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 Sharp, with 76 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
101	Sharp	76	0.170%	2.07x
102	Stanners	76	0.170%	208.62x
103	Thornton	75	0.170%	3.39x
104	Kennedy	74	0.170%	2.79x
105	Gordon	73	0.170%	2.63x
106	Bowie	72	0.160%	18.79x
107	Douglas	72	0.160%	3.38x
108	Morris	72	0.160%	0.74x
109	Newton	72	0.160%	2.14x
110	Wright	72	0.160%	0.51x
111	Cowan	71	0.160%	7.91x
112	Drysdale	71	0.160%	19.09x
113	Liddle	71	0.160%	13.70x
114	Lindsay	71	0.160%	4.95x
115	Prentice	71	0.160%	13.71x
116	Main	70	0.160%	9.72x
117	Hastie	69	0.160%	24.77x
118	Newlands	69	0.160%	38.82x
119	Lawrie	68	0.150%	16.14x
120	Forsyth	67	0.150%	7.14x
121	Samuel	67	0.150%	12.76x
122	Fisher	66	0.150%	1.28x
123	Glen	66	0.150%	15.16x
124	Webster	66	0.150%	1.73x
125	Cairns	65	0.150%	6.83x
126	Downie	65	0.150%	12.60x
127	Waugh	65	0.150%	10.84x
128	Ballantine	64	0.150%	47.46x
129	Bennie	64	0.150%	52.62x
130	King	64	0.150%	0.67x
131	Arthur	63	0.140%	6.57x
132	Buchanan	63	0.140%	5.54x
133	Haston	62	0.140%	172.27x
134	West	62	0.140%	1.46x
135	Baillie	61	0.140%	13.36x
136	Tait	61	0.140%	4.71x
137	Brady	60	0.140%	7.70x
138	Smellie	60	0.140%	30.80x
139	Adams	59	0.130%	0.91x
140	Brownlee	59	0.130%	38.81x
141	Erskine	59	0.130%	21.67x
142	Hutton	59	0.130%	4.49x
143	Lawson	59	0.130%	2.27x
144	Snadden	59	0.130%	326.51x
145	Stein	59	0.130%	56.65x
146	Burns	58	0.130%	1.96x
147	Beveridge	57	0.130%	12.45x
148	Hughes	57	0.130%	0.46x
149	Steven	57	0.130%	17.10x
150	Duff	56	0.130%	7.15x
151	Mackay	56	0.130%	3.52x
152	Neilson	56	0.130%	9.03x
153	Bruce	54	0.120%	2.62x
154	Jack	54	0.120%	5.78x
155	Brand	53	0.120%	8.16x
156	Forbes	53	0.120%	3.60x
157	Hutchison	53	0.120%	7.33x
158	Stirling	53	0.120%	9.27x
159	Turnbull	53	0.120%	2.86x
160	Tweedie	53	0.120%	31.24x
161	Kidd	52	0.120%	5.81x
162	Laing	52	0.120%	5.88x
163	Sutherland	52	0.120%	2.35x
164	Barclay	51	0.120%	5.63x
165	Grieve	51	0.120%	10.00x
166	Learmonth	51	0.120%	71.44x
167	Nisbet	51	0.120%	10.98x
168	Oliver	51	0.120%	1.63x
169	Reilly	51	0.120%	10.92x
170	Richardson	51	0.120%	0.68x
171	Strang	51	0.120%	25.83x
172	Burnett	50	0.110%	4.11x
173	Cochrane	50	0.110%	7.34x
174	Dougal	50	0.110%	62.34x
175	Swan	50	0.110%	4.39x
176	Bennet	49	0.110%	8.07x
177	Forrester	49	0.110%	8.30x
178	Kirkwood	49	0.110%	12.32x
179	Masterton	49	0.110%	34.57x
180	Paris	49	0.110%	35.22x
181	Foster	48	0.110%	0.82x
182	Knox	48	0.110%	6.36x
183	Pollock	48	0.110%	7.51x
184	Bisset	47	0.110%	13.63x
185	Cockburn	47	0.110%	8.37x
186	Gillon	47	0.110%	41.77x
187	Orr	47	0.110%	6.34x
188	Wardrope	47	0.110%	108.82x
189	Harkins	46	0.100%	46.25x
190	Park	46	0.100%	3.37x
191	Scotland	46	0.100%	36.67x
192	Finlay	45	0.100%	9.97x
193	Jeffrey	45	0.100%	5.53x
194	Paul	45	0.100%	4.09x
195	Rennie	45	0.100%	5.86x
196	Robb	45	0.100%	5.91x
197	Thompson	45	0.100%	0.34x
198	Waddell	45	0.100%	11.52x
199	Boyle	44	0.100%	3.85x
200	Findlay	44	0.100%	4.83x