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 Haddon, with 18 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
1201	Haddon	18	0.010%	1.19x
1202	Harrower	18	0.010%	3.55x
1203	Head	18	0.010%	0.33x
1204	Hetherington	18	0.010%	0.63x
1205	Hicks	18	0.010%	0.19x
1206	Houstoun	18	0.010%	37.81x
1207	Humes	18	0.010%	10.54x
1208	Jacobs	18	0.010%	0.33x
1209	Langan	18	0.010%	5.17x
1210	Lovell	18	0.010%	0.38x
1211	Macalister	18	0.010%	16.77x
1212	Macara	18	0.010%	27.69x
1213	Macquarrie	18	0.010%	36.09x
1214	Mangan	18	0.010%	8.02x
1215	Mount	18	0.010%	2.05x
1216	Munroe	18	0.010%	2.94x
1217	Mure	18	0.010%	17.13x
1218	Ohare	18	0.010%	3.24x
1219	Oniel	18	0.010%	9.12x
1220	Pasley	18	0.010%	11.73x
1221	Platt	18	0.010%	0.30x
1222	Polson	18	0.010%	3.43x
1223	Purves	18	0.010%	1.22x
1224	Rainey	18	0.010%	5.04x
1225	Roach	18	0.010%	0.54x
1226	Scoular	18	0.010%	6.27x
1227	Scouse	18	0.010%	25.34x
1228	Seath	18	0.010%	5.31x
1229	Sharkey	18	0.010%	3.48x
1230	Sillars	18	0.010%	9.19x
1231	Stockman	18	0.010%	5.68x
1232	Strathern	18	0.010%	10.87x
1233	Temple	18	0.010%	0.61x
1234	Trail	18	0.010%	4.36x
1235	Vincent	18	0.010%	0.25x
1236	Walters	18	0.010%	0.17x
1237	Yeats	18	0.010%	2.88x
1238	York	18	0.010%	0.60x
1239	Ball	17	0.010%	0.09x
1240	Bissett	17	0.010%	3.16x
1241	Boles	17	0.010%	13.97x
1242	Briggs	17	0.010%	0.14x
1243	Brooks	17	0.010%	0.08x
1244	Charles	17	0.010%	0.36x
1245	Colvin	17	0.010%	2.17x
1246	Coote	17	0.010%	1.52x
1247	Downey	17	0.010%	1.06x
1248	Fair	17	0.010%	2.14x
1249	Fairbairn	17	0.010%	1.02x
1250	Friel	17	0.010%	10.97x
1251	Fry	17	0.010%	0.23x
1252	Gifford	17	0.010%	0.86x
1253	Gilliland	17	0.010%	9.00x
1254	Greive	17	0.010%	5.57x
1255	Hattie	17	0.010%	70.31x
1256	Hillis	17	0.010%	17.04x
1257	Hoey	17	0.010%	4.39x
1258	Keane	17	0.010%	3.23x
1259	Kilday	17	0.010%	10.71x
1260	Kinghorn	17	0.010%	2.60x
1261	Kinniburgh	17	0.010%	11.71x
1262	Lightbody	17	0.010%	4.28x
1263	Locke	17	0.010%	0.84x
1264	Lockhead	17	0.010%	10.51x
1265	Lord	17	0.010%	0.16x
1266	Loughran	17	0.010%	7.35x
1267	Maloy	17	0.010%	4.88x
1268	Mcdonald	17	0.010%	0.92x
1269	Methven	17	0.010%	3.29x
1270	Miles	17	0.010%	0.13x
1271	Milliken	17	0.010%	8.96x
1272	Mochrie	17	0.010%	15.30x
1273	Omay	17	0.010%	62.48x
1274	Pirrie	17	0.010%	4.38x
1275	Power	17	0.010%	0.56x
1276	Rhodes	17	0.010%	0.16x
1277	Sawers	17	0.010%	6.43x
1278	Shirlaw	17	0.010%	11.96x
1279	Skeoch	17	0.010%	15.84x
1280	Steuart	17	0.010%	13.00x
1281	Suttie	17	0.010%	2.61x
1282	Thorpe	17	0.010%	0.19x
1283	Watkins	17	0.010%	0.12x
1284	Willson	17	0.010%	0.67x
1285	Banks	16	0.010%	0.14x
1286	Barrowman	16	0.010%	5.14x
1287	Braid	16	0.010%	1.93x
1288	Burlington	16	0.010%	18.25x
1289	Cairnie	16	0.010%	11.76x
1290	Campell	16	0.010%	14.70x
1291	Charlton	16	0.010%	0.25x
1292	Clarkson	16	0.010%	0.27x
1293	Crawley	16	0.010%	0.54x
1294	Donn	16	0.010%	10.80x
1295	Dowling	16	0.010%	0.64x
1296	Eccles	16	0.010%	0.44x
1297	Edmond	16	0.010%	2.09x
1298	Fife	16	0.010%	2.66x
1299	Foote	16	0.010%	1.84x
1300	Geary	16	0.010%	0.90x