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 Holms, with 117 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
901	Holms	117	0.010%	4.39x
902	Melrose	117	0.010%	3.19x
903	Morison	117	0.010%	2.43x
904	Goodfellow	116	0.010%	1.39x
905	Irwin	116	0.010%	1.46x
906	Meighan	116	0.010%	22.42x
907	Milliken	116	0.010%	14.65x
908	Welch	116	0.010%	0.35x
909	Whitefield	116	0.010%	5.95x
910	Dobson	115	0.010%	0.28x
911	Kinniburgh	115	0.010%	18.99x
912	Mellon	115	0.010%	5.87x
913	Paxton	115	0.010%	1.53x
914	Scouller	115	0.010%	22.78x
915	Smeaton	115	0.010%	4.33x
916	Storrie	115	0.010%	7.56x
917	Wells	115	0.010%	0.15x
918	Barron	114	0.010%	0.78x
919	Corbet	114	0.010%	4.39x
920	Day	114	0.010%	0.13x
921	Hudson	114	0.010%	0.15x
922	Judge	114	0.010%	1.12x
923	Lynn	114	0.010%	1.38x
924	Muldoon	114	0.010%	6.12x
925	Archer	113	0.010%	0.29x
926	Picken	113	0.010%	2.87x
927	Affleck	112	0.010%	5.14x
928	Arnot	112	0.010%	3.84x
929	Brisbane	112	0.010%	12.96x
930	Donnely	112	0.010%	7.65x
931	Gault	112	0.010%	8.88x
932	Oconnor	112	0.010%	2.07x
933	Wight	112	0.010%	2.30x
934	Bonar	111	0.010%	7.33x
935	Halbert	111	0.010%	9.07x
936	Hammond	111	0.010%	0.21x
937	Merry	111	0.010%	1.57x
938	Milroy	111	0.010%	4.11x
939	Nolan	111	0.010%	0.86x
940	Tannahill	111	0.010%	11.85x
941	Yule	111	0.010%	2.35x
942	Blaney	110	0.010%	5.78x
943	Louden	110	0.010%	6.73x
944	Perrie	110	0.010%	10.17x
945	Brash	109	0.010%	6.53x
946	Clydesdale	109	0.010%	17.36x
947	Gaffney	109	0.010%	3.40x
948	Gemmel	109	0.010%	12.84x
949	Larkin	109	0.010%	1.28x
950	Stevens	109	0.010%	0.11x
951	Stodart	109	0.010%	11.59x
952	Walton	109	0.010%	0.16x
953	Blackstock	108	0.010%	7.76x
954	Byrne	108	0.010%	0.82x
955	Ness	108	0.010%	2.52x
956	Proudfoot	108	0.010%	2.62x
957	Regan	108	0.010%	1.11x
958	Spencer	108	0.010%	0.13x
959	Deas	107	0.010%	3.86x
960	Girvan	107	0.010%	7.20x
961	Hopkins	107	0.010%	0.19x
962	Magee	107	0.010%	2.58x
963	Freeland	106	0.010%	4.23x
964	Glancy	106	0.010%	9.57x
965	Grier	106	0.010%	7.69x
966	Hayes	106	0.010%	0.18x
967	Lockie	106	0.010%	4.93x
968	Sawers	106	0.010%	9.60x
969	Travers	106	0.010%	2.24x
970	Biggar	105	0.010%	8.04x
971	Dyet	105	0.010%	22.80x
972	Garrity	105	0.010%	6.23x
973	Gebbie	105	0.010%	10.88x
974	Herd	105	0.010%	1.51x
975	Austin	104	0.010%	0.23x
976	Brennan	104	0.010%	1.05x
977	Cannon	104	0.010%	0.61x
978	Glendinning	104	0.010%	2.88x
979	Grey	104	0.010%	0.51x
980	Latta	104	0.010%	8.79x
981	Lawrence	104	0.010%	0.17x
982	Logue	104	0.010%	14.59x
983	Purvis	104	0.010%	1.14x
984	Selkirk	104	0.010%	5.89x
985	Stenhouse	104	0.010%	2.66x
986	Wardlaw	104	0.010%	6.06x
987	Algie	103	0.010%	15.40x
988	Cooke	103	0.010%	0.20x
989	Donnachie	103	0.010%	12.65x
990	Ingles	103	0.010%	3.60x
991	Kent	103	0.010%	0.26x
992	Tracey	103	0.010%	1.72x
993	Bissett	102	0.010%	4.54x
994	Coleman	102	0.010%	0.22x
995	Hynd	102	0.010%	4.55x
996	Mearns	102	0.010%	3.35x
997	Myles	102	0.010%	2.30x
998	Raeburn	102	0.010%	4.86x
999	Scobbie	102	0.010%	11.27x
1000	Tudhope	102	0.010%	14.37x