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 Gentle, with 44 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
1701	Gentle	44	0.000%	1.41x
1702	Glassford	44	0.000%	10.73x
1703	Higgans	44	0.000%	9.55x
1704	Hilton	44	0.000%	0.14x
1705	Hogan	44	0.000%	0.46x
1706	Howison	44	0.000%	7.75x
1707	Laurence	44	0.000%	0.33x
1708	Major	44	0.000%	0.35x
1709	Mitchel	44	0.000%	0.48x
1710	Moody	44	0.000%	0.18x
1711	Moss	44	0.000%	0.08x
1712	Murty	44	0.000%	11.82x
1713	Polson	44	0.000%	2.01x
1714	Ralph	44	0.000%	0.31x
1715	Riddick	44	0.000%	2.85x
1716	Rodie	44	0.000%	12.57x
1717	Rorke	44	0.000%	5.26x
1718	Tarbet	44	0.000%	4.78x
1719	Whitehill	44	0.000%	5.76x
1720	Withers	44	0.000%	0.28x
1721	Yuil	44	0.000%	19.37x
1722	Ashcroft	43	0.000%	0.34x
1723	Barns	43	0.000%	0.71x
1724	Clement	43	0.000%	0.45x
1725	Cotter	43	0.000%	1.20x
1726	Cousin	43	0.000%	2.32x
1727	Cowper	43	0.000%	1.04x
1728	Curtis	43	0.000%	0.08x
1729	Duggan	43	0.000%	0.59x
1730	Farr	43	0.000%	0.31x
1731	Gannon	43	0.000%	1.05x
1732	Harkin	43	0.000%	4.44x
1733	Heenan	43	0.000%	5.68x
1734	Hossack	43	0.000%	2.07x
1735	Inch	43	0.000%	1.60x
1736	Keer	43	0.000%	6.65x
1737	Kinghorn	43	0.000%	1.58x
1738	Leck	43	0.000%	4.01x
1739	Lilly	43	0.000%	0.75x
1740	Lynas	43	0.000%	5.73x
1741	Mcdonald	43	0.000%	0.56x
1742	Peterson	43	0.000%	0.89x
1743	Pitt	43	0.000%	0.21x
1744	Pride	43	0.000%	1.85x
1745	Storey	43	0.000%	0.18x
1746	Trail	43	0.000%	2.50x
1747	Trayner	43	0.000%	4.77x
1748	Valentine	43	0.000%	0.35x
1749	Vaughan	43	0.000%	0.13x
1750	Wiggins	43	0.000%	0.42x
1751	Woodhouse	43	0.000%	0.19x
1752	Alcorn	42	0.000%	5.69x
1753	Blackshaw	42	0.000%	0.96x
1754	Brittain	42	0.000%	0.58x
1755	Cambell	42	0.000%	1.61x
1756	Carse	42	0.000%	3.71x
1757	Church	42	0.000%	0.20x
1758	Clancy	42	0.000%	1.53x
1759	Coates	42	0.000%	0.12x
1760	Coffield	42	0.000%	13.06x
1761	Colgan	42	0.000%	5.30x
1762	Collingwood	42	0.000%	0.81x
1763	Croal	42	0.000%	7.08x
1764	Darragh	42	0.000%	10.82x
1765	Deary	42	0.000%	5.52x
1766	Dempsie	42	0.000%	15.85x
1767	Dennison	42	0.000%	0.58x
1768	Dudgeon	42	0.000%	2.13x
1769	Feely	42	0.000%	7.24x
1770	Finney	42	0.000%	0.51x
1771	Gilliland	42	0.000%	5.33x
1772	Gore	42	0.000%	0.39x
1773	Grace	42	0.000%	0.33x
1774	Hailstones	42	0.000%	14.79x
1775	Haley	42	0.000%	0.37x
1776	Learmonth	42	0.000%	2.74x
1777	London	42	0.000%	0.89x
1778	Lowry	42	0.000%	1.10x
1779	Messer	42	0.000%	1.52x
1780	Mollison	42	0.000%	1.99x
1781	Parkinson	42	0.000%	0.09x
1782	Parlane	42	0.000%	8.76x
1783	Power	42	0.000%	0.33x
1784	Riddoch	42	0.000%	3.72x
1785	Rowley	42	0.000%	0.17x
1786	Sangster	42	0.000%	0.93x
1787	Skelly	42	0.000%	2.35x
1788	Stanton	42	0.000%	0.22x
1789	Steen	42	0.000%	2.28x
1790	Storie	42	0.000%	3.79x
1791	Strathearn	42	0.000%	6.79x
1792	Timmins	42	0.000%	0.55x
1793	Tolland	42	0.000%	17.07x
1794	Turley	42	0.000%	0.82x
1795	Tweeddale	42	0.000%	12.10x
1796	Barlow	41	0.000%	0.08x
1797	Berwick	41	0.000%	1.08x
1798	Bower	41	0.000%	0.24x
1799	Burk	41	0.000%	1.21x
1800	Burn	41	0.000%	0.32x