1881 census county

Stirlingshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stirlingshire 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

2,979 surnames are listed for Stirlingshire, covering 89,176 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Somerville, with 59 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stirlingshire

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
301	Somerville	59	0.050%	6.58x
302	Wardrop	59	0.050%	23.98x
303	Bennett	58	0.050%	0.33x
304	Brodie	58	0.050%	4.01x
305	Downie	58	0.050%	4.59x
306	Leslie	58	0.050%	3.25x
307	Ralston	58	0.050%	15.99x
308	Russel	58	0.050%	7.80x
309	Stoddart	58	0.050%	6.45x
310	Westland	58	0.050%	58.63x
311	Lamb	57	0.050%	1.00x
312	Brisbane	56	0.050%	56.81x
313	Greig	56	0.050%	3.28x
314	Mills	56	0.050%	0.40x
315	Oswald	56	0.050%	11.31x
316	Cox	55	0.050%	0.34x
317	Jones	55	0.050%	0.05x
318	Pearson	55	0.050%	0.44x
319	Strachan	55	0.050%	2.96x
320	Learmonth	54	0.050%	30.88x
321	Low	54	0.050%	2.37x
322	Palmer	54	0.050%	0.43x
323	Struthers	54	0.050%	11.21x
324	Wylie	54	0.050%	4.31x
325	Brand	53	0.050%	3.33x
326	Cullen	53	0.050%	2.81x
327	Thompson	53	0.050%	0.16x
328	Borthwick	52	0.050%	8.60x
329	Dempster	52	0.050%	6.86x
330	Ferrier	52	0.050%	8.30x
331	Montgomery	52	0.050%	3.04x
332	Fulton	51	0.050%	3.75x
333	Meek	51	0.050%	4.07x
334	Mungall	51	0.050%	72.70x
335	Pender	51	0.050%	14.57x
336	Edmond	50	0.050%	13.75x
337	Elder	50	0.050%	4.39x
338	Scobbie	50	0.050%	48.43x
339	Beveridge	49	0.050%	4.37x
340	Porteous	49	0.050%	6.82x
341	Scotland	49	0.050%	15.95x
342	Connell	48	0.040%	2.56x
343	Couper	48	0.040%	9.94x
344	Dunsmore	48	0.040%	17.33x
345	Fairlie	48	0.040%	18.30x
346	Guthrie	48	0.040%	3.54x
347	Lowrie	48	0.040%	13.00x
348	Quin	48	0.040%	4.16x
349	Trotter	48	0.040%	4.25x
350	Yuill	48	0.040%	21.01x
351	Cairney	47	0.040%	19.47x
352	Green	47	0.040%	0.15x
353	Little	47	0.040%	0.92x
354	Richmond	47	0.040%	1.99x
355	Sloan	47	0.040%	4.63x
356	Wardlaw	47	0.040%	24.01x
357	Caldwell	46	0.040%	2.73x
358	Hastings	46	0.040%	3.35x
359	Lafferty	46	0.040%	18.69x
360	Parker	46	0.040%	0.22x
361	Auld	45	0.040%	6.93x
362	Collins	45	0.040%	0.29x
363	Colquhoun	45	0.040%	7.05x
364	Fergus	45	0.040%	23.12x
365	Hendrie	45	0.040%	17.04x
366	Kincaid	45	0.040%	34.08x
367	Duncanson	44	0.040%	21.16x
368	Godfrey	44	0.040%	1.38x
369	Gorrie	44	0.040%	19.17x
370	Silcock	44	0.040%	9.75x
371	Brock	43	0.040%	3.43x
372	Elliot	43	0.040%	1.56x
373	Howie	43	0.040%	4.07x
374	Jaffray	43	0.040%	28.80x
375	Kane	43	0.040%	4.96x
376	Masterton	43	0.040%	12.39x
377	Monteith	43	0.040%	15.03x
378	Sharpe	43	0.040%	1.35x
379	Brooks	42	0.040%	0.40x
380	Fairley	42	0.040%	7.96x
381	Horne	42	0.040%	1.79x
382	Obrien	42	0.040%	2.64x
383	Rutherford	42	0.040%	1.60x
384	Abercromby	41	0.040%	60.94x
385	Beattie	41	0.040%	1.78x
386	Begg	41	0.040%	6.25x
387	Chrystal	41	0.040%	27.59x
388	Kenny	41	0.040%	3.18x
389	Mulgrew	41	0.040%	78.60x
390	Thomas	41	0.040%	0.09x
391	Ward	41	0.040%	0.17x
392	Cassidy	40	0.040%	3.04x
393	Coyle	40	0.040%	5.47x
394	Crichton	40	0.040%	4.35x
395	Gourlay	40	0.040%	6.70x
396	Lamont	40	0.040%	4.17x
397	Lithgow	40	0.040%	21.02x
398	Nelson	40	0.040%	0.77x
399	Pringle	40	0.040%	2.36x
400	Speirs	40	0.040%	9.49x