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 Halley, with 139 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
801	Halley	139	0.010%	3.92x
802	Hyslop	139	0.010%	2.56x
803	Crombie	138	0.010%	2.60x
804	Gracie	138	0.010%	7.00x
805	Mains	138	0.010%	8.91x
806	Bishop	137	0.010%	0.21x
807	Gemmill	137	0.010%	9.94x
808	Lamond	137	0.010%	4.25x
809	Lumsden	137	0.010%	1.74x
810	Barnes	136	0.010%	0.12x
811	Colvin	136	0.010%	4.15x
812	Connely	136	0.010%	7.81x
813	Flanagan	136	0.010%	1.84x
814	Scullion	136	0.010%	9.54x
815	Abercrombie	135	0.010%	8.12x
816	Cruickshanks	135	0.010%	8.77x
817	Ferris	135	0.010%	1.45x
818	Linton	135	0.010%	1.74x
819	Lyall	135	0.010%	2.10x
820	Meechan	135	0.010%	14.31x
821	Yates	135	0.010%	0.21x
822	Aikman	134	0.010%	6.86x
823	Blue	134	0.010%	8.22x
824	Lennon	134	0.010%	4.02x
825	Linn	134	0.010%	6.22x
826	Matthews	134	0.010%	0.16x
827	Mullholland	134	0.010%	11.86x
828	Pritchard	134	0.010%	0.26x
829	Conn	133	0.010%	5.13x
830	Howieson	133	0.010%	11.39x
831	Sproul	133	0.010%	11.18x
832	Haldane	132	0.010%	5.53x
833	Sandilands	132	0.010%	6.34x
834	Sands	132	0.010%	1.25x
835	Scanlan	132	0.010%	6.21x
836	Telford	132	0.010%	1.59x
837	Wingate	132	0.010%	3.93x
838	Cosgrove	131	0.010%	2.85x
839	Dempsey	131	0.010%	2.21x
840	Leith	131	0.010%	2.68x
841	Samuel	131	0.010%	1.16x
842	Scoular	131	0.010%	10.93x
843	Stalker	131	0.010%	2.82x
844	Core	130	0.010%	9.72x
845	Kincaid	130	0.010%	11.23x
846	Stein	130	0.010%	5.81x
847	Stirrat	130	0.010%	10.00x
848	Holland	129	0.010%	0.19x
849	Cherrie	127	0.010%	24.70x
850	Girdwood	127	0.010%	10.71x
851	Macintyre	127	0.010%	5.39x
852	Peden	127	0.010%	6.65x
853	Pratt	127	0.010%	0.23x
854	Robson	127	0.010%	0.20x
855	Slaven	127	0.010%	9.23x
856	Whiteside	127	0.010%	1.69x
857	Best	126	0.010%	0.49x
858	Crow	126	0.010%	0.88x
859	Galt	126	0.010%	5.88x
860	Gentles	126	0.010%	11.92x
861	Hutchinson	126	0.010%	0.23x
862	Lennie	126	0.010%	6.20x
863	Motherwell	126	0.010%	18.49x
864	Sharpe	126	0.010%	0.45x
865	Glover	125	0.010%	0.31x
866	Rourke	125	0.010%	2.68x
867	Scobie	125	0.010%	6.09x
868	Shirlaw	125	0.010%	21.08x
869	Callan	124	0.010%	4.08x
870	Lambert	124	0.010%	0.24x
871	Rogan	124	0.010%	4.99x
872	Topping	124	0.010%	1.91x
873	Cree	123	0.010%	4.36x
874	Healy	123	0.010%	1.97x
875	Samson	123	0.010%	1.82x
876	Sweeny	123	0.010%	5.62x
877	Vallance	123	0.010%	2.89x
878	Bertram	122	0.010%	2.70x
879	Brackenridge	122	0.010%	9.57x
880	Gill	122	0.010%	0.18x
881	Hannan	122	0.010%	4.06x
882	Primrose	122	0.010%	9.89x
883	Bryan	121	0.010%	0.52x
884	Howard	121	0.010%	0.13x
885	Mathers	121	0.010%	2.15x
886	Philp	121	0.010%	1.88x
887	Booth	120	0.010%	0.13x
888	Owen	120	0.010%	0.11x
889	Toner	120	0.010%	10.20x
890	Train	120	0.010%	5.64x
891	Wales	120	0.010%	1.57x
892	Colville	119	0.010%	3.68x
893	Rogerson	119	0.010%	1.02x
894	Tod	119	0.010%	3.24x
895	Urie	119	0.010%	12.92x
896	Yuille	119	0.010%	15.03x
897	Barnett	118	0.010%	0.28x
898	Edmond	118	0.010%	3.70x
899	Hughs	118	0.010%	3.44x
900	Barry	117	0.010%	0.68x