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 Bryce, with 183 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
201	Bryce	183	0.080%	8.08x
202	Fletcher	182	0.080%	0.70x
203	Hannah	181	0.080%	6.15x
204	Jones	181	0.080%	0.07x
205	Rennie	181	0.080%	4.58x
206	Kane	178	0.080%	9.76x
207	Porter	178	0.080%	1.05x
208	Dunn	177	0.080%	0.94x
209	Erskine	177	0.080%	12.64x
210	Bruce	176	0.080%	1.66x
211	Mackie	176	0.080%	3.64x
212	Drummond	173	0.080%	3.84x
213	Paul	171	0.080%	3.02x
214	Ralston	171	0.080%	22.44x
215	Munn	170	0.080%	10.42x
216	Cumming	169	0.070%	3.91x
217	Mackay	169	0.070%	2.06x
218	Holms	168	0.070%	26.33x
219	Moffat	168	0.070%	4.10x
220	Lawrie	167	0.070%	7.70x
221	Richmond	167	0.070%	3.37x
222	Macdonald	166	0.070%	1.85x
223	Dickie	165	0.070%	9.29x
224	Kean	165	0.070%	10.76x
225	Lawson	165	0.070%	1.24x
226	Noble	164	0.070%	1.74x
227	Rae	163	0.070%	3.16x
228	Beaton	162	0.070%	6.22x
229	Bradley	161	0.070%	0.89x
230	Devine	161	0.070%	7.14x
231	Galloway	161	0.070%	4.13x
232	Forbes	160	0.070%	2.11x
233	Livingstone	160	0.070%	7.58x
234	Parker	160	0.070%	0.37x
235	Borland	159	0.070%	16.24x
236	Odonnell	159	0.070%	10.93x
237	Shields	159	0.070%	4.54x
238	Richardson	156	0.070%	0.40x
239	Fyfe	154	0.070%	7.41x
240	Carswell	153	0.070%	18.48x
241	Macfarlane	153	0.070%	11.82x
242	Malcolm	153	0.070%	5.14x
243	Cassidy	151	0.070%	5.46x
244	Hutcheson	151	0.070%	13.00x
245	Sloan	151	0.070%	7.08x
246	Deans	149	0.070%	9.70x
247	Tait	149	0.070%	2.24x
248	Hardie	145	0.060%	4.91x
249	Sweeney	145	0.060%	4.78x
250	Carson	144	0.060%	5.77x
251	Whiteford	144	0.060%	23.99x
252	Connor	143	0.060%	2.14x
253	Little	142	0.060%	1.33x
254	Ballantyne	141	0.060%	8.21x
255	Duff	141	0.060%	3.50x
256	Faulds	141	0.060%	20.41x
257	Guthrie	141	0.060%	4.94x
258	Templeton	141	0.060%	8.43x
259	Connelly	140	0.060%	6.66x
260	Cuthbertson	140	0.060%	8.00x
261	Sproul	140	0.060%	49.12x
262	Bryson	138	0.060%	7.95x
263	Coyle	138	0.060%	8.97x
264	Nicholson	138	0.060%	0.86x
265	Woods	138	0.060%	0.97x
266	Edgar	137	0.060%	3.93x
267	Kyle	137	0.060%	10.88x
268	Leslie	137	0.060%	3.66x
269	Meikle	136	0.060%	8.35x
270	Mason	135	0.060%	0.44x
271	Farrell	133	0.060%	3.10x
272	Robinson	133	0.060%	0.18x
273	Steven	133	0.060%	7.75x
274	Greig	132	0.060%	3.68x
275	Keith	132	0.060%	5.44x
276	Rowan	132	0.060%	9.06x
277	Beattie	131	0.060%	2.70x
278	Finlay	131	0.060%	5.64x
279	Hutton	131	0.060%	1.94x
280	Queen	131	0.060%	14.12x
281	Harrison	130	0.060%	0.26x
282	Waddell	130	0.060%	6.47x
283	Eadie	129	0.060%	12.05x
284	Hair	128	0.060%	14.50x
285	Mills	128	0.060%	0.44x
286	Greenlees	127	0.060%	28.82x
287	Oneill	127	0.060%	8.81x
288	Forrest	126	0.060%	2.16x
289	Fox	126	0.060%	0.60x
290	Lochhead	126	0.060%	30.87x
291	Menzies	126	0.060%	4.28x
292	Muirhead	126	0.060%	7.22x
293	Phillips	125	0.060%	0.31x
294	Keenan	124	0.050%	6.47x
295	Turnbull	124	0.050%	1.30x
296	Berry	123	0.050%	0.68x
297	Calderwood	123	0.050%	15.14x
298	Baillie	122	0.050%	5.19x
299	Conway	121	0.050%	2.85x
300	Lambie	120	0.050%	16.25x