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 Macgregor, with 84 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
401	Macgregor	84	0.040%	8.88x
402	Archibald	83	0.040%	4.25x
403	Balfour	83	0.040%	5.26x
404	Purdie	83	0.040%	8.87x
405	Macaulay	82	0.040%	10.16x
406	Drysdale	81	0.040%	4.23x
407	Elder	81	0.040%	3.39x
408	Maitland	81	0.040%	5.51x
409	Borthwick	80	0.040%	6.30x
410	Brogan	80	0.040%	10.48x
411	Carruth	80	0.040%	59.12x
412	Coats	80	0.040%	7.82x
413	Nicolson	80	0.040%	3.06x
414	Obrien	80	0.040%	2.39x
415	Riddell	80	0.040%	4.21x
416	Slaven	80	0.040%	24.27x
417	Bennie	79	0.030%	12.62x
418	Bowman	79	0.030%	1.34x
419	Cullen	79	0.030%	1.99x
420	Curran	79	0.030%	4.17x
421	Dunbar	79	0.030%	3.04x
422	Hepburn	79	0.030%	3.92x
423	Jenkins	79	0.030%	0.30x
424	Kincaid	79	0.030%	28.48x
425	Lauder	79	0.030%	6.64x
426	Purdon	79	0.030%	18.83x
427	Trainer	79	0.030%	8.53x
428	Bone	78	0.030%	1.86x
429	Foulds	78	0.030%	5.09x
430	Kinloch	78	0.030%	15.56x
431	Mackenzie	78	0.030%	1.23x
432	Wyllie	78	0.030%	4.92x
433	Quinn	77	0.030%	1.78x
434	Shanks	77	0.030%	4.47x
435	Prentice	76	0.030%	2.85x
436	Rodgers	76	0.030%	1.23x
437	Slater	76	0.030%	0.55x
438	Clarke	75	0.030%	0.16x
439	Muldoon	74	0.030%	16.59x
440	Peters	74	0.030%	0.93x
441	Quigley	74	0.030%	6.38x
442	Shedden	74	0.030%	18.90x
443	Somerville	74	0.030%	3.93x
444	Heron	73	0.030%	3.36x
445	Ingram	73	0.030%	1.06x
446	Lamb	73	0.030%	0.61x
447	Nairn	73	0.030%	6.52x
448	Begg	72	0.030%	5.23x
449	Cairney	72	0.030%	14.19x
450	Mack	72	0.030%	3.16x
451	Mair	72	0.030%	3.44x
452	Roberts	72	0.030%	0.08x
453	Cockburn	71	0.030%	2.46x
454	Conn	71	0.030%	11.43x
455	Edwards	71	0.030%	0.11x
456	Low	71	0.030%	1.48x
457	Mann	71	0.030%	0.60x
458	Rankine	71	0.030%	6.18x
459	Beith	70	0.030%	32.04x
460	Carroll	70	0.030%	1.54x
461	Cherry	70	0.030%	3.02x
462	Gallagher	70	0.030%	2.04x
463	Jardine	70	0.030%	3.32x
464	Sweenie	70	0.030%	35.48x
465	Angus	69	0.030%	2.13x
466	Brock	69	0.030%	2.62x
467	Harkness	69	0.030%	5.44x
468	Lockhart	69	0.030%	4.38x
469	Provan	69	0.030%	15.24x
470	Waters	69	0.030%	0.76x
471	Winning	69	0.030%	13.58x
472	Yuill	69	0.030%	14.37x
473	Arbuckle	68	0.030%	14.12x
474	Browning	68	0.030%	1.48x
475	Brownlie	68	0.030%	6.86x
476	Crichton	68	0.030%	3.52x
477	Hope	68	0.030%	0.88x
478	Mullen	68	0.030%	3.14x
479	Wishart	68	0.030%	3.83x
480	Connolly	67	0.030%	2.55x
481	Cummings	67	0.030%	1.92x
482	Frame	67	0.030%	4.66x
483	Hyndman	67	0.030%	25.99x
484	Leckie	67	0.030%	9.44x
485	Lewis	67	0.030%	0.11x
486	Lochead	67	0.030%	48.70x
487	Maclean	67	0.030%	2.68x
488	Peebles	67	0.030%	7.05x
489	Stuart	67	0.030%	1.24x
490	Bennett	66	0.030%	0.18x
491	Doherty	66	0.030%	3.57x
492	Dougan	66	0.030%	12.19x
493	Flynn	66	0.030%	1.52x
494	Ford	66	0.030%	0.30x
495	Chapman	65	0.030%	0.20x
496	Dykes	65	0.030%	4.17x
497	Harris	65	0.030%	0.11x
498	Hosie	65	0.030%	13.46x
499	Raeside	65	0.030%	33.59x
500	Whitehill	65	0.030%	35.53x