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 Rogers, with 174 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
701	Rogers	174	0.020%	0.14x
702	Hetherington	173	0.020%	1.45x
703	Kinloch	173	0.020%	8.27x
704	Moodie	173	0.020%	3.90x
705	Twaddle	173	0.020%	17.58x
706	Walsh	172	0.020%	0.34x
707	Gowans	171	0.020%	5.62x
708	Greenlees	171	0.020%	9.30x
709	Binnie	170	0.020%	4.32x
710	Knight	170	0.020%	0.15x
711	Purdon	170	0.020%	9.71x
712	Blackie	169	0.020%	4.36x
713	Hawthorn	169	0.020%	3.09x
714	Burton	167	0.020%	0.21x
715	Hanlon	167	0.020%	3.83x
716	Meldrum	167	0.020%	2.81x
717	Macleod	166	0.020%	1.24x
718	Pender	166	0.020%	5.41x
719	Sheridan	165	0.020%	2.90x
720	Aitkenhead	164	0.020%	14.64x
721	Gavin	164	0.020%	3.51x
722	Littlejohn	163	0.020%	3.58x
723	Service	162	0.020%	7.06x
724	Strain	162	0.020%	8.87x
725	Donachie	161	0.020%	13.33x
726	Flinn	161	0.020%	2.82x
727	Newton	161	0.020%	0.22x
728	Peters	161	0.020%	0.49x
729	Tierney	161	0.020%	4.13x
730	Whiteford	161	0.020%	6.43x
731	Bolton	160	0.020%	0.39x
732	Hunt	160	0.020%	0.13x
733	Pattison	160	0.020%	1.06x
734	Slater	160	0.020%	0.28x
735	Barrett	159	0.020%	0.25x
736	Melvin	159	0.020%	3.50x
737	Montgomerie	159	0.020%	8.83x
738	Finnigan	157	0.020%	4.25x
739	Fullerton	157	0.020%	3.93x
740	Grierson	156	0.020%	2.97x
741	Horne	156	0.020%	0.76x
742	Rattray	156	0.020%	3.38x
743	Wark	156	0.020%	13.70x
744	Copeland	155	0.020%	1.73x
745	Seaton	155	0.020%	1.94x
746	Sibbald	154	0.020%	6.12x
747	Bogle	153	0.020%	13.00x
748	Burnet	153	0.020%	4.42x
749	Gilroy	153	0.020%	3.99x
750	Matheson	153	0.020%	1.18x
751	Sellars	153	0.020%	2.61x
752	Sorbie	153	0.020%	22.88x
753	Broadfoot	152	0.020%	6.74x
754	Dalrymple	152	0.020%	3.69x
755	Wiseman	152	0.020%	1.17x
756	Braidwood	151	0.020%	11.16x
757	Kenny	151	0.020%	1.33x
758	Stephen	151	0.020%	0.91x
759	Barker	150	0.020%	0.12x
760	Darling	150	0.020%	1.66x
761	Hastings	150	0.020%	1.25x
762	Joyce	150	0.020%	0.65x
763	Edmiston	149	0.020%	16.87x
764	Gibbons	149	0.020%	0.49x
765	Hewitt	149	0.020%	0.32x
766	Kearney	149	0.020%	3.40x
767	Roxburgh	149	0.020%	5.09x
768	Warren	149	0.020%	0.24x
769	Ireland	148	0.020%	0.67x
770	Masterton	148	0.020%	4.86x
771	Scotland	148	0.020%	5.49x
772	Bird	147	0.020%	0.20x
773	Bryden	147	0.020%	3.69x
774	Donelly	147	0.020%	6.76x
775	Fergusson	146	0.020%	3.05x
776	Tulloch	146	0.020%	2.33x
777	Hamill	145	0.020%	8.98x
778	Herbert	145	0.020%	0.41x
779	Millan	145	0.020%	10.71x
780	Atkinson	144	0.020%	0.16x
781	Lorimer	144	0.020%	3.81x
782	Sherry	144	0.020%	4.34x
783	Trotter	144	0.020%	1.45x
784	Clements	143	0.020%	0.46x
785	Lowrie	143	0.020%	4.42x
786	Carter	142	0.020%	0.09x
787	Cherry	142	0.020%	1.47x
788	Doig	142	0.020%	2.55x
789	Glasgow	142	0.020%	6.86x
790	Good	142	0.020%	1.21x
791	Mercer	142	0.020%	0.57x
792	Revie	142	0.020%	19.57x
793	Bannerman	141	0.010%	4.26x
794	Haig	141	0.010%	3.80x
795	Long	141	0.010%	0.23x
796	Swanson	141	0.010%	2.04x
797	Fullarton	140	0.010%	7.04x
798	Potts	140	0.010%	0.44x
799	Bone	139	0.010%	0.79x
800	Gartshore	139	0.010%	17.21x