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 Bright, with 20 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
1101	Bright	20	0.010%	0.44x
1102	Bulloch	20	0.010%	4.42x
1103	Buntin	20	0.010%	18.90x
1104	Carlile	20	0.010%	6.03x
1105	Carter	20	0.010%	0.05x
1106	Charters	20	0.010%	3.23x
1107	Cheyne	20	0.010%	2.66x
1108	Clapperton	20	0.010%	3.76x
1109	Connel	20	0.010%	4.80x
1110	Connoly	20	0.010%	6.60x
1111	Diver	20	0.010%	4.76x
1112	Dowie	20	0.010%	3.66x
1113	Fairgrieve	20	0.010%	5.75x
1114	Gilligan	20	0.010%	3.46x
1115	Gilroy	20	0.010%	2.18x
1116	Glassford	20	0.010%	20.35x
1117	Greenan	20	0.010%	12.97x
1118	Greenwood	20	0.010%	0.11x
1119	Halbert	20	0.010%	6.82x
1120	Hamil	20	0.010%	18.63x
1121	Hammond	20	0.010%	0.16x
1122	Haran	20	0.010%	17.18x
1123	Hartin	20	0.010%	31.13x
1124	Hyde	20	0.010%	0.29x
1125	Lyden	20	0.010%	12.25x
1126	Mallon	20	0.010%	5.36x
1127	Marquis	20	0.010%	5.10x
1128	Matthews	20	0.010%	0.10x
1129	Mill	20	0.010%	1.46x
1130	Mullholland	20	0.010%	7.39x
1131	Nicoll	20	0.010%	0.97x
1132	Pentland	20	0.010%	7.35x
1133	Proctor	20	0.010%	0.36x
1134	Ramage	20	0.010%	1.57x
1135	Roberton	20	0.010%	9.45x
1136	Scobbie	20	0.010%	9.22x
1137	Sime	20	0.010%	2.20x
1138	Storer	20	0.010%	1.41x
1139	Summers	20	0.010%	0.32x
1140	Trayner	20	0.010%	9.25x
1141	Walton	20	0.010%	0.13x
1142	Winton	20	0.010%	2.36x
1143	Begley	19	0.010%	4.91x
1144	Bishop	19	0.010%	0.12x
1145	Bisland	19	0.010%	38.09x
1146	Blain	19	0.010%	2.42x
1147	Bryans	19	0.010%	11.80x
1148	Bunten	19	0.010%	11.37x
1149	Conlin	19	0.010%	4.51x
1150	Coogan	19	0.010%	13.02x
1151	Creighton	19	0.010%	2.13x
1152	Cuthill	19	0.010%	4.30x
1153	Denniston	19	0.010%	17.83x
1154	Dickens	19	0.010%	0.80x
1155	Dodd	19	0.010%	0.21x
1156	Donahoe	19	0.010%	40.55x
1157	Easdale	19	0.010%	15.61x
1158	Farr	19	0.010%	0.57x
1159	Fenwick	19	0.010%	0.64x
1160	Fleck	19	0.010%	7.41x
1161	Gormley	19	0.010%	7.18x
1162	Griffin	19	0.010%	0.18x
1163	Hannigan	19	0.010%	10.34x
1164	Hattrick	19	0.010%	36.97x
1165	Humphrey	19	0.010%	0.32x
1166	Judge	19	0.010%	0.78x
1167	Killen	19	0.010%	6.04x
1168	Lennie	19	0.010%	3.90x
1169	Malley	19	0.010%	2.89x
1170	Marks	19	0.010%	0.41x
1171	Ohair	19	0.010%	27.62x
1172	Oswald	19	0.010%	1.83x
1173	Parlane	19	0.010%	16.54x
1174	Pratt	19	0.010%	0.15x
1175	Rigg	19	0.010%	1.00x
1176	Rintoul	19	0.010%	3.67x
1177	Samson	19	0.010%	1.18x
1178	Sayers	19	0.010%	0.76x
1179	Short	19	0.010%	0.21x
1180	Towns	19	0.010%	2.62x
1181	Tweedale	19	0.010%	2.77x
1182	Wagstaff	19	0.010%	0.67x
1183	Welch	19	0.010%	0.24x
1184	Aitkin	18	0.010%	4.62x
1185	Armitage	18	0.010%	0.31x
1186	Austin	18	0.010%	0.16x
1187	Byars	18	0.010%	15.07x
1188	Byers	18	0.010%	1.53x
1189	Calligan	18	0.010%	4.00x
1190	Canney	18	0.010%	21.07x
1191	Carse	18	0.010%	6.63x
1192	Cormie	18	0.010%	18.46x
1193	Culbert	18	0.010%	10.44x
1194	Docharty	18	0.010%	11.73x
1195	Dugan	18	0.010%	4.08x
1196	Duncanson	18	0.010%	4.12x
1197	Egan	18	0.010%	0.96x
1198	Fearon	18	0.010%	3.17x
1199	Gaston	18	0.010%	4.34x
1200	Griffen	18	0.010%	2.43x