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 Sweeney, with 62 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
201	Sweeney	62	0.080%	5.90x
202	Baxter	61	0.080%	1.30x
203	Brock	61	0.080%	6.69x
204	Malcolm	61	0.080%	5.91x
205	Strachan	60	0.080%	4.43x
206	Dick	59	0.080%	3.37x
207	Gow	59	0.080%	9.51x
208	Somerville	59	0.080%	9.03x
209	Waddell	59	0.080%	8.47x
210	Andrew	58	0.070%	2.33x
211	Brady	58	0.070%	4.17x
212	Lamont	58	0.070%	8.31x
213	Livingstone	58	0.070%	7.92x
214	Neil	58	0.070%	5.59x
215	Bryce	57	0.070%	7.26x
216	Faulds	57	0.070%	23.79x
217	Gourlay	57	0.070%	13.10x
218	Hardie	57	0.070%	5.57x
219	Matheson	57	0.070%	5.31x
220	Nicholson	57	0.070%	1.02x
221	Adam	56	0.070%	4.15x
222	Calder	56	0.070%	5.10x
223	Christie	56	0.070%	2.20x
224	Forbes	56	0.070%	2.13x
225	Inglis	56	0.070%	4.27x
226	Jones	56	0.070%	0.06x
227	Law	56	0.070%	1.58x
228	Whitelaw	56	0.070%	11.97x
229	Barclay	55	0.070%	3.40x
230	Chapman	55	0.070%	0.49x
231	Finlay	55	0.070%	6.83x
232	Hannah	55	0.070%	5.39x
233	Phillips	55	0.070%	0.39x
234	Downie	54	0.070%	5.86x
235	Livingston	54	0.070%	7.66x
236	Mackie	54	0.070%	3.22x
237	Maxwell	54	0.070%	2.89x
238	Oliver	54	0.070%	0.96x
239	Melville	53	0.070%	6.39x
240	Muirhead	53	0.070%	8.75x
241	Roberts	53	0.070%	0.18x
242	Carson	52	0.070%	6.01x
243	Haggarty	52	0.070%	34.38x
244	Toole	52	0.070%	12.26x
245	Connell	51	0.070%	3.74x
246	Elliot	51	0.070%	2.55x
247	Hart	51	0.070%	0.76x
248	Horn	51	0.070%	2.86x
249	Melvin	51	0.070%	13.49x
250	Mulholland	51	0.070%	17.48x
251	Dalrymple	50	0.060%	14.63x
252	Dewar	50	0.060%	4.88x
253	Porter	50	0.060%	0.85x
254	Archibald	49	0.060%	7.23x
255	Dickie	49	0.060%	7.95x
256	Ferrie	49	0.060%	34.49x
257	Mair	49	0.060%	6.75x
258	Arthur	48	0.060%	2.81x
259	Mills	48	0.060%	0.47x
260	Prentice	48	0.060%	5.19x
261	Richardson	48	0.060%	0.36x
262	Greer	47	0.060%	17.82x
263	Hill	47	0.060%	0.24x
264	Jenkins	47	0.060%	0.51x
265	Main	47	0.060%	3.66x
266	Angus	46	0.060%	4.10x
267	Bowman	46	0.060%	2.24x
268	Higgins	46	0.060%	1.16x
269	Lennie	46	0.060%	27.25x
270	Beattie	45	0.060%	2.68x
271	Johnson	45	0.060%	0.17x
272	Leckie	45	0.060%	18.28x
273	Lynch	45	0.060%	2.17x
274	Queen	45	0.060%	13.99x
275	Arnott	44	0.060%	6.67x
276	Conroy	44	0.060%	7.56x
277	Doherty	44	0.060%	6.86x
278	Friel	44	0.060%	81.88x
279	Goldie	44	0.060%	9.00x
280	Welsh	44	0.060%	1.42x
281	Gillan	43	0.050%	15.58x
282	Hosie	43	0.050%	25.67x
283	Hudson	43	0.050%	0.67x
284	Napier	43	0.050%	6.81x
285	Neeson	43	0.050%	105.83x
286	Odonnell	43	0.050%	8.52x
287	Oneil	43	0.050%	5.46x
288	Rooney	43	0.050%	6.14x
289	Shanks	43	0.050%	7.20x
290	Smellie	43	0.050%	12.37x
291	Broadley	42	0.050%	7.90x
292	Carrick	42	0.050%	7.44x
293	Devine	42	0.050%	5.37x
294	Fyfe	42	0.050%	5.83x
295	Henry	42	0.050%	2.12x
296	Kay	42	0.050%	1.03x
297	Kean	42	0.050%	7.90x
298	Liddell	42	0.050%	5.83x
299	Little	42	0.050%	1.13x
300	Rankine	42	0.050%	10.55x