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 Hawthorn, with 50 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
601	Hawthorn	50	0.020%	3.81x
602	Nixon	50	0.020%	0.73x
603	Ryan	50	0.020%	0.71x
604	Sellars	50	0.020%	3.56x
605	Thomas	50	0.020%	0.05x
606	Tierney	50	0.020%	5.36x
607	Wingate	50	0.020%	6.21x
608	Arnott	49	0.020%	2.58x
609	Dallas	49	0.020%	5.73x
610	Dalrymple	49	0.020%	4.97x
611	Elliott	49	0.020%	0.26x
612	Flinn	49	0.020%	3.59x
613	Gebbie	49	0.020%	21.18x
614	Gibbons	49	0.020%	0.67x
615	Lamond	49	0.020%	6.34x
616	Lochrie	49	0.020%	33.59x
617	Morning	49	0.020%	59.47x
618	Napier	49	0.020%	2.69x
619	Peden	49	0.020%	10.71x
620	Wade	49	0.020%	0.54x
621	Hatrick	48	0.020%	79.38x
622	Hutchinson	48	0.020%	0.37x
623	Leith	48	0.020%	4.09x
624	Lorimer	48	0.020%	5.30x
625	Crombie	47	0.020%	3.70x
626	Garven	47	0.020%	33.25x
627	Imrie	47	0.020%	5.31x
628	Johnson	47	0.020%	0.06x
629	Kemp	47	0.020%	0.37x
630	Maguire	47	0.020%	2.03x
631	Nugent	47	0.020%	3.92x
632	Scullion	47	0.020%	13.75x
633	Steen	47	0.020%	10.65x
634	Tarbet	47	0.020%	21.29x
635	Thom	47	0.020%	2.32x
636	Walsh	47	0.020%	0.39x
637	Arneil	46	0.020%	46.81x
638	Blackley	46	0.020%	7.49x
639	Macintyre	46	0.020%	8.15x
640	Malone	46	0.020%	2.54x
641	Renton	46	0.020%	3.31x
642	Vance	46	0.020%	10.68x
643	Wark	46	0.020%	16.86x
644	Burt	45	0.020%	0.84x
645	Gilfillan	45	0.020%	10.28x
646	Meek	45	0.020%	1.71x
647	Owens	45	0.020%	0.40x
648	Saunders	45	0.020%	0.22x
649	Atkinson	44	0.020%	0.20x
650	Edmiston	44	0.020%	20.79x
651	Gardener	44	0.020%	1.08x
652	Haig	44	0.020%	4.95x
653	Jeffrey	44	0.020%	1.05x
654	Killin	44	0.020%	29.25x
655	Linn	44	0.020%	8.52x
656	Macfie	44	0.020%	26.95x
657	Morison	44	0.020%	3.81x
658	Philips	44	0.020%	1.05x
659	Rose	44	0.020%	0.26x
660	Tennant	44	0.020%	1.82x
661	Warden	44	0.020%	2.72x
662	Baine	43	0.020%	25.17x
663	English	43	0.020%	1.01x
664	Hagan	43	0.020%	3.80x
665	Hanlin	43	0.020%	37.42x
666	Hume	43	0.020%	1.34x
667	Ireland	43	0.020%	0.82x
668	Leishman	43	0.020%	5.60x
669	Norris	43	0.020%	0.44x
670	Warnock	43	0.020%	8.74x
671	Barnes	42	0.020%	0.15x
672	Blyth	42	0.020%	1.18x
673	Cannon	42	0.020%	1.02x
674	Doak	42	0.020%	39.13x
675	Eaglesham	42	0.020%	22.68x
676	Farmer	42	0.020%	0.59x
677	Henney	42	0.020%	13.32x
678	Howard	42	0.020%	0.19x
679	Logue	42	0.020%	24.58x
680	Mather	42	0.020%	0.75x
681	Norrie	42	0.020%	5.99x
682	Rutherford	42	0.020%	0.76x
683	Savage	42	0.020%	0.48x
684	Stobo	42	0.020%	17.15x
685	Allen	41	0.020%	0.10x
686	Ferns	41	0.020%	8.41x
687	French	41	0.020%	0.37x
688	Hanna	41	0.020%	11.44x
689	Hendrie	41	0.020%	7.39x
690	Hogan	41	0.020%	1.80x
691	Kirkpatrick	41	0.020%	2.10x
692	Manson	41	0.020%	1.55x
693	Michael	41	0.020%	3.37x
694	Russel	41	0.020%	2.63x
695	Sheridan	41	0.020%	3.01x
696	Smart	41	0.020%	0.40x
697	Sweeny	41	0.020%	7.82x
698	Waugh	41	0.020%	1.33x
699	Flanigan	40	0.020%	10.23x
700	Gault	40	0.020%	13.23x