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 Deans, with 2 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
1401	Deans	2	0.000%	0.67x
1402	Dixon	2	0.000%	0.04x
1403	Dobbins	2	0.000%	2.52x
1404	Donely	2	0.000%	9.73x
1405	Dougherty	2	0.000%	1.18x
1406	Dowdle	2	0.000%	8.73x
1407	Drumond	2	0.000%	10.48x
1408	Dryburgh	2	0.000%	1.93x
1409	Duglas	2	0.000%	11.16x
1410	Durham	2	0.000%	0.53x
1411	Edmonston	2	0.000%	9.73x
1412	Ewing	2	0.000%	0.49x
1413	Fairly	2	0.000%	12.16x
1414	Farlie	2	0.000%	18.90x
1415	Farrel	2	0.000%	2.00x
1416	Fenton	2	0.000%	0.23x
1417	Finnigan	2	0.000%	1.16x
1418	Fleck	2	0.000%	4.02x
1419	Flucker	2	0.000%	8.51x
1420	Folley	2	0.000%	2.12x
1421	Forest	2	0.000%	1.58x
1422	Galacher	2	0.000%	20.33x
1423	Gammie	2	0.000%	5.06x
1424	Garlick	2	0.000%	0.52x
1425	Gates	2	0.000%	0.29x
1426	Gauld	2	0.000%	1.73x
1427	Gerrard	2	0.000%	0.36x
1428	Gillis	2	0.000%	2.27x
1429	Girvan	2	0.000%	2.89x
1430	Glancy	2	0.000%	3.88x
1431	Goodall	2	0.000%	0.21x
1432	Griffin	2	0.000%	0.10x
1433	Hansen	2	0.000%	2.48x
1434	Haswell	2	0.000%	1.41x
1435	Hatton	2	0.000%	0.23x
1436	Hicks	2	0.000%	0.11x
1437	Highland	2	0.000%	8.15x
1438	Hough	2	0.000%	0.26x
1439	Hutchieson	2	0.000%	6.42x
1440	Ireland	2	0.000%	0.20x
1441	Jackman	2	0.000%	0.49x
1442	Jamison	2	0.000%	2.28x
1443	Jopling	2	0.000%	2.56x
1444	Keir	2	0.000%	0.91x
1445	Kemp	2	0.000%	0.08x
1446	Kent	2	0.000%	0.11x
1447	Ker	2	0.000%	2.18x
1448	Kincaid	2	0.000%	3.71x
1449	Kingscote	2	0.000%	12.16x
1450	Kinnear	2	0.000%	0.94x
1451	Kyles	2	0.000%	7.17x
1452	Lain	2	0.000%	7.13x
1453	Lambie	2	0.000%	1.39x
1454	Langlands	2	0.000%	1.95x
1455	Lattimer	2	0.000%	3.28x
1456	Laverty	2	0.000%	3.09x
1457	Lawn	2	0.000%	1.80x
1458	Lepper	2	0.000%	5.89x
1459	Lesslie	2	0.000%	6.64x
1460	Lillie	2	0.000%	1.86x
1461	Liston	2	0.000%	2.93x
1462	Madden	2	0.000%	0.53x
1463	Malcolmson	2	0.000%	4.93x
1464	Malcom	2	0.000%	5.65x
1465	Malloy	2	0.000%	2.61x
1466	Manson	2	0.000%	0.39x
1467	March	2	0.000%	0.42x
1468	Martain	2	0.000%	8.35x
1469	Marten	2	0.000%	1.50x
1470	Mehan	2	0.000%	26.18x
1471	Merlin	2	0.000%	27.25x
1472	Monteith	2	0.000%	1.71x
1473	Moorman	2	0.000%	4.09x
1474	Moran	2	0.000%	0.25x
1475	Mulvenna	2	0.000%	136.05x
1476	Naysmith	2	0.000%	6.28x
1477	Neeson	2	0.000%	8.78x
1478	North	2	0.000%	0.14x
1479	Olsen	2	0.000%	2.40x
1480	Oreilly	2	0.000%	6.39x
1481	Page	2	0.000%	0.06x
1482	Pickard	2	0.000%	0.33x
1483	Piggot	2	0.000%	4.88x
1484	Pollard	2	0.000%	0.12x
1485	Powers	2	0.000%	1.11x
1486	Price	2	0.000%	0.03x
1487	Pride	2	0.000%	1.85x
1488	Prior	2	0.000%	0.20x
1489	Proud	2	0.000%	0.89x
1490	Pryor	2	0.000%	0.68x
1491	Rafferty	2	0.000%	0.88x
1492	Rattray	2	0.000%	0.93x
1493	Robinson	2	0.000%	0.01x
1494	Rocks	2	0.000%	9.14x
1495	Roddy	2	0.000%	4.69x
1496	Saddler	2	0.000%	1.51x
1497	Sayers	2	0.000%	0.41x
1498	Scullion	2	0.000%	3.01x
1499	Scully	2	0.000%	1.47x
1500	Sharpe	2	0.000%	0.15x