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 Preston, with 33 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
801	Preston	33	0.010%	0.29x
802	Whitehead	33	0.010%	0.22x
803	Winters	33	0.010%	3.44x
804	Brewster	32	0.010%	1.46x
805	Cain	32	0.010%	0.68x
806	Casey	32	0.010%	0.96x
807	Crighton	32	0.010%	3.56x
808	Dolan	32	0.010%	1.62x
809	Dougall	32	0.010%	4.54x
810	Drain	32	0.010%	8.03x
811	Fernie	32	0.010%	4.73x
812	Lyall	32	0.010%	2.07x
813	Meechan	32	0.010%	14.16x
814	Millen	32	0.010%	5.40x
815	Nutt	32	0.010%	1.96x
816	Pye	32	0.010%	0.95x
817	Brannigan	31	0.010%	13.72x
818	Brough	31	0.010%	1.12x
819	Haddow	31	0.010%	4.49x
820	Hastie	31	0.010%	2.16x
821	Holm	31	0.010%	17.91x
822	Kerrigan	31	0.010%	7.59x
823	Kettles	31	0.010%	13.90x
824	Lynn	31	0.010%	1.57x
825	Magee	31	0.010%	3.11x
826	Malloy	31	0.010%	7.87x
827	Okane	31	0.010%	44.57x
828	Rough	31	0.010%	6.07x
829	Sanderson	31	0.010%	0.33x
830	Sands	31	0.010%	1.22x
831	Scollan	31	0.010%	70.73x
832	Tucker	31	0.010%	0.25x
833	Yuille	31	0.010%	16.34x
834	Britton	30	0.010%	0.75x
835	Burton	30	0.010%	0.16x
836	Connal	30	0.010%	17.64x
837	Galbreath	30	0.010%	64.02x
838	Hanlan	30	0.010%	13.50x
839	Husband	30	0.010%	2.27x
840	Linton	30	0.010%	1.61x
841	Mains	30	0.010%	8.08x
842	Mark	30	0.010%	2.64x
843	May	30	0.010%	0.21x
844	Murchie	30	0.010%	8.00x
845	Newton	30	0.010%	0.17x
846	Nimmo	30	0.010%	2.97x
847	Pollok	30	0.010%	32.80x
848	Rattray	30	0.010%	2.71x
849	Shand	30	0.010%	1.93x
850	Sheilds	30	0.010%	13.59x
851	Tagg	30	0.010%	3.47x
852	Telford	30	0.010%	1.50x
853	Tonner	30	0.010%	10.25x
854	Towers	30	0.010%	1.14x
855	West	30	0.010%	0.14x
856	Beckett	29	0.010%	0.64x
857	Burke	29	0.010%	0.44x
858	Caskie	29	0.010%	28.42x
859	Crane	29	0.010%	0.61x
860	Gilles	29	0.010%	8.54x
861	Hemphill	29	0.010%	25.75x
862	Laidlaw	29	0.010%	1.45x
863	Laughlan	29	0.010%	19.09x
864	Lockie	29	0.010%	5.63x
865	Maloney	29	0.010%	1.55x
866	Rodden	29	0.010%	24.91x
867	Rowat	29	0.010%	30.94x
868	Skinner	29	0.010%	0.25x
869	Stafford	29	0.010%	0.60x
870	Stevens	29	0.010%	0.12x
871	Buchan	28	0.010%	0.96x
872	Burgess	28	0.010%	0.18x
873	Burnie	28	0.010%	10.06x
874	Dobie	28	0.010%	3.70x
875	Fotheringham	28	0.010%	2.94x
876	Hanson	28	0.010%	0.38x
877	Hastings	28	0.010%	0.97x
878	Honeyman	28	0.010%	3.78x
879	Jeffery	28	0.010%	0.57x
880	Malloch	28	0.010%	8.72x
881	Monteith	28	0.010%	4.66x
882	Moran	28	0.010%	0.68x
883	Ness	28	0.010%	2.73x
884	Peat	28	0.010%	1.55x
885	Strain	28	0.010%	6.40x
886	Arnot	27	0.010%	3.87x
887	Arrol	27	0.010%	26.86x
888	Barker	27	0.010%	0.09x
889	Barrett	27	0.010%	0.18x
890	Burnet	27	0.010%	3.26x
891	Byrne	27	0.010%	0.86x
892	Clews	27	0.010%	2.63x
893	Clues	27	0.010%	26.86x
894	Copland	27	0.010%	2.13x
895	Dalgleish	27	0.010%	2.65x
896	Devaney	27	0.010%	9.55x
897	Douglass	27	0.010%	1.88x
898	Earl	27	0.010%	0.91x
899	Easdon	27	0.010%	54.13x
900	Finn	27	0.010%	1.31x