.16x
139	Hughes	81	0.100%	0.37x
140	Cook	80	0.100%	0.51x
141	Turner	79	0.100%	0.36x
142	Fisher	78	0.100%	0.85x
143	Meikle	78	0.100%	13.81x
144	Rae	78	0.100%	4.36x
145	Brodie	77	0.100%	7.31x
146	Bryson	77	0.100%	12.79x
147	Hendry	77	0.100%	6.19x
148	Nicol	77	0.100%	4.71x
149	Sutherland	77	0.100%	1.95x
150	Patrick	76	0.100%	4.86x
151	Dunlop	74	0.090%	5.85x
152	Neilson	74	0.090%	6.69x
153	Niven	74	0.090%	13.55x
154	Knox	73	0.090%	5.42x
155	Carmichael	72	0.090%	6.41x
156	Duffy	72	0.090%	4.20x
157	Beaton	71	0.090%	7.87x
158	Forrester	71	0.090%	6.74x
159	Hutton	71	0.090%	3.03x
160	Moore	71	0.090%	0.45x
161	Macfarlane	70	0.090%	15.59x
162	Semple	70	0.090%	18.71x
163	Ure	70	0.090%	28.71x
164	Cassidy	69	0.090%	7.19x
165	Gallocher	69	0.090%	31.79x
166	Kane	69	0.090%	10.91x
167	Lennox	69	0.090%	14.81x
168	Rankin	69	0.090%	5.92x
169	Bruce	68	0.090%	1.85x
170	Fletcher	68	0.090%	0.76x
171	Hall	68	0.090%	0.29x
172	Menzies	68	0.090%	6.66x
173	Nisbet	68	0.090%	8.20x
174	Carr	67	0.090%	1.18x
175	Forrest	67	0.090%	3.31x
176	Gilchrist	67	0.090%	5.82x
177	Hutcheson	67	0.090%	16.63x
178	Blackwood	66	0.080%	14.42x
179	Collins	66	0.080%	0.59x
180	Donnelly	66	0.080%	6.68x
181	Gartshore	66	0.080%	98.35x
182	Hutchison	66	0.080%	5.11x
183	Keir	66	0.080%	16.82x
184	Cowan	65	0.080%	4.06x
185	Mason	65	0.080%	0.62x
186	Reilly	65	0.080%	7.80x
187	Cullen	64	0.080%	4.65x
188	Gunn	64	0.080%	3.33x
189	Harvey	64	0.080%	0.76x
190	Jackson	64	0.080%	0.29x
191	Quin	64	0.080%	7.61x
192	Sloan	64	0.080%	8.66x
193	Maitland	63	0.080%	12.37x
194	Sweenie	63	0.080%	92.08x
195	Cumming	62	0.080%	4.14x
196	Jarvie	62	0.080%	30.09x
197	Leitch	62	0.080%	8.28x
198	Mullen	62	0.080%	8.26x
199	Ralston	62	0.080%	23.46x
200	Shields	62	0.080%	5.11x