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 Abraham, with 23 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
1001	Abraham	23	0.010%	1.03x
1002	Archer	23	0.010%	0.25x
1003	Bailie	23	0.010%	7.31x
1004	Bradford	23	0.010%	0.52x
1005	Busby	23	0.010%	0.96x
1006	Carberry	23	0.010%	15.29x
1007	Carnegie	23	0.010%	3.10x
1008	Cleland	23	0.010%	3.84x
1009	Clements	23	0.010%	0.31x
1010	Clifford	23	0.010%	0.49x
1011	Darragh	23	0.010%	24.74x
1012	Denholm	23	0.010%	2.43x
1013	Donnachie	23	0.010%	11.79x
1014	Finnigan	23	0.010%	2.60x
1015	Flannagan	23	0.010%	5.00x
1016	Frazer	23	0.010%	1.31x
1017	Freeman	23	0.010%	0.16x
1018	Gilbert	23	0.010%	0.18x
1019	Gill	23	0.010%	0.14x
1020	Gillon	23	0.010%	3.97x
1021	Goodfellow	23	0.010%	1.15x
1022	Hamill	23	0.010%	5.94x
1023	Heys	23	0.010%	1.39x
1024	Kilgour	23	0.010%	2.76x
1025	Laverty	23	0.010%	6.90x
1026	Lusk	23	0.010%	11.06x
1027	Macdougall	23	0.010%	6.70x
1028	Montague	23	0.010%	2.02x
1029	Price	23	0.010%	0.06x
1030	Virtue	23	0.010%	9.42x
1031	Aitchison	22	0.010%	1.39x
1032	Bates	22	0.010%	0.15x
1033	Brandon	22	0.010%	1.91x
1034	Byron	22	0.010%	2.66x
1035	Cassells	22	0.010%	5.98x
1036	Colligan	22	0.010%	11.15x
1037	Cram	22	0.010%	4.98x
1038	Cruickshank	22	0.010%	0.87x
1039	Cunninghame	22	0.010%	13.54x
1040	Currans	22	0.010%	25.76x
1041	Don	22	0.010%	4.27x
1042	Doran	22	0.010%	1.17x
1043	Flint	22	0.010%	0.54x
1044	Fram	22	0.010%	23.47x
1045	Grierson	22	0.010%	1.75x
1046	Halden	22	0.010%	10.82x
1047	Hampsey	22	0.010%	97.09x
1048	Joyce	22	0.010%	0.40x
1049	Ker	22	0.010%	4.66x
1050	Larkin	22	0.010%	1.08x
1051	Obrian	22	0.010%	2.96x
1052	Sherry	22	0.010%	2.77x
1053	Storie	22	0.010%	8.29x
1054	Sturgeon	22	0.010%	2.41x
1055	Torrance	22	0.010%	2.20x
1056	Twaddle	22	0.010%	9.33x
1057	Ure	22	0.010%	3.13x
1058	Wight	22	0.010%	1.89x
1059	Balderston	21	0.010%	10.18x
1060	Barry	21	0.010%	0.51x
1061	Campbel	21	0.010%	20.13x
1062	Carlton	21	0.010%	1.81x
1063	Clunie	21	0.010%	6.31x
1064	Conroy	21	0.010%	1.25x
1065	Convery	21	0.010%	13.04x
1066	Dalton	21	0.010%	0.40x
1067	Dobbin	21	0.010%	5.90x
1068	Dock	21	0.010%	25.49x
1069	Donelly	21	0.010%	4.03x
1070	Duguid	21	0.010%	2.76x
1071	Dyer	21	0.010%	0.24x
1072	Edger	21	0.010%	8.99x
1073	Ellis	21	0.010%	0.06x
1074	Fields	21	0.010%	1.93x
1075	Forgie	21	0.010%	8.12x
1076	Gamble	21	0.010%	0.65x
1077	Harrington	21	0.010%	0.49x
1078	Horner	21	0.010%	0.49x
1079	Hutchieson	21	0.010%	13.10x
1080	Jinks	21	0.010%	2.22x
1081	Macintosh	21	0.010%	2.15x
1082	Macphail	21	0.010%	9.39x
1083	Meldrum	21	0.010%	1.47x
1084	Montgomerie	21	0.010%	4.87x
1085	Newlands	21	0.010%	2.30x
1086	Odonald	21	0.010%	24.15x
1087	Patton	21	0.010%	2.61x
1088	Peddie	21	0.010%	3.48x
1089	Percy	21	0.010%	0.99x
1090	Rorison	21	0.010%	33.48x
1091	Sheriff	21	0.010%	3.33x
1092	Slavin	21	0.010%	14.03x
1093	Tinney	21	0.010%	8.47x
1094	Tomlinson	21	0.010%	0.20x
1095	Wyse	21	0.010%	7.98x
1096	Bathgate	20	0.010%	3.81x
1097	Biggart	20	0.010%	26.73x
1098	Bird	20	0.010%	0.12x
1099	Bowes	20	0.010%	0.96x
1100	Breckenridge	20	0.010%	8.70x