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 Downs, with 277 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
501	Downs	277	0.030%	1.65x
502	Sanderson	276	0.030%	0.71x
503	Maguire	275	0.030%	2.85x
504	Monteith	275	0.030%	10.96x
505	Price	275	0.030%	0.17x
506	Conner	272	0.030%	3.72x
507	Laidlaw	272	0.030%	3.25x
508	Smillie	272	0.030%	14.51x
509	Cummings	271	0.030%	1.86x
510	Cuthbert	270	0.030%	1.99x
511	Dolan	270	0.030%	3.29x
512	Cassels	269	0.030%	15.73x
513	Maitland	269	0.030%	4.39x
514	Oliver	269	0.030%	0.40x
515	Lyle	268	0.030%	6.06x
516	Marr	268	0.030%	2.49x
517	Oneill	267	0.030%	4.44x
518	Denholm	266	0.030%	6.72x
519	Lavery	265	0.030%	10.21x
520	Madden	265	0.030%	3.24x
521	Cockburn	263	0.030%	2.18x
522	Diamond	263	0.030%	5.99x
523	Darroch	262	0.030%	10.63x
524	Begg	261	0.030%	4.54x
525	Ryan	260	0.030%	0.89x
526	Lyons	259	0.030%	1.23x
527	Broadley	258	0.030%	4.03x
528	Malone	258	0.030%	3.41x
529	Gall	257	0.030%	4.22x
530	Symington	257	0.030%	9.84x
531	Rose	256	0.030%	0.37x
532	Butler	255	0.030%	0.28x
533	Canning	255	0.030%	3.80x
534	Lightbody	255	0.030%	15.37x
535	Lochhead	255	0.030%	14.97x
536	Dougall	254	0.030%	8.64x
537	Pate	254	0.030%	6.49x
538	Ellis	253	0.030%	0.18x
539	Munn	253	0.030%	3.72x
540	Bremner	252	0.030%	3.10x
541	Farquhar	252	0.030%	3.43x
542	Andrews	251	0.030%	0.28x
543	Buchan	251	0.030%	2.06x
544	Dixon	251	0.030%	0.24x
545	Edwards	251	0.030%	0.10x
546	Greenshields	250	0.030%	14.81x
547	Harley	250	0.030%	2.05x
548	Preston	250	0.030%	0.53x
549	Barton	249	0.030%	0.49x
550	Keir	249	0.030%	5.27x
551	Mather	249	0.030%	1.06x
552	Morrow	249	0.030%	6.47x
553	Tennent	246	0.030%	15.98x
554	Waters	246	0.030%	0.65x
555	Ewart	245	0.030%	4.61x
556	Lafferty	245	0.030%	11.35x
557	May	245	0.030%	0.41x
558	Johnson	244	0.030%	0.08x
559	Short	243	0.030%	0.66x
560	Mulligan	242	0.030%	4.58x
561	Corrigan	241	0.030%	5.69x
562	Ferrie	241	0.030%	14.09x
563	Lauder	241	0.030%	4.85x
564	Davies	240	0.030%	0.05x
565	Allen	239	0.030%	0.13x
566	Dalglish	239	0.030%	13.85x
567	Brooks	238	0.030%	0.26x
568	Browning	238	0.030%	1.24x
569	Fairley	238	0.030%	5.15x
570	Hendrie	238	0.030%	10.28x
571	Tonner	238	0.030%	19.49x
572	Elliott	237	0.030%	0.30x
573	Thornton	237	0.030%	0.50x
574	Ingram	235	0.020%	0.81x
575	Cranston	234	0.020%	6.12x
576	Granger	234	0.020%	2.42x
577	Nixon	234	0.020%	0.81x
578	Banks	233	0.020%	0.48x
579	Harkins	233	0.020%	10.91x
580	Renwick	233	0.020%	3.62x
581	Russel	233	0.020%	3.57x
582	Kidd	232	0.020%	1.21x
583	Manson	232	0.020%	2.10x
584	Savage	232	0.020%	0.64x
585	Corbett	231	0.020%	1.25x
586	Osborne	231	0.020%	0.51x
587	Potter	229	0.020%	0.37x
588	Pinkerton	228	0.020%	9.81x
589	Stoddart	228	0.020%	2.89x
590	Carswell	227	0.020%	6.57x
591	Fergus	227	0.020%	13.30x
592	Fairlie	226	0.020%	9.83x
593	Neill	226	0.020%	3.61x
594	Farmer	225	0.020%	0.76x
595	Maclean	224	0.020%	2.14x
596	Peebles	224	0.020%	5.65x
597	Smyth	224	0.020%	2.54x
598	Fotheringham	223	0.020%	5.61x
599	Frazer	223	0.020%	3.05x
600	Gilbert	223	0.020%	0.41x