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 Stuart, with 357 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
401	Stuart	357	0.040%	1.58x
402	Owens	355	0.040%	0.76x
403	Brannan	354	0.040%	5.54x
404	Davis	353	0.040%	0.17x
405	Moir	353	0.040%	2.72x
406	Leslie	352	0.040%	2.25x
407	Reynolds	352	0.040%	0.43x
408	Bulloch	351	0.040%	18.57x
409	Carlin	351	0.040%	7.31x
410	Patterson	350	0.040%	1.06x
411	Drysdale	347	0.040%	4.34x
412	Holmes	347	0.040%	0.30x
413	Pringle	347	0.040%	2.33x
414	Small	346	0.040%	1.44x
415	Carrick	345	0.040%	5.08x
416	Innes	345	0.040%	2.36x
417	Mackenzie	342	0.040%	1.29x
418	Sim	341	0.040%	3.21x
419	Howat	339	0.040%	11.69x
420	Telfer	335	0.040%	5.93x
421	Urquhart	335	0.040%	2.52x
422	Faulds	334	0.040%	11.58x
423	Deans	333	0.040%	5.20x
424	Auld	332	0.040%	5.83x
425	Beaton	331	0.040%	3.05x
426	Burt	331	0.040%	1.48x
427	Porteous	330	0.030%	5.24x
428	Wyper	330	0.030%	23.24x
429	Chisholm	329	0.030%	2.40x
430	Gow	328	0.030%	4.39x
431	Ohara	328	0.030%	6.04x
432	Brownlee	327	0.030%	10.01x
433	Carroll	326	0.030%	1.72x
434	Cleland	326	0.030%	13.05x
435	Gallocher	326	0.030%	12.48x
436	Melville	326	0.030%	3.27x
437	Summers	326	0.030%	1.23x
438	Lewis	325	0.030%	0.13x
439	Riley	324	0.030%	0.43x
440	Curran	323	0.030%	4.08x
441	Bowman	320	0.030%	1.30x
442	Harkness	319	0.030%	6.03x
443	Cochran	317	0.030%	8.79x
444	Hope	317	0.030%	0.99x
445	Aitchison	316	0.030%	4.77x
446	Coulter	316	0.030%	6.66x
447	Quigley	316	0.030%	6.53x
448	Shannon	316	0.030%	4.32x
449	Trainer	316	0.030%	8.18x
450	Archibald	315	0.030%	3.86x
451	Callaghan	314	0.030%	2.94x
452	Ramage	314	0.030%	5.91x
453	Farrell	313	0.030%	1.75x
454	Low	313	0.030%	1.56x
455	Ogilvie	313	0.030%	3.42x
456	Gillan	312	0.030%	9.39x
457	Nicholson	312	0.030%	0.46x
458	Waugh	312	0.030%	2.42x
459	Burnside	311	0.030%	9.39x
460	Daly	311	0.030%	3.33x
461	Greer	311	0.030%	9.80x
462	Kemp	311	0.030%	0.59x
463	Ure	310	0.030%	10.57x
464	Conway	309	0.030%	1.75x
465	Berry	308	0.030%	0.41x
466	Goodwin	308	0.030%	0.62x
467	Rowan	308	0.030%	5.06x
468	Arbuckle	307	0.030%	15.28x
469	Dykes	306	0.030%	4.71x
470	Provan	304	0.030%	16.09x
471	Spiers	303	0.030%	3.90x
472	Glass	302	0.030%	3.09x
473	Newlands	302	0.030%	7.91x
474	Burke	300	0.030%	1.08x
475	Calderwood	300	0.030%	8.85x
476	Couper	298	0.030%	7.04x
477	Dunsmore	298	0.030%	12.27x
478	Rutherford	298	0.030%	1.29x
479	Cox	297	0.030%	0.21x
480	Irving	297	0.030%	1.41x
481	Rice	294	0.030%	1.00x
482	More	293	0.030%	3.99x
483	Alston	292	0.030%	4.74x
484	Rafferty	291	0.030%	5.97x
485	Dougherty	290	0.030%	7.94x
486	Brogan	288	0.030%	9.04x
487	Arnott	286	0.030%	3.60x
488	Dougan	286	0.030%	12.66x
489	Leckie	286	0.030%	9.65x
490	Dodds	285	0.030%	1.43x
491	Wishart	285	0.030%	3.85x
492	Bennet	284	0.030%	2.18x
493	Gillon	283	0.030%	11.71x
494	Connolly	282	0.030%	2.57x
495	Leggat	282	0.030%	12.90x
496	Chambers	281	0.030%	0.52x
497	Gold	281	0.030%	5.23x
498	Wilkinson	280	0.030%	0.19x
499	Flynn	279	0.030%	1.54x
500	Heron	279	0.030%	3.08x