1881 census place

Avondale surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Avondale, Lanarkshire 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

145 surnames are listed for Avondale, Lanarkshire, covering 2,755 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hamilton, with 261 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Avondale

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
1	Hamilton	261	4.72%	62.98x
2	Fleming	216	3.91%	94.10x
3	Brownlie	106	1.92%	438.38x
4	Semple	95	1.72%	360.94x
5	Kirkland	72	1.30%	146.40x
6	Allan	60	1.09%	17.30x
7	Wiseman	58	1.05%	76.45x
8	Barrie	56	1.01%	140.49x
9	Orr	48	0.870%	51.57x
10	Paterson	48	0.870%	12.77x
11	Cumming	47	0.850%	44.59x
12	Dykes	47	0.850%	123.68x
13	Meikle	47	0.850%	118.24x
14	Barr	45	0.810%	33.69x
15	Law	45	0.810%	18.01x
16	Shearer	42	0.760%	59.25x
17	Hannah	41	0.740%	57.10x
18	Leggate	38	0.690%	971.87x
19	Allison	37	0.670%	23.57x
20	Struthers	37	0.670%	149.80x
21	Leiper	35	0.630%	275.81x
22	Cochrane	34	0.620%	39.73x
23	Lindsay	34	0.620%	18.88x
24	Park	34	0.620%	19.86x
25	Bryson	33	0.600%	77.92x
26	Scouler	32	0.580%	1092.15x
27	Donald	31	0.560%	27.88x
28	Findlay	30	0.540%	26.21x
29	Frew	30	0.540%	108.07x
30	Riddell	30	0.540%	64.75x
31	Lambie	28	0.510%	155.38x
32	Kyle	27	0.490%	87.92x
33	Barclay	25	0.450%	21.99x
34	Sommerville	25	0.450%	114.78x
35	Armour	22	0.400%	63.55x
36	Cochran	22	0.400%	104.36x
37	Frame	22	0.400%	62.77x
38	Loudon	22	0.400%	140.13x
39	Halley	21	0.380%	101.20x
40	Longmuir	21	0.380%	204.68x
41	Dick	20	0.360%	16.23x
42	Golder	20	0.360%	133.24x
43	Sellars	20	0.360%	58.39x
44	Strang	19	0.340%	76.64x
45	Lennox	18	0.330%	54.91x
46	Shields	18	0.330%	21.08x
47	Boag	17	0.310%	106.32x
48	Carty	16	0.290%	123.36x
49	Torrance	16	0.290%	65.71x
50	Aiton	15	0.270%	426.14x
51	Giffen	15	0.270%	334.82x
52	Jardine	15	0.270%	29.14x
53	Gilchrist	14	0.250%	17.29x
54	Neilson	14	0.250%	17.98x
55	Rooney	14	0.250%	28.40x
56	Ballantyne	13	0.240%	31.03x
57	Caldwell	13	0.240%	15.04x
58	Downie	13	0.240%	20.06x
59	Stobo	13	0.240%	217.39x
60	Tennant	12	0.220%	20.35x
61	Archibald	11	0.200%	23.07x
62	Howat	11	0.200%	64.90x
63	Nairn	11	0.200%	40.23x
64	Stirling	11	0.200%	15.33x
65	Warnock	11	0.200%	91.59x
66	Alston	10	0.180%	27.79x
67	Scoular	10	0.180%	142.65x
68	Templeton	10	0.180%	24.51x
69	Bertram	9	0.160%	34.08x
70	Bulloch	9	0.160%	81.45x
71	Holms	9	0.160%	57.80x
72	Horan	9	0.160%	55.59x
73	Locke	9	0.160%	18.15x
74	Muter	9	0.160%	489.13x
75	Brechin	8	0.140%	160.00x
76	Cassells	8	0.140%	89.09x
77	Clelland	8	0.140%	52.46x
78	Colthart	8	0.140%	344.83x
79	Doak	8	0.140%	305.34x
80	Liston	8	0.140%	93.24x
81	Napier	8	0.140%	18.02x
82	Pettigrew	8	0.140%	29.83x
83	Sandilands	8	0.140%	65.74x
84	Tennent	8	0.140%	88.89x
85	Yuill	8	0.140%	68.32x
86	Aird	7	0.130%	24.36x
87	Begg	7	0.130%	20.83x
88	Kelby	7	0.130%	376.34x
89	Lothian	7	0.130%	55.82x
90	Selkirk	7	0.130%	67.76x
91	Borland	6	0.110%	25.12x
92	Fallow	6	0.110%	159.57x
93	Govan	6	0.110%	59.58x
94	Mulligan	6	0.110%	19.42x
95	Rintoul	6	0.110%	47.54x
96	Stodart	6	0.110%	109.09x
97	Wardrop	6	0.110%	47.54x
98	Ballantine	5	0.090%	29.53x
99	Callander	5	0.090%	44.44x
100	Dalglish	5	0.090%	49.55x