1881 census county

West Lothian surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in West Lothian 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

2,020 surnames are listed for West Lothian, covering 37,326 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Pegg, with 7 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in West Lothian

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
901	Pegg	7	0.020%	1.62x
902	Phillips	7	0.020%	0.09x
903	Redmond	7	0.020%	4.35x
904	Rew	7	0.020%	8.97x
905	Riley	7	0.020%	0.20x
906	Rodger	7	0.020%	1.13x
907	Rogers	7	0.020%	0.12x
908	Russall	7	0.020%	125.45x
909	Shannon	7	0.020%	2.06x
910	Skinner	7	0.020%	0.31x
911	Slight	7	0.020%	6.19x
912	Struth	7	0.020%	49.12x
913	Tague	7	0.020%	33.80x
914	Telfer	7	0.020%	2.66x
915	Whitehead	7	0.020%	0.24x
916	Wolf	7	0.020%	8.20x
917	Woodcock	7	0.020%	0.56x
918	Allingham	6	0.010%	9.18x
919	Andrew	6	0.010%	0.43x
920	Annan	6	0.010%	9.72x
921	Badger	6	0.010%	2.36x
922	Bailey	6	0.010%	0.09x
923	Barnes	6	0.010%	0.11x
924	Barrett	6	0.010%	0.20x
925	Beatty	6	0.010%	9.18x
926	Beck	6	0.010%	0.58x
927	Blain	6	0.010%	3.93x
928	Bowers	6	0.010%	0.75x
929	Bremner	6	0.010%	1.59x
930	Broadie	6	0.010%	35.52x
931	Brockie	6	0.010%	11.35x
932	Bryers	6	0.010%	17.53x
933	Burr	6	0.010%	1.70x
934	Callahan	6	0.010%	17.09x
935	Callen	6	0.010%	12.26x
936	Carline	6	0.010%	7.61x
937	Carlow	6	0.010%	14.64x
938	Carson	6	0.010%	1.24x
939	Cassells	6	0.010%	8.39x
940	Cassels	6	0.010%	7.54x
941	Cassiday	6	0.010%	21.06x
942	Closs	6	0.010%	31.66x
943	Conlin	6	0.010%	7.33x
944	Conolly	6	0.010%	4.51x
945	Copeland	6	0.010%	1.44x
946	Corbett	6	0.010%	0.70x
947	Coupar	6	0.010%	9.26x
948	Craighead	6	0.010%	15.18x
949	Creech	6	0.010%	15.41x
950	Cruikshanks	6	0.010%	26.18x
951	Dalgliesh	6	0.010%	9.87x
952	Dally	6	0.010%	6.90x
953	Dalziel	6	0.010%	3.08x
954	Denham	6	0.010%	1.55x
955	Diver	6	0.010%	7.35x
956	Dott	6	0.010%	20.73x
957	Dykes	6	0.010%	1.98x
958	Eccles	6	0.010%	0.85x
959	Farr	6	0.010%	0.92x
960	Fingland	6	0.010%	26.70x
961	Fullarton	6	0.010%	6.48x
962	Gainer	6	0.010%	25.53x
963	Gibbon	6	0.010%	1.35x
964	Gillen	6	0.010%	19.00x
965	Girdwood	6	0.010%	10.86x
966	Gorden	6	0.010%	7.78x
967	Gothard	6	0.010%	7.15x
968	Greenwell	6	0.010%	4.16x
969	Haggins	6	0.010%	72.99x
970	Hant	6	0.010%	32.95x
971	Hays	6	0.010%	3.19x
972	Herron	6	0.010%	3.81x
973	Holmes	6	0.010%	0.11x
974	Hook	6	0.010%	0.92x
975	Ingles	6	0.010%	4.50x
976	Irving	6	0.010%	0.61x
977	Keegan	6	0.010%	4.10x
978	Kirsopp	6	0.010%	26.18x
979	Lawless	6	0.010%	3.79x
980	Macauly	6	0.010%	37.48x
981	Macnab	6	0.010%	15.07x
982	Mallon	6	0.010%	8.27x
983	Manderson	6	0.010%	15.13x
984	Mann	6	0.010%	0.26x
985	Meecham	6	0.010%	20.33x
986	Meenan	6	0.010%	80.11x
987	Metcalfe	6	0.010%	0.60x
988	Miles	6	0.010%	0.23x
989	Morison	6	0.010%	2.67x
990	Mossman	6	0.010%	7.61x
991	Mowbray	6	0.010%	3.28x
992	Mutter	6	0.010%	8.86x
993	Notman	6	0.010%	8.27x
994	Paisley	6	0.010%	6.13x
995	Pate	6	0.010%	3.29x
996	Ponton	6	0.010%	10.72x
997	Power	6	0.010%	1.02x
998	Preston	6	0.010%	0.27x
999	Purcell	6	0.010%	1.96x
1000	Purden	6	0.010%	27.41x