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 Bain, with 43 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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Bain | 43 | 3.94x |
| 202 | Dewar | 43 | 7.49x |
| 203 | Greenhorn | 43 | 146.36x |
| 204 | Moffat | 43 | 5.40x |
| 205 | Proven | 43 | 199.17x |
| 206 | Wardrop | 43 | 42.79x |
| 207 | Docherty | 42 | 6.42x |
| 208 | Steele | 42 | 3.57x |
| 209 | Tennant | 42 | 8.94x |
| 210 | Menzies | 41 | 7.17x |
| 211 | Moore | 41 | 0.47x |
| 212 | Neil | 41 | 7.05x |
| 213 | Clarkson | 40 | 3.43x |
| 214 | Currie | 40 | 3.23x |
| 215 | Dalrymple | 40 | 20.88x |
| 216 | Gilmour | 40 | 6.43x |
| 217 | Heggie | 40 | 32.92x |
| 218 | Higgins | 40 | 1.80x |
| 219 | Sibbald | 40 | 34.16x |
| 220 | Somerville | 40 | 10.92x |
| 221 | Peebles | 39 | 21.12x |
| 222 | Rankine | 39 | 17.48x |
| 223 | Dunn | 38 | 1.04x |
| 224 | Falconer | 38 | 7.24x |
| 225 | Lees | 38 | 1.95x |
| 226 | Mason | 38 | 0.64x |
| 227 | Spence | 38 | 2.61x |
| 228 | Ellis | 37 | 0.58x |
| 229 | Meldrum | 37 | 13.35x |
| 230 | Rae | 37 | 3.69x |
| 231 | Reynolds | 37 | 0.97x |
| 232 | Auld | 36 | 13.58x |
| 233 | Charleston | 36 | 118.97x |
| 234 | Dow | 36 | 6.79x |
| 235 | Pow | 36 | 34.91x |
| 236 | Whyte | 36 | 4.83x |
| 237 | Adam | 35 | 4.63x |
| 238 | Christie | 35 | 2.45x |
| 239 | Dumbreck | 35 | 224.79x |
| 240 | Mooney | 35 | 6.85x |
| 241 | Munro | 35 | 1.78x |
| 242 | Frame | 34 | 12.18x |
| 243 | Hendry | 34 | 4.88x |
| 244 | Jones | 34 | 0.07x |
| 245 | Lang | 34 | 3.47x |
| 246 | Lumsden | 34 | 9.27x |
| 247 | Paton | 34 | 3.45x |
| 248 | Chambers | 33 | 1.32x |
| 249 | Gillies | 33 | 5.24x |
| 250 | Gowans | 33 | 23.30x |
| 251 | Lamb | 33 | 1.42x |
| 252 | Leslie | 33 | 4.53x |
| 253 | Quin | 33 | 7.00x |
| 254 | Wardlaw | 33 | 41.29x |
| 255 | Whigham | 33 | 117.02x |
| 256 | Whitelaw | 33 | 12.58x |
| 257 | Duffy | 32 | 3.33x |
| 258 | Edwards | 32 | 0.26x |
| 259 | Harris | 32 | 0.29x |
| 260 | Hay | 32 | 1.98x |
| 261 | Jackson | 32 | 0.26x |
| 262 | Stirton | 32 | 64.83x |
| 263 | Tully | 32 | 13.58x |
| 264 | Beattie | 31 | 3.29x |
| 265 | Crichton | 31 | 8.26x |
| 266 | Dobbie | 31 | 16.13x |
| 267 | Laird | 31 | 6.28x |
| 268 | Livingston | 31 | 7.84x |
| 269 | Mair | 31 | 7.62x |
| 270 | Odonnell | 31 | 10.96x |
| 271 | Syme | 31 | 18.74x |
| 272 | Hall | 30 | 0.23x |
| 273 | Harvey | 30 | 0.64x |
| 274 | Lapsley | 30 | 110.38x |
| 275 | Nelson | 30 | 1.41x |
| 276 | Pringle | 30 | 4.33x |
| 277 | Braes | 29 | 303.66x |
| 278 | Clelland | 29 | 23.87x |
| 279 | Denholm | 29 | 15.74x |
| 280 | Hood | 29 | 2.38x |
| 281 | Leishman | 29 | 19.43x |
| 282 | Liddell | 29 | 7.19x |
| 283 | Lynch | 29 | 2.50x |
| 284 | Pender | 29 | 20.29x |
| 285 | Porteous | 29 | 9.89x |
| 286 | Renton | 29 | 10.75x |
| 287 | Thom | 29 | 7.37x |
| 288 | Wight | 29 | 12.81x |
| 289 | Ainslie | 28 | 24.10x |
| 290 | Armour | 28 | 10.15x |
| 291 | Brock | 28 | 5.48x |
| 292 | Dawson | 28 | 0.58x |
| 293 | Geddes | 28 | 5.31x |
| 294 | Gillespie | 28 | 4.01x |
| 295 | Harper | 28 | 0.99x |
| 296 | Love | 28 | 2.68x |
| 297 | Maxwell | 28 | 2.68x |
| 298 | Rodgers | 28 | 2.33x |
| 299 | Turner | 28 | 0.23x |
| 300 | Wyllie | 28 | 9.09x |