1881 census place

Barony surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Barony, 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

4,275 surnames are listed for Barony, Lanarkshire, covering 177,569 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Nicolson, with 87 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Barony

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
401	Nicolson	87	0.040%	3.15x
402	Patterson	87	0.040%	1.04x
403	Riley	87	0.040%	0.46x
404	Telfer	87	0.040%	6.08x
405	Brownlee	86	0.040%	10.41x
406	Gardiner	86	0.040%	1.25x
407	Kirkland	86	0.040%	4.04x
408	Thornton	86	0.040%	0.72x
409	Auld	85	0.040%	5.90x
410	Farmer	85	0.040%	1.14x
411	Laidlaw	85	0.040%	4.01x
412	May	85	0.040%	0.56x
413	Connelly	84	0.040%	3.78x
414	Fairlie	84	0.040%	14.43x
415	Gallocher	84	0.040%	12.71x
416	Nicholson	84	0.040%	0.49x
417	Spiers	84	0.040%	4.27x
418	Wales	84	0.040%	4.34x
419	Aird	83	0.030%	6.67x
420	Arnott	83	0.030%	4.13x
421	Chambers	83	0.030%	0.61x
422	Darroch	83	0.030%	13.31x
423	Shannon	83	0.030%	4.48x
424	Smellie	83	0.030%	7.84x
425	Leckie	82	0.030%	10.94x
426	Nimmo	82	0.030%	7.70x
427	Burnet	81	0.030%	9.26x
428	Calderwood	81	0.030%	9.44x
429	Cowie	81	0.030%	2.79x
430	Hepburn	81	0.030%	3.81x
431	Lavery	81	0.030%	12.33x
432	Pattison	81	0.030%	2.13x
433	Ralston	81	0.030%	10.06x
434	Strang	81	0.030%	7.55x
435	Thom	81	0.030%	3.79x
436	Brannan	80	0.030%	4.95x
437	Cairney	80	0.030%	14.93x
438	Dougall	80	0.030%	10.75x
439	Frew	80	0.030%	6.66x
440	Sim	80	0.030%	2.98x
441	Easton	79	0.030%	2.18x
442	Harkness	79	0.030%	5.90x
443	Pringle	79	0.030%	2.10x
444	Provan	79	0.030%	16.52x
445	Banks	78	0.030%	0.64x
446	Cuthbert	78	0.030%	2.27x
447	Beaton	77	0.030%	2.80x
448	Elliott	77	0.030%	0.38x
449	More	77	0.030%	4.14x
450	Carlin	76	0.030%	6.25x
451	Dallas	76	0.030%	8.42x
452	Lauder	76	0.030%	6.05x
453	Rooney	76	0.030%	3.56x
454	Smart	76	0.030%	0.70x
455	Couper	75	0.030%	7.00x
456	Crossan	75	0.030%	22.97x
457	Greer	75	0.030%	9.34x
458	Heron	75	0.030%	3.27x
459	Manson	75	0.030%	2.68x
460	Sanderson	75	0.030%	0.76x
461	Burnside	74	0.030%	8.83x
462	Butler	74	0.030%	0.32x
463	Carr	74	0.030%	0.43x
464	Ferrier	74	0.030%	5.32x
465	Holmes	74	0.030%	0.25x
466	Kinloch	74	0.030%	13.98x
467	Moir	74	0.030%	2.25x
468	Oliver	74	0.030%	0.43x
469	Doyle	73	0.030%	1.25x
470	Malone	73	0.030%	3.81x
471	Porteous	73	0.030%	4.58x
472	Rice	73	0.030%	0.98x
473	Bowman	72	0.030%	1.15x
474	Burnett	72	0.030%	1.09x
475	Philips	72	0.030%	1.63x
476	Goodwin	71	0.030%	0.56x
477	Meldrum	71	0.030%	4.72x
478	Oneill	71	0.030%	4.67x
479	Purdon	71	0.030%	16.02x
480	Rose	71	0.030%	0.40x
481	Waters	71	0.030%	0.74x
482	Hislop	70	0.030%	4.87x
483	Aitchison	69	0.030%	4.12x
484	Arbuckle	69	0.030%	13.57x
485	Bennie	69	0.030%	10.44x
486	Conner	69	0.030%	3.73x
487	Geddes	69	0.030%	2.41x
488	Long	69	0.030%	0.44x
489	Munn	69	0.030%	4.00x
490	Burt	68	0.030%	1.20x
491	Farquhar	68	0.030%	3.66x
492	Farrell	68	0.030%	1.50x
493	Haggarty	68	0.030%	14.76x
494	Kidd	68	0.030%	1.40x
495	Andrews	67	0.030%	0.29x
496	Flynn	67	0.030%	1.46x
497	Bennet	66	0.030%	2.00x
498	Beveridge	66	0.030%	2.65x
499	Blackie	66	0.030%	6.73x
500	Hodge	66	0.030%	1.10x