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 Hillcoat, with 40 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
701	Hillcoat	40	0.020%	47.25x
702	Howe	40	0.020%	0.45x
703	Milton	40	0.020%	1.28x
704	Morran	40	0.020%	14.19x
705	Rafferty	40	0.020%	3.42x
706	Robson	40	0.020%	0.27x
707	Shepherd	40	0.020%	0.24x
708	Watters	40	0.020%	5.54x
709	Blackie	39	0.020%	4.20x
710	Butler	39	0.020%	0.18x
711	Carslaw	39	0.020%	53.20x
712	Cox	39	0.020%	0.11x
713	Ewart	39	0.020%	3.06x
714	Granger	39	0.020%	1.68x
715	Keir	39	0.020%	3.45x
716	Killoch	39	0.020%	81.92x
717	Macmillan	39	0.020%	6.21x
718	Mullan	39	0.020%	9.50x
719	Palmer	39	0.020%	0.15x
720	Renwick	39	0.020%	2.53x
721	Robin	39	0.020%	8.67x
722	Rogers	39	0.020%	0.13x
723	Sneddon	39	0.020%	2.89x
724	Walls	39	0.020%	1.43x
725	Ayton	38	0.020%	5.39x
726	Brownlee	38	0.020%	4.86x
727	Bryceland	38	0.020%	73.94x
728	Carrigan	38	0.020%	8.61x
729	Caulfield	38	0.020%	9.69x
730	Dodds	38	0.020%	0.80x
731	Dunning	38	0.020%	1.98x
732	Ferrier	38	0.020%	2.89x
733	Geddes	38	0.020%	1.40x
734	George	38	0.020%	0.29x
735	Hanlon	38	0.020%	3.63x
736	Haughie	38	0.020%	46.12x
737	Hopkins	38	0.020%	0.28x
738	Long	38	0.020%	0.26x
739	Mearns	38	0.020%	5.20x
740	Naismith	38	0.020%	6.31x
741	Shankland	38	0.020%	9.41x
742	Tosh	38	0.020%	7.50x
743	Wren	38	0.020%	1.55x
744	Bisset	37	0.020%	2.09x
745	Brand	37	0.020%	1.11x
746	Broadley	37	0.020%	2.41x
747	Calderhead	37	0.020%	25.63x
748	Coll	37	0.020%	21.75x
749	Crooks	37	0.020%	2.12x
750	Denny	37	0.020%	1.94x
751	Flockhart	37	0.020%	8.63x
752	Matheson	37	0.020%	1.20x
753	Melrose	37	0.020%	4.22x
754	Potts	37	0.020%	0.49x
755	Snodgrass	37	0.020%	18.06x
756	Dobbie	36	0.020%	3.64x
757	Giblin	36	0.020%	8.21x
758	Mackinnon	36	0.020%	4.43x
759	More	36	0.020%	2.04x
760	Tracey	36	0.020%	2.51x
761	Barton	35	0.020%	0.29x
762	Bennet	35	0.020%	1.12x
763	Bogan	35	0.020%	26.01x
764	Bole	35	0.020%	22.26x
765	Corbett	35	0.020%	0.79x
766	Dempsey	35	0.020%	2.47x
767	Getty	35	0.020%	38.27x
768	Giffen	35	0.020%	19.05x
769	Irving	35	0.020%	0.69x
770	Jaffrey	35	0.020%	16.48x
771	Madden	35	0.020%	1.79x
772	Mullin	35	0.020%	3.45x
773	Paisley	35	0.020%	6.95x
774	Rush	35	0.020%	1.44x
775	Toy	35	0.020%	4.20x
776	Tudhope	35	0.020%	20.58x
777	Veitch	35	0.020%	2.35x
778	Younger	35	0.020%	2.86x
779	Bradshaw	34	0.020%	0.37x
780	Cole	34	0.020%	0.16x
781	Drew	34	0.020%	0.57x
782	Grier	34	0.020%	10.29x
783	Hector	34	0.020%	8.98x
784	Masson	34	0.020%	2.45x
785	Stalker	34	0.020%	3.05x
786	Sunter	34	0.020%	9.99x
787	Tulloch	34	0.020%	2.26x
788	Braidwood	33	0.010%	10.18x
789	Brennan	33	0.010%	1.40x
790	Catterson	33	0.010%	30.75x
791	Coleman	33	0.010%	0.29x
792	Crow	33	0.010%	0.97x
793	Cruden	33	0.010%	12.23x
794	Downs	33	0.010%	0.82x
795	Fergus	33	0.010%	8.07x
796	Grady	33	0.010%	2.21x
797	Holburn	33	0.010%	21.83x
798	Meiklejohn	33	0.010%	6.47x
799	Mellon	33	0.010%	7.03x
800	Milloy	33	0.010%	17.75x