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 Flannigan, with 27 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
901	Flannigan	27	0.010%	4.80x
902	Gentles	27	0.010%	10.66x
903	Gowans	27	0.010%	3.71x
904	Marley	27	0.010%	2.06x
905	Rooney	27	0.010%	1.34x
906	Thorburn	27	0.010%	2.07x
907	Tough	27	0.010%	3.10x
908	Tweedie	27	0.010%	3.09x
909	Brash	26	0.010%	6.50x
910	Brunton	26	0.010%	1.46x
911	Cavanagh	26	0.010%	1.52x
912	Colville	26	0.010%	3.36x
913	Comrie	26	0.010%	7.05x
914	Cooke	26	0.010%	0.21x
915	Cruikshanks	26	0.010%	22.05x
916	Develin	26	0.010%	13.54x
917	Doig	26	0.010%	1.95x
918	Eaton	26	0.010%	0.41x
919	Farquharson	26	0.010%	2.03x
920	Good	26	0.010%	0.92x
921	Hoggan	26	0.010%	7.98x
922	Jarvie	26	0.010%	4.38x
923	Lambert	26	0.010%	0.21x
924	Leonard	26	0.010%	0.53x
925	Macrae	26	0.010%	1.47x
926	Masterton	26	0.010%	3.56x
927	Mechan	26	0.010%	10.52x
928	Moyes	26	0.010%	2.68x
929	Mulligan	26	0.010%	2.05x
930	Nolan	26	0.010%	0.84x
931	Oconnor	26	0.010%	2.01x
932	Ogg	26	0.010%	3.60x
933	Owen	26	0.010%	0.10x
934	Porteous	26	0.010%	1.72x
935	Powell	26	0.010%	0.09x
936	Webb	26	0.010%	0.08x
937	Abercrombie	25	0.010%	6.28x
938	Alcorn	25	0.010%	14.13x
939	Birrell	25	0.010%	2.27x
940	Birtwell	25	0.010%	11.85x
941	Broadly	25	0.010%	12.62x
942	Carey	25	0.010%	0.59x
943	Carrol	25	0.010%	2.44x
944	Coghill	25	0.010%	5.58x
945	Cruickshanks	25	0.010%	6.78x
946	Dennison	25	0.010%	1.43x
947	Diamond	25	0.010%	2.38x
948	Dollan	25	0.010%	13.44x
949	Donnely	25	0.010%	7.13x
950	Frew	25	0.010%	2.20x
951	Given	25	0.010%	13.33x
952	Glasgow	25	0.010%	5.04x
953	Haggerty	25	0.010%	5.97x
954	Hindle	25	0.010%	0.79x
955	Kitchen	25	0.010%	0.65x
956	Landles	25	0.010%	23.63x
957	Leck	25	0.010%	9.73x
958	Leggatt	25	0.010%	3.82x
959	Macaskill	25	0.010%	9.45x
960	Mitchel	25	0.010%	1.13x
961	Pender	25	0.010%	3.40x
962	Shirley	25	0.010%	1.35x
963	Tannock	25	0.010%	14.50x
964	Thornton	25	0.010%	0.22x
965	Twigg	25	0.010%	1.58x
966	Whiteside	25	0.010%	1.39x
967	Biggar	24	0.010%	7.67x
968	Bonner	24	0.010%	1.21x
969	Bremner	24	0.010%	1.23x
970	Brisbane	24	0.010%	11.59x
971	Cambell	24	0.010%	3.85x
972	Carstairs	24	0.010%	6.43x
973	Clelland	24	0.010%	3.84x
974	Cowie	24	0.010%	0.87x
975	Dinning	24	0.010%	4.75x
976	Ferris	24	0.010%	1.07x
977	Fitch	24	0.010%	1.36x
978	Gemmel	24	0.010%	11.80x
979	Glancey	24	0.010%	15.72x
980	Gold	24	0.010%	1.86x
981	Grahame	24	0.010%	4.05x
982	Hayes	24	0.010%	0.17x
983	Holland	24	0.010%	0.15x
984	Horne	24	0.010%	0.49x
985	Lancaster	24	0.010%	0.43x
986	Lappin	24	0.010%	13.63x
987	Lapsley	24	0.010%	17.16x
988	Lavery	24	0.010%	3.86x
989	Lawrence	24	0.010%	0.16x
990	Longmuir	24	0.010%	5.71x
991	Lowe	24	0.010%	0.14x
992	Macleod	24	0.010%	0.75x
993	Manwell	24	0.010%	20.35x
994	Mulhern	24	0.010%	16.37x
995	Paxton	24	0.010%	1.33x
996	Ralph	24	0.010%	0.70x
997	Spencer	24	0.010%	0.12x
998	Stone	24	0.010%	0.15x
999	Vallance	24	0.010%	2.35x
1000	Wason	24	0.010%	12.45x