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 Tough, with 49 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
1601	Tough	49	0.010%	1.35x
1602	Toy	49	0.010%	1.41x
1603	Tullis	49	0.010%	5.57x
1604	Yeats	49	0.010%	1.88x
1605	Bowers	48	0.010%	0.28x
1606	Brodley	48	0.010%	13.12x
1607	Derry	48	0.010%	1.15x
1608	Dundas	48	0.010%	2.68x
1609	Edington	48	0.010%	2.85x
1610	Findley	48	0.010%	1.92x
1611	Flaherty	48	0.010%	1.65x
1612	Frater	48	0.010%	2.77x
1613	Gough	48	0.010%	0.17x
1614	Greenhill	48	0.010%	1.18x
1615	Hammill	48	0.010%	4.91x
1616	Hynes	48	0.010%	2.11x
1617	Keddie	48	0.010%	1.70x
1618	Lamberton	48	0.010%	7.68x
1619	Parkhill	48	0.010%	10.28x
1620	Redmond	48	0.010%	1.39x
1621	Stone	48	0.010%	0.07x
1622	Willis	48	0.010%	0.10x
1623	Brook	47	0.010%	0.13x
1624	Colthart	47	0.010%	11.82x
1625	Conlon	47	0.010%	2.27x
1626	Cousland	47	0.010%	14.90x
1627	Davison	47	0.010%	0.14x
1628	Dougal	47	0.010%	2.73x
1629	Drake	47	0.010%	0.17x
1630	Draper	47	0.010%	0.21x
1631	Duffey	47	0.010%	1.39x
1632	Duffie	47	0.010%	7.27x
1633	Garden	47	0.010%	1.19x
1634	Gourlie	47	0.010%	21.91x
1635	Gunning	47	0.010%	1.36x
1636	Hamil	47	0.010%	10.49x
1637	Heath	47	0.010%	0.10x
1638	Hobson	47	0.010%	0.19x
1639	Howell	47	0.010%	0.12x
1640	Michie	47	0.010%	1.02x
1641	Norval	47	0.010%	5.87x
1642	Soutar	47	0.010%	1.40x
1643	Sprott	47	0.010%	5.84x
1644	Sproull	47	0.010%	18.17x
1645	Wills	47	0.010%	0.17x
1646	Adie	46	0.000%	2.26x
1647	Ashwood	46	0.000%	3.84x
1648	Barnet	46	0.000%	1.02x
1649	Binning	46	0.000%	3.45x
1650	Briggs	46	0.000%	0.09x
1651	Bunten	46	0.000%	6.60x
1652	Byars	46	0.000%	9.23x
1653	Cusick	46	0.000%	4.23x
1654	Dalzell	46	0.000%	3.77x
1655	Denniston	46	0.000%	10.34x
1656	Drinnan	46	0.000%	7.40x
1657	France	46	0.000%	0.32x
1658	Gage	46	0.000%	0.87x
1659	Hicks	46	0.000%	0.12x
1660	Leighton	46	0.000%	0.45x
1661	Merrilees	46	0.000%	8.58x
1662	Muter	46	0.000%	14.58x
1663	Norrie	46	0.000%	1.57x
1664	Ogg	46	0.000%	1.53x
1665	Pennycook	46	0.000%	3.23x
1666	Roney	46	0.000%	2.45x
1667	Sadler	46	0.000%	0.21x
1668	Tolmie	46	0.000%	2.99x
1669	Totten	46	0.000%	13.89x
1670	Tucker	46	0.000%	0.09x
1671	Vallely	46	0.000%	11.85x
1672	Wellwood	46	0.000%	12.68x
1673	Boswell	45	0.000%	0.51x
1674	Broom	45	0.000%	0.39x
1675	Bullock	45	0.000%	0.15x
1676	Derrick	45	0.000%	0.85x
1677	Gamble	45	0.000%	0.33x
1678	Garroway	45	0.000%	13.72x
1679	Gay	45	0.000%	0.36x
1680	Groves	45	0.000%	0.17x
1681	Hagerty	45	0.000%	5.62x
1682	Langlands	45	0.000%	2.04x
1683	Leary	45	0.000%	0.53x
1684	Maclachlan	45	0.000%	5.15x
1685	Meiklem	45	0.000%	21.95x
1686	Noon	45	0.000%	0.66x
1687	Rainey	45	0.000%	3.02x
1688	Runciman	45	0.000%	4.25x
1689	Sorley	45	0.000%	6.18x
1690	Armit	44	0.000%	5.69x
1691	Bernard	44	0.000%	1.12x
1692	Boreland	44	0.000%	13.95x
1693	Brotherton	44	0.000%	0.91x
1694	Callender	44	0.000%	2.29x
1695	Charters	44	0.000%	1.71x
1696	Cleary	44	0.000%	1.13x
1697	Dalziell	44	0.000%	10.18x
1698	Divers	44	0.000%	4.57x
1699	Dunwoodie	44	0.000%	9.18x
1700	Duthie	44	0.000%	0.87x