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 Meikle, with 730 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
201	Meikle	730	0.080%	10.74x
202	Stark	728	0.080%	5.63x
203	Smellie	721	0.080%	17.24x
204	Cumming	717	0.080%	3.98x
205	Mathieson	716	0.080%	7.19x
206	Gillies	713	0.080%	5.28x
207	Bryson	712	0.080%	9.83x
208	Pettigrew	710	0.080%	15.48x
209	Richardson	710	0.080%	0.44x
210	Swan	710	0.080%	2.90x
211	Mullen	709	0.080%	7.85x
212	Sloan	702	0.070%	7.89x
213	Nisbet	700	0.070%	7.02x
214	Struthers	698	0.070%	16.52x
215	Semple	697	0.070%	15.48x
216	Kane	687	0.070%	9.03x
217	Galloway	676	0.070%	4.15x
218	Ewing	674	0.070%	7.74x
219	Phillips	668	0.070%	0.40x
220	Paul	667	0.070%	2.82x
221	Henry	666	0.070%	2.79x
222	Riddell	665	0.070%	8.39x
223	Ballantyne	664	0.070%	9.27x
224	Beattie	660	0.070%	3.26x
225	Knox	655	0.070%	4.04x
226	Menzies	653	0.070%	5.32x
227	Robinson	653	0.070%	0.22x
228	Milligan	652	0.070%	5.86x
229	Livingston	650	0.070%	7.66x
230	Connor	646	0.070%	2.32x
231	Tennant	644	0.070%	6.39x
232	Hardie	637	0.070%	5.17x
233	Sweeney	637	0.070%	5.04x
234	Gemmell	636	0.070%	11.20x
235	Porter	632	0.070%	0.89x
236	Leitch	616	0.070%	6.83x
237	Steven	609	0.060%	8.51x
238	Fyfe	608	0.060%	7.01x
239	Carson	607	0.060%	5.83x
240	Connell	603	0.060%	3.67x
241	Dewar	602	0.060%	4.89x
242	Parker	602	0.060%	0.34x
243	Livingstone	599	0.060%	6.80x
244	Duff	595	0.060%	3.54x
245	Queen	587	0.060%	15.16x
246	Connelly	586	0.060%	6.68x
247	Dawson	586	0.060%	0.56x
248	Wilkie	583	0.060%	4.33x
249	Templeton	575	0.060%	8.24x
250	Whitelaw	574	0.060%	10.19x
251	Morris	572	0.060%	0.27x
252	Andrew	571	0.060%	1.91x
253	Sommerville	570	0.060%	15.30x
254	Liddell	569	0.060%	6.57x
255	Fitzpatrick	567	0.060%	4.10x
256	Little	567	0.060%	1.27x
257	Patrick	567	0.060%	3.01x
258	Bowie	566	0.060%	6.88x
259	Mills	565	0.060%	0.46x
260	Harper	564	0.060%	0.93x
261	Muirhead	560	0.060%	7.68x
262	Guthrie	559	0.060%	4.70x
263	Goldie	554	0.060%	9.42x
264	Main	553	0.060%	3.58x
265	Mair	553	0.060%	6.33x
266	Elliot	552	0.060%	2.29x
267	Lamont	552	0.060%	6.57x
268	Frew	548	0.060%	11.54x
269	Shanks	543	0.060%	7.56x
270	Macdonald	539	0.060%	1.44x
271	Fletcher	536	0.060%	0.50x
272	Jenkins	535	0.060%	0.48x
273	Dickie	534	0.060%	7.20x
274	Brodie	532	0.060%	4.19x
275	Armour	530	0.060%	8.95x
276	Eadie	529	0.060%	11.84x
277	Howie	528	0.060%	5.70x
278	Lennox	525	0.060%	9.36x
279	Harrison	524	0.060%	0.25x
280	Hutton	524	0.060%	1.86x
281	Gardiner	523	0.060%	1.93x
282	Kyle	522	0.060%	9.94x
283	Rooney	522	0.060%	6.19x
284	Edgar	521	0.060%	3.58x
285	Laurie	519	0.050%	6.39x
286	Falconer	518	0.050%	4.60x
287	Malcolm	516	0.050%	4.15x
288	Lawrie	513	0.050%	5.67x
289	Speirs	509	0.050%	13.78x
290	Forrester	508	0.050%	4.01x
291	Rodgers	507	0.050%	1.96x
292	Roy	507	0.050%	5.90x
293	Finlayson	506	0.050%	4.65x
294	Obrien	503	0.050%	3.60x
295	Mooney	499	0.050%	4.55x
296	Brady	498	0.050%	2.98x
297	Naismith	494	0.050%	19.65x
298	Kilpatrick	493	0.050%	10.13x
299	Hood	490	0.050%	1.87x
300	Richmond	490	0.050%	2.37x