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 Nelson, with 120 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
301	Nelson	120	0.050%	1.09x
302	Lafferty	117	0.050%	22.63x
303	Leggat	117	0.050%	22.33x
304	Webster	117	0.050%	0.59x
305	Goudie	116	0.050%	16.19x
306	Neill	115	0.050%	7.67x
307	Scobie	115	0.050%	23.37x
308	Struthers	115	0.050%	11.36x
309	Easton	113	0.050%	3.29x
310	Patterson	113	0.050%	1.43x
311	Mooney	112	0.050%	4.26x
312	Strang	112	0.050%	11.02x
313	Taggart	112	0.050%	13.10x
314	Henry	111	0.050%	1.94x
315	Monaghan	111	0.050%	6.76x
316	Drennan	107	0.050%	34.95x
317	Evans	107	0.050%	0.11x
318	Cooper	106	0.050%	0.19x
319	Dawson	106	0.050%	0.42x
320	Melville	106	0.050%	4.43x
321	Davis	105	0.050%	0.21x
322	Hodge	105	0.050%	1.84x
323	Agnew	104	0.050%	8.16x
324	Small	104	0.050%	1.81x
325	Robb	103	0.050%	2.63x
326	Dempster	102	0.050%	6.40x
327	Dow	102	0.050%	3.74x
328	Boag	101	0.040%	15.41x
329	Foster	101	0.040%	0.33x
330	Woodrow	101	0.040%	7.20x
331	Canning	100	0.040%	6.22x
332	Laurie	100	0.040%	5.14x
333	Lees	100	0.040%	1.00x
334	Lyon	100	0.040%	2.11x
335	Strachan	100	0.040%	2.56x
336	Finlayson	99	0.040%	3.80x
337	Harley	99	0.040%	3.39x
338	Whitelaw	99	0.040%	7.34x
339	Gardiner	98	0.040%	1.51x
340	Nisbet	98	0.040%	4.10x
341	Roy	98	0.040%	4.76x
342	Telfer	98	0.040%	7.24x
343	Beveridge	97	0.040%	4.12x
344	Brannan	97	0.040%	6.34x
345	Ronald	97	0.040%	12.01x
346	Guy	96	0.040%	1.94x
347	Fairlie	95	0.040%	17.24x
348	Steele	95	0.040%	1.57x
349	Dunsmore	94	0.040%	16.15x
350	Gillan	94	0.040%	11.81x
351	Goldie	94	0.040%	6.67x
352	Govan	94	0.040%	22.77x
353	Harkins	94	0.040%	18.37x
354	Lee	94	0.040%	0.25x
355	Rice	93	0.040%	1.32x
356	Blue	92	0.040%	23.54x
357	Gemmill	92	0.040%	27.85x
358	Lennox	92	0.040%	6.85x
359	Morrow	92	0.040%	9.98x
360	Service	92	0.040%	16.74x
361	Sim	92	0.040%	3.62x
362	Tannahill	92	0.040%	40.98x
363	Corrigan	91	0.040%	8.97x
364	Moodie	91	0.040%	8.56x
365	Davie	90	0.040%	4.32x
366	Davies	90	0.040%	0.08x
367	Greer	90	0.040%	11.83x
368	Kay	90	0.040%	0.77x
369	Mathie	90	0.040%	19.68x
370	Carlin	89	0.040%	7.74x
371	Dougherty	89	0.040%	10.17x
372	Kelso	89	0.040%	16.75x
373	Osborne	89	0.040%	0.82x
374	Pinkerton	89	0.040%	15.97x
375	Ferrie	88	0.040%	21.48x
376	Finnie	88	0.040%	11.18x
377	Harvie	88	0.040%	11.88x
378	Liddell	88	0.040%	4.24x
379	Pettigrew	88	0.040%	8.01x
380	Reilly	88	0.040%	3.66x
381	Urquhart	88	0.040%	2.77x
382	Bonnar	87	0.040%	28.35x
383	Calder	87	0.040%	2.75x
384	Gorman	87	0.040%	3.19x
385	Picken	87	0.040%	9.21x
386	Aird	86	0.040%	7.30x
387	Andrews	86	0.040%	0.40x
388	Brady	86	0.040%	2.15x
389	Doyle	86	0.040%	1.56x
390	Galt	86	0.040%	16.75x
391	Daly	85	0.040%	3.80x
392	Grieve	85	0.040%	3.24x
393	Hood	85	0.040%	1.36x
394	Pearson	85	0.040%	0.32x
395	Shannon	85	0.040%	4.85x
396	Auld	84	0.040%	6.16x
397	Blackburn	84	0.040%	0.98x
398	Dillon	84	0.040%	3.75x
399	Fitzpatrick	84	0.040%	2.54x
400	Herd	84	0.040%	5.05x