1881 census place

Bathgate surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bathgate, West Lothian 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

322 surnames are listed for Bathgate, West Lothian, covering 4,084 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Russell, with 145 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bathgate

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	Russell	145	1.52%	12.44x
2	Thomson	124	1.30%	9.72x
3	Fleming	103	1.08%	25.95x
4	Marshall	103	1.08%	6.43x
5	Easton	86	0.900%	59.37x
6	Johnston	82	0.860%	10.64x
7	Kerr	68	0.710%	13.05x
8	Gardner	67	0.700%	10.33x
9	Henderson	66	0.690%	6.36x
10	Hamilton	54	0.570%	7.54x
11	Baxter	51	0.530%	8.96x
12	Stevenson	51	0.530%	7.61x
13	Ramsay	47	0.490%	19.11x
14	Aitken	44	0.460%	17.56x
15	Anthony	44	0.460%	39.65x
16	Gordon	42	0.440%	6.98x
17	Shields	42	0.440%	28.45x
18	Calder	39	0.410%	29.20x
19	Brodie	38	0.400%	29.64x
20	Swan	35	0.370%	14.15x
21	Jack	34	0.360%	16.75x
22	Baird	33	0.350%	16.16x
23	Inglis	33	0.350%	20.69x
24	Bryce	32	0.340%	33.48x
25	Fairley	32	0.340%	68.45x
26	Stirling	32	0.340%	25.79x
27	Bennie	30	0.310%	113.59x
28	Glen	30	0.310%	31.74x
29	Newlands	30	0.310%	77.74x
30	Stein	30	0.310%	132.68x
31	Mackay	29	0.300%	8.40x
32	Steven	29	0.300%	40.08x
33	Wardrope	29	0.300%	309.17x
34	Arthur	27	0.280%	12.97x
35	Pollock	27	0.280%	19.46x
36	Sneddon	27	0.280%	47.49x
37	Strang	27	0.280%	63.00x
38	Hutton	26	0.270%	9.12x
39	Meikle	26	0.270%	37.83x
40	Renton	26	0.270%	44.38x
41	Donaldson	25	0.260%	9.18x
42	Wardlaw	25	0.260%	144.09x
43	Gillon	24	0.250%	98.24x
44	Shanks	24	0.250%	33.05x
45	Forrest	23	0.240%	9.34x
46	Harkins	23	0.240%	106.53x
47	Baillie	22	0.230%	22.20x
48	Bennet	22	0.230%	16.68x
49	Stenhouse	22	0.230%	55.72x
50	Auld	21	0.220%	36.48x
51	Brand	21	0.220%	14.89x
52	Galloway	21	0.220%	12.77x
53	Gillies	21	0.220%	15.37x
54	Paul	21	0.220%	8.78x
55	Prentice	21	0.220%	18.68x
56	Beveridge	20	0.210%	20.12x
57	Guthrie	20	0.210%	16.62x
58	Bisset	18	0.190%	24.05x
59	Mungall	18	0.190%	289.39x
60	Nimmo	18	0.190%	42.31x
61	Odonnell	18	0.190%	29.32x
62	Pender	17	0.180%	54.79x
63	Rankine	17	0.180%	35.10x
64	Reilly	17	0.180%	16.77x
65	Strathearn	17	0.180%	272.00x
66	Christison	16	0.170%	102.17x
67	Forrester	16	0.170%	12.48x
68	Pow	16	0.170%	71.46x
69	Robb	16	0.170%	9.69x
70	Samuel	16	0.170%	14.03x
71	Waddell	16	0.170%	18.87x
72	Wait	16	0.170%	33.18x
73	Whitelaw	16	0.170%	28.10x
74	Denholm	15	0.160%	37.51x
75	Dunlop	15	0.160%	9.75x
76	Lawrie	15	0.160%	16.40x
77	Mark	15	0.160%	31.23x
78	Rennie	15	0.160%	8.99x
79	Ronald	15	0.160%	44.04x
80	Smyth	15	0.160%	16.81x
81	Gorman	14	0.150%	12.15x
82	Greens	14	0.150%	880.50x
83	Grieve	14	0.150%	12.65x
84	Hepburn	14	0.150%	16.48x
85	Kirkland	14	0.150%	16.47x
86	Storrie	14	0.150%	91.09x
87	Gowans	13	0.140%	42.29x
88	Jardine	13	0.140%	14.61x
89	Lauder	13	0.140%	25.90x
90	Quin	13	0.140%	12.70x
91	Tennant	13	0.140%	12.75x
92	Waugh	13	0.140%	9.99x
93	Binning	12	0.130%	88.95x
94	Drysdale	12	0.130%	14.86x
95	Erskine	12	0.130%	20.30x
96	Fairweather	12	0.130%	16.22x
97	Finnie	12	0.130%	36.14x
98	Freel	12	0.130%	228.14x
99	Gallacher	12	0.130%	14.57x
100	Haldane	12	0.130%	49.71x