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 Reston, with 89 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
1101	Reston	89	0.010%	14.11x
1102	Whitehead	89	0.010%	0.14x
1103	Boyes	88	0.010%	0.89x
1104	Conroy	88	0.010%	1.26x
1105	Dorman	88	0.010%	2.90x
1106	Dowie	88	0.010%	3.86x
1107	Egan	88	0.010%	1.12x
1108	Fitzgerald	88	0.010%	0.53x
1109	Forgie	88	0.010%	8.16x
1110	Freebairn	88	0.010%	19.51x
1111	Honeyman	88	0.010%	2.85x
1112	Newall	88	0.010%	1.62x
1113	Paisley	88	0.010%	4.19x
1114	Peddie	88	0.010%	3.49x
1115	Risk	88	0.010%	7.86x
1116	Sharkey	88	0.010%	4.08x
1117	Wightman	88	0.010%	1.42x
1118	Eaglesham	87	0.010%	11.26x
1119	Gould	87	0.010%	0.25x
1120	Harrigan	87	0.010%	6.65x
1121	Harrower	87	0.010%	4.11x
1122	Hartley	87	0.010%	0.15x
1123	Laverty	87	0.010%	6.25x
1124	Maltman	87	0.010%	7.13x
1125	Murchie	87	0.010%	5.56x
1126	Stafford	87	0.010%	0.43x
1127	Carney	86	0.010%	1.01x
1128	Clifford	86	0.010%	0.44x
1129	Clow	86	0.010%	3.01x
1130	Cuthill	86	0.010%	4.66x
1131	Denny	86	0.010%	1.08x
1132	Docharty	86	0.010%	13.43x
1133	Horsburgh	86	0.010%	3.69x
1134	Millen	86	0.010%	3.48x
1135	Oliphant	86	0.010%	2.34x
1136	Page	86	0.010%	0.11x
1137	Wardrope	86	0.010%	9.27x
1138	Woodburn	86	0.010%	2.87x
1139	Bailie	85	0.010%	6.48x
1140	Bayne	85	0.010%	2.46x
1141	Cathcart	85	0.010%	5.86x
1142	Crozier	85	0.010%	1.92x
1143	Freeman	85	0.010%	0.14x
1144	Frood	85	0.010%	11.71x
1145	Griffen	85	0.010%	2.75x
1146	Percy	85	0.010%	0.96x
1147	Shedden	85	0.010%	5.20x
1148	Sheilds	85	0.010%	9.23x
1149	Bates	84	0.010%	0.14x
1150	Cruickshank	84	0.010%	0.79x
1151	English	84	0.010%	0.47x
1152	Lothian	84	0.010%	3.92x
1153	Mackintosh	84	0.010%	1.33x
1154	Cadzow	83	0.010%	18.53x
1155	Coghill	83	0.010%	4.44x
1156	Donachy	83	0.010%	17.90x
1157	Flood	83	0.010%	1.00x
1158	Hillhouse	83	0.010%	9.71x
1159	Jaap	83	0.010%	26.31x
1160	Kinney	83	0.010%	10.78x
1161	Pickering	83	0.010%	0.24x
1162	Condie	82	0.010%	6.55x
1163	Edward	82	0.010%	0.94x
1164	Garvie	82	0.010%	4.93x
1165	Grainger	82	0.010%	0.56x
1166	Hanley	82	0.010%	1.05x
1167	Hemphill	82	0.010%	17.45x
1168	Lillie	82	0.010%	3.56x
1169	Macintosh	82	0.010%	2.01x
1170	Ormiston	82	0.010%	3.02x
1171	Souter	82	0.010%	1.60x
1172	Burrows	81	0.010%	0.20x
1173	Conlin	81	0.010%	4.61x
1174	Dinning	81	0.010%	3.84x
1175	Flockhart	81	0.010%	4.53x
1176	Holt	81	0.010%	0.13x
1177	Kelley	81	0.010%	0.74x
1178	Redpath	81	0.010%	1.85x
1179	Shankland	81	0.010%	4.81x
1180	Strathern	81	0.010%	11.72x
1181	Tinto	81	0.010%	21.05x
1182	Tully	81	0.010%	1.60x
1183	Bathgate	80	0.010%	3.65x
1184	Bilsland	80	0.010%	14.74x
1185	Bowes	80	0.010%	0.92x
1186	Dean	80	0.010%	0.12x
1187	Dobbin	80	0.010%	5.38x
1188	Golder	80	0.010%	3.12x
1189	Greenhorn	80	0.010%	12.68x
1190	Grindlay	80	0.010%	7.75x
1191	Hoey	80	0.010%	4.95x
1192	Logie	80	0.010%	2.91x
1193	Mallon	80	0.010%	5.13x
1194	Mungall	80	0.010%	13.00x
1195	Raeside	80	0.010%	9.91x
1196	Bailey	79	0.010%	0.06x
1197	Dodd	79	0.010%	0.21x
1198	Maloney	79	0.010%	1.01x
1199	Scouler	79	0.010%	15.75x
1200	Warden	79	0.010%	1.17x