1881 census county

Lanarkshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lanarkshire 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

9,763 surnames are listed for Lanarkshire, covering 745,133 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Brown, with 11,819 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lanarkshire

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
1	Brown	11,819	1.25%	1.90x
2	Smith	11,463	1.21%	0.86x
3	Wilson	10,178	1.08%	2.35x
4	Campbell	9,811	1.04%	6.14x
5	Thomson	8,375	0.890%	6.63x
6	Robertson	7,613	0.810%	4.81x
7	Stewart	7,509	0.790%	5.08x
8	Hamilton	6,775	0.720%	9.56x
9	Anderson	6,625	0.700%	3.55x
10	Miller	5,656	0.600%	3.35x
11	Reid	5,618	0.590%	5.66x
12	Paterson	5,455	0.580%	8.48x
13	Young	5,219	0.550%	2.57x
14	Scott	5,100	0.540%	2.13x
15	Watson	5,056	0.540%	2.31x
16	Murray	4,874	0.520%	4.16x
17	Ferguson	4,428	0.470%	6.61x
18	Russell	4,360	0.460%	3.78x
19	Cameron	4,284	0.450%	5.83x
20	Walker	4,265	0.450%	1.35x
21	Clark	4,182	0.440%	1.47x
22	Gray	4,060	0.430%	3.01x
23	Graham	3,770	0.400%	3.48x
24	Martin	3,673	0.390%	1.58x
25	Johnston	3,666	0.390%	4.81x
26	Henderson	3,649	0.390%	3.55x
27	Morrison	3,646	0.390%	4.91x
28	Muir	3,547	0.380%	9.81x
29	Taylor	3,528	0.370%	0.58x
30	Kerr	3,432	0.360%	6.66x
31	Kelly	3,394	0.360%	3.28x
32	Black	3,369	0.360%	5.51x
33	Hunter	3,357	0.360%	3.46x
34	Allan	3,351	0.350%	5.65x
35	Mitchell	3,295	0.350%	1.72x
36	Ross	3,130	0.330%	3.03x
37	Bell	3,104	0.330%	1.75x
38	Marshall	3,048	0.320%	1.92x
39	Stevenson	3,008	0.320%	4.54x
40	Crawford	3,001	0.320%	6.49x
41	Gibson	2,873	0.300%	2.51x
42	Fraser	2,754	0.290%	3.27x
43	Wallace	2,636	0.280%	4.07x
44	White	2,622	0.280%	0.86x
45	Burns	2,608	0.280%	4.11x
46	Davidson	2,578	0.270%	3.25x
47	Wright	2,450	0.260%	0.81x
48	Fleming	2,447	0.260%	6.23x
49	Kennedy	2,443	0.260%	4.29x
50	Weir	2,415	0.260%	9.83x
51	Buchanan	2,391	0.250%	9.79x
52	Lindsay	2,382	0.250%	7.74x
53	Simpson	2,334	0.250%	1.41x
54	Barr	2,242	0.240%	9.81x
55	Millar	2,239	0.240%	6.49x
56	Murphy	2,235	0.240%	2.96x
57	Boyd	2,193	0.230%	6.62x
58	Johnstone	2,084	0.220%	4.88x
59	Docherty	2,062	0.220%	14.67x
60	Aitken	2,042	0.220%	8.24x
61	Boyle	2,007	0.210%	8.19x
62	Currie	1,987	0.210%	7.47x
63	Alexander	1,928	0.200%	3.86x
64	Baird	1,900	0.200%	9.40x
65	Dickson	1,873	0.200%	5.35x
66	Shaw	1,860	0.200%	1.07x
67	Grant	1,775	0.190%	1.89x
68	Neilson	1,764	0.190%	13.25x
69	Munro	1,730	0.180%	4.10x
70	Forrest	1,700	0.180%	6.98x
71	Gardner	1,668	0.180%	2.60x
72	Jackson	1,662	0.180%	0.63x
73	Hughes	1,641	0.170%	0.62x
74	Gordon	1,627	0.170%	2.73x
75	Hill	1,612	0.170%	0.67x
76	Pollock	1,589	0.170%	11.58x
77	Williamson	1,583	0.170%	1.87x
78	King	1,573	0.170%	0.76x
79	Jamieson	1,560	0.170%	5.93x
80	Dick	1,557	0.160%	7.39x
81	Dunn	1,539	0.160%	1.96x
82	Rankin	1,528	0.160%	10.89x
83	Morton	1,511	0.160%	2.99x
84	Watt	1,494	0.160%	4.12x
85	Paton	1,486	0.160%	7.03x
86	Gilchrist	1,483	0.160%	10.71x
87	Gilmour	1,481	0.160%	11.08x
88	Douglas	1,474	0.160%	3.22x
89	Blair	1,453	0.150%	5.93x
90	Logan	1,450	0.150%	6.47x
91	Jack	1,445	0.150%	7.20x
92	Orr	1,418	0.150%	8.91x
93	Ritchie	1,414	0.150%	4.33x
94	Chalmers	1,390	0.150%	6.18x
95	Dunlop	1,373	0.150%	9.02x
96	Moffat	1,327	0.140%	7.75x
97	Murdoch	1,326	0.140%	8.26x
98	Wood	1,308	0.140%	0.43x
99	Park	1,306	0.140%	4.46x
100	Moore	1,274	0.130%	0.67x