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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 Brittan, with 2 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.

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1901Brittan21.38x
1902Broadly22.91x
1903Brow24.39x
1904Browne20.14x
1905Bryne21.61x
1906Burch20.34x
1907Burley20.27x
1908Burnett20.09x
1909Butt20.20x
1910Butter20.54x
1911Butterly211.39x
1912Caddis221.19x
1913Cahill20.55x
1914Cairn26.25x
1915Callagham212.31x
1916Calman25.30x
1917Canavan22.18x
1918Candlish22.18x
1919Cant20.41x
1920Caplan276.63x
1921Care21.15x
1922Carlan26.69x
1923Carlile21.74x
1924Carline21.42x
1925Carruther221.81x
1926Cash20.38x
1927Caskie25.65x
1928Cathie24.77x
1929Caulfield21.47x
1930Cheal21.52x
1931Colbert21.54x
1932Collington23.65x
1933Coltart22.19x
1934Conally28.39x
1935Condie21.92x
1936Conner20.33x
1937Connoly21.90x
1938Core21.80x
1939Corrie21.12x
1940Corrigan20.57x
1941Cotterell20.60x
1942Cotton20.11x
1943Coul29.91x
1944Coventry20.64x
1945Crane20.12x
1946Cranston20.63x
1947Crighton20.64x
1948Croll21.36x
1949Crozier20.54x
1950Curr22.18x
1951Daff26.41x
1952Dailey21.85x
1953Dallas20.67x
1954Darrah29.78x
1955Daven254.50x
1956Davison20.07x
1957Daw20.37x
1958Deans20.38x
1959Dempsey20.41x
1960Denham20.29x
1961Devan213.88x
1962Devin28.12x
1963Dods21.52x
1964Dollar27.63x
1965Donelly21.11x
1966Donnachie22.96x
1967Donnell22.49x
1968Donoghue20.77x
1969Dook29.31x
1970Dorans212.31x
1971Dott23.87x
1972Drury20.16x
1973Eddie21.76x
1974Ellam21.01x
1975Ellison20.12x
1976Ewen20.60x
1977Fair20.73x
1978Fairnie212.11x
1979Farley20.20x
1980Farrier21.63x
1981Fay20.61x
1982Fergie25.41x
1983Fife20.96x
1984Finley20.92x
1985Flanigan21.48x
1986Fleck22.25x
1987Folly23.93x
1988Frost20.05x
1989Fuller20.06x
1990Gaff22.68x
1991Gage20.45x
1992Gatenby21.10x
1993Gauld20.97x
1994Gavan22.69x
1995Gay20.19x
1996Gellatly21.86x
1997Gildea27.27x
1998Girdwood22.03x
1999Givans223.15x
2000Glasgow21.16x