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 Rutherford, with 42 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
301	Rutherford	42	0.050%	2.19x
302	Evans	41	0.050%	0.12x
303	Harkins	41	0.050%	23.10x
304	Harvie	41	0.050%	15.96x
305	Hodge	41	0.050%	2.07x
306	Wilkie	41	0.050%	3.66x
307	Barrie	40	0.050%	7.06x
308	Bilsland	40	0.050%	88.71x
309	Denny	40	0.050%	6.06x
310	Easton	40	0.050%	3.36x
311	Fulton	40	0.050%	4.04x
312	Gorman	40	0.050%	4.22x
313	Spence	40	0.050%	1.54x
314	Todd	40	0.050%	1.00x
315	Ballantyne	39	0.050%	6.55x
316	Darroch	39	0.050%	19.05x
317	Dow	39	0.050%	4.12x
318	Gilfillan	39	0.050%	25.70x
319	Manson	39	0.050%	4.25x
320	Thorburn	39	0.050%	8.60x
321	Burnside	38	0.050%	13.81x
322	Callaghan	38	0.050%	4.27x
323	Cowie	38	0.050%	3.99x
324	Kinniburgh	38	0.050%	75.50x
325	Love	38	0.050%	2.04x
326	Lyons	38	0.050%	2.18x
327	Munn	38	0.050%	6.72x
328	Nimmo	38	0.050%	10.87x
329	Parlane	38	0.050%	95.38x
330	Wylie	38	0.050%	4.16x
331	Burke	37	0.050%	1.60x
332	Butler	37	0.050%	0.48x
333	Kyle	37	0.050%	8.48x
334	Lynn	37	0.050%	5.40x
335	Macindoe	37	0.050%	111.14x
336	Patterson	37	0.050%	1.35x
337	Bennett	36	0.050%	0.28x
338	Breen	36	0.050%	16.23x
339	Cuthbertson	36	0.050%	5.93x
340	Dawson	36	0.050%	0.42x
341	Gibb	36	0.050%	2.60x
342	Guy	36	0.050%	2.09x
343	Keith	36	0.050%	4.28x
344	Morris	36	0.050%	0.21x
345	Oswald	36	0.050%	9.98x
346	Bradley	35	0.040%	0.56x
347	Guthrie	35	0.040%	3.54x
348	Leishman	35	0.040%	13.14x
349	Macdonald	35	0.040%	1.12x
350	Strang	35	0.040%	9.93x
351	Clarke	34	0.040%	0.21x
352	Dempster	34	0.040%	6.16x
353	Gardiner	34	0.040%	1.51x
354	Gill	34	0.040%	0.61x
355	Harrison	34	0.040%	0.20x
356	Jeffrey	34	0.040%	2.34x
357	Kilpatrick	34	0.040%	8.41x
358	Lyon	34	0.040%	2.07x
359	Reynolds	34	0.040%	0.50x
360	Scullion	34	0.040%	28.69x
361	Sheridan	34	0.040%	7.20x
362	Steven	34	0.040%	5.72x
363	Coyne	33	0.040%	7.94x
364	Drysdale	33	0.040%	4.97x
365	Joyce	33	0.040%	1.71x
366	Milligan	33	0.040%	3.57x
367	Purvis	33	0.040%	4.35x
368	Service	33	0.040%	17.32x
369	Shannon	33	0.040%	5.43x
370	Stuart	33	0.040%	1.76x
371	Mooney	32	0.040%	3.51x
372	Newton	32	0.040%	0.53x
373	Rice	32	0.040%	1.31x
374	Swan	32	0.040%	1.57x
375	Tait	32	0.040%	1.38x
376	Torrance	32	0.040%	9.25x
377	Brannan	31	0.040%	5.84x
378	Cockburn	31	0.040%	3.09x
379	Duff	31	0.040%	2.22x
380	Frew	31	0.040%	7.86x
381	Latta	31	0.040%	31.54x
382	Parker	31	0.040%	0.21x
383	Peters	31	0.040%	1.13x
384	Richmond	31	0.040%	1.80x
385	Carruthers	30	0.040%	2.89x
386	Carswell	30	0.040%	10.45x
387	Connor	30	0.040%	1.29x
388	Conway	30	0.040%	2.04x
389	Doyle	30	0.040%	1.57x
390	Edgar	30	0.040%	2.48x
391	Keenan	30	0.040%	4.51x
392	Moffat	30	0.040%	2.11x
393	Provan	30	0.040%	19.11x
394	Snodgrass	30	0.040%	42.23x
395	Struthers	30	0.040%	8.55x
396	Syme	30	0.040%	10.16x
397	Vallance	30	0.040%	8.48x
398	Arroll	29	0.040%	165.15x
399	Cleland	29	0.040%	13.97x
400	Clelland	29	0.040%	13.38x