1881 census place

Abbey surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Abbey, Renfrewshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

1,058 surnames are listed for Abbey, Renfrewshire, covering 21,888 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lynas, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Abbey

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
801	Lynas	3	0.010%	10.93x
802	Macalpine	3	0.010%	48.15x
803	Macgowan	3	0.010%	45.66x
804	Maclennan	3	0.010%	2.33x
805	Manderson	3	0.010%	9.63x
806	Mangan	3	0.010%	8.76x
807	Marron	3	0.010%	11.41x
808	Monahan	3	0.010%	11.93x
809	Mure	3	0.010%	18.71x
810	Niblock	3	0.010%	17.11x
811	Paisley	3	0.010%	3.91x
812	Parkhill	3	0.010%	17.57x
813	Porterfield	3	0.010%	17.45x
814	Powrie	3	0.010%	9.60x
815	Pullar	3	0.010%	6.74x
816	Rogan	3	0.010%	3.30x
817	Sawers	3	0.010%	7.43x
818	Sawyers	3	0.010%	6.45x
819	Sealy	3	0.010%	4.84x
820	Sheekey	3	0.010%	60.48x
821	Smellie	3	0.010%	1.96x
822	Sproull	3	0.010%	31.71x
823	Stirrat	3	0.010%	6.31x
824	Sturge	3	0.010%	10.70x
825	Vernall	3	0.010%	20.48x
826	Vint	3	0.010%	10.08x
827	Yuill	3	0.010%	4.10x
828	Bald	2	0.010%	3.64x
829	Biggar	2	0.010%	4.19x
830	Boland	2	0.010%	2.95x
831	Bole	2	0.010%	8.34x
832	Borner	2	0.010%	39.45x
833	Borrowman	2	0.010%	10.57x
834	Bradey	2	0.010%	9.37x
835	Brotherston	2	0.010%	5.58x
836	Burnie	2	0.010%	4.71x
837	Callachan	2	0.010%	18.25x
838	Carstairs	2	0.010%	3.51x
839	Cartney	2	0.010%	23.12x
840	Cavin	2	0.010%	18.64x
841	Convery	2	0.010%	8.14x
842	Cord	2	0.010%	17.17x
843	Cronan	2	0.010%	7.54x
844	Crosson	2	0.010%	11.48x
845	Cunninghame	2	0.010%	8.06x
846	Deary	2	0.010%	7.19x
847	Dobbin	2	0.010%	3.68x
848	Donegan	2	0.010%	5.80x
849	Drum	2	0.010%	12.48x
850	Easdon	2	0.010%	26.28x
851	Erskin	2	0.010%	82.64x
852	Fairman	2	0.010%	2.67x
853	Figgins	2	0.010%	6.38x
854	Friel	2	0.010%	8.46x
855	Galacher	2	0.010%	25.87x
856	Gilespie	2	0.010%	18.45x
857	Gittens	2	0.010%	3.72x
858	Givan	2	0.010%	28.90x
859	Goodlad	2	0.010%	3.42x
860	Gracie	2	0.010%	2.77x
861	Guin	2	0.010%	20.16x
862	Hailey	2	0.010%	3.53x
863	Hawson	2	0.010%	6.40x
864	Hemphill	2	0.010%	11.63x
865	Higgans	2	0.010%	11.88x
866	Holm	2	0.010%	7.57x
867	Howl	2	0.010%	7.05x
868	Kesson	2	0.010%	13.34x
869	Killen	2	0.010%	4.17x
870	Kilroy	2	0.010%	3.41x
871	Kinloch	2	0.010%	2.62x
872	Kinross	2	0.010%	10.14x
873	Laughlan	2	0.010%	8.63x
874	Leatham	2	0.010%	4.42x
875	Lundie	2	0.010%	3.34x
876	Macguire	2	0.010%	10.57x
877	Mackean	2	0.010%	61.92x
878	Macnab	2	0.010%	6.40x
879	Madon	2	0.010%	72.20x
880	Marnoch	2	0.010%	11.88x
881	Moncrieff	2	0.010%	2.30x
882	Morrisson	2	0.010%	21.67x
883	Mulhall	2	0.010%	12.30x
884	Norcross	2	0.010%	5.39x
885	Poland	2	0.010%	3.36x
886	Relly	2	0.010%	64.31x
887	Scullion	2	0.010%	3.84x
888	Shedden	2	0.010%	3.35x
889	Sheilds	2	0.010%	5.94x
890	Speir	2	0.010%	12.95x
891	Sunter	2	0.010%	3.85x
892	Tay	2	0.010%	10.44x
893	Tervit	2	0.010%	43.38x
894	Weems	2	0.010%	78.74x
895	Woodside	2	0.010%	10.57x
896	Abernethy	1	0.000%	1.25x
897	Arbuckle	1	0.000%	1.36x
898	Arroll	1	0.000%	12.94x
899	Baine	1	0.000%	3.84x
900	Ballentine	1	0.000%	8.18x