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 Crombie, with 29 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
401	Crombie	29	0.040%	6.58x
402	Glass	29	0.040%	3.57x
403	Govan	29	0.040%	20.26x
404	Hislop	29	0.040%	6.14x
405	Innes	29	0.040%	2.39x
406	Maclachlan	29	0.040%	39.94x
407	Moir	29	0.040%	2.69x
408	Owens	29	0.040%	0.74x
409	Storrie	29	0.040%	22.95x
410	Walls	29	0.040%	3.07x
411	Bisland	28	0.040%	161.94x
412	Bowie	28	0.040%	4.09x
413	Brash	28	0.040%	20.19x
414	Cannon	28	0.040%	1.97x
415	Clement	28	0.040%	3.54x
416	Coulter	28	0.040%	7.10x
417	Cree	28	0.040%	11.95x
418	Griffin	28	0.040%	0.76x
419	Liddle	28	0.040%	3.03x
420	Mathieson	28	0.040%	3.39x
421	Waters	28	0.040%	0.89x
422	Barbour	27	0.030%	6.26x
423	Battison	27	0.030%	30.65x
424	Carrigan	27	0.030%	17.64x
425	Carslaw	27	0.030%	106.22x
426	Cochran	27	0.030%	9.01x
427	Crichton	27	0.030%	4.03x
428	Dennett	27	0.030%	7.97x
429	Dixon	27	0.030%	0.31x
430	Holmes	27	0.030%	0.28x
431	Leslie	27	0.030%	2.08x
432	Lyle	27	0.030%	7.35x
433	Montague	27	0.030%	6.84x
434	Nairn	27	0.030%	6.95x
435	Paxton	27	0.030%	4.31x
436	Philips	27	0.030%	1.86x
437	Spiers	27	0.030%	4.18x
438	Templeton	27	0.030%	4.66x
439	Tennant	27	0.030%	3.22x
440	Fox	26	0.030%	0.36x
441	Gass	26	0.030%	20.79x
442	Haggerty	26	0.030%	17.90x
443	Lawson	26	0.030%	0.56x
444	Mack	26	0.030%	3.29x
445	Mackay	26	0.030%	0.92x
446	Meikleham	26	0.030%	154.95x
447	Nelson	26	0.030%	0.68x
448	Sawers	26	0.030%	28.34x
449	Urquhart	26	0.030%	2.36x
450	Adair	25	0.030%	10.22x
451	Begg	25	0.030%	5.23x
452	Couser	25	0.030%	227.07x
453	Cranmer	25	0.030%	18.52x
454	Devlin	25	0.030%	3.89x
455	Dougan	25	0.030%	13.32x
456	Fairbairn	25	0.030%	4.31x
457	Farrell	25	0.030%	1.68x
458	Flaherty	25	0.030%	10.36x
459	Frazer	25	0.030%	4.11x
460	Gemmell	25	0.030%	5.30x
461	Laird	25	0.030%	2.84x
462	Lamond	25	0.030%	9.32x
463	Meechan	25	0.030%	31.90x
464	Obrien	25	0.030%	2.16x
465	Pringle	25	0.030%	2.02x
466	Roxburgh	25	0.030%	10.29x
467	Smillie	25	0.030%	16.06x
468	Binnie	24	0.030%	7.34x
469	Blyth	24	0.030%	1.94x
470	Canon	24	0.030%	79.60x
471	Cassels	24	0.030%	16.89x
472	Early	24	0.030%	8.23x
473	Fairley	24	0.030%	6.25x
474	Fairlie	24	0.030%	12.56x
475	Fitzpatrick	24	0.030%	2.09x
476	Hendrie	24	0.030%	12.47x
477	Kelso	24	0.030%	13.02x
478	Kirkpatrick	24	0.030%	3.55x
479	Malloch	24	0.030%	21.54x
480	Michie	24	0.030%	6.25x
481	Pettigrew	24	0.030%	6.30x
482	Small	24	0.030%	1.21x
483	Smart	24	0.030%	0.67x
484	Abraham	23	0.030%	2.97x
485	Adamson	23	0.030%	1.11x
486	Brownlee	23	0.030%	8.48x
487	Burk	23	0.030%	8.15x
488	Differ	23	0.030%	219.47x
489	Fergusson	23	0.030%	5.79x
490	Fernie	23	0.030%	9.81x
491	Ferry	23	0.030%	9.27x
492	Forgie	23	0.030%	25.66x
493	Frame	23	0.030%	4.62x
494	Grainger	23	0.030%	1.91x
495	Laing	23	0.030%	1.46x
496	Lamb	23	0.030%	0.56x
497	Monaghan	23	0.030%	4.04x
498	Ronald	23	0.030%	8.22x
499	Wotherspoon	23	0.030%	9.22x
500	Banks	22	0.030%	0.55x