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 Calderhead, with 14 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
501	Calderhead	14	0.030%	49.91x
502	Cleland	14	0.030%	12.03x
503	Connor	14	0.030%	1.08x
504	Coyle	14	0.030%	4.69x
505	Donald	14	0.030%	1.58x
506	Drake	14	0.030%	1.09x
507	Dyer	14	0.030%	0.82x
508	Ferrier	14	0.030%	5.47x
509	Galbraith	14	0.030%	3.48x
510	Gallagher	14	0.030%	2.09x
511	Gallocher	14	0.030%	11.51x
512	Green	14	0.030%	0.11x
513	Greens	14	0.030%	190.74x
514	Haddow	14	0.030%	10.44x
515	Haggie	14	0.030%	114.85x
516	Henry	14	0.030%	1.26x
517	Jardine	14	0.030%	3.41x
518	Keith	14	0.030%	2.97x
519	Knowles	14	0.030%	0.60x
520	Leyden	14	0.030%	41.80x
521	Marrs	14	0.030%	31.45x
522	Milton	14	0.030%	2.31x
523	Murnin	14	0.030%	381.47x
524	Rutherford	14	0.030%	1.30x
525	Sheriff	14	0.030%	11.41x
526	Suttie	14	0.030%	11.04x
527	Welsh	14	0.030%	0.80x
528	Woodrow	14	0.030%	5.14x
529	Arkley	13	0.030%	28.01x
530	Binny	13	0.030%	98.34x
531	Carr	13	0.030%	0.41x
532	Charters	13	0.030%	10.82x
533	Coleman	13	0.030%	0.59x
534	Conley	13	0.030%	8.16x
535	Connelly	13	0.030%	3.18x
536	Earl	13	0.030%	2.26x
537	Fitzpatrick	13	0.030%	2.02x
538	Forester	13	0.030%	10.25x
539	Frater	13	0.030%	16.09x
540	Gemmel	13	0.030%	32.89x
541	Glass	13	0.030%	2.86x
542	Grainger	13	0.030%	1.92x
543	Harkness	13	0.030%	5.27x
544	Healy	13	0.030%	4.46x
545	Hugh	13	0.030%	11.17x
546	Jeffery	13	0.030%	1.36x
547	Jenkins	13	0.030%	0.25x
548	Linton	13	0.030%	3.60x
549	Lothian	13	0.030%	13.01x
550	Mahon	13	0.030%	6.66x
551	Malcolm	13	0.030%	2.25x
552	Manuel	13	0.030%	9.81x
553	Nathaniel	13	0.030%	173.56x
554	Newbigging	13	0.030%	34.97x
555	Palmer	13	0.030%	0.25x
556	Peggie	13	0.030%	53.96x
557	Purvis	13	0.030%	3.05x
558	Rarity	13	0.030%	276.60x
559	Rielly	13	0.030%	20.49x
560	Seth	13	0.030%	38.82x
561	Stafford	13	0.030%	1.39x
562	Waldie	13	0.030%	13.78x
563	Weston	13	0.030%	0.72x
564	Younger	13	0.030%	5.46x
565	Aikman	12	0.030%	13.20x
566	Barr	12	0.030%	1.13x
567	Brechin	12	0.030%	30.14x
568	Brownlie	12	0.030%	6.23x
569	Chrichton	12	0.030%	48.92x
570	Devine	12	0.030%	2.74x
571	Donnelly	12	0.030%	2.17x
572	Downs	12	0.030%	1.53x
573	Ewan	12	0.030%	11.98x
574	Freel	12	0.030%	49.51x
575	Glendinning	12	0.030%	7.14x
576	Heaps	12	0.030%	6.26x
577	Hume	12	0.030%	1.92x
578	Kearney	12	0.030%	5.88x
579	Lacey	12	0.030%	1.48x
580	Lafferty	12	0.030%	11.94x
581	Moffatt	12	0.030%	4.24x
582	Mollison	12	0.030%	12.23x
583	Moyes	12	0.030%	6.36x
584	Oliphant	12	0.030%	7.01x
585	Pake	12	0.030%	103.45x
586	Pearson	12	0.030%	0.23x
587	Ruthven	12	0.030%	21.50x
588	Thomas	12	0.030%	0.07x
589	Townson	12	0.030%	6.50x
590	Vincent	12	0.030%	0.87x
591	Walton	12	0.030%	0.39x
592	Whitney	12	0.030%	5.25x
593	Balfour	11	0.030%	3.59x
594	Balloch	11	0.030%	36.01x
595	Benson	11	0.030%	0.92x
596	Bonnar	11	0.030%	18.44x
597	Cadzow	11	0.030%	52.73x
598	Clarke	11	0.030%	0.12x
599	Cumming	11	0.030%	1.31x
600	Dalling	11	0.030%	20.24x