1881 census county

Renfrewshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Renfrewshire 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

4,955 surnames are listed for Renfrewshire, covering 174,379 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Campbell, with 2,945 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Renfrewshire

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
1	Campbell	2,945	1.30%	7.69x
2	Smith	2,515	1.11%	0.79x
3	Wilson	2,414	1.07%	2.32x
4	Brown	2,307	1.02%	1.55x
5	Stewart	2,248	0.990%	6.35x
6	Anderson	1,656	0.730%	3.70x
7	Thomson	1,546	0.680%	5.11x
8	Robertson	1,464	0.650%	3.86x
9	Scott	1,295	0.570%	2.26x
10	Cameron	1,214	0.540%	6.90x
11	Hamilton	1,207	0.530%	7.11x
12	Crawford	1,206	0.530%	10.89x
13	Reid	1,156	0.510%	4.86x
14	Kerr	1,124	0.500%	9.10x
15	Stevenson	1,092	0.480%	6.87x
16	Young	1,086	0.480%	2.23x
17	Ferguson	1,080	0.480%	6.73x
18	Watson	1,055	0.470%	2.01x
19	Paterson	1,036	0.460%	6.72x
20	Clark	1,013	0.450%	1.49x
21	Graham	1,008	0.450%	3.88x
22	Murray	960	0.420%	3.42x
23	Taylor	943	0.420%	0.65x
24	Muir	890	0.390%	10.27x
25	Hunter	875	0.390%	3.76x
26	Docherty	856	0.380%	25.42x
27	Allan	842	0.370%	5.92x
28	Barr	842	0.370%	15.38x
29	Walker	837	0.370%	1.10x
30	Morrison	813	0.360%	4.57x
31	Blair	796	0.350%	13.56x
32	Millar	770	0.340%	9.32x
33	Kennedy	766	0.340%	5.61x
34	Gray	763	0.340%	2.36x
35	Black	745	0.330%	5.08x
36	Mitchell	740	0.330%	1.61x
37	Martin	726	0.320%	1.30x
38	Wallace	725	0.320%	4.68x
39	Johnston	708	0.310%	3.88x
40	Miller	707	0.310%	1.75x
41	Boyd	680	0.300%	8.56x
42	Adam	677	0.300%	17.41x
43	Kelly	676	0.300%	2.73x
44	Russell	672	0.300%	2.43x
45	Lang	651	0.290%	12.90x
46	Fleming	650	0.290%	6.91x
47	Henderson	644	0.280%	2.62x
48	Bell	639	0.280%	1.50x
49	Buchanan	630	0.280%	10.77x
50	Ross	612	0.270%	2.47x
51	Houston	597	0.260%	20.71x
52	Ritchie	597	0.260%	7.63x
53	Burns	594	0.260%	3.91x
54	Boyle	587	0.260%	9.99x
55	Orr	582	0.260%	15.26x
56	Gibson	579	0.260%	2.11x
57	Pollock	578	0.260%	17.58x
58	Johnstone	562	0.250%	5.49x
59	Currie	560	0.250%	8.79x
60	Weir	525	0.230%	8.92x
61	White	525	0.230%	0.72x
62	Gallacher	523	0.230%	26.78x
63	Jamieson	520	0.230%	8.25x
64	Allison	504	0.220%	7.83x
65	Fulton	499	0.220%	17.47x
66	Simpson	497	0.220%	1.26x
67	Gilmour	484	0.210%	15.11x
68	Love	474	0.210%	8.83x
69	Shaw	469	0.210%	1.13x
70	Caldwell	453	0.200%	12.79x
71	Paton	446	0.200%	8.81x
72	Alexander	444	0.200%	3.71x
73	Fraser	444	0.200%	2.20x
74	King	444	0.200%	0.90x
75	Wright	437	0.190%	0.60x
76	Dunlop	436	0.190%	11.95x
77	Davidson	431	0.190%	2.26x
78	Marshall	427	0.190%	1.12x
79	Logan	414	0.180%	7.71x
80	Wylie	412	0.180%	15.64x
81	Aitken	411	0.180%	6.92x
82	Murphy	407	0.180%	2.25x
83	Laird	404	0.180%	15.90x
84	Douglas	398	0.180%	3.63x
85	Gordon	382	0.170%	2.68x
86	Park	371	0.160%	5.29x
87	Watt	371	0.160%	4.27x
88	Hill	368	0.160%	0.64x
89	Leitch	366	0.160%	16.95x
90	Gardner	365	0.160%	2.38x
91	Baird	364	0.160%	7.52x
92	Hendry	363	0.160%	10.12x
93	Rodger	356	0.160%	11.19x
94	Hughes	351	0.160%	0.55x
95	Irvine	344	0.150%	6.90x
96	Turner	343	0.150%	0.54x
97	Williamson	342	0.150%	1.69x
98	Holmes	336	0.150%	1.22x
99	Galbraith	333	0.150%	16.08x
100	Lyle	333	0.150%	31.44x