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 Veitch, with 223 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
601	Veitch	223	0.020%	3.58x
602	Coats	222	0.020%	5.20x
603	Erskine	222	0.020%	3.80x
604	Mack	222	0.020%	2.34x
605	Leishman	221	0.020%	6.89x
606	Ronald	221	0.020%	6.56x
607	Brock	220	0.020%	2.00x
608	Bennie	219	0.020%	8.38x
609	Peat	219	0.020%	2.91x
610	Coutts	217	0.020%	2.28x
611	Hume	217	0.020%	1.62x
612	Tweedie	217	0.020%	5.96x
613	Daily	216	0.020%	8.82x
614	Leonard	216	0.020%	1.05x
615	Skinner	216	0.020%	0.45x
616	Doherty	215	0.020%	2.79x
617	Crossan	214	0.020%	16.59x
618	Philips	214	0.020%	1.22x
619	Blackley	212	0.020%	8.28x
620	Dale	212	0.020%	0.53x
621	Mullin	211	0.020%	4.98x
622	Wardrop	211	0.020%	9.78x
623	Cassells	210	0.020%	13.67x
624	Syme	210	0.020%	5.91x
625	Cain	209	0.020%	1.07x
626	Lowe	208	0.020%	0.29x
627	Mullan	208	0.020%	12.14x
628	Barrowman	207	0.020%	15.93x
629	Moran	207	0.020%	1.20x
630	Hair	206	0.020%	5.59x
631	Lithgow	206	0.020%	12.34x
632	Boag	203	0.020%	7.42x
633	Flannigan	203	0.020%	8.65x
634	Hosie	202	0.020%	10.02x
635	Burnett	201	0.020%	0.77x
636	Bisset	200	0.020%	2.70x
637	Blyth	200	0.020%	1.34x
638	Kirkpatrick	200	0.020%	2.46x
639	Palmer	200	0.020%	0.18x
640	Crosbie	198	0.020%	4.08x
641	Letham	196	0.020%	19.72x
642	Mowat	196	0.020%	3.02x
643	Nugent	196	0.020%	3.91x
644	Thorburn	194	0.020%	3.56x
645	George	193	0.020%	0.35x
646	Ballantine	192	0.020%	6.63x
647	Doran	192	0.020%	2.45x
648	Finnie	192	0.020%	5.85x
649	Longmuir	192	0.020%	10.95x
650	Dyer	191	0.020%	0.52x
651	Foy	191	0.020%	2.45x
652	Stobo	191	0.020%	18.69x
653	Walls	191	0.020%	1.68x
654	West	191	0.020%	0.21x
655	Meek	190	0.020%	1.73x
656	Petrie	190	0.020%	1.69x
657	Burgess	189	0.020%	0.29x
658	Griffin	189	0.020%	0.43x
659	Leiper	189	0.020%	8.71x
660	Mathie	189	0.020%	9.90x
661	Nairn	189	0.020%	4.04x
662	Boyce	188	0.020%	1.33x
663	Clyde	188	0.020%	14.05x
664	Renfrew	188	0.020%	12.47x
665	Foley	187	0.020%	1.57x
666	Meiklejohn	187	0.020%	8.78x
667	Brand	186	0.020%	1.33x
668	Duncanson	186	0.020%	10.20x
669	Dallas	185	0.020%	5.18x
670	Dillon	183	0.020%	1.96x
671	Imrie	183	0.020%	4.95x
672	Brunton	182	0.020%	2.45x
673	Carrol	182	0.020%	4.25x
674	Macpherson	182	0.020%	2.98x
675	Benson	181	0.020%	0.71x
676	Carrigan	181	0.020%	9.82x
677	Balfour	180	0.020%	2.74x
678	Nicolson	180	0.020%	1.65x
679	Goudie	179	0.020%	5.99x
680	Govan	179	0.020%	10.39x
681	Carey	178	0.020%	1.00x
682	Ferrier	178	0.020%	3.24x
683	Macgregor	178	0.020%	4.51x
684	Shepherd	178	0.020%	0.26x
685	Taggart	178	0.020%	4.99x
686	Copland	177	0.020%	3.35x
687	Ferns	177	0.020%	8.70x
688	Gilfillan	177	0.020%	9.69x
689	Kelso	177	0.020%	7.98x
690	Nichol	177	0.020%	1.74x
691	Baker	176	0.020%	0.09x
692	Birrell	176	0.020%	3.82x
693	Haggarty	176	0.020%	9.67x
694	Jordan	176	0.020%	0.42x
695	Saunders	176	0.020%	0.20x
696	Adair	175	0.020%	5.95x
697	Casey	175	0.020%	1.26x
698	Cavanagh	175	0.020%	2.46x
699	Liddle	175	0.020%	1.57x
700	Addie	174	0.020%	16.56x