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 Fernie, with 59 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
1401	Fernie	59	0.010%	2.09x
1402	Findlater	59	0.010%	4.23x
1403	Healey	59	0.010%	0.38x
1404	Hotchkiss	59	0.010%	2.63x
1405	Hynds	59	0.010%	10.28x
1406	Lean	59	0.010%	2.15x
1407	Leggatt	59	0.010%	2.16x
1408	Macarthur	59	0.010%	5.21x
1409	Neeson	59	0.010%	12.07x
1410	Norwood	59	0.010%	1.54x
1411	Reside	59	0.010%	10.57x
1412	Singleton	59	0.010%	0.32x
1413	Snedden	59	0.010%	4.63x
1414	Towers	59	0.010%	0.54x
1415	Arrol	58	0.010%	13.82x
1416	Braid	58	0.010%	1.67x
1417	Carberry	58	0.010%	9.24x
1418	Divine	58	0.010%	4.03x
1419	Easdale	58	0.010%	11.42x
1420	Gilmore	58	0.010%	1.05x
1421	Hadden	58	0.010%	1.38x
1422	Heaney	58	0.010%	3.58x
1423	Herdman	58	0.010%	2.44x
1424	Holden	58	0.010%	0.11x
1425	Killen	58	0.010%	4.42x
1426	Lochart	58	0.010%	14.59x
1427	Manderson	58	0.010%	6.81x
1428	Milloy	58	0.010%	7.47x
1429	Murry	58	0.010%	1.16x
1430	Payne	58	0.010%	0.07x
1431	Rintoul	58	0.010%	2.69x
1432	Sergeant	58	0.010%	1.29x
1433	Sherriff	58	0.010%	2.00x
1434	Skilling	58	0.010%	6.13x
1435	Sym	58	0.010%	11.79x
1436	Ainslie	57	0.010%	2.28x
1437	Ball	57	0.010%	0.07x
1438	Branigan	57	0.010%	8.65x
1439	Comrie	57	0.010%	3.70x
1440	Coventry	57	0.010%	1.52x
1441	Cunninghame	57	0.010%	8.40x
1442	Earl	57	0.010%	0.46x
1443	Marks	57	0.010%	0.29x
1444	Prior	57	0.010%	0.26x
1445	Scally	57	0.010%	8.44x
1446	Tracy	57	0.010%	2.19x
1447	Webb	57	0.010%	0.04x
1448	Winton	57	0.010%	1.61x
1449	Bothwell	56	0.010%	5.38x
1450	Brawley	56	0.010%	14.09x
1451	Caskie	56	0.010%	13.15x
1452	Clayton	56	0.010%	0.11x
1453	Crockett	56	0.010%	1.26x
1454	Diver	56	0.010%	3.19x
1455	Dowd	56	0.010%	1.89x
1456	Durham	56	0.010%	0.69x
1457	Hillis	56	0.010%	13.45x
1458	Hyndman	56	0.010%	5.21x
1459	Jennings	56	0.010%	0.12x
1460	Lonie	56	0.010%	5.09x
1461	Oconnell	56	0.010%	2.51x
1462	Reed	56	0.010%	0.08x
1463	Shiels	56	0.010%	2.52x
1464	Swift	56	0.010%	0.19x
1465	Waddle	56	0.010%	5.03x
1466	Whitson	56	0.010%	4.12x
1467	York	56	0.010%	0.45x
1468	Bogan	55	0.010%	9.80x
1469	Buntin	55	0.010%	12.45x
1470	Carlyle	55	0.010%	2.11x
1471	Colligan	55	0.010%	6.68x
1472	Conlan	55	0.010%	3.22x
1473	Coubrough	55	0.010%	13.21x
1474	Gilles	55	0.010%	3.88x
1475	Hogarth	55	0.010%	0.88x
1476	Howatson	55	0.010%	7.58x
1477	Lochead	55	0.010%	9.58x
1478	Mulvey	55	0.010%	3.42x
1479	Reith	55	0.010%	3.31x
1480	Roddie	55	0.010%	12.19x
1481	Carlisle	54	0.010%	1.09x
1482	Fife	54	0.010%	2.15x
1483	Galletly	54	0.010%	7.68x
1484	Gilmartin	54	0.010%	8.82x
1485	Humphreys	54	0.010%	0.16x
1486	Irvin	54	0.010%	1.95x
1487	Lister	54	0.010%	0.20x
1488	Loan	54	0.010%	9.84x
1489	Locke	54	0.010%	0.64x
1490	Masterson	54	0.010%	2.73x
1491	Moncrieff	54	0.010%	2.27x
1492	Rocks	54	0.010%	11.49x
1493	Spalding	54	0.010%	0.80x
1494	Steed	54	0.010%	1.19x
1495	Airlie	53	0.010%	13.55x
1496	Anthony	53	0.010%	0.48x
1497	Ballingall	53	0.010%	3.90x
1498	Conley	53	0.010%	1.55x
1499	Crane	53	0.010%	0.27x
1500	Crerar	53	0.010%	2.88x