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 Strang, with 489 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
301	Strang	489	0.050%	11.53x
302	Wotherspoon	486	0.050%	16.18x
303	Dow	485	0.050%	4.26x
304	Angus	484	0.050%	3.58x
305	Crichton	481	0.050%	5.97x
306	Kean	481	0.050%	7.52x
307	Gunn	480	0.050%	2.07x
308	Haddow	477	0.050%	16.56x
309	Odonnell	476	0.050%	7.84x
310	Thom	476	0.050%	5.63x
311	Quinn	475	0.050%	2.63x
312	Rankine	474	0.050%	9.89x
313	Hastie	472	0.050%	7.89x
314	Torrance	472	0.050%	11.33x
315	Woods	465	0.050%	0.78x
316	Borland	463	0.050%	11.33x
317	Kirkland	460	0.050%	5.47x
318	Laing	458	0.050%	2.41x
319	Bradley	457	0.050%	0.60x
320	Steele	457	0.050%	1.81x
321	Chapman	456	0.050%	0.34x
322	Greig	455	0.050%	3.04x
323	Lamb	455	0.050%	0.91x
324	Elder	453	0.050%	4.54x
325	Roberts	452	0.050%	0.13x
326	Hutcheson	451	0.050%	9.30x
327	Jarvie	449	0.050%	18.11x
328	Napier	449	0.050%	5.91x
329	Harvie	448	0.050%	14.49x
330	Harris	447	0.050%	0.19x
331	Williams	446	0.050%	0.07x
332	Gorman	445	0.050%	3.90x
333	Keenan	444	0.050%	5.55x
334	Calder	443	0.050%	3.35x
335	Cuthbertson	443	0.050%	6.07x
336	Clelland	442	0.050%	16.94x
337	Arthur	441	0.050%	2.14x
338	Dempster	440	0.050%	6.62x
339	Halliday	437	0.050%	2.24x
340	Lyon	436	0.050%	2.20x
341	Gallagher	435	0.050%	3.03x
342	Lockhart	435	0.050%	6.61x
343	Thomas	431	0.050%	0.11x
344	Hislop	430	0.050%	7.56x
345	Loudon	430	0.050%	16.02x
346	Jeffrey	429	0.050%	2.46x
347	Lambie	426	0.050%	13.82x
348	Easton	425	0.050%	2.97x
349	Strachan	425	0.050%	2.61x
350	Lees	424	0.040%	1.01x
351	Niven	424	0.040%	6.45x
352	Monaghan	422	0.040%	6.16x
353	Macfarlane	419	0.040%	7.75x
354	Clarkson	417	0.040%	1.66x
355	Purdie	413	0.040%	10.57x
356	Dunbar	412	0.040%	3.80x
357	Clarke	409	0.040%	0.21x
358	Jardine	407	0.040%	4.62x
359	Horn	406	0.040%	1.89x
360	Smart	404	0.040%	0.94x
361	Fox	401	0.040%	0.46x
362	Agnew	399	0.040%	7.51x
363	Bennett	399	0.040%	0.26x
364	Yuill	398	0.040%	19.87x
365	Cowie	397	0.040%	3.46x
366	Nimmo	397	0.040%	9.43x
367	French	394	0.040%	0.85x
368	Ford	393	0.040%	0.43x
369	Geddes	393	0.040%	3.47x
370	Dobbie	390	0.040%	9.45x
371	Doyle	390	0.040%	1.70x
372	Lee	390	0.040%	0.25x
373	Hodge	386	0.040%	1.62x
374	Webster	386	0.040%	0.47x
375	Mann	384	0.040%	0.77x
376	Carruthers	380	0.040%	3.04x
377	Gourlay	379	0.040%	7.24x
378	Cairney	376	0.040%	17.76x
379	Warnock	374	0.040%	18.21x
380	Barbour	373	0.040%	7.18x
381	Beveridge	371	0.040%	3.77x
382	Blackwood	371	0.040%	6.74x
383	Keith	371	0.040%	3.66x
384	Pearson	370	0.040%	0.34x
385	Coyle	368	0.040%	5.73x
386	Dalziel	368	0.040%	8.81x
387	Winning	368	0.040%	17.36x
388	Carr	366	0.040%	0.54x
389	Ralston	365	0.040%	11.48x
390	Grieve	364	0.040%	3.33x
391	Penman	364	0.040%	5.89x
392	Aird	361	0.040%	7.34x
393	Evans	361	0.040%	0.09x
394	Foster	361	0.040%	0.29x
395	Hepburn	361	0.040%	4.30x
396	Noble	361	0.040%	0.92x
397	Wyllie	359	0.040%	5.43x
398	Davie	358	0.040%	4.11x
399	Mulholland	358	0.040%	10.20x
400	Adamson	357	0.040%	1.43x