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 Rochford, with 15 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
701	Rochford	15	0.020%	19.80x
702	Rowden	15	0.020%	7.96x
703	Ruthven	15	0.020%	15.06x
704	Sim	15	0.020%	1.70x
705	Spears	15	0.020%	8.03x
706	Symington	15	0.020%	6.91x
707	Towers	15	0.020%	1.65x
708	Vance	15	0.020%	10.04x
709	Balfour	14	0.020%	2.56x
710	Berry	14	0.020%	0.22x
711	Borland	14	0.020%	4.12x
712	Casey	14	0.020%	1.21x
713	Caw	14	0.020%	23.95x
714	Chrystal	14	0.020%	12.93x
715	Comrie	14	0.020%	10.94x
716	Cormack	14	0.020%	2.36x
717	Croall	14	0.020%	27.67x
718	Crooks	14	0.020%	2.31x
719	Cruickshanks	14	0.020%	10.94x
720	Finlayson	14	0.020%	1.55x
721	Fitzsimmons	14	0.020%	7.29x
722	Flynn	14	0.020%	0.93x
723	Garvie	14	0.020%	10.13x
724	Gemmill	14	0.020%	12.22x
725	Harden	14	0.020%	4.54x
726	Howat	14	0.020%	5.81x
727	Howe	14	0.020%	0.45x
728	Keddie	14	0.020%	5.96x
729	Keough	14	0.020%	25.93x
730	Loudon	14	0.020%	6.28x
731	Mackenzie	14	0.020%	0.64x
732	Mathie	14	0.020%	8.83x
733	Mechan	14	0.020%	16.33x
734	Molloy	14	0.020%	3.27x
735	Moodie	14	0.020%	3.80x
736	Mullholland	14	0.020%	14.92x
737	Norrie	14	0.020%	5.75x
738	Oconnor	14	0.020%	3.12x
739	Rose	14	0.020%	0.24x
740	Ryan	14	0.020%	0.58x
741	Sandeman	14	0.020%	13.09x
742	Shepherd	14	0.020%	0.24x
743	Sommerville	14	0.020%	4.52x
744	Stevens	14	0.020%	0.17x
745	Taggart	14	0.020%	4.72x
746	Tulloch	14	0.020%	2.69x
747	Yates	14	0.020%	0.26x
748	Armour	13	0.020%	2.64x
749	Baillie	13	0.020%	1.60x
750	Balloch	13	0.020%	23.84x
751	Bauchop	13	0.020%	38.16x
752	Buntin	13	0.020%	35.43x
753	Cairnie	13	0.020%	27.55x
754	Chambers	13	0.020%	0.29x
755	Coil	13	0.020%	49.60x
756	Colville	13	0.020%	4.84x
757	Dalglish	13	0.020%	9.07x
758	Dingwall	13	0.020%	4.18x
759	Dougherty	13	0.020%	4.28x
760	Ewart	13	0.020%	2.94x
761	Gibbons	13	0.020%	0.52x
762	Gracie	13	0.020%	7.94x
763	Haldane	13	0.020%	6.55x
764	Harkness	13	0.020%	2.96x
765	Heenan	13	0.020%	20.66x
766	Hollywood	13	0.020%	22.96x
767	Hunt	13	0.020%	0.12x
768	Kaine	13	0.020%	51.14x
769	Kater	13	0.020%	145.90x
770	Lewis	13	0.020%	0.06x
771	Lyden	13	0.020%	22.96x
772	Malcolmson	13	0.020%	17.97x
773	Manners	13	0.020%	3.35x
774	Neill	13	0.020%	2.50x
775	Partington	13	0.020%	1.17x
776	Procter	13	0.020%	1.28x
777	Rhind	13	0.020%	6.94x
778	Scotland	13	0.020%	5.81x
779	Shiels	13	0.020%	7.03x
780	Simson	13	0.020%	6.37x
781	Speirs	13	0.020%	4.23x
782	Stoddart	13	0.020%	1.98x
783	Strathdee	13	0.020%	17.40x
784	Telfer	13	0.020%	2.77x
785	Walters	13	0.020%	0.35x
786	Abernethy	12	0.020%	6.62x
787	Ballingall	12	0.020%	10.62x
788	Brand	12	0.020%	1.04x
789	Bremner	12	0.020%	1.78x
790	Bryan	12	0.020%	0.62x
791	Burnie	12	0.020%	12.44x
792	Carlyle	12	0.020%	5.55x
793	Cavan	12	0.020%	24.48x
794	Connall	12	0.020%	53.86x
795	Cunninghame	12	0.020%	21.29x
796	Douglass	12	0.020%	2.41x
797	Drumond	12	0.020%	35.22x
798	Erskine	12	0.020%	2.47x
799	Ferns	12	0.020%	7.10x
800	Gourlie	12	0.020%	67.34x