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 Kerley, with 3 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
1301	Kerley	3	0.010%	3.72x
1302	Kinghorn	3	0.010%	2.36x
1303	Lam	3	0.010%	65.93x
1304	Lamkin	3	0.010%	17.92x
1305	Langley	3	0.010%	0.31x
1306	Larkins	3	0.010%	2.29x
1307	Lithgow	3	0.010%	3.86x
1308	Little	3	0.010%	0.14x
1309	Lyons	3	0.010%	0.31x
1310	Macauley	3	0.010%	4.32x
1311	Macgregor	3	0.010%	1.63x
1312	Maclean	3	0.010%	0.62x
1313	Macnamara	3	0.010%	4.92x
1314	Magan	3	0.010%	20.42x
1315	Mains	3	0.010%	4.16x
1316	Mathie	3	0.010%	3.38x
1317	Mellis	3	0.010%	4.26x
1318	Middlemiss	3	0.010%	2.88x
1319	Milligan	3	0.010%	0.58x
1320	Mochrie	3	0.010%	13.90x
1321	Morland	3	0.010%	2.43x
1322	Muire	3	0.010%	49.83x
1323	Mullany	3	0.010%	8.34x
1324	Mulligan	3	0.010%	1.22x
1325	Mulvey	3	0.010%	4.00x
1326	Ness	3	0.010%	1.50x
1327	Nolan	3	0.010%	0.50x
1328	Nugent	3	0.010%	1.29x
1329	Ormiston	3	0.010%	2.37x
1330	Owen	3	0.010%	0.06x
1331	Peattie	3	0.010%	5.40x
1332	Pennie	3	0.010%	15.59x
1333	Plenderleith	3	0.010%	6.42x
1334	Punshon	3	0.010%	8.88x
1335	Quigley	3	0.010%	1.33x
1336	Richie	3	0.010%	7.24x
1337	Rothwell	3	0.010%	0.37x
1338	Roughead	3	0.010%	17.16x
1339	Royan	3	0.010%	24.31x
1340	Ryley	3	0.010%	2.64x
1341	Sands	3	0.010%	0.61x
1342	Sawers	3	0.010%	5.83x
1343	Service	3	0.010%	2.81x
1344	Shand	3	0.010%	0.99x
1345	Sherriff	3	0.010%	2.22x
1346	Speirs	3	0.010%	1.74x
1347	Spittal	3	0.010%	6.52x
1348	Sprott	3	0.010%	8.01x
1349	Torley	3	0.010%	32.93x
1350	Tosh	3	0.010%	3.05x
1351	Tulley	3	0.010%	3.31x
1352	Twaddle	3	0.010%	6.55x
1353	Way	3	0.010%	0.62x
1354	Wightman	3	0.010%	1.04x
1355	Willis	3	0.010%	0.13x
1356	Wynn	3	0.010%	0.79x
1357	Yorkston	3	0.010%	15.24x
1358	Abel	2	0.000%	0.71x
1359	Abercrombie	2	0.000%	2.58x
1360	Aiton	2	0.000%	7.13x
1361	Aldrige	2	0.000%	9.52x
1362	Allis	2	0.000%	6.78x
1363	Armand	2	0.000%	18.40x
1364	Ashwood	2	0.000%	3.58x
1365	Baptie	2	0.000%	5.53x
1366	Barrow	2	0.000%	0.21x
1367	Birrell	2	0.000%	0.93x
1368	Blythe	2	0.000%	0.60x
1369	Borland	2	0.000%	1.05x
1370	Bowick	2	0.000%	16.81x
1371	Braid	2	0.000%	1.24x
1372	Brodley	2	0.000%	11.74x
1373	Brogan	2	0.000%	1.35x
1374	Brooks	2	0.000%	0.05x
1375	Buchannan	2	0.000%	3.23x
1376	Burnside	2	0.000%	1.30x
1377	Cahill	2	0.000%	0.99x
1378	Calderwood	2	0.000%	1.27x
1379	Callan	2	0.000%	1.41x
1380	Carlyle	2	0.000%	1.65x
1381	Carrol	2	0.000%	1.00x
1382	Casey	2	0.000%	0.31x
1383	Cation	2	0.000%	19.72x
1384	Caufield	2	0.000%	6.58x
1385	Clarkin	2	0.000%	14.64x
1386	Cleghorn	2	0.000%	1.66x
1387	Conchie	2	0.000%	10.48x
1388	Condren	2	0.000%	40.08x
1389	Coock	2	0.000%	40.08x
1390	Cooter	2	0.000%	10.55x
1391	Cording	2	0.000%	3.92x
1392	Cormack	2	0.000%	0.60x
1393	Cornelius	2	0.000%	1.57x
1394	Corns	2	0.000%	1.63x
1395	Crawley	2	0.000%	0.35x
1396	Crockett	2	0.000%	0.97x
1397	Crowe	2	0.000%	0.46x
1398	Custance	2	0.000%	3.76x
1399	Darroch	2	0.000%	1.74x
1400	Dean	2	0.000%	0.07x