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 Cowden, with 64 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
501	Cowden	64	0.030%	35.87x
502	Glover	64	0.030%	0.66x
503	Goodwin	64	0.030%	0.54x
504	Gunn	64	0.030%	1.15x
505	Innes	64	0.030%	1.83x
506	Milligan	64	0.030%	2.40x
507	Adamson	63	0.030%	1.05x
508	Benson	63	0.030%	1.03x
509	Conner	63	0.030%	3.60x
510	Fairley	63	0.030%	5.68x
511	Kirkland	63	0.030%	3.13x
512	Lyons	63	0.030%	1.25x
513	Roxburgh	63	0.030%	8.99x
514	Smellie	63	0.030%	6.28x
515	Urie	63	0.030%	28.54x
516	Dixon	62	0.030%	0.25x
517	Fullarton	62	0.030%	13.02x
518	Gow	62	0.030%	3.47x
519	Stark	62	0.030%	2.00x
520	Wilkinson	62	0.030%	0.18x
521	Forrester	61	0.030%	2.01x
522	Gavin	61	0.030%	5.45x
523	Ogilvie	61	0.030%	2.79x
524	Spiers	61	0.030%	3.27x
525	Symington	61	0.030%	9.75x
526	Halliday	60	0.030%	1.28x
527	Howat	60	0.030%	8.64x
528	Mulholland	60	0.030%	7.13x
529	Rowand	60	0.030%	62.01x
530	Boyce	59	0.030%	1.74x
531	Carruthers	59	0.030%	1.97x
532	Fullerton	59	0.030%	6.16x
533	Laing	59	0.030%	1.30x
534	Loudon	59	0.030%	9.17x
535	Oliver	59	0.030%	0.37x
536	Storrie	59	0.030%	16.19x
537	Daily	58	0.030%	9.89x
538	Falconer	58	0.030%	2.15x
539	Kidd	58	0.030%	1.26x
540	Moody	58	0.030%	0.98x
541	Tyre	58	0.030%	28.52x
542	Waterston	58	0.030%	17.68x
543	Algie	57	0.030%	35.57x
544	Callaghan	57	0.030%	2.22x
545	Dale	57	0.030%	0.60x
546	Dalglish	57	0.030%	13.78x
547	Dalziel	57	0.030%	5.69x
548	Wotherspoon	57	0.030%	7.92x
549	Carr	56	0.020%	0.34x
550	Crossan	56	0.020%	18.11x
551	Horn	56	0.020%	1.09x
552	Main	56	0.020%	1.51x
553	Reynolds	56	0.020%	0.29x
554	Sommerville	56	0.020%	6.27x
555	Burnett	55	0.020%	0.88x
556	Couper	55	0.020%	5.42x
557	Gourlay	55	0.020%	4.38x
558	Haggarty	55	0.020%	12.61x
559	Kearney	55	0.020%	5.23x
560	Marr	55	0.020%	2.13x
561	Ohara	55	0.020%	4.23x
562	Chambers	54	0.020%	0.42x
563	Cuthbert	54	0.020%	1.66x
564	Haldane	54	0.020%	9.44x
565	Hislop	54	0.020%	3.96x
566	Macpherson	54	0.020%	3.68x
567	Parkhill	54	0.020%	48.27x
568	Aitkenhead	53	0.020%	19.75x
569	Ballantine	53	0.020%	7.64x
570	Barrie	53	0.020%	3.24x
571	Farquhar	53	0.020%	3.01x
572	Fergusson	53	0.020%	4.62x
573	Gormly	53	0.020%	67.43x
574	Lauchlan	53	0.020%	34.04x
575	Stirrat	53	0.020%	17.02x
576	Binnie	52	0.020%	5.51x
577	Donachie	52	0.020%	17.96x
578	Melvin	52	0.020%	4.77x
579	Risk	52	0.020%	19.38x
580	Smillie	52	0.020%	11.58x
581	Vernal	52	0.020%	73.20x
582	Bannatyne	51	0.020%	18.69x
583	Broadfoot	51	0.020%	9.44x
584	Burnside	51	0.020%	6.43x
585	Coulter	51	0.020%	4.49x
586	Dewar	51	0.020%	1.73x
587	Glass	51	0.020%	2.18x
588	Moir	51	0.020%	1.64x
589	Reside	51	0.020%	38.12x
590	Riley	51	0.020%	0.28x
591	Smyth	51	0.020%	2.41x
592	Wardrop	51	0.020%	9.86x
593	Adair	50	0.020%	7.09x
594	Baker	50	0.020%	0.10x
595	Bolton	50	0.020%	0.51x
596	Bonar	50	0.020%	13.78x
597	Buntain	50	0.020%	120.28x
598	Cathcart	50	0.020%	14.38x
599	Chisholm	50	0.020%	1.52x
600	Flood	50	0.020%	2.52x